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China authorities to charge 83 in Xinjiang riots

August 5, 2009 03:30:00 PM

Authorities in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on Tuesday announced charges of murder, intentional injury, arson, and robbery against 83 people accused of participating in violent demonstrations in the capital city of Urumqi in early July. Xinjiang...

July 20, 2009 11:31:00 PM

Mehmet Tohti : "Horrible video footage posted on the internet regarding the July 5th Urumqi massacre has brought some international attention and at the same time revealed the bitter reality that can be summarized as...

July 19, 2009 04:36:00 PM

Nur Bekri, chairman of the government in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region , told the Xinhua News Agency Sunday that twelve "mobsters" had been fatally shot by police in the Chinese city of Urumqi on July...

July 7, 2009 08:43:00 AM

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday called for restraint from all sides and a respect for due process in the ethnic unrest in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region , in which...

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