China’s political repression is extending beyond its shores as the Xi Jinping government intimidates citizens living in Japan, victims have told Human Rights Watch.
Chinese authorities are using “transnational repression” to target Chinese nationals living in Japan, particularly minorities from Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, to deter them from protesting against the government or engaging in “anti-China activities”, the group said.
The group, based in New York, interviewed 25 people from Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and other places in China living in Japan who said they had received warnings from Chinese police, sometimes through their relatives back home. They had held public programmes to raise awareness about the Uyghur minority and promote Tibetan culture and organised a reading club discussion by Mongolian activists.
Such activities, even when conducted beyond its borders, are viewed by the Chinese government as “unfavourable or threatening to one-party rule”, HRW said.
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