It only seems to be available in Italian? I'd love to read a non-google translate summary or even a full translation if someone can find it? I was only able to find a few blogs on this issue, all of them seemed very random.
http://www.cese-m.eu/cesem/2021/05/disponibile-nuovo-rapporto-sullo-xinjang-promosso-con-eurispes-e-istituto-diplomatico-internazionale/
This is what I got from one of the blogs;
Three research institutions in Italy, the Italian Institute of Politics, Society and Economics, the Italian Institute of International Diplomacy, and the Italian Eurasian Mediterranean Research Center jointly released a research report written by multiple independent researchers
The report believes that China’s anti-terrorism and de-radicalization actions are based on the rule of law, respect for human rights, and protection of the legitimate rights and interests of the parties involved.
The report pointed out that between 2018 and 2020, more than 1,200 representatives from more than 100 countries, including UN officials, UN permanent representatives, diplomats, journalists, and representatives of religious institutions, were able to visit Xinjiang. No suspicion of race or ethnicity was found. Evidence that religious prejudice suppresses local residents. The report pointed out that the “vocational education and training center” helps people who have violated the law to reintegrate into society. Such policies have also been imitated by countries such as Kazakhstan and Indonesia. Many scholars and visitors affirmed the above-mentioned policy adopted by the Chinese government, believing that it can solve the problem fundamentally and achieve the goal of “de-radicalization”.
Are they?
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The anti-extremism laws have been translated by people other than western media and it clearly says that having facial hair can be an incriminating sign of someone being an extremist.
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Yeah, okay, we'll disagree about that then, to me it is the same but whatever.
There was a recent "anti-extremist" regulation against long unkempt Salafi-style beards passed by the Xinjiang People's Congress that seems to have been modeled off of Tajikistan's (Tajikistan is a Muslim-majority country that began making restrictions against long Salafi beards in their response to recent rising Salafi jihadism in Central Asia). It's definitely one of the dumber and more draconian anti-Salafi extremism measures out there where they pressure men to trim/shave "abnormal" beards, although there doesn't appear to be any credible evidence of anyone actually being pressured into de-radicalization programs based exclusively on having a long unkempt beard. So, if you go to to Xinjiang, you'll still see Muslim men with beards, but you'll be unlikely to see a long Salafi-style beard now. Despite long Salafi/Wahhabi-style beards not being considered part of traditional Uyghur culture, this kind of restriction (even when Muslim countries like Tajikistan or Uzbekistan do it) is still overzealous and ridiculous imo.