China sentences five more to death for Xinjiang riot

New Delhi: Chinease court has given to death sentence to five people in the case of Xinjiang riot for their part in bloody ethnic rioting earlier this year in Urumqi, the capital of western Xinjiang region, a...

Man seeks help of Chinese, Pakistani leaders for release of son

RAWALPINDI: A Pakistani man staying in China since 1987 has appealed to the president, prime minister and foreign minister of China as well as Pakistan to help him in release of his son, who is a Chinese citizen,...

China sacks Party boss of strife-torn western city

" China sacked the top official of Urumqi, the strife-hit capital of far-west Xinjiang, on Saturday, as the city crept back to an uneasy normality after days of sometimes deadly protests that have inflamed ethnic enmity. The brief announcement from the official Xinhua news...

184+ 'Two shot dead' by Chinese police

Chinese police is in aggressive mood, they are selectively targetting the leaders and killing them to supress the movement.Chinese officials accepts that 184 people died in recent days violance and they added two more by killing them. Chinese police is known for attrocities...

China bans mosque prayers in Urumqi

Communal Rights in China, strange isn't? The opening up of economy and vast disparity in the development process along with the negligence of this zone is the root cause of the unrest.Latest development says that authorities have banned the Mosque prayer citing the reason of...

China ramps up efforts to stop deadly ethnic violence

This is unusual in China.3o years ago there would have been tanks in the streets, mass arrests.  It seems China is slowly moving away from the past, while still using force at times.Uighurs are a Turkic ethnic group who follow Sunni Islamic religion.  They are the...

Han Chinese Launch Revenge Attacks Against Uighur

A day after riots and violence claimed the lives of almost 160 people in China's Xinjian district, a new wave of violence rampaged through Urumqi. Thousands of angry Han Chinese smashed up Uighur stores and sought vengeance for Han deaths over the weekend. Riot police...

Uighur China Riots Censored, 156 Dead

Uighur riots in China's Xinjian district is being reported in Chinese media, yet the government is still pulling videos and restricting coverage available. The government is blaming ethnic Uighurs for terrorising Han Chinese in the region. So far at least 156 people are...

Attack kills 16 police days before the Olympics

" URUMQI, China - In an audacious and deadly attack just days ahead of the Beijing Olympics, two men from a mainly Muslim ethnic group rammed a truck and hurled explosives at jogging policemen in China's restive far west Monday, killing 16. ...

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