Chinanews.com, Geneva, November 20. From November 19 to 20, the 13th UN Human Rights Council Forum on Minority Issues was held by video conference. Chinese experts, scholars and representatives of social organizations introduced China’s protection of ethnic minorities at the forum. The practice of rights policy calls on the international community to jointly combat hate speech.
Wang Bilin, director of the China Ethnic Minorities Association for Foreign Exchange, said that as a multi-ethnic country, China insists on safeguarding ethnic unity, guaranteeing freedom of religious belief, and resolutely opposing the promotion of ethnic hatred, ethnic discrimination, undermining ethnic unity, and promoting religious extremism and undermining religious unity and harmony. ; Cyberspace should not become a place outside the law. It is necessary to correctly grasp the organic unity of the free flow of information with national security and public interests to achieve effective governance of cyberspace.
Yang Chao, director of the Chinese Society of Anthropology and Ethnology, based on his own experience, introduced the situation of China’s Tibetan, Bai, Mongolian, and Hui ethnic minorities in poverty alleviation, employment, and education under the support of government policies. Reports on China’s ethnic policy are full of hateful prejudice and completely inconsistent with the facts. Social media should be used to convey the truth, rather than spread hatred and inflammatory speech, which endangers the security of other countries.
Liu Dongxu, an associate professor at Minzu University of China, said that China has a cultural tradition that tolerates ethnic diversity, which has nurtured the concept of adhering to equality, unity and common prosperity and development of all ethnic groups, which is fully reflected in Chinese laws and systems; ethnic minorities or immigrants are not treated equally The society is easy to become a hotbed of hate speech. The social unrest caused by African American protests is the heavy price paid by the United States because of inequality.
Zheng Liang, a professor at Jinan University, introduced China’s practice of combating online hate speech, saying that China has formulated and promulgated the Cyber Security Law and other network management regulations to effectively combat speech that promotes ethnic hatred and ethnic discrimination, and requires online real-name registration and Internet companies’ The content posted on the platform bears responsibility, and the Chinese government has demonstrated outstanding leadership in eliminating discrimination and protecting the rights of minorities.
Zhong Xin, a professor at Renmin University of China, said that the ethnic, religious, and gender-discriminatory words and deeds contained in hate speech are prohibited by Chinese law. Some Chinese students in the United States were afraid to go out because of the racial discrimination caused by the epidemic.
International organizations, governments, and social media need to act together to limit the spread of hate speech. Faced with global problems such as pandemics, people of all countries belong to a community with a shared future.
Wang Sixin, a professor at the Communication University of China, pointed out that hate speech against minorities has become increasingly popular around the world. In some countries, minorities are not only subjected to verbal insults, but also physical attacks. Unprecedented disasters have become the breeding ground for hate speech on social media, and the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects hate speech distributors. Because of this, the U.S. government and its leaders have become "machines" for hate speech since the beginning of the epidemic. The people of relevant countries and the world have caused harm. Many participating countries and NGOs criticized the United States and Europe for the existence of racial discrimination, "Islamophobia," and politicians' spreading hate speech. (Finish)