Abbreviations
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| CICA | Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CSTO | Collective Security Treaty Organization |
| CTC | Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (UN) |
| CTED | Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UN) |
| CTITF | Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (UN) |
| EC | European Commission |
| ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| EurAsEC | Eurasian Economic Community |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICERD | International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
| ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| MPS | Ministry of Public Security (PRC) |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| OHCHR | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| OSCE | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| PAP | People’s Armed Police (PRC) |
| PLA | People’s Liberation Army (PRC) |
| PRC | People’s Republic of China |
| RATS | Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization |
| SCO | Shanghai Cooperation Organization |
| TAR | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNRCCA | United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia |
| XPCC | Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps |
| XUAR | Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region |
Acknowledgements
Human Rights in China (HRIC) thanks the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) for its invaluable support, strategy consultations, and Russian translation assistance. HRIC also thanks the FIDH June 2009 Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan mission team for the field insights HRIC gained through participation in that mission. Special thanks to Antoine Madelin, Shiwei Ye, and other reviewers who wish to remain anonymous. Deep thanks to Professor Jerome Cohen for his inspiration and his support for this report. Warm thanks also to HRIC’s dedicated team of interns in the New York and Hong Kong offices (2008-2011).