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Chinese province passes anti-Pakistan terror law. Another anti-extremist move by Beijing?
The regional law has widened the scope of terror activities. It will also allow the government to fine those who in its view "have twisted the concept of halal which usually only applies to food, and expand the concept to all aspects of social life".
China's western Xinjiang region passed a new beefed-up anti-terror law, that for the first time, will label those who encourage people to illegally cross the border into other countries for terror training as terrorists.
The law will also give the government more leeway to crackdown on any dissent and to enforce its on-going - and controversial - "anti-extremism" campaigns, by imposing fines on those seen as promoting whatever the government deems to be "extremist" culture.
SCOPE OF TERROR WIDENED
The regional law, which went into effect in Xinjiang on Monday, has widened the scope of terror activities currently under the national law to include recruitment and training of terrorists.
The move, reports said, is in part aimed at Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang who China says have traveled illegally across the border into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and onward to Pakistan to terror training camps run by the banned East Turkestan Islamic Movement.
China says the camps are located along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Xinjiang, which has seen a string of violent attacks, borders PoK.
The expanded regional law stipulates that "recruiting, training or transporting terror-related personnel will be regarded as carrying out terror activities, as will organising or instigating others to illegally cross into another country to participate in terror activities or terror training", the Global Times reported on Monday.
The law will also target Uighurs who have traveled illegally to Turkey and onward to Syria. Chinese analysts say there are several hundred Uighurs currently fighting in Syria. But overseas groups say some Uighurs, including many women and children, have also traveled illegally to Turkey to escape repressive policies in Xinjiang.
The law could presumably be invoked to enable the government to more strictly punish those who flee Xinjiang.
The newspaper cited a case last year where Shanghai authorities arrested 10 Turkish nationals for allegedly providing fake passports to Uighurs, who had reportedly wanted to travel to Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria.
XINJIANG CRACKDOWN
The expanded law will also trigger concerns of a widening crackdown in Xinjiang, ostensibly aimed at terrorism but according to several rights groups also to squash any dissent or criticism of government policy. Xinjiang is the first province to pass a regional version of the national terror law which came into force in January.
The law says that those who use "cellphones, the Internet, mobile storage devices or other media to disseminate terrorism or extremist thoughts will also be held accountable for terror crimes."
Uighur academics and bloggers have been sentenced to lengthy jail-terms for criticising official policy, on occasion accused on vague, unspecified charges of promoting "separatism" or "extremism".
While China has blamed violence in Xinjiang, which has claimed hundreds of lives in recent years, on terror groups, many Uighurs say some of the violence, such as riots in the provincial capital Urumqi in 2009, has been trigged by ethnic tensions.
Some Uighurs have criticised government policy that has seen a growing presence of majority Han Chinese and, according to some Uighur scholars, led to worsening economic disparities between the two groups.
ATTACK ON CULTURE?
China has also launched controversial campaigns that have reportedly angered many locals in Xinjiang, including an "anti-veil" and "anti-beard" campaign that is supposedly aimed at "extremism" but seen by many Uighurs as attacks on their culture. Moves to ban students in some universities and government servants from fasting during Ramzan have also triggered debate.
The new regulation will allow the government to fine those who in its view "have twisted the concept of halal which usually only applies to food, and expand the concept to all aspects of social life". They will be fined less than 10,000 Yuan (Rs. 1 lakh) or detention for five to 15 days.
MORE POWER TO AUTHORITIES
The new law will give authorities even more leeway to stamp out dissent, declaring that "authorities also have the power to suspend ongoing rallies, demonstrations, performances or other activities that have mass participation to prevent terror activities".
"It also gives authorities the power to temporarily shut down schools, research facilities, enterprises and other organisations and stop the operation of plants or factories that involve explosive, radioactive or biochemical materials," the Global Times reported.
Another provision of the law will call for stricter assessments of terror suspects before they are released, and also for solitary confinement to prevent radicalisation in prison.
"Ringleaders of terror organizations, those who incited others to commit crimes while serving jail terms and those who resist education with violent tendencies must be confined in solitary and kept away from other prisoners," the law says.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...-law-chinas-anti-extremist-move/1/729852.html
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Chinese province passes anti-Pakistan terror law. Another anti-extremist move by Beijing?
