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Uyghur activist visits Japan amid China's protest
TOKYO, Oct. 20 Kyodo - Exiled Uyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer arrived in Japan on Tuesday from the United States for a series of speeches across the country, amid a protest by China.
After arriving at Narita airport outside Tokyo, Kadeer told reporters she wants
the Japanese government to put pressure on China to correct its policies
against minority people in the country.
Kadeer, who heads the World Uyghur Congress, said she is thankful for the
issuance of a visa for her by the new Japanese government of Prime Minister
Yukio Hatoyama, expressing hope that the Japanese people expand their
assistance for her cause.
The visit is Kadeer's first to Japan since September's power change in Japan
from the Liberal Democratic Party to the Democratic Party of Japan. She last
visited Japan in July.
In Beijing on Tuesday, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said China is
''strongly dissatisfied'' with Japan's decision to allow Kadeer to visit the
country and that it has made representations to Japan.
China accuses Kadeer of orchestrating the deadly outbreak of ethnic violence in
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in July.
Kadeer told reporters at Narita airport she is very sorry and strongly protests
against a series of death sentences given to Uyghurs in China.
On Oct. 12, China's state media reported that six men have been sentenced to
death for their roles in July's unrest in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous
Region. Three days later on Oct. 15, six more people were sentenced to death
and three others to life imprisonment.
Kadeer called for an early release of Uyghurs detained in connection with the
unrest.
Her supporters said Kadeer is scheduled to stay in Japan through early November
and to give lectures at universities in Tokyo, western Japan and the Kyushu
area.
During her July visit to Japan, Kadeer visited the LDP headquarters and met
with LDP lawmakers. The supporters said Kadeer has no plans this time to visit
any Japanese political party offices.
==Kyodo
2009-10-20 23:45:23
After arriving at Narita airport outside Tokyo, Kadeer told reporters she wants
the Japanese government to put pressure on China to correct its policies
against minority people in the country.
Kadeer, who heads the World Uyghur Congress, said she is thankful for the
issuance of a visa for her by the new Japanese government of Prime Minister
Yukio Hatoyama, expressing hope that the Japanese people expand their
assistance for her cause.
The visit is Kadeer's first to Japan since September's power change in Japan
from the Liberal Democratic Party to the Democratic Party of Japan. She last
visited Japan in July.
In Beijing on Tuesday, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said China is
''strongly dissatisfied'' with Japan's decision to allow Kadeer to visit the
country and that it has made representations to Japan.
China accuses Kadeer of orchestrating the deadly outbreak of ethnic violence in
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in July.
Kadeer told reporters at Narita airport she is very sorry and strongly protests
against a series of death sentences given to Uyghurs in China.
On Oct. 12, China's state media reported that six men have been sentenced to
death for their roles in July's unrest in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous
Region. Three days later on Oct. 15, six more people were sentenced to death
and three others to life imprisonment.
Kadeer called for an early release of Uyghurs detained in connection with the
unrest.
Her supporters said Kadeer is scheduled to stay in Japan through early November
and to give lectures at universities in Tokyo, western Japan and the Kyushu
area.
During her July visit to Japan, Kadeer visited the LDP headquarters and met
with LDP lawmakers. The supporters said Kadeer has no plans this time to visit
any Japanese political party offices.
==Kyodo
2009-10-20 23:45:23
