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Phone action
From: "Kathy Polias"
<kpolias@uyghurs.org>
The Uyghur Human Rights Coalition is designating Monday and Tuesday of this week
as PHONE-IN DAYS FOR UYGHUR POLITICAL PRISONER ABDULHELIL ABDUMIJIT. We
ask that you phone the Chinese embassy and consulates here in the U.S. and
demand that the Chinese government IMMEDIATELY disclose the circumstances
surrounding Mr. Abdumijit's recent death. Amnesty International has
received reports that Mr. Abdumijit was tortured to death by prison officials.
Phone numbers for the Chinese embassy and consulates are at the bottom of this
e-mail.
SOME TALKING POINTS FOR YOUR PHONE CALLS
(1) Amnesty International has received reports that Abdulhelil Abdumijit,
one of the organizers of the Ghulja protests in 1997, was tortured to death
while in detention in Chapchal Su Detention Center in Yili County, Xinjiang.
(2) The Chinese government should conduct a full and impartial investigation
into the reports that he was tortured to death.
(3) Mr Abdumijit's detention has been marked by secrecy since his arrest
in 1997. His family was reportedly denied access to him as well as
information about his situation.
(4) China is a party to the UN Convention Against Torture and therefore
has an international obligation to refrain from using methods of torture as a
form of punishment, as well as an obligation to investigate allegations of
torture.
PHONE NUMBERS FOR THE CHINESE EMBASSY AND CONSULATES IN THE U.S.
Chinese Embassy (DC)--Political Affairs Office, (202)328-2507 (Li Zhaoxing is
the Ambassador, Minister Counselor Chen Yonglong is the Consular)
Chinese Consulate (San Francisco)--(415)674-2900
Chinese Consulate (Houston)--(713)524-4311
Chinese Consulate (New York)--(212)868-7752
Chinese Consulate (Chicago)--(312)803-0098
Chinese Consulate (Los Angeles)--(213)807-8088
LET'S INUNDATE THE CHINESE EMBASSY AND CONSULATES WITH PHONE CALLS! LET
THEM KNOW THAT WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S BRUTAL TREATMENT
OF UYGHUR PEOPLE!
For more info on Abdulhelil's case, check out Amnesty International's website at
http://www.uyghurs.org/asa/china/
Thanks so much everyone! Freedom and human rights for Uyghurs!
Peace and happiness,
Kathy
Kathy Polias
Executive Director
Uyghur Human Rights Coalition
P.O. Box 75785
Washington, DC 20013
(202)548-6084
kpolias@uyghurs.org
http://www.uyghurs.org