News-Digest: EXECUTIONS OF UYGHURS IN CHINA Produced by the Uyghur-American Association and Eastern Turkistan Information Center (Germany). Composed by Abdulrakhim Aitbayev (rakhim@lochbrandy.mines.edu) Period covered: March, 1994 - April, 1998 SUMMARY According to the reports of the Western and Chinese news agencies included in this digest, the Chinese authorities executed 52 Uyghurs during the period from May, 1996, to April, 1998. These Uyghurs were convicted in counter-revolutionary activities, splittism, and disturbing the public order. Including the reports from the Uyghur sources, the number of Uyghurs charged in counter-revolutionary activities and executed is 169 during the period from March, 1994, to April, 1998.
(1) HONG KONG JOURNALIST SAYS CENSORSHIP KILLED SHOW ON REBELS July 2, 1998, Page A26, Washington Post Foreign Service By Keith B. Richburg (2) XINJIANG'S REBELS LISTED ENEMY NO 1 July 1, 1998, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong by Willy Wo-Lap Lam (3) JIANG AIDES DRAW UP BLUEPRINTS FOR DEMOCRACY June 26, 1998, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, by by Willy Wo-Lap Lam (4) PRESIDENT JIANG TO ATTEND RUSSIAN, CENTRAL ASIAN SUMMIT June 26, 1998, CND-Global (GL98-092) (5) KAZAKH MILITARY CHIEF PRAISES CONTACTS WITH CHINA June 24, 1998, Newsroom of the BBC World Service (6) FRANCE READY TO TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA June 9, 1998, CND-Global (7) DALAI LAMA OFFERS TO QUIT POLITICS IN EXCHANGE FOR TIBETAN AUTONOMY June 9, 1998, CND-Global (8) DALAI LAMA AGAINST TRADE BOYCOTT OF CHINA June 10, 1998, CND-Global (GL98-084)
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WUNN editors: Abdulrakhim Aitbayev,
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The WUNN is devoted to the current political, cultural and economic developments in Eastern Turkistan and to the Uyghurs related issues. Eastern Turkistan or Uyghuristan are the name used by the Uyghurs, the indigenous people of the territory. Eastern Turkistan is the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China at present.
Eastern Turksitan was colonized by the Manchu Empire in 1877, and was made its Xinjiang province in 1884. Two Eastern Turkistan Republics existed in Eastern Turkistan in 1933-1935 and 1944-1955. Xinjang Uyghur Autonomous Region was established by the communist Chinese government on October 1, 1955.
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