Nasib etnik Islam Uighur di Xinjiang, China

Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) menegur Kerajaan China dan tidak setuju dengan tindakan keras yang diambil sehingga berlaku tragedi pembunuhan terhadap etnik Islam di Wilayah Xinjiang.

Dalam kenyataannya kepada Harakahdaily, Pengerusi Lujnah Hal Ehwal Antarabangsa PAS Pusat, Dr Syed Azman Syed Ahmad berkata, pihaknya memandang berat terhadap pembunuhan tersebut dan menggesa China menghentikannya seberapa segera.

"Sikap keras pemerintah China amat dikesali. PAS menyeru semua pihak sama ada penduduk berketurunan Uighur atau Han agar kembali ke meja rundingan dan mencari jalan damai," tegasnya.

Syed Azman yang juga AJK PAS Pusat menegaskan bahawa hak asasi penduduk Islam Uighur di Wilayah Autonomi Xinjiang, mestilah dijamin dan dilindungi semua pihak.

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Xinjiang is officially an autonomous region in China's west. Region is sparsely populated but has large reserves of oil, gas and minerals. Xinjiang was formerly a key transit point on the ancient Silk Road linking China to Europe.

Region's Turkic speaking Uighur population number around eight million. Uighur activists say migration from other parts of China is part of official effort to dilute Uighur culture in their own land. Uighurs say they face repression on a range of fronts, including bans on the teaching of their language.

Uighur separatists have staged series of low-level attacks since early 1990s.