The regional law has widened the scope of terror activities. It will also allow the government to fine those who in its view "have twisted the concept of halal which usually only applies to food, and expand the concept to all aspects of social life".
China's western Xinjiang region passed a new beefed-up anti-terror law, that for the first time, will label those who encourage people to illegally cross the border into other countries for terror training as terrorists.
The law will also give the government more leeway to crackdown on any dissent and to enforce its on-going - and controversial - "anti-extremism" campaigns, by imposing fines on those seen as promoting whatever the government deems to be "extremist" culture.
SCOPE OF TERROR WIDENED
The regional law, which went into effect in Xinjiang on Monday, has widened the scope of terror activities currently under the national law to include recruitment and training of terrorists.
The move, reports said, is in part aimed at Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang who China says have traveled illegally across the border into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and onward to Pakistan to terror training camps run by the banned East Turkestan Islamic Movement.
China says the camps are located along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Xinjiang, which has seen a string of violent attacks, borders PoK.
The expanded regional law stipulates that "recruiting, training or transporting terror-related personnel will be regarded as carrying out terror activities, as will organising or instigating others to illegally cross into another country to participate in terror activities or terror training", the Global Times reported on Monday.
The law will also target Uighurs who have traveled illegally to Turkey and onward to Syria. Chinese analysts say there are several hundred Uighurs currently fighting in Syria. But overseas groups say some Uighurs, including many women and children, have also traveled illegally to Turkey to escape repressive policies in Xinjiang.
The law could presumably be invoked to enable the government to more strictly punish those who flee Xinjiang.
The newspaper cited a case last year where Shanghai authorities arrested 10 Turkish nationals for allegedly providing fake passports to Uighurs, who had reportedly wanted to travel to Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria.
XINJIANG CRACKDOWN
The expanded law will also trigger concerns of a widening crackdown in Xinjiang, ostensibly aimed at terrorism but according to several rights groups also to squash any dissent or criticism of government policy. Xinjiang is the first province to pass a regional version of the national terror law which came into force in January.
The law says that those who use "cellphones, the Internet, mobile storage devices or other media to disseminate terrorism or extremist thoughts will also be held accountable for terror crimes."
Uighur academics and bloggers have been sentenced to lengthy jail-terms for criticising official policy, on occasion accused on vague, unspecified charges of promoting "separatism" or "extremism".
While China has blamed violence in Xinjiang, which has claimed hundreds of lives in recent years, on terror groups, many Uighurs say some of the violence, such as riots in the provincial capital Urumqi in 2009, has been trigged by ethnic tensions.
Some Uighurs have criticised government policy that has seen a growing presence of majority Han Chinese and, according to some Uighur scholars, led to worsening economic disparities between the two groups.
ATTACK ON CULTURE?
China has also launched controversial campaigns that have reportedly angered many locals in Xinjiang, including an "anti-veil" and "anti-beard" campaign that is supposedly aimed at "extremism" but seen by many Uighurs as attacks on their culture. Moves to ban students in some universities and government servants from fasting during Ramzan have also triggered debate.
The new regulation will allow the government to fine those who in its view "have twisted the concept of halal which usually only applies to food, and expand the concept to all aspects of social life". They will be fined less than 10,000 Yuan (Rs. 1 lakh) or detention for five to 15 days.
MORE POWER TO AUTHORITIES
The new law will give authorities even more leeway to stamp out dissent, declaring that "authorities also have the power to suspend ongoing rallies, demonstrations, performances or other activities that have mass participation to prevent terror activities".
"It also gives authorities the power to temporarily shut down schools, research facilities, enterprises and other organisations and stop the operation of plants or factories that involve explosive, radioactive or biochemical materials," the Global Times reported.
Another provision of the law will call for stricter assessments of terror suspects before they are released, and also for solitary confinement to prevent radicalisation in prison.
"Ringleaders of terror organizations, those who incited others to commit crimes while serving jail terms and those who resist education with violent tendencies must be confined in solitary and kept away from other prisoners," the law says.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...-law-chinas-anti-extremist-move/1/729852.html