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World Uyghur Congress Newsletter No.13 Published: 17 August 2011 World Uyghur Congress Newsletter No.13 Published: 17 August 2011 Newsletter No. 13 August 2011 Official Website of the WUC | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Older Editions | PDF Version Map: RFA (modified by WUC) Top Story Statement by WUC President Rebiya Kadeer about Kashgar attacks Featured Articles WUC Strongly Condemns New Extraditions of Uyghurs from Pakistan to China Uyghur Refugee Nur Muhammed Turned Over to Chinese Officials by Thai Authorities Media Work UAA Press release on Kashgar Incident International Media Interviews with WUC Leadership Past Events Demonstrations on Hotan Incident in Germany, Austria, Sweden, Turkey and Japan First Action on China-Culture-Year in Germany Uyghur Youth Football Cup Activities by the Japan Uyghur Association on Nuclear Victims in East Turkestan Upcoming Events WUC Organizes Iftar Dinner in Munich 18th Session UN Human Rights Council IV International Uyghur Women’s Seminar 4th International March for Freedom of Oppressed Peoples and Minorities Highlighted Media Articles and reports on Uyghur Related Issues Western companies profit from state development in East Turkestan Article by UHRP Project Manager in OpenDemocracy Security and Islam in Asia: lessons from China’s Uyghur minority USCIRF Calls on China to End Violence and Restrictions in Uyghur Muslim Areas More Media Articles 1 / 9 www.uyghurcongress.org World Uyghur Congress Newsletter No.13 Published: 17 August 2011 TOP STORY Statement by WUC President Rebiya Kadeer about Kashgar attacks WUC , 1 August 2011 The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) unequivocally condemns Chinese government policies that have caused another outbreak of violence in East Turkestan. Without a substantial change to policies that discriminate against Uyghurs economically, culturally and politically the prospect of stability in East Turkestan is remote. According to Chinese and overseas media reports, incidents of bloodshed on the streets of Kashgar occurred between July 30 and 31, 2011. The tragic events over the weekend in Kashgar took place less than two weeks after a day of violence in the southern city of Hotan. Due to the tight control of information and the imposition of a street curfew, the WUC is unable to confirm the accuracy of information from Chinese state media of events in Kashgar. The latest reports conflict in the number of dead and injured from the alleged series of attacks in Kashgar. Chinese state media has accused Uyghur individuals of carrying out the attacks. There is no doubt that without providing any substantive evidence, the Chinese government will accuse these individuals of links to international terror organizations. Without independent verification of such accusations, the WUC must remain skeptical. I do not support violence. I am saddened that Han Chinese and Uyghurs have lost their lives. At the same time, I cannot blame the Uyghurs who carry out such attacks for they have been pushed to despair by Chinese policies. I condemn the Chinese government for the incident. The Chinese government has created an environment of hopelessness that means it must take responsibility for civilian deaths and injuries caused by their discriminatory policies. The WUC has repeatedly urged the Chinese government to immediately stop the implementation of unjust policies in East Turkestan. The WUC has also insisted that Chinese officials end the institutionalized national and racial discrimination against Uyghurs that deprive Uyghur youths of a future. During the May 2010 “Xinjiang Work Forum” held in Beijing, the WUC sincerely called on the Chinese government to discuss the future of East Turkestan with legitimate representatives of the Uyghur people. Nevertheless, the “Xinjiang Work Forum” went ahead without the participation of a single Uyghur, whose rights as an autonomous people are highlighted in the Chinese Constitution and the Regional Ethnic Autonomy Law. To read the full article, please go here . See also: Deadly attacks rock turbulent Xinjiang region AFP, 31 July 2011 Kashgar Attackers ‘Pakistan-Trained’ RFA, 1 August 2011 Tensions high after deadly unrest in China AFP, 01 August 2011 Beijing’s Ethnic Policies ‘Flawed’ RFA, 2 August 2011 China Executes Two Uyghur Suspects From Weekend’s Violence Radio Free Europe, 2 August 2011 Death on the Silk Route: Violence in Xinjiang BBC, 3 August 2011 ‘Excessive’ Force in Suspect Killings RFA, 4 August 2011 Ramadan Curbs Follow Violence RFA, 4 August 2011 Analysis: Far west attacks expose violence’s homegrown roots Reuters, 4 August 2011 China launches 2-month Xinjiang terror crackdown AFP, 16 August 2011 back to top 2 / 9 www.uyghurcongress.org World Uyghur Congress Newsletter No.13 Published: 17 August 2011 FEATURED ARTICLES WUC Strongly Condemns New Extraditions of Uyghurs from Pakistan to China WUC Press Release , 11 August 2011 The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) condemns in the strongest possible terms the recent extradition of five ethnic Uyghurs, among them one woman and two children, from Pakistan to China where they will face harsh punishment. Uyghurs