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2. Chinese Government Attempts to Distance the Uighurs from the World

As we all know, the Communist China restricts the foreign media to gather information from Eastern Turkistan. Equally, the Chinese authorities limit the worldwide information flow to Eastern Turkistan. China’s ultimate goal is to distance Uighurs from the world and to separate the world from the Uighur people so they remain in a backward state. Chinese rulers also attempt to disguise their oppressive ruling of Eastern Turkistan from the world community.

However, China’s opening to the world and development of communication has created new opportunities for Uighurs to join the world information community. They started to limit the use of information sources by Uighurs and their access to the outer world.
For example, according to the report of our correspondent in the homeland, Chinese authorities recently have issued secret instructions to ban strictly all government structures to an access to satellite television. The instruction pintpoints that “ The strategic role of Xinjiang is very important, the internal enemies are inclined to westernization in political, cultural and economic aspects; the fight against Xinjiang forced rebels and illegal religious activities is as one of its main weapons. That is why every level of government agencies, local radio and television offices should strengthen the political leadership, limit any person of accessing western programs, and this should be understood as an important political task!”

The instructions of Chinese authorities to restrict the access of local people to independent information sources caused great concern and dissent. The Chinese government violates the basic human rights proclaimed by the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, the right for free information flow and freedom of speech.

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