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Kyrgyz Uyghurs Protest At Chinese Embassy


Some of the protesters at July 5 picket in front of the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek (RFE/RL) BISHKEK, July 5, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Representatives of ethnic Uyghurs living in Kyrgyzstan today demonstrated in front of the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek to demand the release of an ethnic Uyghur held in a Chinese jail.


Huseyin Celil, a Canadian citizen, was detained by Uzbek authorities in Tashkent in March and later deported to China.


Beijing accuses Celil of involvement in an attack six years ago on a state delegation in China's western Xingijang Province, the home of Turkic-speaking Uyghurs.


The demonstrators handed over a petition to a Chinese Embassy official and dispersed peacefully after about one hour.

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