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Hatien(和田)Uigur,China 2018

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The Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, a Washington-based think tank, has published a report outlining the Chinese government’s violations of the 1948 Genocide Convention with regard to the Uyghur people of Xinjiang.

The Chinese Communist Party under Xi Jinping has pursued in general policies which have had little regard for human rights. In the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) these human rights violations have been particularly grievous.

An excerpt from the executive summary of the Newlines Institute’s report THE UYGHUR GENOCIDE: An Examination of China’s Breaches of the 1948 Genocide Convention...

In 2014, China’s Head of State, President Xi Jinping, launched the "People’s War on Terror" in XUAR, making the areas where Uyghurs constitute nearly 90 percent of the population the front line. High-level officials followed up with orders to "round up everyone who should be rounded up," "wipe them out completely ... destroy them root and branch," and "break their lineage, break their roots, break their connections, and break their origins." Officials described Uyghurs with dehumanizing terms and repeatedly likened the mass internment of Uyghurs to "eradicating tumors."

It’s blood-curdling language which is reminiscent of the Rwanda genocide or even Nazi Germany. 

The report is detailed and makes a strong legal case for treating the suppression of the Uyghur people as genocide under international law. The report can be read in its entirety here.

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旅のメモ(中国,新疆ウイグル自治区)

新疆ウイグル自治区では、レストランで出てくる食事の選択肢はそれほど多くなく、この地域を訪れる多くの旅人はウイグル風ピラフ「ポロ」や辛いトマトベースの汁がかかった麵料理「ラグメン」、そして羊の串焼きが主食になるかと思われる。この羊の串焼き、初めて食べると羊肉のクセのある味わいに抵抗感を持つ人が多いと思いますが(僕もその一人でした。)、不思議と次から次へと食べたくなる中毒性を持っている。結局レストランに行く度に注文する事に。

Hotan(和田),Uigur China

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