by Keith Locke
There has rightly been a big international outcry at Cambodia returning 20 Uigher asylum seekers to China, where have been detained.
The deportation, on December 19, flies in the face of all refugee law, that people shouldn’t be returned to persecution.
Heavy political pressure and bribery seems to have worked for Beijing. Just after the deportation China confirmed a grant of $900 million to Cambodia.
China is describing the asylum seekers as ‘criminals’ yet their only crime has been to document the government crackdown last July in Xinjian province (or as the Uigher people call it, West Turkestan).
It demonstrates once again what Uigher leader Rebiya Kadeer explained during her Green Party-sponsored visit here last October: that China’s government is completely hostile to the Uigher people’s rights.
To make matters worse China has just begun sentencing another 20 more ethnic Uighur’s to death for their alleged role in the July riots.
The Key government should join the international condemnation of Cambodia for its callous and illegal deportation of the Uighers. The United States has made a strong statement, saying the deportation will affect its relations with Cambodia.
Published in Justice & Democracy by Keith Locke on Thu, December 24th, 2009
Tags: cambodia, China, rebiya kadeer, Uighur
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The Ulghers are acting like Winston peters in opposing the migration of ethnic Han(?) into West turkestan. They should take a leaf out of the Green Book: “our policy is the opposite of Winston Peters”.
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Uighers First!
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Should the Key government also have something to say to China about the repression of the Uigher minority? Or is trade too important to criticise them?
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Of course trade is too important. If the world “really” wanted China to clean up its act they would collectively refuse to trade with the damn country. That’ll happen right after the next commercial break folks.
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Or put some conditions on trade, such as environmental and employment standards at the very least – the EU requires these.
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Open trial ! Is anyone from China listening !
Perhaps they are terrorists, let the truth come out before the world. How can the big mighty China be so weak?
I cannot get the attitude of China? really a weak dragon !
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