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China: a UN inquiry required re Xinjiang
This petition was published by Uyghur Canadian Society on Jul 24, 2009
TO: The Honourable Lawrence Cannon
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada
We, the undersigned,
Considering, with deep sadness, the tragic riots of July 5, 2009 in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China during which at least 192 Uyghur and Han Chinese people died in and around Urumqi, with 810 victims still in hospital, according to official Chinese sources;
and given that over 1,400 people, arrested in Urumqi since July 5, face the possibility of torture and are not being given access to their families or lawyers of their choice – and Chinese lawyers have been threatened with revocation of their
licences if they represent Uyghurs who have been arrested;
and given that the true numbers, likely much higher, are impossible to ascertain because of strict Chinese media
censorship and a shutdown of phones and internet;
We call on the Canadian government to:
• appeal to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to launch a full-scale, fair and impartial investigation into the causes and outcomes of the events in Xinjiang on and since July 5.
• urge the Chinese government to respect and protect Uyghurs' rights to life and freedom from discrimination on the basis of ethnic origin by addressing widespread abuses and violations of these rights; and refrain from using the events as an excuse for a brutal crackdown on Uyghurs across China.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada
We, the undersigned,
Considering, with deep sadness, the tragic riots of July 5, 2009 in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China during which at least 192 Uyghur and Han Chinese people died in and around Urumqi, with 810 victims still in hospital, according to official Chinese sources;
and given that over 1,400 people, arrested in Urumqi since July 5, face the possibility of torture and are not being given access to their families or lawyers of their choice – and Chinese lawyers have been threatened with revocation of their
licences if they represent Uyghurs who have been arrested;
and given that the true numbers, likely much higher, are impossible to ascertain because of strict Chinese media
censorship and a shutdown of phones and internet;
We call on the Canadian government to:
• appeal to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to launch a full-scale, fair and impartial investigation into the causes and outcomes of the events in Xinjiang on and since July 5.
• urge the Chinese government to respect and protect Uyghurs' rights to life and freedom from discrimination on the basis of ethnic origin by addressing widespread abuses and violations of these rights; and refrain from using the events as an excuse for a brutal crackdown on Uyghurs across China.
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