Rejected petition Stop China discrimination against Uighurs in Xinjiang

China's Xinjiang region has written "vocational training centres" for Muslim Uighurs into law. Xinjiang says the centres will tackle extremism through "thought transformation". Rights groups say detainees are made to swear loyalty to the President and criticise or renounce their faith.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45812419

The new rules mean it's illegal to spread religious fanaticism by, for example, having "abnormal beards or unusual names". And extremism is defined so broadly that it even seems to be applicable to parents who complain if their children want to marry someone of a different faith.
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Date submitted 13 October 2018
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