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 The World Uighur Network News 2005

Chinese government launches special ‘Strike Hard [campaign]’ against the Uighurs

[Reported by Kanzhongguo 30 May 2005] The East Turkestan Information Centre, which is engaged in Xinjiang pro-independence activities, has said that in order to safeguard the 50th anniversary of the founding of the XUAR, on 20 [May] the autonomous region’s Party committee, government departments and autonomous region PSB were issued with a notice on the “Overall plan of work for safeguarding the XUAR 50th anniversary activities”; and on that day launched a special ‘Strike Hard [campaign] to safeguard political stability in Xinjiang to run until 20 October.

The main targets of the ‘Strike Hard’ are:

1. East Turkestan [dong tu] terrorists
2. illegal religious activities and [those] using religion to split the country
3. [those] attacking the Party’s nationalities policy to damage unity of the nationalities
4. splittists in the ideological field
5. [those] using internal contradictions between the people to attack the laws of our nationality autonomous region.

Ruzumemet Imam of the Centre pointed out that this document once against proves that the Chinese government is using counter-terrorism to attack the Uighur people. He said that if the international community do not put greater pressure [on China] then every Uighur is faced with the risk of arbitrary arrest and detention.
 

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