BEIJING: Groundlessly accusing China of using counterterrorism measures to carry out so-called “genocide” in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will severely hamper global efforts to fight terrorism, experts said.
Counterterrorism measures in China can never be misused as political tools to violate people’s freedom of religious belief or carry out genocide as constantly claimed by some Western countries because they are all law-based, Li Changlin, a professor at Southwest University of Political Science & Law’s Human Rights Institute, said on Tuesday.
He made the remarks after the State Council Information Office released a white paper titled “China’s Legal Framework and Measures for Counterterrorism “on Tuesday morning.
China, which has long faced terror threats, has established a sound legal framework to combat terrorism over the past four decades. Furthermore, the country has always seen respecting and protecting human rights as an underlying principle in improving its practices in the field of counterterrorism, the white paper said.
“Some individuals and organizations in the West choose to portray the issues of terrorism in China asethnic or religious issues. They also claim that the definition of terrorist activities in China is too broad while accusing the law enforcement forces of abusing their power in the name of counterterrorism,” Li said. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
