முஸ்லீம்கள் மீது கம்யூனிஸ்டுகள் கடும் தாக்குதல்: ஏராளமானோர் கைது: பலர் பலி. சீனாவின் உகைர் பகுதியில் முஸ்லீம்கள் சீனாவுக்கு எதிராக கிளர்ந்து எழுந்ததால், சீன கம்யூனிஸ்டுகள் கடுமையாக முஸ்லீம்களை ஒடுக்கியுள்ளனர்.
Muslim protests draw wrath of Chinese
By Christopher Bodeen
NEW separatist unrest was reported yesterday among a Muslim minority group in far western China, posing another headache for Beijing as it seeks to control fallout from earlier anti-government protests in Tibet.
The government has sought to dismiss the protests in Xinjiang as opportunistic, but observers have suggested that linking the two restive areas is a way to delegitimise grievances in both regions.
Disturbances were reported at a weekly Sunday bazaar in the city of Hotan, deep in the Uighur cultural heartland in far-western Xinjiang, according to a statement on a local government website.
The statement said a "tiny number of people" attempted to create an incident on March 23 "under the flag of separatism". Police responded and the incident was "handled according to the law", it said. The statement said no injuries occurred.
An official with Hotan’s government information office, Fu Chao, yesterday blamed the protest on Uighur separatists seizing on the Tibet unrest to generate publicity for their cause. Fu said several dozen people were taken into custody, but most were later released.
"These people are splittists responding to the Tibetan riots," Fu said in a telephone interview. "The core splittists are still under custody."
The spread of protests to Xinjiang creates new problems for Beijing as it tries to contain demonstrations while fending off criticism of its treatment of minorities ahead of this summer’s Beijing Olympics. Tibet supporters have been among the most vocal of a variety of groups seeking to use the Olympics to turn the spotlight on free speech restrictions, curbs on religion and alleged human rights violations.
The incident in Hotan came nine days after deadly rioting in Tibet’s capital, Lhasa, set off a wave of protests in Tibetan areas of western China.
In both cases, China has responded with harsh crackdowns, while refusing to discuss economic, ethnic and political grievances underpinning the protests.
On Tuesday, China accused supporters of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, of seeking to step up agitation by preparing suicide squads to carry out attacks in Tibet. The India-based Tibetan government-in-exile immediately denied the charge, saying it remained dedicated to the nonviolent struggle promoted by the Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace laureate.
The Ministry of Public Security also said searches of monasteries had turned up weapons caches, including 176 guns and 350 knives.
Andrew Fischer, a fellow at the London School of Economics who researches Chinese development policies in Tibetan areas of China, said Beijing has tried to change the "nonviolent, compassionate" image of Tibetans to draw parallels to the more violent pro-independence stance in Xinjiang. "If they succeed in portraying them that way, then they can treat them the same way they treat Muslims in Xinjiang," he said.
Many Tibetans insist they were an independent nation before Communist troops invaded in 1950, while radical Islamic groups in Xinjiang have battled Chinese rule through a low-intensity campaign of bombings and assassination.
Meanwhile, China has intensified its interference with a Tibetan exile radio network’s news broadcasts into Tibet, the network charged yesterday.
The Chinese use radio stations inside Tibet to block the shortwave frequency used by the Voice of Tibet, said Oystein Alme, a Norwegian who runs the nonprofit foundation’s business office in Oslo.
In a surprising aside, diplomats say that China has given the UN nuclear watchdog intelligence linked to Tehran’s alleged attempts to make nuclear arms.
The development is surprising because Beijing, along with Russia, has opposed US-led attempts to impose harsh penalties on Tehran over its nuclear defiance. Any Chinese decision to provide information to the International Atomic Energy Agency thus seems to reflect growing international unease over Iran’s atomic agenda.
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Friday, July 06, 2007
ஆப்கானிஸ்தானில் சோவியத் ஆக்கிரமிப்பு காலத்து நூற்றுக்கணக்கான சடலங்கள் கண்டுபிடிப்பு
ஆப்கானிஸ்தானில் 15 அறைகள் நிறைய சடலங்களாக ஒரு பாதாள அறைகள் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.
இதில் கண்கள் கட்டப்பட்டு சுடப்பட்டு நூற்றுக்கணக்கான சடலங்கள் கிட்டியுள்ளன. இவை சோவிய ரஷியா ஆப்கானிஸ்தானை ஆக்கிரமித்திருந்த போது சோவியத் எதிரிகளைகொல்ல பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.
