By ANDREW JACOBS
The New York Times - August 20, 2010
Ilham Tohti rarely worries about his personal safety here — at least not at the hands of would-be thieves.
That is because Mr. Tohti, an economics professor and unofficial spokesman for this country’s embattled Uighur minority, frequently has a police escort.
Whether they are looking out for his well-being [...]
Uighur Intellectual Who Won’t Back Down in China
by RAINman on 23. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
The Transformation of Latin America is a Global Advance
by RAINman on 23. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
The radical tide is about to be put to the test in Brazil and Venezuela. If support holds, it will have lessons for all of us
By Seumas Milne
The Guardian August 20, 2010
Nearly two centuries after it won nominal independence and Washington declared it a backyard, Latin America is standing up. The tide of progressive [...]
Johann Hari: And Now for Some Good News
by RAINman on 10. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
We’ll never know the names of all the people who paid with their limbs, their lungs or their lives for the goodies in my home and yours
Johann Hari is a columnist for the London Independent. He has reported from Iraq, Israel/Palestine, the Congo, the Central African Republic, Venezuela, Peru and the US, and his [...]
This is no smoking gun, nor Iranian bomb
by RAINman on 24. Dec, 2009 in Analysis
Nothing in the published ‘intelligence documents’ shows Iran is close to having nuclear weapons
Norman Dombey
guardian.co.uk – 22 December 2009
Seven years ago Condoleezza Rice said “there will always be some uncertainty” in determining how close Iraq may be to obtaining a nuclear weapon, but “we don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom [...]
China ramps up anti-terror fight in Muslim region
by RAINman on 05. Nov, 2009 in General
Police in China’s far west ratchet up anti-terrorism drive, hunt alleged riot suspects
AP News – 03 November 2009
Police in China’s far west have launched a crackdown on terrorism and stepped up a hunt for suspects who took part in deadly ethnic riots there four months ago, the regional public security ministry said Tuesday.
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Robert Fisk: A Financial Revolution with Profound Political Implications
by RAINman on 08. Oct, 2009 in Analysis
Such large financial movements will have major political effects in the Middle East
The Independent 7 October 2009
The plan to de-dollarise the oil market, discussed both in public and in secret for at least two years and widely denied yesterday by the usual suspects – Saudi Arabia being, as expected, the first among them – [...]
US rivals ‘plotting to end oil trading in dollars’
by RAINman on 07. Oct, 2009 in General
• Gold could be used as a temporary replacement for the dollar, Independent claims
• Story denied by Russia, Saudi, UAE, Kuwait
Graeme Wearden
guardian.co.uk 6 October 2009
China, Russia, Japan and several of the most powerful Gulf States are actively plotting to end the decades-old practice of buying and selling oil in dollars, the Independent [...]
Uighur film to show in Taiwan, angering China
by RAINman on 22. Sep, 2009 in General
Reuters 20 September 2009
TAIPEI/BEIJING– Taiwan’s second-largest city said Sunday it would show a film about Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer, further angering China which is still fuming about the Dalai Lama’s recent visit to the island.
The documentary, The 10 Conditions of Love, will screen four times Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of an annual film festival [...]
Australia says Uighur leader is no ‘terrorist’
by RAINman on 04. Aug, 2009 in General
by Talek Harris –
AFP
SYDNEY– Australia has rebuffed Chinese objections over a visit by exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer, saying she is not a “terrorist” and there is no reason to exclude her.
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Kadeer had been given a visa for next week’s visit, during which she will launch a documentary about her [...]
ISNA Condemns Beijing’s Heavy-Handed Response to Uighurs’ Protests
by RAINman on 14. Jul, 2009 in General
ISNA Press Release July 2009
Plainfield, IN – The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) is troubled by the deadly ethnic clashes between the Hans and Uighurs in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang province in China, and deeply concerned about the dire and deteriorating conditions of the Uighur minority.
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What if the Uighurs were Christian Rather than Muslim?
by RAINman on 08. Jul, 2009 in Analysis
by Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald was previously a constitutional law and civil rights litigator in New York. He is the author of the New York Times Bestselling book “How Would a Patriot Act?,” a critique of the Bush administration’s use of executive power, released in May 2006. His second book, “A Tragic Legacy”, examines the Bush [...]
Muslim states ’silent’ on Uighurs
by RAINman on 08. Jul, 2009 in General
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies Tuesday, July 07, 2009
A leading Uighur rights activist has criticised Muslim-majority countries for not speaking out against decades of alleged repression and persecution from the Chinese government.
Speaking in Washington on Monday, Rebiya Kadeer, a businesswoman who was jailed for years in China before being released into exile in the [...]
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