InfoAnda - From exile, Kadeer steps up Uighur cause

Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case
Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They

Taiwan denies boycotting Australian film festival
Thursday, August 6, 2009

AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e

Merkel's support dips, regional ally resigns International
Thursday, September 3, 2009

By Sarah Marsh and Noah Barkin

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German

Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who

Asian markets mixed after Wall Street rally
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an

Video: Aussie father clasps infant as car hits | 12 May 2010
Toyota to build third plant in Brazil | 16 July 2010
Afghan girls hit again by suspected gas attack | | 11 May 2010

Melissa Rivers to mom Joan: Time for 'skintervention' | | 23 January 2012

">Forum Views () ">Forum Replies ()

Read more with google mobile : From exile, Kadeer steps up Uighur cause

Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Search Search: From exile, Kadeer steps up Uighur cause AFP - Sunday, May 10 WASHINGTON (AFP) - - It was a summer day in 1999 when Rebiya Kadeer headed for an appointment with US congressional researchers, who had come to the city of Urumqi to probe the plight of China's Uighur minority. ADVERTISEMENT Fearful she was being tailed, Kadeer took a taxi. A large vehicle lunged toward them, but the cab driver quickly swerved, and it instead smashed into a car behind them, leaving a hand dangling lifelessly from the window. Paying no heed to the injured, black cars suddenly surrounded the taxi and officers alighted with automatic weapons. Thus began Kadeer's six years in prison, sometimes in a putrid 30 square-foot (2.5 square-meter) cell, where she says guards regularly beat and stripped naked the female prisoners. The events are described in Kadeer's memoir, "Dragon Fighter," just published in the United States, Britain and other English-speaking nations by Kales Press, an affiliate of W.W. Norton. In the book, she tells of a dramatic and diverse life from being a mother of 11 and a department store entrepreneur -- she says she was once the richest woman in all China -- to her transformation into the Uighurs' most prominent dissident and a contender for the Nobel Peace Prize. In the process she relates the story of the Uighurs, a Turkic and predominantly Muslim people who according to the latest US State Department report on human rights are facing severe cultural and religious repression. China abruptly freed Kadeer in 2005 ahead of a visit by then US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. Now living in exile in the Washington area, Kadeer believes that Beijing regrets releasing her. "My hope is that everyone in the world will learn about our situation through this book," Kadeer told AFP from her guarded office near the White House. The slightly built 62-year-old, whose tiny workspace has two iMac computers, three megaphones and a framed photo of her meeting President George W. Bush, becomes animated when speaking of her homeland. "When I tell people of the suffering of our people, sometimes people in the West, because of the freedoms they take for granted, feel that this is just a fantasy," she said. "When five or 10 people get killed in a war zone, people immediately find out and voice deep sympathy," she said. "But with us it's very different -- China's totalitarian government has been systematically destroying the Uighur people for six decades, so the international community doesn't know our situation very well." Kadeer on May 21 will come full circle from her arrest for trying to meet congressional researchers -- she plans to open a general assembly of the World Uighur Congress from within the US Capitol complex. But in another eerie parallel, Kadeer in her book relates what she calls an assassination attempt in Washington in which a van slammed into her car; she said she and her assistant ran for their lives. Kadeer says Chinese agents have surveyed her home and tapped her telephone. Five of her children remain in the Uighur region of Xinjiang including two who are in prison, in what Kadeer says is a way to pressure her. Chinese authorities have described Kadeer as a "separatist monster" and accused of her of using Islamic "terrorism" to bring independence to Xinjiang. Kadeer dwells little on Islamic identity in her memoir, in which she tells Uighur folk fables. In one poignant episode, she relates switching from reciting the Koran in prison to offering a Uighur shamanistic prayer of pre-Islamic origin. She accuses China of using the September 11, 2001 attacks as a pretext to crack down on Uighurs. In prison, she said she was submitted to reeducation classes in which inmates were told not to believe in God and had to chant aloud 50 times, "We never want to separate from China!" "Dragon Fighter," written with the assistance of author Alexandra Cavelius, was originally published in German by Random House in 2007. The English version includes a forward from the most famous exile from Chinese rule, Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. Kadeer voiced hope that the the book would eventually be translated into Chinese. She said a Chinese official made her pledge when she left that she would do nothing in exile to harm the Chinese people -- and she says she has kept her promise. "I am not fighting against the Chinese people," she wrote. "Rather -- just like many Chinese people themselves -- I am fighting for a democratically based government and for the unequivocal observance of human rights." Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Sign in to recommend this article » 0 users recommend Related Articles: Asia Pacific Myanmar opposition calls for Suu Kyi medical careAFP - 1 hour 42 minutes ago Thousands flee as Pakistan lifts Swat curfewAFP - 1 hour 50 minutes ago Japanese Prince Akishino off on European tourAFP - Sunday, May 10 Japan confirms fourth case of swine fluAP - Sunday, May 10 Weather forecast for the Asia-Pacific regionAP - Sunday, May 10 Enlarge Photo From exile, Kadeer steps up Uighur cause Most Popular – Asia Pacific Viewed Obese young men have less hope of marriage: study British store admits it boobed in bra row Geithner's warning on speed of economic recovery Court okays breast removal for transsexual teen: report Murdoch leads charge to get readers to pay online View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

