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Ittipak interview
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London, UK (Reuters AlertNet): This article is an interview of Rozimuhammed Abdulbakiev is the head of Ittipak, the national society of Uyghurs in Kyrgyzstan. Many Uyghurs live in exile in the former Soviet republic, after fleeing the Chinese state repression of their activities, labeled as "nationalist" by Beijing, in their native Xinjiang Province, a vast region that occupies a sixth of China's land mass.
Rights groups cite a serious rise in human rights abuses against the Uyghur minority of northwest China, while Beijing has claimed to be faced by "religious extremist forces" and "violent terrorists" in the region for more than a decade.
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