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China secretly detained 43 Uighur men, group says

AP News 36 days ago

Rights group: China secretly detained dozens of young Uighur men after riots Three months after deadly ethnic rioting in China's far west, dozens of men from the Uighur ethnic group remain unaccounted for after being detained in police sweeps, a human rights ...

China announces more death sentences for Xinjiang riot

Reuters US Online Report World News 42 days ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court on Thursday handed out a further three death sentences to people convicted of violent crimes during ethnic rioting in far western Xinjiang region in July in which almost 200 people died. The official Xinhua news agency ...

China sentences six more to death for Xinjiang unrest

AFP Global Edition 42 days ago

China on Thursday sentenced six more people to death over bloody ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region in July, bringing the total to 12 as it delivered tough retribution over the violence. Three of the six were given the death penalty ...

China sentences six more to die for Xinjiang unrest

AFP Global Edition 42 days ago

China on Thursday sentenced six more people to death over bloody ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region in July, bringing the total to 12 as it delivered tough retribution over the violence. Three of the six were given the death penalty ...

China sentences 6 more to death for Xinjiang unrest

AFP Global Edition 42 days ago

China on Thursday sentenced six more people to death over bloody ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region in July, bringing the total to 12 as it delivered harsh retribution over the violence. State media said three of the six were sentenced ...

China court sentences 6 to death in Xinjiang riots

AP Features 44 days ago

A court in China's far western Xinjiang region sentenced six men to death Monday for murder and other crimes committed during ethnic riots that killed nearly 200 people. A seventh man was given life imprisonment. The sentences were the first for any ...

China sentences six to death over Xinjiang riots

Reuters US Online Report World News 44 days ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court in the restive far western region of Xinjiang on Monday sentenced six people to death for murder and other crimes committed during ethnic rioting in July in which almost 200 people died. It was not clear ...

Six sentenced to death for China's Xinjiang riots

AFP Global Edition 44 days ago

China sentenced six people to death on Monday over deadly July riots in its restive Xinjiang region, state media reported, delivering on a vow of harsh retribution over the ethnic unrest. The six were convicted of murder and other crimes by a ...

Six sentenced to death for riots in China's Xinjiang

AFP Global Edition 45 days ago

A court in western China's Xinjiang region sentenced six people to death on Monday in the first trials over July 5 riots that left nearly 200 people dead, state-run television reported. China Central Television (CCTV) said one other defendant was sentenced to ...

China begins first trials over Xinjiang riots: state TV

AFP Global Edition 45 days ago

A Chinese court on Monday opened the first criminal trials over violent ethnic riots in the western Xinjiang region in July that left nearly 200 people dead, state media reported. The court in the Xinjiang regional capital of Urumqi began hearing three ...

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