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On Uighurs, Asylum and the Increasing Reach of China in SE Asia
21 hours ago ago from Light Snacks Will Be Served
Last Saturday, Cambodia repatriated 20 Uighurs who had fled to that country from China, seeking political asylum in the wake of the riots that shook Xinjiang last July. What followed those riots in China was a widespread crackdown on Uighurs and several executions, as that huge western province was basically closed off from the outside world. This, from the New York Times : The agreements on Monday followed the decision by ...
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25 minutes ago ago from Refugee Resettlement Watch
..but no dice on sending the Uighurs back to China. Oh brother, the Obama Administration promised to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center by January 2010 and with the clock ticking they are sending some to home countries where they can readily rejoin their Islamic terrorist buddies. I thought this was funny because it was in the China Post : WASHINGTON The United States has sent 12 inmates from the American military prison at ...
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4 hours ago ago from CAAI News Media
(CAAI News Media) Tuesday, 22 December 2009 15:03 Cheang Sokha and Sebastian Strangio CHINA has thanked Cambodia for deporting 20 ethnic Uighurs who travelled to the Kingdom in a bid to seek political asylum, a government official said on Monday. The Uighurs, part of a group of 22 two remain on the run who fled ethnic violence in China's restive Xinjiang province in July, were forcibly deported to China on ...
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1 day ago ago from CAAI News Media
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (left) held talks with Prime Minister Hun Sen Uighurs have long complained of repression under Chinese rule Clashes between Xinjiang's Uighurs and China's majority Han ethnic group in July left nearly 200 dead (CAAI News Media) By Suy Se (AFP) PHNOM PENH China signed pacts worth one billion dollars in aid to Cambodia Monday and thanked Phnom Penh ...
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1 day ago ago from KI Media
December 21, 2009 By SETH MYDANS The New York Times BANGKOK China signed 14 deals with Cambodia on Monday worth approximately $1 billion, two days after Cambodia deported 20 ethnic Uighur asylum seekers under strong pressure from Beijing . The deportation, in defiance of protests by the United States, the United Nations and human rights groups, came on the day before a visit to Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, by Vice President Xi ...
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Uighurs told U.N. of fears of return to China
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Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast China Denies Aid Package, Uighur Expulsions Linked by The Associated Press text size A A A BEIJING December 22, 2009, 04:11 am ET The Chinese government ...
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17 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping thanked Cambodia on Monday for deporting 20 Muslim asylum-seekers while handing the country $1.2 billion in aid , the government spokesman said. The 20 ethnic Uighurs deported Saturday were sought by China in connection with violent anti-government protests. Human rights activists are concerned that they will face persecution in China. The United States said Sunday it was ...
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