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Xinjiang ethnic writers publish anti-terrorism open letter

2014-06-30 16:19 CRIENGLISH.com Web Editor: Gu Liping
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More than 200 ethnic Uygur writers, poets and translators in Xinjiang have published an open letter, denouncing terrorism.

It comes amid a nationwide crackdown on terrorism following a series of terrorist attacks in China, including last month's deadly attack in the regional capital Urumqi which left 39 dead.

The letter accuses those behind the attack of being -quote- "a small bunch of lunatic mobsters without human nature who do not stand for any ethnic group or religion."

Bahtiya Bavdun is with the Literature and Arts Association of Xinjiang.

"The letter is published on behalf of the Uygur writers of the entire Xinjiang Autonomous Region to call on Uygur people to overcome the difficulties we are facing, and to condemn and expose the evil behaviors of the extremists."

Dilmurat Telet is the vice-Secretary General of the Writers Association of Xinjiang.

"We have the responsibility to tell our Uygur fellows the words in heart. Intellectuals are the guide of a nation. If they guide people in a wrong direction, the future of the nation must have problems."

The letter calls on Uygurs to think more rationally and urges writers and poets in the society to shoulder the responsibility of safeguarding social stability.

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