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Video: Gunned Down in the Streets of Urumqi, Machete in Hand

Analysis of this video is pending. It appears to be footage of the mosque incident on 7/14. It shows some guys stirring up some folks in a mosque, and then later actual footage of two men charging at the police with machetes and getting shot in the street.
This appears to be Urumqi — there is [...]

Posted 27 July 2009 † Adwokat § News Updates ‡ Comments (5) ° Also 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 † Sherin § Links § News Updates § Uyghurs ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , ,

Riots in Urumqi – Confirmed

The BBC, the AFP, the Times of India, and Radio Free Asia are all reporting riots in Urumchi (Urumqi).  RFA says that protests against the events at Shaoguan, Guangdong began at People’s Square, People’s Theater (presumably the one in Nanmen), and Döngköwrük/Erdaoqiao at 5:00 PM local time and are still in progress.  The 3000 or [...]

Posted 06 July 2009 † Tewpiq § News Updates ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Swedish Uyghur Arrested on Charges of Espionage

On 4 June 2009, the Swedish Security Police (Säpo) arrested a Uyghur man in Stockholm on charges of espionage. The man in question, whose identity is otherwise undisclosed, is 61 years of age, received asylum from Sweden in the late 1990s, and became a Swedish citizen in 2002.
According to statements by a Säpo Chief [...]

Posted 10 June 2009 † Tewpiq § News Updates ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Xinhua Version of Kashgar Attack Addresses NYT Doubts

This is the second sentencing we’ve covered at The New Dominion (the other being the sentencing of conspiracists captured in January 2007) and both have been quite informative because sentencing is when the authorites release to state media networks the official version of events as established by the trial. And so when it was brought [...]

Posted 18 December 2008 † Porfiriy § News Updates ‡ Comments (7) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Uyghurs Speak Out on Hotel Restrictions

In my last post on the subject, I stated my belief that the way a people react to civil rights violations is just as important, if not more so, than the violations themselves. In terms of the way modern Xinjiang is perceived, reported, and studied outside of China, this distinction is crucial, since much of [...]

Posted 28 October 2008 † Porfiriy § Uyghurs ‡ Comments (11) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,