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Amnesty International released an Urgent Action memo today asking everyone to write to Chinese officials on behalf of Dilshat Paerhat, a prisoner of conscience. Below is the brief given by Amnesty International. If you’d like to read the whole memo, you can click here. Dilshat Paerhat, an ethnic Uighur and editor of a Uighur-language website, was [...] It feels redundant, silly almost, to continually post these pieces referencing the lack of basic rights in China. Breaking earlier this week, we found out that Gheyret Niyaz was sentenced to 15 years for “endangering state security.” The actual act in which he committed is still in question. It is confirmed that he gave an [...] Merriam-Webster defines law as: a binding custom or practice of a community; a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority. This seems reasonable, right? Law is simply a rule, something that, assumedly, is written down somewhere. An agreed upon idea that was developed, approved, recognized and [...] Ms. Kadeer was invited to give the keynote address at the 2010 Oslo Freedom Forum. The Oslo Freedom Forum is a gathering of human rights activists from all over the world. This year’s Forum hosted individuals from more than 40 countries. The focus was multi-faceted, focusing on The Human Network, In the Face of Evil, [...] We wanted to draw everyone’s attention to a fantastic video put together by Foreign Correspondent. The title of the piece is The Uighur Dilemma, and it aired last July. We aren’t quite sure how we missed it the first time, but we are making up for it now. We’ve got it broken into three segments [...] It looks as if Google.cn may be removing its filters, although top officials are remaining mum. Many of the typically censored sites are now accessible through Google, and it appears that this is the start of something big. Founder of danwei.org says, “It does seem that the filters are not fully working… But no one [...] Recently, the Uyghur Blog was contacted by a Brazilian Master’s student in France who is researching Uyghur political mobilization worldwide. We feel that the questions raised were important, so we thought we would share the conversation. Hope you enjoy! _______________________________________________ Questions to Erland – Uyghur Blog 1. Since when and how did you get involved with Uyghur human rights issues? Do [...] First and foremost, we want to say that we are glad to be back blogging. After a little sabbatical, we are re-energized and ready to get back on top of all of the things happening in China. Below is a blog post that we started brainstorming some time back, and we feel like it could [...] We were fortunate enough today to conduct an interview with a Uyghur who lives outside of China’s borders. Because we were fairly short on time, the interview is not long, but quite thought provoking. In casual conversation, even with a slight language barrier, we could tell very quickly that this person was very intelligent. This [...] Image of the peaceful stage of the July 5th incident The border of the Xinjiang province is more than a line that separates political divisions and indicates a geographic region, it actually represents an abyss where emails and phone calls go to die. Since the July 5th riots, the people living within Xinjiang’s borders have been [...] |
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