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Uighurs conference held in Estonia
The Estonian
government has ignored a diplomatic
protest from Beijing and
allowed some seventy ethnic Uighurs
to hold a conference in the capital,
Tallinn./From
the newsroom of the BBC World
Service
/ Tikan Chemenlik <tikan@usa.net>
Due
to the efforts of Mr. Erkin Alptekin,
the Unrepresented Peoples and
Nations Organization (UNPO) and many
other dedicated Eastern Turkestani
activists, the Chinese government
has had to openly admit that Eastern
Turkestan is now an 'international
issue.' The consequences will be a
stepped up propaganda campaign
declaring peace-loving faithful
Moslems to be 'Fundamentalists,' as
though the media will once again
parrot the People's Daily. We can
probably expect to be seeing the
appearance of a 'White Paper'
declaring that Xinjiang has been
Chinese
since 'ancient times,' in an vain
attempt to legitimize the
colonialist policies of the Chinese
Communist Party. Other consequences
will be more positive media coverage
and legislation to support the
people of Eastern Turkestan, outside
and away from the guns of the PLA.
The gauntlet has been thrown down
and a new door opens. The valiant
heroes, mentioned and unmentioned,
that brought the truth to this
point will, no doubt, redouble their
efforts. Now that the balance is
swinging the other way and the
path is clear, what will YOU do ?
We remember you everyday
Rebiya-hede. tikan chemenlik
PS We also listen to our friends
from Eastern Turkestan here in the
United States. We welcome any and
all gatherings to extoll the truth
and build
understanding to solve the dilemma.
Estonia ignores Beijing's protest
over Uighurs
The Estonian government has ignored
a diplomatic protest from Beijing
and allowed some seventy ethnic
Uighurs to hold a conference in the
capital, Tallinn.
An Estonian foreign ministry
spokesman press secretary Vahur
Soosar told the BBC that
representatives from the Chinese
embassy had lodged a complaint
about the meeting, which is being
organised by the Unrepresented
Peoples'
and Nations' Organisation. But the
Estonian spokesman said Estonia is a
democratic country and could not
stop the meeting. An organiser of
the conference, Erkin Alptekin, said
the group had
information that arbitrary arrests,
torture and executions were
increasingly common in China's
northwestern province of Xinjiang
where the majority of the
population is ethnic Uighur or
Turkic-speaking Muslims. The
Chinese government sees the
activities of ethnic Uighurs wanting
independence for the region as a
matter of internal security. From
the newsroom of the BBC World
Service
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