THREE UYGHURS EXECUTED IN YARKENT COUNTY OF KHOTAN
[ETIC, Aug. 4, 98] On June 22, a court of Yarkent county of Khotansentenced to death three Uyghurs charging them in separatist activities. They were accused in posting leaflets withanti-Chinese-government materials on walls of Yarkent. The young men,who were of ages about 20 years old, were executed the same day. A hugecrowd of Uyghurs of Yarkent held funeral services for killed men. AfterNamaz (an Islamic burial prayer), the crowd carried the bodies shouting"Allah Akbar" to a cemetery and buried them. Shortly after, theChinese police detained many of those who participated in the burialceremony. Some of them were released later, but many are still under detention. [Chogori Choqi]