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China urged to grant Uighurs freedom
A Muslim separatist group branded as "terrorists" by China has said it was willing to disband if the communist state offered freedom of expression and internet access to Uighur Muslim minorities.
| "We need access to internet sites for titties. None of us has seen the Paris Hilton video. If that ain't oppression, I dunno what is!" |
The Munich-based East Turkistan Information Centre (ETIC) was set up in 1996 by Uighurs living in Germany to provide information to Uighurs living in northwest China's Xinjiang region, its spokesman Dilxat Raxit said. Its aim was also to expose the government's abuses of Uighurs' rights, he told AFP during a telephone conversation on Sunday. "If the Chinese government thinks we're inciting activities from overseas in the mainland, we hope the Chinese government will allow press freedom, allow foreign journalists to freely report in Xinjiang and allow international rights rapporteur to investigate in the jails without any obstacles," Raxit said. "And if Uighurs can have Internet freedom, then there's no reason why we need to exist. We will then disband."
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-12-21 |
