CHINA: NINE UIGHURS EXECUTED
exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer said she had learnt that "out of the 11 Uighurs who were sentenced to
exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer said she had learnt that "out of the 11 Uighurs who were sentenced to death [over the bloody unrest that erupted on July 5 in the Xinjiang capital Urumqi] ... nine people have been executed.”
"Punishing people who demonstrated peacefully is not necessary," she said, speaking with Agence France Presse during a visit to Japan.
Kadeer added that "according to new information we have obtained, from July 5 to October 1 more than 10,000 Uighurs have been arrested and jailed, but how many have died, or been killed, how many have been jailed, nobody knows the exact number."
"Punishing people who demonstrated peacefully is not necessary," she said, speaking with Agence France Presse during a visit to Japan.
Kadeer added that "according to new information we have obtained, from July 5 to October 1 more than 10,000 Uighurs have been arrested and jailed, but how many have died, or been killed, how many have been jailed, nobody knows the exact number."
— SOURCES
- (Sources: AFP, 21/10/2009)