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The world is celebrating the International Human Rights Day, but for the Uyghurs in East Turkistan, joining in the world wide happiness in this day is a distant dream, as the Uyghur people are living under the Chinese colonial regime without any freedom and rights. Many Uyghurs who demand their basic rights were executed or imprisoned.

In March 23, 2008 more than 500 hundred Uyghur women who protested are still being arrested and tortured. The young Uyghur women who demand their basic rights and refused the relocate to Chinese cities for slave labor are still on the run or hiding or unable to return home since Chinese government will force their parents to pay a heavy fine if they return to home.

In September 18, 2008, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Supreme Court Branch in Gulja city announced the verdict on the case of 12 young Uyghur man lead by Memeteli. Abdurahman and case of another 12 suspects lead by Ali Kunahun. All of them were charged with separatism without any credible evidence.

160 Uyghur children between age of 8 and 14 were arrested in September 2008 (the exact date was not clear) in Inland China. These children had been send to Inland China Hui (Tungan) Muslim schools to study Qur’an by their parents, since the Chinese government banned all religious study in East Turkistan.

According to our sources, only 10 of these children were released after parents paid the heavy fine of 20,000 Yuan for each of them. 150 children were returned to east Turkistan and jailed in Bajahu prison in Urumchi and their current situation is not clear.
Before the Olympics, China has launched a mass arrest campaign, the so-called “Chase after the Three Evil Forces” (terrorists, separatists and religious extremists) and has terrorized Uyghurs in Urumchi and attacked Uyghur former prisoners, all Uyghur civilians who are not Urumchi residents and Uyghurs who are seen as generally suspicious. In July 8, 2008 police forces have killed five Uyghurs who have resisted their arrest, injured two and arrested eight persons.

At least 65 people in East Turkistan were convicted on charges related to the Olympic Games and At least 20 of these Uyghurs reportedly faced the death penalty. However, there is no evidence linking these people to any terrorist organization.

In September, 2008, the Uyghur journalist Mehbube Ablesh, 29, was fired from Xinjiang People's Radio Station and imprisoned. Currently she is still suffering in prison just because she was outspoken about government policy.
In November 21, Abdushukur Qurban, an ethnic Uighur and father of three, was detained without any proof with suspicion of crimes of endangering state security; we believe that he is facing extreme torture and ill-treatment.

It is not possible to mention all on the Uyghur prisoners list which is available at our hand, but we can remind this world that our political leader Rabiye Kadeer’s two sons, innocent Canadian citizens Huseyin Jelil, outspoken journalist Abdugheni Memtimin, Uyghur historian Tuniyaz Tohti and Uyghur writer Nurmemet Yasin are still in Chinese prisons as well.

The International Human Rights Day is presented as “Dignity and Justice for all of us” and reinforces the universality of Human Rights. It should apply to anywhere, everyone, always. But the Uyghurs in East Turkistan were excluded and the Chinese government rejects the universality of human rights, claiming a Chinese characteristic human rights. However, the Chinese government’s claim was unstable as they deprived the Uyghur people of their rights. We call the people of this world to join the Uyghur freedom activities around the world and to support Uyghurs living under the oppression of the Chinese regime..