----- Original Message ----- From: Chowdhury
To: Jia Shu ; Dahuk ; History Islam
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 8:43 PM
Subject: China 'crushing Muslim Uighurs'
China 'crushing Muslim Uighurs'
The crackdown is done in the name of counter-terrorism, the report says
China has been accused by two US-based human rights groups of conducting a
"crushing campaign of religious repression" against Muslim Uighurs.
It is being done in the name of anti-separatism and counter-terrorism, says a
joint report by Human Rights Watch and Human Rights in China.
It is said to be taking place in the western Xinjiang region, where more than
half the population is Uighur.
China has denied that it suppresses Islam in Xinjiang.
It says it only wants to stop the forces of separatism, terrorism and religious
extremism in the region, which Uighur separatists call East Turkestan.
Detentions and executions
The report accuses China of "opportunistically using the post-September 11
environment to make the outrageous claim that individuals disseminating
peaceful religious and cultural messages in Xinjiang are terrorists who have
simply changed tactics".
CHINA'S UIGHURS
Ethnically Turkic Muslims, mainly in Xinjiang
Made bid for independent state in 1940s
Sporadic violence in Xinjiang since 1991
Uighurs worried about Chinese immigration and erosion of traditional culture
The authors of the report say it is based on previously disclosed Communist
Party and Chinese government documents, local regulations, press reports and
local interviews.
The report says the systematic repression of religion in Xinjiang was
continuing as "a matter of considered state policy".
Such repression ranges from vetting imams and closing mosques to executions and
the detention of thousands of people every year, it claims.
"Religious regulation in Xinjiang is so pervasive that it creates a legal net
that can catch just about anyone the authorities want to target," said Sharon
Hom, Executive Director of Human Rights in China.
Uighurs make up about eight million of the 19 million people in Xinjiang.
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