Source: UNPO
"Death Sentences Should Be Expected"UNPO is deeply concerned for the welfare of 20 Uyghurs as news emerges that they will be returned to China in the early hours of Saturday morning ahead of a visit to Phnom Penh by Chinese Vice-President, Xi Jinping.
Below is an article published by UNPO:
Twenty-two Uyghurs arrived in Cambodia in recent weeks and have claimed asylum on the basis that they face harsh treatment in China following accusations of an involvement in violent protests on July 5th earlier this year (2009). The charges against them remain unknown. Secretary General of the UNPO, Marino Busadachin, called the extradition "a fateful decision from which death sentences should be expected." Mr. Busdachin noted that China's past record had shown that it "could not be trusted to protect the rights of those under trial...in a society where political expediency had repeatedly and consistently dictated judicial process."
The Chinese authorities have used the unrest as a smokescreen to increase the use of oppressive policies against the Uyghurs and unwarrantedly label them as criminals. Thousands of Uyghurs have been detained, regardless of their involvement in the demonstrations and ensuing turbulence and the human rights of imprisoned Uyghurs are harshly violated.
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