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It details criminal-law provisions targeting alleged “crimes endangering national security,” and explains how such measures affect Tibetans, people in Hong Kong, mainland human rights defenders and lawyers, and Uyghurs and Muslim communities. 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Its Criminal Law includes a whole chapter (Part II Chapter I) on 'Crimes Endangering Naঞonal Security', which all carry very long jail sentences for 'ringleaders' (10 or more years), and for those 'inciঞng' others (up to 5 or more years) .  \n\n| | Collusion\u003Cbr>with foreign forces\u003Cbr>(Arࢼcle 102)\u003Cbr>Subversion of State power (Arࢼcle 105) | | Separaঞsm\u003Cbr>(Arࢼcle 103)\u003Cbr>Stealing or providing State secrets\u003Cbr>(Arࢼcle 111) |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n\nLike many other governments, it invokes naঞonal security crimes to jusঞfy human rights abuses.  \nOver the past four years, UN human rights experts have raised concerns with the government on the misuse of naঞonal security legislaঞon, in no less than:  \n\n| |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| 23 | le􀂂ers to the government, covering... |\n\n31 cases  \n5 laws and  \nregulaঞons  \nACCORDING TOTHE UN EXPERTS' LETTERS,  \nWHO IS AFFECTED?  \nTibetans   \nNine Tibetans from Ngawa were 'sentenced in December 2016 for parঞcipaঞon in celebraঞons for the Dalai Lama's 80th birthday, and their advocacy for cultural and religious rights of Tibetans'…  \n… but for the Chinese government, this meant 'inciঞng ethnic separaঞsm' to 'split the country', and other 'illegal acঞviঞes that endanger naঞonal security'.  \nHong Kongers   \n... who suffer from the 'conঞnued pracঞce of invoking naঞonal security provisions under the Naঞonal Security Law to impermissibly impinge on the rights to freedom of expression, of associaঞon, and of peaceful assembly,'as per UN experts.  \n© Jonathan Van Smit / Flickr  \n© Christopher Michel  \nHuman rights defenders in mainland China   \n... disappeared, arbitrarily detained, and jailed for 'subversion of State power' or 'inciঞng subversion', such as:  \n Changsha Funeng anঞ-discriminaঞon acঞvists  \n Chang Weiping, and 16 other acঞvists sentenced to 10 years or more  \n Ding Jiaxi, Zhang Zhongshun, and Dai Zhenya,  \nheld during the 2019 '1226 crackdown'  \nUyghurs and Muslim populaঞons   \n... exposed to 'mass surveillance used to monitor, track and ulঞmately detain them'.  \nSays the government:  \n'According to the Chinese Consࢼtuࢼon, no organizaࢼon or individual may violate ciࢼzens' freedom of communicaࢼon for any reason, except for needs related to naࢼonal security or criminal invesࢼgaࢼon'  \n© Tamil Guardian  \nAll countries have to protect naঞonal security. So why is the Chinese government invoking naঞonal security so problemaঞc?  \nThe UN experts break it down:  \n\n| | | 1. It is done to target human rights defenders, and affects society as a whole |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\nHuman rights defenders and lawyers 'conঞnue to be charged, detained, disappeared and tortured […] under the guise of naঞonal security concerns’  \n(Press release from 16 December 2020 on Chang Weiping and human rights lawyers in China)  \nUN experts are 'concerned by the repeated use of naঞonal security legislaঞon [that] may have a chilling effect on civil society in China, hindering the basic exercise of human rights'(Le􀂂er from 9 March 2020 on Ding Jiaxi, Zhang Zhongshun and Dai Zhenya)  \n‘Despite China's legal obligaঞons and commitments, mulঞple laws, decrees and policies, in parঞcular those concerning naঞonal security and terrorism, deeply erode the foundaঞons for the viable social, economic and poliঞcal development of the society'  \n(Le􀂂er from 21 November 2018 on the Xinjiang De-extremificaࢼon Regulaࢼons)  \n| | 2. It is done to curtail free speech |\n| --- | --- |\n\nUN experts point to a 'broader pa􀂂ern of restricঞons on space for discussion and debate in China, whereby criঞcal or dissenঞng opinions are characterised as threats to naঞonal security. As such, there appears to be a systemaঞc sঞfling of dissent and targeঞng of those who exercise their right to freedom of expression, as well as those who promote pub","cbCaifVA9DWslmh5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifVA9DWslmh5","pdf",1601275,"English","# UN experts’ assessment of China’s use of national security law\n## Targeting human rights defenders and chilling civil society\n## Curtailing free speech and public debate\n## Bypassing due process protections\n## Conflicting with international human rights obligations\n# Who is affected\n## Tibetans\n## Hong Kongers\n## Mainland human rights defenders and lawyers\n## Uyghurs and Muslim populations","[{\"question\":\"How do UN experts describe China’s national security laws in relation to human rights abuses?\",\"answer\":\"UN experts argue that national security legislation is repeatedly misused to justify charges, detention, disappearances, and other abuses, eroding fundamental human rights protections.\"},{\"question\":\"Which groups are highlighted as being affected, according to the UN experts’ letters?\",\"answer\":\"The document names Tibetans, people in Hong Kong, human rights defenders and lawyers in mainland China, and Uyghurs and Muslim populations exposed to mass surveillance and detention.\"},{\"question\":\"What due-process concerns do UN experts raise about national security crimes?\",\"answer\":\"They cite exemptions and restrictions related to notice to family members and access to counsel, and warn that some suspects may be held incommunicado for long periods, increasing risks of cruel treatment.\"}]","UN Experts Views on China’s Abuse of National Security to Curtail Human Rights | PDF",15]