UN experts question legality of China’s ethnic unity law, concerned by its minority targeting

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(TibetanReview.net, Apr22’26) – Eight human rights experts at the United Nations have on Apr 16 issued a joint communication, rasing serious concern on China’s recently adopted Law, ostensibly, on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress. They have questioned its legality under both national and international laws, especially in view of its potential – and very likely intended use – for abuse of all manners of rights of ethnic minorities in the People’s Republic of China.

The law will come into effect on Jul 1, but many of its provisions have already been in force for years, especially after President Xi Jinping came to power in 2012 and launched his signature assimilation campaign in the na...

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