東土耳其斯坦

【編按】2009年7月5日，發生在新疆（或稱東土耳其斯坦/ East Turkistan）的七五事件，截至目前為止（2010年1月27日），總計有21人被宣判死刑，其中9人於去年11月被執行（包含1名漢人和8名維吾爾人）。

我們還能夠對中國的人權侵害視而不見嗎？

本文刊登在2009年12月9日的旺報上，編輯稍作刪減並名為【觀點擂台－江陳會也該關注人權議題 】，原文、全文如下。

林欣怡（廢除死刑推動聯盟執行長）楊宗澧（民間司改會執行秘書）

金融MOU和兩岸經濟合作架構協議ECFA是最近談到兩岸議題，台灣人民所關注的重點，不過，卻鮮少人注意到陸陸續續有人因為今年新疆715事件和去年西藏314事件，而被判處死刑甚至執行死刑的新聞。但是，我們真的能忽略這個「不重要」的新聞嗎？

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 21/07/2009

World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (WCADP) Statement on the recent situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region .

World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (WCADP) is seriously alarmed by the threat of death sentences made by Chinese officials in Urumqi following recent unrest in Urumqi. This threat by the Chinese officials not only indicates the lack of rule of law in China but is also detrimental to the alleviation of tension between Han Chinese and Uyghur. It also violates the core values and spirit of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) that China has signed and repeatedly stated its intention to ratify as well as the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) which China has ratified.

Therefore, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (WCADP), representing member organizations, urges: