Fresh protests erupt in Xinjiang
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Fresh protests erupt in Xinjiang
By China correspondent Stephen McDonell
Protesters have returned to the streets in western China, continuing
unrest which has already seen 156 people killed and more than 1,000
injured.
Hundreds of Uighur demonstrators have reportedly pushed back riot
police in Urumqi, demanding the release of family members who they say
have been arbitrarily arrested.
Police say more than 1,400 people have been detained after sweeps of
Uighur suburbs in Urumqi.
As protests spread from Urumqi in China's north-western Xinjiang
Province, the death toll continues to rise and so do the number of
arrests.
On Sunday, a mass protest by ethnic Uighurs became a full-scale street
battle with the police and Han Chinese watching were bashed by the
crowd.
Hundreds of demonstrators also gathered outside the Id Kah Mosque in
the historic city of Kashgar.
There police and demonstrators reportedly shouted at each other but
there was no repeat of the violence seen in Urumqi.
Local people in Yili and Aksu City also tried to organise
demonstrations, according to Chinese police.
Local authorities have vowed to stamp out any more conflict and the
region is now under a strict curfew.
Tens of thousands of police and soldiers have been mobilised to retake
control of the streets.
According to eyewitnesses, police are making general sweeps of Uighur
areas in Urumqi.
Amnesty International wants the Chinese Government to release the
demographics of those killed in the violence - whether they are Han
Chinese killed by the crowd, police who were attacked by protesters or
demonstrators shot by the authorities.
Amnesty is also calling on Chinese authorities to immediately launch
an investigation into the unrest.
"We need to ensure that the world continues the pressure and Amnesty
International is continuing to urge the Chinese authorities to have an
independent and impartial investigation into the deaths and violence
that have occurred most recently," Amnesty's Jenny Leong said.
"But also to further respect their international obligations and their
domestic obligations to respect human rights in that country.
"Beyond the immediate outbreak of violence there are systematic and
extensive human rights violations that have been inflicted on the
Uighur people in that area," she added.
"Amnesty International is calling on the Chinese authorities to
respond to the recent violence but also to address and deal with the
targeted violations of the Uighurs' human rights since the 1980s."
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon is calling for restraint
after the country's worst violence in decades.
The White House says it is deeply concerned and the president of the
European parliament has called on Beijing to respect human rights.
Many Uighurs want Xinjiang to break away from China and some are
prepared to use violence to achieve this.
This outbreak of violence was sparked when a group of Uighur workers
in southern China were bashed to death by Han Chinese.
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> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/07/2619153.htm?section=world
>
> Fresh protests erupt in Xinjiang
>
> By China correspondent Stephen McDonell
>
> Protesters have returned to the streets in western China, continuing
> unrest which has already seen 156 people killed and more than 1,000
> injured.
.. and China is suppressing knowledge of these events from reaching
the outside.
Werewolfy
".. and China is suppressing knowledge of these events from reaching
the outside."
So what? It's their Country..what has this to do with Americans. Mind
your own business. If they want to retrict the stupid press, can't say
I blame them. Everything written is overstated and inaccurate anyway.
"..after sweeps of Uighur suburbs in Urumqi"
So... HANDS UP NOW. All those that knew the situation regarding the
Uighurs? HANDS UP all who had even bloody heard of the Uighers.
You know the same amount about the bloody Uighurs of Urumqi, as you do
about financial matters.
Werewolfy
Leigh Ballaam
Bet it is hard to be a Falon Gong Uighur eh?
Oppressed minority?
LB
Woodswun
Aren't they the reason that China sent troops to their western
provinces during the turmoil shortly after 9/11, just in case, because
they are Muslim? (Or am I thinking of a different group of Chinese
muslims?)
Woods
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Oh hell woodsie, you're just a stupid American. Everybody knows
what a kumquat is.. they're the people in China!
Werewolfy
> Oh hell woodsie, you're just a stupid American. Everybody knows
> what a kumquat is.. they're the people in China
Why are you babbling about fruit?
Werewolfy
walter
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Don't forget the Tibetans, Mr Ballaam ~!
The Tibetans are an oppressed peoplez too ~!
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UNCLE WALLY
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Leigh Ballaam
Yes but the operation there is nearly a complete success in
"Sinoisation"!