Uyghur Women’s Seminar: Democracy and Human Rights
Press Statement
18 July 2008
Uyghur Women’s Seminar: Democracy and Human Rights
Press Statement
18 July 2008
Uyghur Women’s Seminar: Democracy and Human Rights
The Olympic Games—Political Games?
PRESS RELEASE
10th April 2008
Providing Uyghur Leaders with the Means to Protect & Promote their Human Rights and Democracy
As China’s economic weight increasingly encourages the international community to accept promises of “democratisation” and “human rights protection”, and with China preparing to present itself to the world during the 2008 Olympic Games, minority communities are working to remind the world that the People’s Republic of China remains a state in which the death penalty is applied more frequently than anywhere else, in which freedom of religion, speech, and assembly are substantially curtailed, and in which ethnic and religious minorities, as exemplified by recent crack downs in Tibet and East Turkestan (also known as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), continue to suffer the systematic violation of social, political, and human rights.
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The Olympic Games have historically been considered a symbol of friendship, cooperation, peace and freedom for people around the world, and those involved in the Games have always aimed to serve these noble purposes.
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