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East Turkistan After July 5/ Seyit TumturkThe spokesman for the French foreign ministry, Eric Chevallier, expressed hisconcerns over the incidents and added that there would most likely would be areaction in Europe against what had happened in East Turkistan “. 23The Swiss foreign minister called both sides to be calm and stated his concernover the incidents, also expressing his condolences to the families of the victimsand calling non China to respect freedom of speech and freedom of the press. 24The deputy foreign minister from Japan, Mitoji Yabunaka, said: “The Japanesegovernment is closely observing the incidents and has deep concerns over whathas happened in the region.” 25The Chinese and Kazakh authorities decided to suspend all visas of Kazakhcitizens who wanted to visit East Turkistan. 26 Furthermore, the spokesman of theKazakh foreign ministry stated that more than 1,000 Kazakh citizens were beingevacuated from the region. 27The Russian foreign ministry suggested that the incidents in East Turkistanwere the internal affairs of China. 28Sri Lanka expressed their concerns over the incidents and underlined thatthey regarded the incidents as being part of the internal affairs of China, going onto state that they believed China would restore order very soon. 29In addition, Roseanne Rife, the deputy director of the Asia-Pacif Regionof Amnesty International demanded that the Chinese authorities account forthose who had been killed and arrested, that those who had been arrested becausethey had expressed their ideas peacefully or enjoyed their rights to meeting orgathering be immediately released and that a fair and thorough examination andhearing process in just courts be held, in line with international standards andwithout imposition of the death penalty. 30The Human Rights Watch called for the initiation of an independentexamination concerning the incidents and demanded that China permit such anexamination. The organisation also invited China to respect international law andto avoid the use of disproportionate force against demonstrators. 31How should “the incidents of July 5” be interpreted?East Turkistan is a region that extends from the Caspian Sea to the east tothe Mongolian border to the West, from the Ural Mountains to the north, to357