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China urges Canada to refuse Gitmo Uighurs
China urged Canada Thursday not to take three Uighur Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay saying they are "terrorists" and should be left to international law as a leading human rights organization accused China of omitting mention of serious rights abuses against the Uighur minority.

The three Uighur Muslims, whose lawyers have filed applications for refugee status in Canada, are among a group of 17 Uighurs captured in the wake of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and held at Guantanamo for the past seven years.

" We have expressed our position many times about those Chinese terrorists detained in Guantanamo and we are opposed to any country accepting those people "
Jiang Yu, Chinese FM spokeswoman
"We have expressed our position many times about those Chinese terrorists detained in Guantanamo. We are opposed to any country accepting those people," Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters in Beijing.

"We hope the parties concerned can resolve conveniently this issue according to the international laws and regulations."

Uighurs, who are mostly Muslim, form the largest ethnic group in northwest China's Xinjiang region that borders Central Asia. Some hope for independence from China.

Jiang was asked to comment on an appeal from Amnesty International, a Canadian Uighur group and several churches for Canada's government to take in the three Uighurs.


Posted by: Fred 2009-02-07
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=261906