Ep. 78: The Backlash Against Minorities

States of Anarchy with Hamsini Hariharan

Can a foreign government intervene if the evidence of the Chinese government’s repression of Uighurs is genuine? What is Sri Lanka’s Burqa ban all about?

On episode 78, host Hamsini Hariharan answers questions about how some governments respond to minorities and differences.

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Recommended Reading

1) China’s Repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-repression-uyghurs-xinjiang

2) Surviving the Crackdown in Xinjiang -

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/12/surviving-the-crackdown-in-xinjiang

3) The Factories in Camps:

https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/factories-camps

4) Sri Lanka’s war on terror: burqa ban, draconian Act, ‘deradicalization’

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/sri-lankas-war-on-terror-burqa-ban-draconian-act-deradicalisation-7229933/

5) Sri Lanka’s Burqa Ban Is More About Islamophobia Than National Security

https://thediplomat.com/2021/03/sri-lankas-burqa-ban-is-more-about-islamophobia-than-national-security/

6) Sri Lanka’s proposal to ban the burqa

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/sri-lankas-proposal-to-ban-the-burqa/

7) Sri Lanka Muslims killed in Aluthgama clashes with Buddhists

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27864716

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