nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220311-121150-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220311s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220311-121150-0 doi eng 342 23 Sprick, Daniel Author aut Repression by Law - The Delayed Legacy of the War on Terror in China Sprick, Daniel Verfassungsblog 2022-03-11 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier China did not need 9/11 to further restrict civil and political rights, but it jumped onto the bandwagon in using the legitimizing force of counterterrorism to intensify its repressive policies. China’s so-called “People’s War on Terror” has had a stifling impact on the ability to practice Islam in China (and especially in Xinjiang) and is, when discussed in the context of counterterrorism and human rights, therefore best be characterized as a significant encroachment of religious freedoms, bringing China’s human rights record to a new low point in the 21th century. CC BY-SA 4.0 China freedom of religion Securitization Xinjiang Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/os5-repression-by-law/ raw object