Published by: THE WORLD UYGHUR NETWORK NEWS December 26, 1997

Nov 18 1997, Eastern Turkistan Information Center

[ETIC, 11/18/97] On November 17, VPRO radio station in Netherlands broadcasted from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. a program devoted to the music and songs of the Uyghur people. The Uyghur music and songs were performed by Kamil Abbas. Lyrics of the Uyghur songs were highly praised in the program. Also in the program, the name Eastern Turkistan was used instead of an official name the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and it was stressed that the name Eastern Turkistan is prohibited in China. It was said that the Uyghur people, which is the indigenous people of Eastern Turkistan, are fighting, like the Tibetans, for their freedom and independence from China. [Mehmet Tutunci, Netherlands]