CALGARY—In response to a call by the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), Uyghurs around the world have been organizing protests in front of Chinese embassies and consulates in several countries to protest acts of violence against Uyghurs in Xinjiang and Shaoguan, China.
The WUC has condemned what it calls the Chinese regime’s “biased ethnic policies,” which it believes to be the cause of the recent “bloody racist attack on innocent Uyghurs.”
In Calgary Wednesday, local Uyghurs gathered at the Chinese consulate to appeal to the world for help and to speak out against the heavy-handed reaction by Chinese troops to a peaceful protest by Uyghurs in Urumqi.
“After the protest started, the Chinese soldiers started shooting randomly,” said Uyghur spokesperson Sammie Arslan, recalling video evidence and eyewitness reports that his sources in the area had relayed to him.
“More than 500 people died there. The Chinese government captured more than 3,000 people and sent them to prison. There are more than 1,500 injured people. After this, the Uyghur kids and wives protested this and the Chinese government then shot at the women and children. Then it started in Kashgar and Ghulja (Yining),” Mr. Arslan said.
The regime has imposed martial law and deployed more than 70,000 troops to Kashgar and 30,000 to Urumqi. According to news reports, house to house searches are being conducted and there have been scores of arrests. The death toll is estimated by Uyghur sources in China to be over 1,000.
Demonstrators protested the Chinese regime’s unfair treatment of Uyghurs during a violent clash between ethnic Han and Uyghur Chinese at a toy factory in Shaoguan.
The WUC has condemned what it calls the Chinese regime’s “biased ethnic policies,” which it believes to be the cause of the recent “bloody racist attack on innocent Uyghurs.”
In Calgary Wednesday, local Uyghurs gathered at the Chinese consulate to appeal to the world for help and to speak out against the heavy-handed reaction by Chinese troops to a peaceful protest by Uyghurs in Urumqi.
“After the protest started, the Chinese soldiers started shooting randomly,” said Uyghur spokesperson Sammie Arslan, recalling video evidence and eyewitness reports that his sources in the area had relayed to him.
“More than 500 people died there. The Chinese government captured more than 3,000 people and sent them to prison. There are more than 1,500 injured people. After this, the Uyghur kids and wives protested this and the Chinese government then shot at the women and children. Then it started in Kashgar and Ghulja (Yining),” Mr. Arslan said.
The regime has imposed martial law and deployed more than 70,000 troops to Kashgar and 30,000 to Urumqi. According to news reports, house to house searches are being conducted and there have been scores of arrests. The death toll is estimated by Uyghur sources in China to be over 1,000.
Demonstrators protested the Chinese regime’s unfair treatment of Uyghurs during a violent clash between ethnic Han and Uyghur Chinese at a toy factory in Shaoguan.
