The Chinese regime has appointed a new governor for Xinjiang where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is accused of carrying out mass detentions and other abuses against members of the Uyghur and other Muslim minority groups. A former vice governor, Erkin Tuniyaz gained some notoriety for delivering a vociferous defense of the communist regime’s policies in the northwestern region, particularly the use of facilities critics call detention centers. Tuniyaz, 59, is an ethnic Uyghur and a veteran CCP member. He studied law at CCP’s Central Party School between 2009 and 2011 after obtained a master’s degree in economics in 1999 from Xinjiang University. He worked his way up through a variety of posts in Xinjiang and received his appointment late Thursday. The region’s most powerful official is Communist Party Secretary Chen Quanguo, who is accused of overseeing the mass detentions and all-enveloping surveillance of minorities. In his February video address to the United Nations, …
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