Uyghurs right activists call on world to stand up to Beijing
Uyghurs right activists call on world to stand up to Beijing
2023-07-14
Uyghur rights groups in Washington are calling on governments worldwide to stand up to Beijing. They accuse China of genocide and want people to remember what happened 14 years ago in Urumqi, China, during violent confrontations between Uyghurs, Han Chinese and the police. The rights groups say not much has changed. Graham Kanwit reports for Voice of America.
These Uyghurs in exile accuse China of arbitrarily detaining their loved ones and carrying out other human rights violations in the Uyghur homeland, which they call East Turkistan.
Officially the region in northwest China is called Xinjiang.
Outside the White House, these Uyghurs say they want independence from China. They are also commemorating an event they will never forget in the Xinjiang capital, Urumqi, 14 years ago this month.
Aziz Sulayman
East Turkistan Government in Exile
Mass killed them, mass shoot them and their bloods stained all of Urumqi city, and all night they washed the blood with the pressure washer in order to hide their crime.
In 2009 unrest in Urumqi was sparked by violence at a factory in southern China. Six Uyghur men were accused of sexually assaulting two ethnic Han Chinese women, which led to brawling that left two Uyghurs dead. In Urumqi, Uyghurs took to the streets, demanding justice for the killings. Amanalla Kashgari says the Urumqi protest started peacefully.
Amanalla Kashgari
They wanted those criminals to be charged and a proper investigation to be carried out. However, instead of their voices being heard and sit down with the officials, they were brutally cracked down by the paramilitary.
According to Chinese officials, nearly 200 people died, most of them Han Chinese. But Uyghur activists say that there were many more Uyghur victims, and that China’s repression in their homeland continues to this day. Several countries, including the United States, have described China’s actions as genocide. In a statement to VOA, Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu describes people who call the Xinjiang region East Turkistan as “separatist forces” that undermine China’s national unity. The statement says, “The issues related to Xinjiang are not about human rights. They are about countering violent terrorism, radicalization and separatism. The accusation of ‘genocide’ in Xinjiang is a flat-out lie of the century.”
The protesters at the White House are calling on the international community to take more action. Graham Kanwit, for VOA News, Washington.
維吾爾人權組織 抗議中國對維吾爾人進行種族滅絕
2023-07-14
位在美國華盛頓的維吾爾人權組織，呼籲世界各國政府勇敢地面對北京。他們指控中國進行種族滅絕，並希望人們記住14年前在中國烏魯木齊發生的維吾爾人、漢人和警察之間的暴力對抗。來看美國之音報導。
流亡維吾爾人齊聚一堂，控訴中國任意逮捕他們的親人，並在他們稱之為”東突厥斯坦”的維吾爾家園進行其他侵犯人權行為。
該地區位在中國西北部，中國稱之為”新疆”。
白宮外，這些維吾爾人除了訴求獨立，也紀念14年前，在新疆首府烏魯木齊發生的大規模屠殺事件。
[[東突厥斯坦共和國流亡政府 Aziz Sulayman]]
“大規模屠殺他們，槍殺他們，他們的血染紅了整個烏魯木齊市。他們整夜用高壓水柱清洗血跡，藉此掩蓋他們的罪行”
2009年，中國南方一家工廠的暴動引發了烏魯木齊屠殺事件。六名維吾爾族男子被指控性侵兩名漢人婦女，導致群體鬥毆，最後兩名維吾爾族人死亡。維吾爾人走上街頭，要求為殺戮行為伸張正義。Amanalla Kashgari表示，烏魯木齊的抗議活動一開始是和平的。
[[Amanalla Kashgari ]]
“他們希望對這些罪犯提出指控，並進行適當的調查。然而，他們的聲音並沒有被聽到，也沒有與官員坐下來談，而是遭到了準軍事部隊的殘酷鎮壓”
根據中國官員的數字，有將近200人死亡，其中大多數是漢人。但維吾爾活動人士表示，還有更多維吾爾人受害，而中國對他們家園的鎮壓至今仍持續著。包括美國在內的一些國家，將中國的行為描述為種族滅絕。中國駐美國大使館發言人劉鵬宇在給美國之音的聲明中表示，那些稱新疆地區為”東突”的人，為破壞中國國家統一的”分裂勢力”者，並強調”涉疆問題不涉及人權問題” ，而是關於打擊暴力恐怖主義、激進主義和分裂主義。對新疆”種族滅絕”的指控是徹頭徹尾的世紀謊言”
抗議者在白宮前大聲疾呼，希望國際社會能採取更多行動。
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