UIGHUR LEADER KADEER WISHES TO VISIT TURKEY AT SAME TIME WITH CHINESE PREMIER JIABAO

WASHINGTON, D.C. (A.A) - 06.10.2010 - The President of the World Uighur Congress, Rebiya Kadeer, said Wednesday she wished to visit Turkey at the same time with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on October 8.
In an exclusive interview with the AA, Kadeer said that she was making all efforts so that she could visit Turkey on October 8.
I have been disappointed over the fact that Turkey would receive Chinese Premier Jiabao on October 8, Kadeer said.
Following the incidents of July 5, 2009, thousands of Uighurs have been arrested (by Chinese officials) and we have not heard from them since then, Kadeer said.
After July 5, the Chinese government has been implementing "great pressure" on the Uighurs and land belonging to the Uighurs have been taken away from them by the Chinese authorities, Kadeer argued.
Premier Jiabao's visit to Turkey would facilitate an opportunity to Turkey to ask about the Chinese pressure put on the Uighurs and encourage the Chinese to end the pressure, Kadeer stressed.
Following Turkey's remarks on the incidents of July 5, the Chinese government made no criticisms but sent various delegations to convince the Turkish government. If Turkey embraces the Uighurs, the Uighurs then would be able to continue to survive. If Turkey does not embrace the Uighurs, the Chinese government would be successful in assimilating the Uighurs and wipe them off the surface of the world, Kadeer underlined.
The Uighurs are in a battle of death and survival. We are concerned with the efforts of the Chinese government to change the views of the Turkish people, Kadeer said.
I am seeking for ways to be able to visit Turkey on October 8, the day when Chinese Premier Jiabao will be in Turkey. I will try to convey, with the Turkish people, our demands from the Chinese Premier Jiabao. I expect the Turkish government to provide me the same privilege that they have granted to the Chinese Premier Jiabao. I wish to be in Turkey in order to tell the realities to the Turkish people, Kadeer also said.
On July 5, 2009, over 150 people were killed and approximately 1,000 others were injured in the riots which followed peaceful demonstrations protesting a fight between Uighur and Han Chinese workers at a toy factory. Two Uighur workers had been killed in the strife. Chinese government accused overseas Uighur groups of provoking the incidents in Xinjiang. Chinese police said there were evidences that riots were organized by the World Uighur Congress led by Rebiya Kadeer. However, Uighur Turks living outside China said Chinese government pursued an assimilation policy against Uighurs.