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China: President Should Ease Tension by Acknowledging Grievances
(New York) - Chinese President Hu Jintao, who on July 7, 2009 abruptly left the G8 Summit in Italy to return to Beijing to cope with the Xinjiang protests, should break with past practice and acknowledge Uighurs' grievances, Human Rights Watch said today. Analysts expect that Hu will speak publicly about the developments in the coming days.
The Chinese government has never admitted to human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), home to 8 million Uighurs. Human Rights Watch has documented egregious restrictions on religious, political, educational, linguistic, and economic rights in the region.
"It's increasingly clear that both Uighurs and Han have engaged in violence in recent days," said Sophie Richardson, Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. "But the cycle of violence will only erupt again if the government doesn't even acknowledge its repressive policies' role in creating the volatile atmosphere of resentment in Xinjiang."
On July 5, Uighurs took to the streets of Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi, to protest abusive treatment by the Chinese government. It remains unclear how the protests became violent, and unclear how many Uighur protesters were killed by Chinese security forces or how many Han Chinese were killed by Uighur rioters. By July 6, the Chinese officials reported 156 deaths and more than 800 casualties.Read More
For more information:
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/07/08/chin...
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