Uyghur Protesters March in Washington
Great video by the Washington Post on protests by the exiled Uyghur community.
Violent crackdown on Uyghurs expected in East Turkestan
As in Tibet, Chinese governments vows massive military crackdown on Uyhurs in East Turkestan:
China’s leaders vow to punish Xinjiang rioters (AFP)
“The planners of the incident, the organisers, key members and the serious violent criminals must be severely punished,” President Hu Jintao and the other eight members of the ruling Communist Party’s elite Politburo said.
Chinese leaders Vow Xinjiang Action (BBC)
China’s top leadership has vowed to administer “severe punishment” to those involved in the deadly rioting in Xinjiang
Beijing professor held for Urumqi blog (AFP)
“The crackdown is not limited to Xinjiang,” the media rights group said in a statement. “The authorities have arrested an independent writer who was just posting reports on his blog.”
China tries…(and fails) at new openness with foreign media
BEIJING (AP) — When riots broke out in the restive west this week, China took a different tack with foreign journalists: Instead of being barred, reporters were invited on an official tour of Xinjiang’s capital.
The approach, a stark reversal from last year’s handling of Tibetan unrest, suggests Chinese authorities have learned that providing access to information means they can get their own message out, experts said.
Rebiya Kadeer: The Real Uighur Story
Uyghur exiled leader Rebiya Kadeer speaks out against Chinese government propaganda and the brutal crackdown taking place in East Turkestan. Read her Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal.
When the Chinese government, with the comfort of hindsight, looks back on its handling of the unrest in Urumqi and East Turkestan this week, it will most likely tell the world with great satisfaction that it acted in the interests of maintaining stability. What officials in Beijing and Urumqi will most likely forget to tell the world is the reason why thousands of Uighurs risked everything to speak out against injustice, and the fact that hundreds of Uighurs are now dead for exercising their right to protest.
On Sunday, students organized a protest in the Döng Körük (Erdaoqiao) area of Urumqi. They wished to express discontent with the Chinese authorities’ inaction on the mob killing and beating of Uighurs at a toy factory in Shaoguan in China’s southern Guangdong province and to express sympathy with the families of those killed and injured. What started as a peaceful assembly of Uighurs turned violent as some elements of the crowd reacted to heavy-handed policing. I unequivocally condemn the use of violence by Uighurs during the demonstration as much as I do China’s use of excessive force against protestors.
‘Beijing 6′ Brian gives Shout Out to SFT on PBS Idea Lab
Brian Conley, creator of the well-known videoblog, Alive in Baghdad, and one of the ‘Beijing 6‘ citizen journalist detained this summer in Beijing for capturing images and videos of pro-Tibet actions during the Olympics, was interviewed for PBS Idea Lab about his incredibly important new project Alive in Tehran.
During his interview, Brian gave the following shout out to SFT and our efforts to break through China’s Great Firewall. Read and listen to the fill interview.
Ryan: So while you weren’t on the ground in Gaza, you had connections who were, and were able to get information out, too.
Brian: Exactly, and then we used Twitter to pull in questions from people and enable people to sort of interact with our guy on the ground there. So then when Iran started happening it seemed like a natural fit to try and use the same tools for the folks there, to enable them to basically communicate out. The primary thing that we’re trying, that we’re pushing right now, is basically a phone number that people can call, get to a voicemail box and record whatever they would like to say, and right now I have a public voice mailbox available via an Alive in Tehran Facebook [group].
Also, people can message me via twitter.com/baghdadbrian and then for people who are more private or who have family, they just want to share one voicemail box…we can set up a specific number for any individual. Beyond that, we’re looking at other tools. I’ve learned a little bit about how Students for a Free Tibet have gotten video out of Tibet. So there’s one tool I’m sort of sharing with people privately. Then there on Alive in Tehran we have a list of tools Iranians can use to communicate securely. So basically, right now it’s a lot of organizing and working it.
SFT’s Tendor and Yangchen interviewed in Al Jazeera’s special M10 report
SFT’s Tenzin Dorjee (from Dharamsala) and Yangchen Lhamo (in the Washington, DC studio) were interviewed for Al Jazeera’s special program on the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising.
OUR NATION: EPISODE 15
In this Episode of OUR NATION, Lhadon discusses:
- Update on Tapey – Chinese authorities now admit the incident happened and that he self-immolated
- Rock band Oasis banned from China
- China releases White Paper on ’50 Years of Democratic Reforms’ in Tibet
OUR NATION: EPISODE 13 – News of Daring Vigil by Monks in Tibet
- I support
on Statement on the self-immolation of a young Tibetan in Delhi, India
- Jeanett Clemon
on 2011: What we’ve achieved together for Tibet
- Tashi Wangdu
on Tibetan Activist Sets Himself on Fire: Hu Protests Conclude in Mumbai, Dharamsala
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