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Uyghurs Alarmed as China Ratifies Extradition Treaty With Turkey, Long a Haven For Exiles


By Patrick Goodenough
| December 29, 2020 | 7:32pm EST
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – Uyghur activists expressed concern on Tuesday that Beijing’s ratification of an extradition treaty with Turkey could put in jeopardy those who have sought a safe haven there after fleeing repressive Chinese Communist Party policies in Xinjiang province.
China’s National People’s Congress at the weekend formally approved the treaty, first signed in 2017, and state media said it would help Beijing to counter “terrorism.”
The CCP characterizes its widely-condemned security policies in the far-western province as necessary and effective measures to combat terrorism, extremism, and separatism. More than one million Uyghur and other minority Muslims are reported to have been held in re-education camps in the region since 201 ....

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