CCTV has released several video interviews of Rebiya Kadir’s son, daughter, and brother, all of whom condemn the recent Urumqi riots. None of the three minced words. All stated with apparent confidence that Rebiya was significantly involved in recent unrest.
We will let the videos speak for themselves:
In the Chinese version but omitted from the English, the family members are asked whether Xinjiang has ethnic unity. Rebiya’s daughter, in particular, spoke fondly of her education in a multiethnic school. “There was never any conflict,” she recalls. “Han, Uyghur, Kazakh, Tatar, Uzbek, Kyrgiz: we were one big family.” (at 8:20)
Also of note, Rebiya’s son, interviewed in a Xinjiang prison where he is serving time for tax evasion, put some blame on Voice of America and Radio Free Asia.
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One thing I am really curious about currently is the seeming fluidity of numbers related to how many riot suspects have been arrested. Various headlines coming from Chinese government sources all trumpet very different numbers.
Posted 05 Aug 2009 at 1:52 pm ¶Have some people already been released?
Is there any available list from the government or from outside organizations of those who have been detained?
Does the New Dominion have any insight into these questions?