A Uyghur View

We call for an independent investigation, and ask the Chinese authorities to immediately release a full list of the victims.

In East Turkestan (Xinjiang to China), another tragic disaster has occurred. Dozens and maybe hundreds of Uyghurs died in a fire in front of the world.

By their very nature, the Chinese authorities showed no mercy in this incident. No officers broke into the building or the locks for hours, as the fire roared out of control. The official reason was that the road was narrow, and parked cars blocked the way to the building. It took three hours for them to attempt to extinguish the fire, despite firefighters arriving at the scene within five minutes.

Read more at “China Should Tell the Truth on the Urumqi Fire”

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