Other News on Sunday, 10 May 2009
Gunships and planes strike Pakistan Taliban in Swat | International |
U.S. forces shoot Iraqi boy dead after grenade attack | International |
Bomb blast kills 5 in southeast Turkey | International |
Guinea forces fire on rioters in capital | International |
Mali pursues al Qaeda suspects in north: source | International |
Bomb kills seven Afghan workers: police
Pakistanis flee Swat as offensive intensifies | International |
Critics warn US air strikes bolstering Taliban
Pope to visit site of Jesus' baptism in Jordan | International |
Zuma to announce South African cabinet on Sunday | International |
U.S. forces shoot Iraqi boy dead after grenade attack
Venezuela oil takeovers may leave 22,000 jobless
Iraqi leader calls for anti-corruption campaign
New flu kills U.S. man, spreads to Australia, Japan | International |
After stress tests, banks seek to shed US aid
Bomb blast kills 5 in southeast Turkey
Tycoon to continue Mia Farrow Darfur hunger strike
Pope in Israel seeks closer Jewish-Catholic bond
Argentina's Kirchner to run for Congress | International |
$70-80 good price for oil: French economy minister
Pope disappoints Muslim leaders
Fiat boss evokes 'difficult decisions' in Opel takeover
Turkey has no plans to abolish rural militia
Race for Iran presidency hots up
More Severe Weather Expected For Midwest
White House Aide Resigns Over New York Flyover Controversy
US terror suspects subjected to sleep deprivation
Most Santa Barbara Wildfire Evacuees Allowed To Return Home
Snake's Head Found In Side Order Of Veggies At TGI Fridays
Cleanup begins after Midwest storms killed 6
Body Found May Belong To Georgia Professor Wanted For Triple Homicide
Huge fire after Moscow gas pipeline blast
U.S. Air Traffic Control System Vulnerable To Attack, FAA Investigators Say
Cuban parliament president dismisses Obama
Boston Trolley Driver Texting Girlfriend When He Crashed Into Another Trolley
Small plane crashes in northern Nevada, 5 killed
Jury Acquits Mine Owner Of Knowingly Exposing Residents, Workers To Asbestos
Prof wanted in killings found dead in Ga. woods
Texas Couple Arrested For Shooting At Passing Vehicles, Wounding 4 People
NH toddler left alone on school bus for 45 minutes
Afghan President, U.S. Military Differ in Death Count From U.S. Air Strikes
RI gas explosion injures 6 firefighters, 1 officer
Wildfire evacuees longed for home, even the weeds
Cell phone ban may follow Mass. trolley crash
Japanese Prince Akishino off on European tour
Japan confirms fourth case of swine flu
Weather forecast for the Asia-Pacific region
Swine flu death toll tops 50
From exile, Kadeer steps up Uighur cause
Navy sinks Tiger boats as S. Lanka troops advance
Yao to miss rest of NBA playoffs with broken foot
India's Rahul Gandhi: dynastic political heritage
Badminton Sudirman Cup all about second place
Japan minister defends stimulus spending package
Desperation in Pakistani hospitals, refugee camps
Talks between Diageo, United Spirits still on: report
Bangladesh growth seen at nearly 6 pct
Fido, frequent flier, gets his own airline
Do-it-yourself wine comes to Bordeaux country
Chance for Obama to jab at DC's establishment
Wounded soldier finishes London Marathon
Funny man Fallon a college graduate after 15 years
HBO series details Alzheimer's pain, progress
Indonesian president's party name election winner
Pro-cannabis protesters gather in Amsterdam
Indonesian president's party named election winner
Comedy not just a laughing matter, TV execs discover
Indonesia releases general elections results: report
`Star Trek' boldly goes to $31M at box office
First Asian tour group in post-Saddam Iraq
Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers trade blame for civilian deaths | International |
NATO war games hinder U.S.-Russia ties: Putin | International |
South Africa's Zuma moves Manuel to powerful new role | International |
Afghan students protest against civilian casualties | International |
Australian zoo evacuated after orangutan escape
Russia's Putin warns against arms race over N.Korea | International |
Georgia's Saakashvili to meet opposition | International |
Clashes kill at least 65 in Somalia in 3 days | International |
Philippine typhoon death toll rises to 36
Petraeus: Taliban threaten existence of Pakistan
Obama aide: Seems no one knows bin Laden's status
Jones: Airstrikes remain part of Afghan strategy
Syria criticizes renewal of US sanctions
Google prime target for regulators
Petraeus: al-Qaida not operating in Afghanistan
Upfront costs complicate Obama's health care plan
US-Russia relations hurt by NATO war games: Putin
Iran court hears appeal by jailed US reporter
Chadian troops 'have defeated rebel forces'
Obama the star at reporters' annual dinner
Lawyer defends jailed US reporter at Iran court
Credit crunch dulls glitz of Cannes festival | Entertainment |
Police: Boat sinks in Bangladesh
Pakistani civilians flee anti-Taliban offensive
Afghan double suicide attack kills, wounds 20
Sri Lankan doctor: Artillery kills 378 civilians
Afghanistan suicide bombs kill, wound at least 20
Nepal president appeals for majority govt
Philippine typhoon death toll rises to 36
Kuwait, China sign energy and other agreements
Pakistanis flee Swat as fighting escalates
New Zealand house prices weaken further in April
Sri Lanka official: Artillery kills 257 civilians
Russia to sign nuclear pact with Japan: reports
Luxury brands look to China amid global crisis
SKorea to set up resources development fund
Coming soon! Cannes' battle of the movie giants
Did France's 'New Wave' shoot its cinema?
US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary
Credit crunch dulls glitz of Cannes festival
Arab and Jew to sing for peace at Eurovision
East Germany comes alive for kids at Berlin show
VH1, Logo among winners at GLAAD Media Awards
Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro
Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, Jo Ann Bain, and daughter found
Female Breasts Are Bigger Than Ever
AMD Trinity Accelerated Processing Units Now in Volume Production
The Avengers (2012 film), made the second biggest opening- and single-day gross of all-time
AMD to Start Production of piledriver
Ivy Bridge Quad-Core, Four-Thread Desktop CPUs
Islamists Protest Lady Gaga's Concert in Indonesia
Japan Successfully Broadcasts an 8K Signal Over the Air
ECB boosts loans to 1 trillion Euro to stop credit crunch
Egypt : Mohammed Morsi won with 52 percent
What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up
AMD Launches AMD Embedded R-Series APU Platform
Fed Should not Ignore Emerging Market Crisis
Fed casts shadow over India, emerging markets
Why are Chinese tourists so rude? A few insights

USD EUR - 1 year graph	VPN on MacOSX	BlogMeter 1.01