Row Over Amnesty Blog Linking China Repression and Welsh Language Battle ; Cymdeithas Member Sees Comments As Being Churlish

Western MailJuly 20, 2009

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WELSH language campaigners have been angered by a blog posting from Amnesty International staff which suggests their concerns are insignificant in comparison the situation in western China.

The posting, which Cathy Owens, the programme director of Amnesty International Wales, confirmed she had a hand in writing, appeared both on Amnesty Blogs and the Welsh language web forum maes-e. It reads: "I wonder if those who are constantly bickering and cackling about the Welsh Language LCO and who should legislate on the Welsh language should not consider taking a step back for a moment and for once look beyond the borders of little Wales.

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Row Over Amnesty Blog Linking China Repression and Welsh Language Battle ; Cymdeithas Member Sees Comments As Being Churlish

"The 'Welsh Not' is already ancient history for us Welsh speakers but that could not be said about life in Xinjiang today.

"When Rebiya Kadeer [the exiled campaigner from western ...

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