who have been extradited to China in the past, were detained, imprisoned, sentenced, tortured, executed or disappeared after their return to China. The five people, blindfolded and handcuffed, were brought on 9 August 2011 to the Benazir Bhutto International Airport where they boarded a flight of China’s Southern Airline for Urumqi, East Turkestan, between 8-9 p.m. (local time). According to local sources, another Uyghur, Abduxur Ablmit (Abdushukur Ablimit), who was to accompany his compatriots, was taken from the plane before the departure for unknown reasons. The deportees were taken to the plane through a special gate meant for VIPs. According to media reports, the woman was identified as Manzokra Mamad (Menzire Memet) who was accompanied by a minor girl and a boy. The extradition of the five people comes less than two weeks after the violent incidents in Kashgar. According to state-controlled Chinese media, on 30 and 31 July 2011 at least 14 people were killed and 42 injured in two separate incidents in Kashgar. In addition, on 18 July 2011, Chinese security forces brutally and lethally cracked down on Uyghur demonstrators in the city of Hotan, killing at least 20 people. The Chinese government responded to the Hotan and Kashgar incidents by ordering a full-scale security clampdown on East Turkestan, as well as a curb on "illegal religious activities.” Instead of recognizing that the root causes of these incidents lie within the discriminatory policies against the Uyghur population, including mass arrests, detention and executions and the destruction of historical Uyghur sites like Kashgar, China blamed the Kashgar attacks on Uyghurs that were said to be part of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), and trained in neighboring Pakistan. However, academics, scholars and Uyghur groups in exile have raised serious doubts about the existence of ETIM, which China considers a terrorist organization. All evidences on the existence of ETIM have been presented by Chinese sources whose credibility has to be taken with a lot of precaution. Chinese security forces shot dead two Uyghurs, Memtieli Tiliwaldi and Tursun Hesen, allegedly behind the Kashgar violence. Despite having the opportunity to capture the two men alive, Chinese authorities opted to kill them on the spot, sending not only a clear message to the Uyghur population in East Turkestan that any form of dissent would not be tolerated, but also preventing to get more information on the reason behind the attack and on ETIM itself. After the Kashgar incident, Pakistan, which has as long been a close ally of China, immediately stated that it would extend its full support to China against ETIM. Although the reasons for the deportation of the five people could not be ascertained, the WUC believes that Pakistani authorities acted on the request of the Chinese government in order to underline the positive relations between the two countries. By extraditing these individuals to China, Pakistan violated the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) which prohibits parties from returning, extraditing or refouling any person to a state "where there are substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture." “China is notorious for ill-treatment and torture in detention and no matter what these people are accused of, Pakistan should not have deported them back to China”, said the leader of the Uyghur Human Rights Movement Rebiya Kadeer. “In addition, China also has a track record of publicly executing, torturing and imprisoning Uyghurs who have been forcibly sent back from Pakistan.” A part from the deportation, Pakistan is violating the basic human rights of Uyghurs living within the country. For example, in June 2011, the brothers Akbar and Omer Osman, who co-founded a charity to teach Pakistani Uyghurs their own language in the northern city of Rawalpindi, were prevented from traveling abroad to attend an international Uyghur conference in Washington, DC. They were clearly told that the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad asked Pakistani officials to not allow them to travel. Only two and a half month ago, on 30 May 2011, the Kazakh authorities handed Uyghur refugee Ershidin Israel over to China in severe violation of international law standards. Israel remains disappeared until today. In December 2009, Cambodia extradited 20 Uyghurs back to China and their whereabouts are still unknown. See also: China’s Uighur Problem: One Man’s Ordeal Echoes the Plight of a People TIME, 28 July 2011 Pakistan Deports Uyghurs RFA, 10 August 2011 Uyghurs deported from Thailand and Pakistan- Chinese influence wins out over international law Uyghur American Association (UAA) Press Release, 12 August 12, 2011 3 / 9 www.uyghurcongress.org World Uyghur Congress Newsletter No.13 Published: 17 August 2011 Uyghur Refugee Nur Muhammed Turned Over to Chinese Officials by Thai Authorities Human Rights Watch (HRW) , 10 August 2011 The Chinese government should immediately allow access to Nur Muhammed, an ethnic Uighur who was handed over to Chinese officials in Bangkok on August 6, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today.
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