இது போல ஏற்கெனவே ஒரு சோவியத் காலத்து சடல படுகுழி கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
Afghan prison bodies discovered
At least 15 underground rooms full of human remains were uncovered
An underground prison containing hundreds of bodies has been discovered in Afghanistan.
The prison, a former military barracks on the outskirts of the capital, Kabul, dates from the Soviet occupation of the 1980s, officials say.
A senior police officer in Kabul says that many of the bodies were found blindfolded with arms tied.
The find was revealed by a 70-year-old Afghan who worked for the Russians and only recently returned to the country.
There are at least 15 rooms full of dead bodies
Gen Ali Shah Paktiwal,
police chief
In pictures: Mass grave
There has been no immediate response from Russia to the news of the find.
"This is a big mass grave from the Russian days," police chief Gen Ali Shah Paktiwal told the BBC, adding that there were hundreds of dead bodies inside.
He said the base, on the northern outskirts of Kabul, belonged to the communist defence ministry.
"There are at least 15 rooms full of dead bodies," he said, adding that as the base was large there could be further rooms yet to be discovered underground.
Many of the victims' remains were found with rope or cloth around their eyes and hands, suggesting they had been blindfolded and bound.
The old man who led police to the site of the grave is reported to have told police that he had seen people killed by firing squad at the barracks.
The underground prison is the second Soviet-era mass grave to be found near the capital.
In 2006, a grave was discovered by Nato-led forces near the capital's notorious Pul-e-Charkhi prison.
இதில் கண்கள் கட்டப்பட்டு சுடப்பட்டு நூற்றுக்கணக்கான சடலங்கள் கிட்டியுள்ளன. இவை சோவிய ரஷியா ஆப்கானிஸ்தானை ஆக்கிரமித்திருந்த போது சோவியத் எதிரிகளைகொல்ல பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.
இது போல ஏற்கெனவே ஒரு சோவியத் காலத்து சடல படுகுழி கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
Afghan prison bodies discovered
At least 15 underground rooms full of human remains were uncovered
An underground prison containing hundreds of bodies has been discovered in Afghanistan.
The prison, a former military barracks on the outskirts of the capital, Kabul, dates from the Soviet occupation of the 1980s, officials say.
A senior police officer in Kabul says that many of the bodies were found blindfolded with arms tied.
The find was revealed by a 70-year-old Afghan who worked for the Russians and only recently returned to the country.
There are at least 15 rooms full of dead bodies
Gen Ali Shah Paktiwal,
police chief
In pictures: Mass grave
There has been no immediate response from Russia to the news of the find.
"This is a big mass grave from the Russian days," police chief Gen Ali Shah Paktiwal told the BBC, adding that there were hundreds of dead bodies inside.
He said the base, on the northern outskirts of Kabul, belonged to the communist defence ministry.
"There are at least 15 rooms full of dead bodies," he said, adding that as the base was large there could be further rooms yet to be discovered underground.
Many of the victims' remains were found with rope or cloth around their eyes and hands, suggesting they had been blindfolded and bound.
The old man who led police to the site of the grave is reported to have told police that he had seen people killed by firing squad at the barracks.
The underground prison is the second Soviet-era mass grave to be found near the capital.
In 2006, a grave was discovered by Nato-led forces near the capital's notorious Pul-e-Charkhi prison.
Friday, June 22, 2007
சீன கம்யூனிஸ்ட் அசுரர்களின் கீழ் அடிமைமுறை
சீனாவில் தொழிலாளர்கள் அடிமைகளாக வாழ்வதை ஒரு சிலர் கண்டுபிடித்து வெளியே காட்டியதும் பிரச்னை பல திசைகளில் திரும்புகிறது. அங்கிருக்கும் லோக்கல் அரசாங்க ஆட்களே இந்த அடிமைமுறையை தொடர்ந்து ஊக்குவித்து வந்திருக்கிறார்கள் என்ற உண்மையும் வெளியே வந்திருக்கிறது.
நன்றி மிடில் ஈஸ்ட் டைம்ஸ்
Police, labor watchdog linked to China slave scandal
Guy Newey
AFP
June 22, 2007
BEIJING -- Government labor monitors and police officers were actively involved in the Chinese brickyard slavery scandal, investigators said Friday.
Primary investigations found that members of both groups were involved in the operation of the illegal kilns in north China's Shanxi province, said Sun Baoshu, a labor and social security minister, according to a Xinhua report.
Sun added that the accused had abused their power for personal gain. "The scandal is pretty serious," he was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
Two officers from the team set up to monitor labor standards in Yongji city, Shanxi, have been detained and accused of dereliction of duty and abuse of power.
