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Kazak and Uygurs ,WHY?
Kazak & uygurs are
brothers ,relatives and one nation belong to one area and religion .what
happened now? Why Kazak government treats Uygurs so badly ? to
answer this question please read this report:
From: TudiH@aol.com
The background of the this incident is Kazak government reportedly signed an
agreement with China to send back all the Uyghurs who are Chinese citizens
whether they are staying in Kazakstan legally or not. Chinese citizens of other
ethnic groups are not covered in the agreement. As a result, Kazak police
began to search for Uyghurs. After the border between China and Kazakstan
openned in late 80's, many Uyghurs went to Kazakstan to visit their relatives or
do business. In recent years, some Uyghur who were perceived as
separarist by China also escaped to neighboring countries such as Kazakstan.
Many of them have to outstay their visas and live in hiding. Because they
know what happened to the Uyghurs who were forcefully returned to
China by Kazakstan government. Three Uyghurs, Hemit Memet, Kasim Mahpir
and Ilyas Zordun were forcefully returned to China by Kazakstan in
February 1999, and were executed by Chinese government. China
is using its political and economical leverage to force these Central As
ian countries to adopt a discrinative policy towards the Uighurs.
Those Uyghurs must have shot the police to escape death. They were
forced into making a choice between cooperating with police and face
deportation and death or shotting them to escape death. I do
not condone violence of kind, but, in this incident, Kazakstan government
is the initiator. If they did not disregard the international Human
rights standards, this tragedy would not have happened.
/Turdi
In a message dated 10/2/00
12:00:08 AM, hasret@azeurotel.com
writes: Kazakh Police Kill Suspected Uighur
Separatists ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Sep 28, 2000 -- (Reuters)
Kazakh special forces have killed four Chinese nationals said
to belong to a banned Uighur separatist
organization, Prime Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev said on Thursday. The
men, wanted for the murder of two Kazakh policemen last week, were
shot dead in a gun battle in the early hours of Thursday in the
commercial capital Almaty. The gunmen were not prepared to
negotiate, they were heavily armed with grenades and automatic
weapons," Tokayev told parliament. "The decision was taken
to liquidate the terrorists - the operation lasted 40 to 45
minutes and two policemen were seriously injured. The four
gunmen were killed on the spot," he said. Tokayev said the men
belonged to a banned organization called East Turkestan, which
advocates independence from China. Uighurs are Turkic-speaking Moslems who
live in the northwestern Chinese province of Xinjiang.
Activists have struggled for decades to establish an
independent state, triggering a crackdown by China. About 600,000 Uighurs
live in Central Asia, having moved to escape what they say is
repression by Chinese authorities. Tokayev said the men were also
suspected of having committed a series of murders in neighboring
Kyrgyzstan, home to a large Uighur diaspora. Two Chinese
businessmen and a leader of Kyrgyzstan's Uighurs were killed earlier this
year.
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