Media Alert : Investigate what China says about Uyghurs
September 18, 2001
For Immediate Release:
Media Alert : Investigate what China says about Uyghurs
The members of Citizens Against Communist Chinese Propaganda (CACCP),
an all volunteer organization based in Florida, is saddened, as all
people, by the cowardly acts of terrorists and the tremendous loss of
life inflicted on the United States.
CACCP joins the world's freedom loving peoples in calling for respect
for our Muslim and Arabic brothers and sisters in this most difficult
time. We applaud the unity that has erupted throughout America and
call for all peace-loving citizens to share this unity with everyone
regardless of religious or ethnic background.
CACCP calls on all freedom loving peoples to show support for the
Uyghur people of East Turkestan, renamed 'Xinjiang' by the Chinese
government. Our Uyghur brothers and sisters are Muslim, and as most
Muslims, have condemned violence and hatred in the name of religion.
It has been reported in the international media that the Chinese
government's conditional support for US actions is based upon linking
the freedom-loving Uyghur people to the terrorist Osama Bin Laden.
CACCP calls on the United States government and it's agencies to
completely investigate all alleged connections between the Uyghur
movement and terrorist activities, instead of listening only to
Communist Chinese propaganda. In the words of the Uyghur American
Association,
"The Chinese government, as part of their propaganda campaign against
the freedom loving people of East Turkestan, have maintained that the
Uyghur people's struggle against Chinese Communist rule is a
religious struggle, planned and executed by militant Islamic
fundamentalists. This characterization of the Uyghur people's
aspiration for freedom and self-determination is a deception, for
just like the vast majority of Muslim peoples, the people of East
Turkestan value human life and dignity and abhor violence."
Please call your congressional representatives and call for justice
on behalf of the Uyghur people.
Jack Churchward
Coordinator, CACCP