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China’s new ethnic unity law legalising cultural ‘erasure’, minorities warn at UN
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize GENEVA, Switzerland: Tibetan and Uyghur representatives urged countries at a United Nations meeting to pressure China to repeal a new law they say is aimed at erasing minority communities.
- The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, which comes into effect on July 1, aims to forge a “shared” national identity among ethnic groups and “strengthen cohesion”.
- But rights advocates charge it has been shaped to provide Beijing with legal cover for pursuing long-existing policies of forced assimilation across the vast country with the Han majority.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize GENEVA, Switzerland: Tibetan and Uyghur representatives urged countries at a United Nations meeting to pressure China to repeal a new law they say is aimed at erasing minority communities.
The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, which comes into effect on July 1, aims to forge a “shared” national identity among ethnic groups and “strengthen cohesion”.
But rights advocates charge it has been shaped to provide Beijing with legal cover for pursuing long-existing policies of forced assimilation across the vast country with the Han majority.
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