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 The World Uighur Network News 2007

Chinese law enforcement began demolishing Uyghur homes in Yamanlik mountain

Rukiye Turdush

Tianshan news reported that in may 24 After the previous 10 days of mobilization, and yesterday, Urumuqi nearly 20 departments of law enforcement officers and more than 200 law enforcement personel began dismantling Yamanlik mountains Lishitan North ancient communities, bright communities illegal construction. Urumuqi enacted this year 600,000 square meters of "unauthorized", Blair Hill, Spider Hill, Heijia Shan as a key "unauthorized" region.

According to this news, Lishitan North ancient communities, bright communities, with an area of about 1.9 million square meters of illegal buildings of 355 family were destroyed. although the news mentioned that, the demolition workers can be easily manually removed complex structure of the illegal building because of these houses were very simple in structure, most of them were used plastic bags piled up soil, some of the house's roof is old blankets, not mentioned or questioned how people could live in like that houses and were these people has to go after the demolition of their homes.

The news did not mention that Chinese government gives any compensation to anyone. Many Uyghurs believe that if there would be any offer for these people’s future residence, Chinese government would arrange seriously ill residents and residents who is pregnant without extending their departure time. For instance, according to the news, on the disabled, pregnant women and mothers, the seriously ill family illegally built houses to be temporarily preserved, the demolition of relief after the many times begging of these families to the government officers.

Based on my personal investigation when I visit the Urumchi In 2002, residents of the yamanlik mountain were mostly Uyghurs who have no place to sleep, the Uyghur peasants who lost their lands to pay heavy taxes to the Chinese governments and Uyghurs who came from other cities with various reasons such as unemployment or the Uyghurs who unable to go back their home cities after sold their houses and finished their last cents at the Urumchi hospitals for their serious medical needs. Currently these Uyghurs, the true owner of the East Turkistan facing to be kicked out even from the mountains wich they are trying to settle down after they being kicked out their own homes, while Han Chinese immigrants getting government support to settle down in East Turkistan.

According to credible sources of ETIC, Chinese government allow Han Chinese immigrants settle down any empty lands of East Turkistan and offer 30000 yuen to each sfamily to help their settlement. On the contrary, homeless Uyghur resettlement in abandon places in their homeland was considered as “illegal”.

“In most of the democratic countries as Canada and Germany, it is government’s violation of law if their residents became homeless and government offer proper housing program for each residents, however in China it is illegal for homeless Uyghurs to find a home under the condition of no help of the government” said one of the one German immigrants in Canada who recently visited China.

However, many western people predict that It is obvious China accelerated demolishing these old and unacceptable houses that can be clear image of the poverty of China in the preparation of Olympic game in Beijing.

“ Although kick out Uyghurs from their homeland was Chinese government’s main political strategy, Olympic game in 2008 accelerated their goal more than ever, since they trying to hide poverty on Uyghurs rather than working on to diminish it” said Ms. Rabiye Kadir, spiritual mother of Uyghurs and president of World Uyghur Congress.

Many Uyghurs expressed their disappointment to the international community and to the democratic countries since Olympic game is prepared to host in the country as China that is seriously violating human rights, and misinforming international communities.
 


© Uygur.Org  20.04.2009 01:42  A.Karakas