March 5, 2002
WASHINGTON -- When Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji addressed the National People' Congress, he added "fighting terrorism" to the list of ways of ensuring social stability in China.
The statement in Beijing came as the U.S State Department released its annual report on global human rights criticizing China' human rights record.
The report accuses China of using the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism as a pretext to justify a crackdown on Uighur Muslim separatists in the country' north-western Xinjiang autonomous region.
As in previous years, the report documented China' human rights record across the board, with a focus on the lack of religious freedom.
The report noted serious human rights abuses in Tibet and in Xinjiang province in western China, where security was tightened considerably last year.
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The report also highlighted China' "harsh and comprehensive" campaign against the Falun Gong spiritual group, which was banned in 1999, and said thousands of Falun Gong followers were serving sentences in labour camps.
http://europe.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/03/05/china.rightsreport/index.html
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