The Complex Effects of Counterterrorism Policies on Mediation Efforts
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by Issaka K. Souaré
Bringing together non-state armed groups and governments to participate in peace processes has become a familiar characteristic of 21st-century mediation. However, after 9/11, several countries adopted strict counterterrorism policies. As a result, many non-state armed groups were given the label terrorist group by the same governments they were meant to negotiate with. The complex effects of this have impeded mediation efforts, impacted conflict dynamics, and created challenges to forging peace.
Afghanistan is a prime example. After the 9/11 attacks in the US, the American intervention there was in large part premised on the assumption that the Taliban, then rulers of the country, played an important role in the attacks. The group was proscribed by the United States and became a legitimate target for military operations. Under American influence, even the United Nations Security C
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Beautiful Xinjiang should not be smeared by lies
Xinjiang is located in the northwest of China with 1.66 million square kilometers land area and 25 million population. It’s an autonomous region with the largest concentration of ethnic minorities. With magnificent scenery and diverse culture, Xinjiang is a wonderful land that tourists around the world yearn for. In 2020, Xinjiang received 158 million domestic and foreign tourists despite the epidemic. I have also been to some cities in Xinjiang before, and deeply impressed by the delicious food, cultural geography and hospitable people in Xinjiang. Many friends who have been there all have nice memories, and it’s just as a popular Chinese song has expressed, Xinjiang is a wonderful land. In a few Western media, however, we can frequently see lies about Xinjiang, most of which are incredibly ridiculous. Let me reveal the ins and outs of the lies about Xinjiang with basic facts and introduce a real Xinjiang.
The claim made by Adrian Zenz, a so-called German scholar, that 1 million Uygurs were held in internment camps in China s Xinjiang has no factual basis, according to a report released by the Xinjiang Development Research Center on Friday.
The report, titled Slanderer Adrian Zenz s Xinjiang-related Fallacies Versus the Truth, says, The Grayzone, an independent news website, said in an article published in December 2019 that the claim about 1 million Uygurs being held in internment camps was first proposed and then spread by the website of the Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), a Washington D.C.-based non-governmental organization supported by the U.S. government, and the CHRD made the estimate by interviewing only eight Uygurs and rough estimation.