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Urgent appeal to the International Community to condemn the execution of Uighurs by
Chinese authorities in Eastern Turkestan
The Unrepresented
Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), consisting of 51 Members representing
more than 100 million people throughout the world, is shocked by Chinese
authorities’ execution of two young Uighur men, Jurat Nuri (27), and Abduhalik
Abdureshit (24), in Ghulja city on January 9, 2001. Their execution is the
latest incident of grave human rights abuses conducted by Chinese authorities in
recent years whereby hundreds of Uighurs have been executed, tortured or
arbitrarily arrested. UNPO
wishes to draw the international community’s attention to the fact that China
is conducting this “silent” policy of ethnic cleansing in Eastern Turkestan
despite its signing of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
and its ratification of the UN Convention Against Torture. As such, China has
repeatedly violated the basic objectives and purposes of these agreements. UNPO
appeals to the international community to unequivocally condemn China’s policy
of subjection and annihilation of the Uighur nation, aimed at eradicating their
right to self-determination for all times. The
international community cannot afford to continue its indifference in this
respect. It is this indifference which has contributed to the horrific
occurrence of ethnic cleansing in the recent past. The international community
has a responsibility to help reverse the general feeling among oppressed peoples
that their voice can be heard only when amplified by acts of violence against
oppressive authorities.
For more
information please contact:
UNPO
International Secretariat Press Officer
Tel: + 31 70
360 3318
Fax: + 31 70
360 3346; e-mail: unpo@unpo.nl
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