By Michelle
Change.org (blog)
In addition to the Top Three Areas of Concern for 2010 -- Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) -- the country's below present a substantial risk for identity-based conflict on the scale of crimes against humanity in the coming year:
China: The state's oppression of ethnic and religious minorities, as well as regional and other political dissidents -- most notably, the Uighurs, members of Falun Gong, and the people of Tibet -- is well documented, but the strength of the Chinese state and its stubborn "it's none of your business" attitude makes it difficult to engage the government on human rights issues, both domestically and internationally. China recently managed to pressure Cambodia to deport Uighur asylum seekers, and is threatening a deterioration of diplomatic relations with Argentina, whose courts recently issued an arrest warrant for former Chinese President Jiang Zemin for torture and genocide against Falun Gong practitioners.
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