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No information about 1,000 people arrested during Uighur riots in China |
China is facing calls to provide
accurate information about the whereabouts of up to 1,000 people who were detained
following the riots between the Uighur minority and the Han Chinese majority in
the restive western province of Xinjiang last July. Most of those missing were
rounded up during the sweep operations conducted by Chinese security forces as
they struggled to regain control of the Xinjiang capital, Urumqi in the days after
the riots that left 197 dead and more than 1,600 injured. A report by the Human
Rights Watch has documented 43 cases where the families of those detained still
have no knowledge of their loved-one's, despite making repeated enquiries, The
Telegraph reported. "The cases we documented are likely just the tip of the iceberg,"
said Brad Adams, the Asia Director of Human Rights Watch. " China should only
use official places of detention, so that everyone being held can contact family
members and legal counsel. Disappearing people is not the behaviour of countries
aspiring to global leadership," said Adams . The 44-page report highlights the
often-contradictory statements issued by the Chinese authorities about the numbers
of those detained in security sweeps, the paper said Within 24 hours of the riots
concluding, officials said 1,434 had been detained, however in subsequent announcements
numbers varied from 253, to 319 to 718 detainees, making it impossible for outsiders
to make accurate assessment of the numbers, the paper added. Similarly the official
Chinese state news agency, Xinhua, has published contradictory reports about the
numbers charged since the riots. The paper reported that in the days after the
riots, Uighur residents, described in detail security sweeps targeting young Uighur
males as they sought to round up the perpetrators of the often brutal violence
that took place on July 5-7. |
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