Asian Muslims Human Rights Bureau Explained

The Asian Muslims Human Rights Bureau was a group said to have been organized to aid Muslim expatriates in Asia that had ties to Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda.^{[1] [2]} It was reported to have been led by a "Pakistani citizen of Xinjiang origin" -- a Uyghur named Abdul Rasul.

In 1999 the Kashmir Sentinel, a newspaper published in the Indian part of the disputed region of Kashmir, asserted that Pakistan was encouraging expatriate Uyghur militants in an attempt to destabilize China's Xinjiang Province and named the Asian Muslim Human Rights Bureau as a "front group".^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: OSAMA BIN LADEN: RUMBLINGS IN AFGHANISTAN. 1998-12-22. B. Raman. South Asia Analysis Group. 2009-06-26. The other is the Asian Muslims Human Rights Bureau headed by Abdul Rasul, a Pakistani citizen of Xinjiang origin, which has been campaigning for an independent Eastern Turkestan. In an interview to the "Nation" (November 7, 1998), Abdul Rasul, an Uighur, claimed that he had met Bin Laden who had promised all support to the Muslims of China in their jihad against Beijing.. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20100613121935/http://southasiaanalysis.org/papers/paper22.html. June 13, 2010.
2. News: Sino-Taliban nexus is ominous for India. The Hizbul Mujahideen, a Pakistan-based outfit operates mostly in Jammu and Kashmir. Some of these Uygurs, intelligence reports have confirmed, are also getting their religious education in the seminaries of Pakistan and Egypt. At the same time, media reports have made a pointed reference to yet another significant aspect of the situation: Pakistan-based sponsor of Eastern Turkestan movement and president of the Asian Muslims Human Rights Bureau, Mr Abdul Rasul, met Osama Bin Laden in Khost province of Afghanistan in the first week of October 1998. Osama had promised to help the Muslims of China.. 1999-04-15. B L Kak. Daily Excelsior. 2009-06-26.
3. News: CHINA’S SUPPORTIVE STANCE ON KARGIL. August 1999. Pakistan has been patronising Islamic fundamentalists to create trouble in Sinkiang. The Front organisation of Sinkiang Muslims “Asian Muslims Human Rights Bureau” operates from Islamabad. Pakistan press reports regularly highlight how Sinkiang Muslims pursue their objectives of achieving separate homeland.. Kashmir Sentinel. 2009-06-26.