Chinese soldiers wearing riot gear patrol the streets of Urumqi, Xinjiang on July 6, 2009.
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CHINA: AUTHORITIES WIDEN CRACKDOWN AFTER XINJIANG RIOTS
10 July 2009
Chinese president Hu Jintao’s threats of severe punishment for those who took part in the recent unrest in Xinjiang failed to address the serious human rights violations at the root of Uighur grievances, Amnesty International said... More
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Wang Lequan, left, Communist Party secretary in Xinjiang, and Nuer Baikeli, Xinjiang's governor.
By MICHAEL WINES
Published: July 10, 2009
BEIJING — As ethnic Han gangs roamed the streets of Urumqi on Tuesday at dusk, seeking revenge against Muslim Uighur rioters who killed scores of Han two nights earlier, a balding Communist Party bureaucrat abruptly appeared on the city’s television screens to call for calm... More
Published: July 10, 2009
BEIJING — As ethnic Han gangs roamed the streets of Urumqi on Tuesday at dusk, seeking revenge against Muslim Uighur rioters who killed scores of Han two nights earlier, a balding Communist Party bureaucrat abruptly appeared on the city’s television screens to call for calm... More
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