China gives legal basis for ‘re-education camps’ in Xinjiang

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2167893/china-legalises-use-re-education-camps-religious-extremists?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_campaign=enlz-scmp_china&utm_content=20181010&MCUID=d021a92cec&MCCampaignID=7c8d94fe0b&MCAccountID=3775521f5f542047246d9c827&tc=1



...China’s far-western Xinjiang region has revised its legislation to allow local governments to “educate and transform” people influenced by extremism at “vocational training centres” – a term used by the government to describe a network of internment facilities known as “re-education camps”.



...The old version of the law was passed in March 2017. It bans a wide range of acts deemed manifestations of extremism, including wearing veils or having “abnormal” beards, refusing to watch television or listen to radio, and preventing children from receiving national education.