Abstract
Xinjiang reeducation camps are dedicated to cleanse the practice and existence of religion, and majorly subjects the Uighur moslems. China has constantly denied the conduct of gross human rights violations of Uighur moslems within Xinjiang political reeducation camps. This article will elaborate on the actions done by Xinjiang officials to unveil the gross violations of human rights towards the Uighurs within Xinjiang reeducation camps. The article will also examine the available possibility to criminally hold the perpetrators liable and provide effective relief to the victims. This article is constructed using normative legal research method with statutory, case, and fact approaches, along with conceptual/analytical approach. The result shows that there exist gross violations of human rights towards the Uighurs within Xinjiang reeducation camps in a form of arbitrary detention and torture. Moreover, there are some available possibilities to criminally hold the perpetrators liable and provide effective relief to the victims, namely through a municipal court proceeding and through the Committee against Torture.
Highlights
China‟s Xinjiang is home to at least 11 million Uighurs and 1.6 Kazakhs.1 Ethnical conflict in Xinjiang has been unfolded ever since 2009 through the existence of discriminative actions towards Xinjiang‟s moslem population, the Uighur
This article will elaborate on the actions done by Xinjiang officials to unveil the gross violations of human rights towards the Uighurs within Xinjiang reeducation camps
Assessing from the applicable provisions in international law related to human rights, the detention of Uighurs in the Xinjiang reeducation Camps by China is subject to gross violations of human rights
Summary
China‟s Xinjiang is home to at least 11 million Uighurs and 1.6 Kazakhs. Ethnical conflict in Xinjiang has been unfolded ever since 2009 through the existence of discriminative actions towards Xinjiang‟s moslem population, the Uighur. Ethnical conflict in Xinjiang has been unfolded ever since 2009 through the existence of discriminative actions towards Xinjiang‟s moslem population, the Uighur. Those actions started with the organized immigration of the Han Chinese to Xinjiang, in which the Hans were prioritized over the Uighurs in terms of employment and economics in Xinjiang.. Clashes in the area occurred in Tiananmen Square in 2013 as well as a violent attack in 2014 in Kunming train station, which resulted in 29 deaths and 100 injuries.. Clashes in the area occurred in Tiananmen Square in 2013 as well as a violent attack in 2014 in Kunming train station, which resulted in 29 deaths and 100 injuries.4 Those riots were supposed to be a form of the rage of the Uighurs towards Chinese‟s discriminative policy. Plenty of Moslem terrorist attacks outside the Xinjiang and China itself contributed to the increasingly heavy restriction on Uighurs‟ rights of freedoms.
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