For the first time, a non-governmental organization has conducted an independent legal analysis of allegations of genocide in Xinjiang, including what responsibility Beijing could take for the alleged crimes. An advance copy of the report was sent to CNN. Was seen specially by.
Azim Ibrahim, Newlines’ special initiative director and co-author of the new report, said there was “overwhelming” evidence to support his allegations of genocide.
“This is a big global power, led by the architect of the genocide,” he said.
Genocide Convention
The convention states that genocide is an attempt to commit an act “completely or partially destroyed, with the intent of destroying a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.”
According to the convention there are five ways of genocide, including killing members of the group; Causing serious physical or mental harm to group members; Intentionally the conditions of life are considered to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; Imposing measures aimed at preventing births in the group; Or forcibly transferring children from one group to another.
However any establishment of an international criminal tribunal would require the approval of the UN Security Council, of which China is a permanent member with a veto power, making any hearing on allegations of genocide in Xinjiang unlikely.
While genocide will be detected by violating only one act at the genocide convention, a report by Newlines claims that the Chinese government has met all the criteria for its action in Xinjiang.
The report claims that “China’s policies and practices targeting Uyghurs in the region should be viewed in their entirety, which, in whole or in part, is aimed at destroying the Uyghurs as a group.”
No special penalty or punishment provision has been made in the convention prescribed by the states or governments for genocide. But the Newlines report said the convention has a responsibility to process another 151 signatures.
The report adds that China’s responsibilities to prevent, punish and prevent genocide … are entirely indebted to the international community, or added to the report.
‘Clear and sure’
Jonah Diamond, a legal adviser at the Raલl Lennen Center for Human Rights, who worked on the report, said there was a general public misunderstanding about the definition of genocide, which required evidence of mass murder or genocide.
“The real question is whether there is enough evidence to show that the group intends to be destroyed – and this is what the report shows,” he said.
The report examines all five definitions of genocide described at the convention to determine whether the allegations against the Chinese government meet each specific criterion.
The report states that, given the serious nature of the breach in question … a clear and convincing standard of evidence applies to this report.
The Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy was established by Fairfax University in the United States in 2019 as a nonpark think tank by Fairfax University in the U.S. Systems. “It was formerly known as the center of global policy.
Diamond said the authors have taken note of the thousands of witness testimonies of the Uyghur deportation and the authors of Chinese government documents.
According to the report, the Chinese government has detained about 1 million to 2 million people in Xinjiang’s outdoor justice facilities since 2001, when it launched a campaign targeting Islamic extremism.
The report details allegations of sexual assault, mental torture, attempts at cultural brainwashing and an unknown number of deaths in the camps.
The report claims that “Uyghur detainees in intern camps are deprived of their basic human needs, grossly degrading and subject to inhumane treatment or punishment, including solitary confinement without food for a long time.”
“Suicide has become so widespread that detainees must wear ‘suicide safe’ uniforms and be denied access to sensitive material that could cause self-harm.”
The report also cites a dramatic drop in% Uighur birth rates between 2017 and 2018 – the alleged implementation of the official Chinese government’s program of sterilization, abortion and birth control, which in some cases forced women without their consent.
During the clashes, textbooks for Uyghur culture, history and literature were allegedly removed from Xinjiang school children’s classes, the report said. In the camps, detainees were forcibly taught mandarin and if they refused, or were unable to, they would be tortured to speak.
The report claims responsibility for the Chinese government’s alleged genocide, using public documents and speeches provided by Communist Party officials.
The researchers cited official speeches and documents in which Uighurs and other Muslim minorities were referred to as “weeds” and “knots”. A government directive allegedly told local officials to “break their lineage, break their roots, break their connections and break their roots.”
The report said that, collectively, the individuals and entities that count genocide are organs and agents of the state under Chinese law. “The calculation of the act of this count against Uyghurs … and the commission of the commission is therefore grateful to the state of China.”
In 20 years, people will see the scarcity in Xinjiang as “a great act of cultural destruction of the last century,” said Ryan Thame, a Uighur historian and contributor to Richan University.
“I think a lot of people would take this report as a long-term recognition of the pain they and their family and friends and the community are going through.” Said Thomas.
‘The Lie of the Century’
Defending the Chinese government’s repeated actions in Xinjiang, it said citizens now enjoy a higher standard of living.
“(But) you can simultaneously run an anti-terrorism campaign that is genocide,” said report contributor John Packer, an associate professor at the University of Tawana and former director of the OSCE High Commission on National Minorities in The Hague.
Not included in the report, Rahima Mahmoud, UK director of the World Uyghur Congress, said many countries said (they) could do nothing, but they could.
“These countries, the countries that signed the genocide convention, have a duty to stop and punish them … I think every country can take action,” he said.
While the reporting team avoided making recommendations to maintain impartiality, co-author Ibrahim said the implications of his findings were “very serious.”
“This (advocacy) is not an advocacy document, we are not advocating for any action to be taken. This report does not include any campaign, it was done entirely by legal experts, experts in the field and ethnic experts in China,” he said. “
But Packer said such a “serious breach of international order” in the world’s second-largest economy has raised questions about global governance.
“If this is not enough to take any kind of action or take positions, then what is really needed?” He said.
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