The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using its new “ethnic unity” law and the familial ties of the global Uyghur diaspora to escalate transnational repression, according to advocates and experts.
The regime is interrogating Uyghur Australians visiting Xinjiang—one of the few ethnic minority autonomous regions under Beijing’s rule—and pressuring them to collect information on diaspora communities back in Australia, according to an Aug. 16 Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
“The Chinese government exploits the vulnerability of separated Uyghur families as an opportunity for surveillance and disruption of communities abroad,” wrote Philippe Bolopion, executive director at HRW.
Henryk Szadziewski, director of research at Uyghur Human Rights Project, told The Epoch Times that Beijing’s Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, combined with the transnational repression of Uyghurs and others through familial ties, represents “one of China’s boldest attempts to control the narrative” over Xinjiang….
Beijing Weaponizes New ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law, Family Ties in Transnational Repression of Uyghurs: Analysts
