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شعب الأويغور
شعب تركي مسلم يكابد من اضطهاد الاستعمار الصيني
ويدعوا أخوانه واخواته في العقيدة للاطلاع على
احواله ومعاناته |
Appeal for Uighurs
arbitrarily detained
Amnesty International is
concerned about reports of continuing arbitrary arrests of Uighurs in the
Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and elsewhere in the People's
Republic of China (PRC). It is also concerned about reports that Uighur
political detainees are frequently subjected to torture and that some have
been left physically and mentally scarred as a result.
The Uighurs are the
majority ethnic population of the XUAR, where the local population is
predominently Muslim. Following ethnic unrest in February 1997 in the city
of Gulja (Yining),(footnote: See People Republic of China: Summary of
Amnesty International Concerns, February 1998, AI Index: ASA 17/06/98, page
3.http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aipub/1998/ASA/31700698.htm)
in the west of the XUAR, the authorities have tightened controls over the
local population and repressed any activity suspected of lending support to
Uighur nationalism - officially termed "separatism" - including peaceful
religious activities. Such measures are believed to have exacerbated ethnic
tensions and contributed to the escalation of violence in the region. A
growing number of violent incidents, including clashes between small groups
of Uighur nationalists and the security forces, have been reported since
then.
The cases cited in this
document are those of people who are reported to have been arbitrarily
detained for their suspected views, associations or peaceful activities, in
violation of international human rights standards. Some have also been
arbitrarily detained merely because they are relatives or friends of
political prisoners or fugitives, or simply because they are Uighurs. Their
relatives have received no news of them and they have been held without
charge for several months, in violation of Chinese law. (footnote: Under the
revised Criminal Procedure Law of the PRC, in force since January 1997,
detainees should either be formally arrested (charged) within 14 days after
being taken into police custody or released. They have the right to engage a
lawyer soon after being taken into custody. Furthermore, the police should
in principle inform the family of the detention or arrest of a relative and
of the place where he or she may be detained within 24 hours after arrest or
detention, unless the police deems that this would hinder the investigation
. Even in such cases, the law does not provide for detention to continue if
the detainee has not been charged within 14 days of being taken into police
custody.) Amnesty International is calling on the Chinese authorities to
release without delay all those held for the peaceful exercise of
fundamental human rights and to take effective measures to ensure that
Uighur and other ethnic detainees and prisoners are not subjected to torture
or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
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