dogu-turkistan-sempozyumu

FREEEAST TURKISTAN SYMPOSIUMregion. The language of instruction in the universities is Chinese. The freedomof religion and prayer is also restricted... For instance, a civil servant who goes onHajj may lose his job.The Chinese have been putting East Turkistan under psychological pressurefor many years. They want to assimilate East Turkistan by transferring the Chinesepopulation to the original settlements of the Turkish population.It is a criminal act to read the Qur’an in East Turkistan. Telecommunicationnetworks have been disconnected. Fasting is forbidden. People are within aninch of death. The Chinese describe East Turkistan as Xinjiang -which means“acquired lands”- and this could eventually lead to genocide. Unfortunately, somepoliticians and press organizations have also adopted the very same name for EastTurkistan. Nevertheless, Uyghur Turks have always called their motherland EastTurkistan. They feel uneasy with the name “Xinjiang”.For the Chinese, it is an offence to be from East Turkistan. The Chinese lookat the people of East Turkistan with hatred and resentment. The police harasspeople with arbitrary inspections. They can stop and interrogate anyone, anytime,anywhere. If someone from East Turkistan is entering into a shop they are oftentreated as if they were a thief. People from East Turkistan are regarded as themost serious danger for the state. They are considered to be separatists, radicals,Islamists, terrorists, thieves, etc... The people of East Turkistan do not have anysecurity. 35 million people live in an atmosphere in which there is no guaranteefor their future. The families of the people who have been arrested or killed aremiserable. In short, East Turkistan is immersed in human tragedy. 33The Sinicization policy of China in the region has produced hostility betweenthe two peoples living in the region. 34The reaction of China towards the incidents ofJuly 5 and disinformationDisinformation attempts by the Chinese authorities concerning the incidents-which started with the raid of thousands of Chinese people on a toy factory inShaohuan on June 26 and the massacre of young Uyghurs who had been takenfrom East Turkistan to inner parts of China by force to work, reached a climax360