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Update: Bomb Threat, Not Hijacking, Reported on Airplane Bound for Xinjiang

According to updates from the Associated Press, Xinhua is now reporting that there was a bomb threat–not a hijacking–on a Xinjiang-bound airplane.  There are few details at the moment, but apparently the flight in question originated in Afghanistan and authorities in Urumqi have been told not to allow the plane to land in the city’s [...]

Posted 10 August 2009 § Links § News Updates ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,

Chinese Consulate Officials Attempt to Block Australia’s Showing of Uighur Film

Chinese consulate officials in Austrailia attempted to have a film withdrawn from Melbourne’s International Film Festival because it focuses on Rebiya Kadeer and her family. The festival’s director refused, and later commented to the media that he
“…had no reason to withdraw the film from the festival and she then proceeded to tell me that I [...]

Posted 16 July 2009 § Links § News Updates § Uyghurs ‡ Comments (11) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Two Uighurs Shot Dead in Urumqi by Chinese Police

Two Uighurs were shot dead by Chinese policemen today in Urumqi, according to the BBC. Another man was injured in the shooting. A spokesmen for the Chinese government claims that the shooting occurred as a result of the policemen trying to prevent the three Uighurs from attacking a fourth Uighur. The governent comments allege that [...]

Posted 14 July 2009 § Links § News Updates § Uyghurs ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , ,

Visual Misrepresentations in the Turkish Media

The Turkish daily newspaper Zaman’s video news story, Urumçi’de çatışma,  about the Urumchi riots is stunning due to its visual misrepresentations. While the Turkish voice over focuses entirely on the situation in Urumchi, for an extended period of time, the Chinese language video footage that it uses is not of the Urumchi riots at all.
Rather, [...]

Posted 13 July 2009 § News Updates § Random § Uyghurs ‡ Comments (12) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Turkey, China, and Xinjiang

The Turkish government has offered Rebiya Kadeer the opportunity to visit Turkey, as reported by Today’s Zaman. Given that her two previous attempts to visit Turkey were denied, this unprompted invitation is significant. Moreover, the fact that her invitation was confirmed publicly by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan only serves to confirm how seriously the [...]

Posted 12 July 2009 § News Updates § Uyghurs ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: , ,

Unrest Spreading to Kashgar

The BBC is reporting that the July 5 events in Urumqi were carried over into today, July 6, in the city of Kashgar.
The unrest spread to a second city on Monday, with police breaking up fresh protests in Kashgar, dispersing more than 200 “rioters” at its main mosque.

Posted 07 July 2009 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (2) °