The Eastern Turkistan Information Center reports

December, 1997

12/23/97 Chinese government's outrages in Eastern Turkistan
12/12/97 World Islamic Unity Organization addresses Eastern Turkistan issue
12/11/97 Eastern Turkistanis demonstrate on the World Human Rights Day
12/04/97 Two Uyghur policemen killed in Aksu

November, 1997

11/20/97 Foundations of Eastern Turkistan republics commemorated in Istanbul
11/18/97 Uyghur music on Netherlands radio
11/16/97 Large oil field discovered in Jungar basin
11/15/97 Police finds explosives and guns in imam's house
11/14/97 Half a million Uyghurs arrested during 1995-1997
11/13/97 Red imam's betrayal
11/12/97 Chinese authorities reenforce "Strike Hard" in Kashgar
11/10/97 Teacher in Kashgar is deprived of his political rights
11/06/97 Imam is killed in Aksu

October, 1997

10/17/97 Hui demonstration in Xian
10/17/97 20 Chinese killed in Aksu province
10/06/97 Cooperation instead of Confrontation
10/02/97 Three bombs exploded in northern Eastern Turkistan

September, 1997

09/20/97 Commemoration of Lutpullah Mutallip
09/19/97 Region under siege by the Chinese military
09/12/97 Press release by the Eastern Turkistan National Freedom Center, Inc. at the Washington DC, USA
09/10/97 Clashes between Uyghur guerillas and the Chinese troops in mountains of Khotan
09/09/97 Commemorations of Lutpullah Mutellip in Bishkek

August, 1997

08/26/97 The Chinese authorities invited Kyrgyzstani journalists to visit Uyghur Region
08/18/97 Humanitarian aid money is stolen
08/01/97 Seven young Uyghurs are executed and 20 jailed by the Chinese oppressors in Ghulje

July, 1997

07/31/97 New stage in the Chinese communists' birth control policies towards non-chinese ethnic groups.
07/28/97 Seven more young Uyghurs are executed in Ghulje.
07/23/97 Reports from "The Voice of Eastern Turkistan" newspaper
07/23/97 Uyghur student association is registered as a non profit organization.
07/23/97 New measures by the CCP to restrict educational exchange between Eastern Turkistan and foreign countries.
07/15/97 Uyghur leaders met with the US State Department officials.
07/13/97 July bloody incident in Ili region.
07/02/97 Arbitrary arrests and detentions of the Uyghurs during Hong Kong return ceremonies.

June, 1997

06/14/97 Three more Uyghurs were executed in Ghulje.

May, 1997

05/25/97 Uyghur students in Pakistan face deportation.

Eastern Turkistan is a name used by the majority of the Uyghurs for their Motherland located in what is at present Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.

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