The two are accused of moving one child worker, who was being sent back home after he was found working in central China's Henan province, to another kiln in Shanxi for new employment, the report added.
Investigators said Friday that they have now freed 359 people in Shanxi, including 12 children, and 65 people with mental disabilities, Sun said at a press conference in the province, according to Xinhua.
Police are now holding 35 people linked to the forced labor and are still hunting for another 20, according to the report. Another 62 have already been given more minor punishments.
Shanxi governor Yu Youjun Friday apologized for the debacle.
"I feel compunction and heart-stricken over the scandal. On behalf of the provincial government, I apologize to the victims and their families, as well as to all the people in Shanxi," said Yu, according to Xinhua. "As Shanxi governor, I'll take the blame for the scandal that infringed the rights of farm workers and children."
His apology came two days after he made a formal admission of error at a meeting of China's cabinet, chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao, the report added.
Chinese authorities say that 45,000 policemen have raided more than 8,000 brickyards and small coal mines in Shanxi and in neighboring Henan over the past two weeks in an effort to end the slave labor, which has drawn worldwide condemnation.
Police have now rescued around 600 workers in both provinces, but hundreds of children who were working as slaves remain missing, despite the huge publicity surrounding the human trafficking ring.
The slavery scandal has uncovered a grisly human trafficking ring in which people were beaten and sometimes killed for not working hard enough or trying to escape.
Friday's report said that some workers were forced to work more than 15 hours every day, given poor food, and prevented from escaping by guard dogs. Many received burns and other injuries working in the hot kiln.
The central government has sent a team of investigators to probe the scandal.
An Internet petition posted by concerned parents June 5 that was the trigger for the police action said that up to 1,000 children were enslaved in Shanxi brickyards alone.
The parents of 400 missing children this week issued a fresh appeal to China's leaders to find their sons and daughters, amid fears that brickyard bosses had hidden the youths in an attempt to avoid punishment.
நன்றி மிடில் ஈஸ்ட் டைம்ஸ்
Police, labor watchdog linked to China slave scandal
Guy Newey
AFP
June 22, 2007
BEIJING -- Government labor monitors and police officers were actively involved in the Chinese brickyard slavery scandal, investigators said Friday.
Primary investigations found that members of both groups were involved in the operation of the illegal kilns in north China's Shanxi province, said Sun Baoshu, a labor and social security minister, according to a Xinhua report.
Sun added that the accused had abused their power for personal gain. "The scandal is pretty serious," he was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
Two officers from the team set up to monitor labor standards in Yongji city, Shanxi, have been detained and accused of dereliction of duty and abuse of power.
The two are accused of moving one child worker, who was being sent back home after he was found working in central China's Henan province, to another kiln in Shanxi for new employment, the report added.
Investigators said Friday that they have now freed 359 people in Shanxi, including 12 children, and 65 people with mental disabilities, Sun said at a press conference in the province, according to Xinhua.
Police are now holding 35 people linked to the forced labor and are still hunting for another 20, according to the report. Another 62 have already been given more minor punishments.
Shanxi governor Yu Youjun Friday apologized for the debacle.
"I feel compunction and heart-stricken over the scandal. On behalf of the provincial government, I apologize to the victims and their families, as well as to all the people in Shanxi," said Yu, according to Xinhua. "As Shanxi governor, I'll take the blame for the scandal that infringed the rights of farm workers and children."
His apology came two days after he made a formal admission of error at a meeting of China's cabinet, chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao, the report added.
Chinese authorities say that 45,000 policemen have raided more than 8,000 brickyards and small coal mines in Shanxi and in neighboring Henan over the past two weeks in an effort to end the slave labor, which has drawn worldwide condemnation.
Police have now rescued around 600 workers in both provinces, but hundreds of children who were working as slaves remain missing, despite the huge publicity surrounding the human trafficking ring.
The slavery scandal has uncovered a grisly human trafficking ring in which people were beaten and sometimes killed for not working hard enough or trying to escape.
Friday's report said that some workers were forced to work more than 15 hours every day, given poor food, and prevented from escaping by guard dogs. Many received burns and other injuries working in the hot kiln.
The central government has sent a team of investigators to probe the scandal.
An Internet petition posted by concerned parents June 5 that was the trigger for the police action said that up to 1,000 children were enslaved in Shanxi brickyards alone.
The parents of 400 missing children this week issued a fresh appeal to China's leaders to find their sons and daughters, amid fears that brickyard bosses had hidden the youths in an attempt to avoid punishment.
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