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WUC calls all Uyghur organizations around the world to organize protests in front of the Chinese embassies
For immediate release
July 01, 2009,
Contact: World Uyghur Congress, Tel +49 89 54321999, Fax 089 54349789, email: contact@uyghurcongress.org
Munich: In the early morning of Friday, June 26, 2009, thousands of Han Chinese workers attacked the ethnic Uyghur workers in an electric toy factory in Guangdong province, southern China. By carrying metal pipes, knives and bricks in their hands, the Han Chinese workers in mass numbers entered the Uygh |
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| » WUC calls all Uyghur organizations around the world to organize protests in front of the Chinese embassies - ( 7/1/2009 ) |
| WUC calls all Uyghur organizations around the world to organize protests in front of the Chinese embassies and consulates.
the protests will be in following locations:
in Germany
in front of the Chinese General Consulate in Munich,
(Romanstr.107, 80639 München)
At 15:30, on 3 July 2009 (Friday).
In Norway, Belgium, Sweden, Holland, Canada, France, Turkey and Japan, the demonstrations will be staged in following days.
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| A Lacewood worker in Shaoguan who asked not to be name declined to discuss the clash in detail, saying it was "very sensitive."
"I know about 4,000 workers left the factory after the incident. That is what I can tell you."
Another company staff member on duty in Shaoguan said, "Many reporters are coming to us now. I don’t know much. But all the Xinjiang employees have gone. They won't be back."
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