The Government used the international war on terror as a pretext for cracking down harshly on suspected Uighur separatists expressing peaceful political dissent and on independent Muslim religious leaders.

• 中国政府以国际反恐怖战争为理由严厉镇压以和平方式表达不同政见的维吾尔分裂主义嫌疑者和独立的穆斯林宗教领袖。