China: Exercise Restraint in Xinjiang

Human Rights Watch is calling on the Chinese government to allow an immediate investigation into the unfolding events in East Turkestan – drawing parallels to the massive clampdown following the Tibet Uprising in March 2008. Read the full report.

“It is unclear what happened in Urumqi, but what is clear is that the government needs to allow an independent investigation if its version of events is to have any credibility in Xinjiang or internationally,” said Sophie Richardson, Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. “China still hasn’t allowed an independent investigation into last year’s violence in Tibet, which has left a huge cloud over the government and its version of events there. It should not make the same mistake this time in Xinjiang.”

Sophie Richardson, Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch.