China’s crackdown on peaceful protesters
"I have never seen such viciousness in my life...military dogs were attacking peaceful demonstrators. Chinese soldiers were bludgeoning the demonstrators……bodies, some alive, others dead, were being dragged across the ground and dumped all together into dozens of army trucks."
Rebiya Kadeer describes scenes of footage taken at the bloody Gulja massacre on 5 February 1997 and subsequent days. She believes she was shown the footage by the prefectural police chief to intimidate her into stopping her investigation.
Watching the police footage, Rebiya Kadeer realized that this massacre had been another Tiananmen-style crackdown on peaceful protesters. But this time, the Chinese authorities were able to keep the events hidden from the world.
"I am speaking out so that we do not forget those who lost their lives in Gulja and to call for accountability on the part of the Chinese authorities."
- Rebiya Kadeer
Ten years later, Rebiya continues to tell the story of the massacre in Gulja; and she continues to fight for the rights of China's mainly Muslim Uighur community who have been systematically persecuted since the 1980s.
Read Rebiya’s vivid testimony on the immediate aftermath of the Gulja massacre. http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engasa170012007
Take action now!
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/chn-010207-action-eng#vigil
Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org
"I have never seen such viciousness in my life...military dogs were attacking peaceful demonstrators. Chinese soldiers were bludgeoning the demonstrators……bodies, some alive, others dead, were being dragged across the ground and dumped all together into dozens of army trucks."
Rebiya Kadeer describes scenes of footage taken at the bloody Gulja massacre on 5 February 1997 and subsequent days. She believes she was shown the footage by the prefectural police chief to intimidate her into stopping her investigation.
Watching the police footage, Rebiya Kadeer realized that this massacre had been another Tiananmen-style crackdown on peaceful protesters. But this time, the Chinese authorities were able to keep the events hidden from the world.
"I am speaking out so that we do not forget those who lost their lives in Gulja and to call for accountability on the part of the Chinese authorities."
- Rebiya Kadeer
Ten years later, Rebiya continues to tell the story of the massacre in Gulja; and she continues to fight for the rights of China's mainly Muslim Uighur community who have been systematically persecuted since the 1980s.
Read Rebiya’s vivid testimony on the immediate aftermath of the Gulja massacre. http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engasa170012007
Take action now!
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/chn-010207-action-eng#vigil
Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org