Accusation on counterterrorism slammed

Groundlessly accusing China of using counterterrorism measures to carry out so-called "genocide" in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will severely hamper global efforts to fight terrorism, experts said.

Counterterrorism measures in China can never be misused as political tools to violate people's freedom of religious belief or carry out genocide as constantly claimed by some Western countries because they are all law-based, Li Changlin, a professor at Southwest University of Political Science & Law's Human Rights Institute, said on Tuesday.

He made the remarks after the State Council Information Office released a white paper titled "China's Legal Framework and Measures for Counterterrorism "on Tuesday morning.