خلاصه ماشینی:
Rebiya Kadeer is president of the International Uyghur Human Rights and Democracy Foun dation (IUHRDF) and the Uyghur American Association, both based in Washington, DC.
I asked the National Women’s Association for help to improve Uyghur women’s lives, for my economic success gave me access to Chinese governmental bodies.
About the time that I was launching the Thousand Mothers Movement, others were looking for ways to resolve the moral crisis that the Uyghurs were facing throughout East Turkestan.
” 67 On 5 February 1997, in Ghulja city in Ili, Uygurs held a peaceful demon stration to demand the release of those who had been detained for their involvement in the mashraps and to call for human rights, democracy, and religious freedom.
Thanks to sustained international pressure, especially from human rights groups and the American government, Beijing released me for “medical rea sons” and allowed me to come to this country.
Just before my release, a Chinese foreign ministry official warned me: “If you engage in any activity that makes China look bad, and if you associate with Uyghur political activists, your children and your business will be finished in an unimaginable way.
” But from the day I landed in this democratic country, I have not stopped campaigning for the rights of the long-suffering Uyghur people.
But at the same time, I cannot stand to see the suffering of my people any longer, because they all deserve human rights, religious freedom, and democracy.
Struggling for the human rights of the Uyghur people is not a crime.
I will continue to raise these issues with governments, international bodies, and human rights organizations.