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Our
correspondent Abdullah Pamir reports from the Homeland:
Over last 10 days in 7 out of 10 administrative units of
the Hotan region the Chinese police arrested over 800
Uighurs on charges of being involved in the “Hizbu
Tahrir” organization. Among the arrested there are many
teachers, intellectuals, religious leaders,
entrepreneurs, and even the farmers. The arrests were
mainly conducted in the Qariqash region, and then in Lop
region, Yurunqash district, with overall number of 70
arrested people. The Chinese regime continues arresting
Uighurs, and the police make searches and arrest people
day and night, causing horror in the Hotan region. The
official circles did not comment on these events even
though the arrests reached the mass level. The “Hizbu
Tahrir” religious organization was organized in
Uzbekistan, and many members of this religious party
were arrested in Uzbekistan. However, such an
organization never existed in Eastern Turkistan.
Nevertheless, the Chinese government has used this
religious radical group’s name as a political label
against the Uighur national liberation movement. The
Chinese launched a mass cleansing of Uighurs –
supporters of the national liberation -in the Hotan
region. We will closely follow the further development
of this process.
2002.3.29 |
