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Beijing has ratified an extradition treaty with Turkey that Uighurs fear could pave the way for tens of thousands to be deported and imprisoned in internment camps that rights group say constitute a "cultural genocide". The treaty, first signed during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Beijing in 2017, was ratified last weekend at the Chinese National People's Congress, with state media saying it would be used for counter-terrorism purposes. Turkey is yet to ratify the treaty, and as such no extraditions are expected any time soon. However Uighurs are now calling on the Turkish government and lawmakers to stop the agreement from going through.
The treaty, first signed during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Beijing in 2017, was ratified last weekend at the Chinese National People's Congress, with state media saying it would be used for counter-terrorism purposes.
Turkey is yet to ratify the treaty, and as such no extraditions are expected any time soon. However Uighurs are now calling on the Turkish government and lawmakers to stop the agreement from going through.
Two months ago: Turkey's Erdogan urges French goods boycott amid Islam row
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Turks to boycott French goods amid a row over France's tougher stance on radical Islam. In a televised speech, he urged world leaders to protect Muslims "if there is oppression against Muslims in France".
In a televised speech, he urged world leaders to protect Muslims "if there is oppression against Muslims in France".
Turkey won't return anyone. Turkey recruited Uighur mercenaries (among others) into its irregular Idlib, Syria adventure, which incidentally NATO has had no problem ignoring, because of course Assad must go, and there are only muslim ethnic minorities trying to live their "best lives" in Xinjiang. To borrow a phrase from Florida's finest, they "want them to be victims."
"De-radicalization" is a figment of authoritarian Chinese minds.
Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi and Berlusconi
Angela Merkel and General al-Sisi
Bibi Netanyahu and Paul Kagame and Eritrea / Sudan
UAE: Illegal immigrants face immediate deportation
Apparently a good business formula, back and forth ... unlimited supply from Third World Countries. 'Sapere aude'
This is so incredibly horrifying, beyond words. But know this: the only way China has the audacity to celebrate such viciousness against Muslims is because the global War on Terror has proven successful at legitimising outrageous violence in the name of liberation https://t.co/S88MSYg6JG— Tarek Younis (@Tarek_Younis_) January 7, 2021
This is so incredibly horrifying, beyond words. But know this: the only way China has the audacity to celebrate such viciousness against Muslims is because the global War on Terror has proven successful at legitimising outrageous violence in the name of liberation https://t.co/S88MSYg6JG
Some members of the Moslem minority in Israel conducting terrorism bad. She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
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