Location
Genocide in International Contexts
Level of Education
Undergraduate
Secondary Session
Issues of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Keywords
Genocide, Terrorism, Uyghur Muslims, China, Crimes Against Humanity, Religious Freedom, Forced Sterilization, Persecution, Discrimination, Justice
Presenter Names and Speeches.
Anya Veinberg is a junior at Liberty University. She is pursuing a double major in International Relations and National Security with a minor in Strategic Intelligence. Anya has developed a love for intelligence, specifically for sorting through the ethical dilemmas that so often permeate the profession. She is passionate about bringing Kingdom of Heaven to Earth, and seeks to do that through speaking truth and fighting for justice. Anya is passionate about her research and hopes to shed light on controversial issues in order to elicit change for the glory of God.
Abstract
History is wrought with war, crime, and persecution. After nearly every conflict, world leaders vow to never let something similar happen again. Yet, history seems to repeat itself, and so do its conflicts. The Holocaust claimed the lives of millions of Jews and seemed to set a precedent of a modern threshold of evil. How many people would argue that an event strikingly similar to the Holocaust is happening right now in China?
The Chinese government is currently committing acts of violence and faith and race-based discrimination against the Uyghur population.
This work analyzes the interaction between the Chinese government and the Uyghur population with the intention of determining whether the Chinese government is committing state-sponsored terrorism against the Uyghur people. It further seeks to educate individuals who deny the mistreatment of the Uyghur people and who continue to support corporations that further facilitate this questionable behavior. This work examines commonly accepted definitions of state-sponsored activity, terrorism, and genocide and seeks to properly categorize and define the actions of the Chinese government. By assessing the behavior of the Chinese government, this work seeks to define the treatment the Uyghur people are facing and call for government action to come to their aid.
Included in
Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, Human Rights Law Commons, International Humanitarian Law Commons, International Law Commons, Military, War, and Peace Commons, Religion Law Commons
Break Their Lineage, Break Their Roots: Investigating the Chinese Government’s Relationship with the Uyghur Population to Determine the Potential for Terrorism and Genocide
Genocide in International Contexts
History is wrought with war, crime, and persecution. After nearly every conflict, world leaders vow to never let something similar happen again. Yet, history seems to repeat itself, and so do its conflicts. The Holocaust claimed the lives of millions of Jews and seemed to set a precedent of a modern threshold of evil. How many people would argue that an event strikingly similar to the Holocaust is happening right now in China?
The Chinese government is currently committing acts of violence and faith and race-based discrimination against the Uyghur population.
This work analyzes the interaction between the Chinese government and the Uyghur population with the intention of determining whether the Chinese government is committing state-sponsored terrorism against the Uyghur people. It further seeks to educate individuals who deny the mistreatment of the Uyghur people and who continue to support corporations that further facilitate this questionable behavior. This work examines commonly accepted definitions of state-sponsored activity, terrorism, and genocide and seeks to properly categorize and define the actions of the Chinese government. By assessing the behavior of the Chinese government, this work seeks to define the treatment the Uyghur people are facing and call for government action to come to their aid.
