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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: , , , ,

Images from Tuesday Urumqi Demonstrations

The first wave of Uyghur actions in Urumqi on Sunday evening brought at least a thousand people, mostly young Uyghur men, probably members of Urumqi’s small middle class, into the streets. They occupied public spaces and shouted, “God is great!” Over 150 perished, with some journalists estimating around 30 Uyghurs and 120 members [...]

Posted 08 July 2009 † Tewpiq § News Updates ‡ Comments (24) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Urumqi Incident Analysis at Global Voices

We at TND recommend this article at Global Voices for a strikingly nuanced discussion of Chinese attitudes towards the riots in Urumqi.  Reading, translating, and analyzing Chinese-language on-line sources, they present some different viewpoints from Han and Uyghurs.

Posted 07 July 2009 † Tewpiq § Links ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Photographs of the Urumqi Riots: Part Two

The following photographs of the July 5 riots (and their aftermath) in Urumqi are from the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet.

Posted 07 July 2009 † Sherin § News Updates ‡ Comments (11) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Photographs of the Urumqi Riots

The following photographs are from a slideshow compiled by the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet.

Posted 07 July 2009 † Sherin § News Updates ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,

140 Dead, 828 Injured in Riots

UPDATE: Xinhua claims that the Urumqi authorities dispatched 20,000 police and military personnel to quell the riots. They used “tear gas grenades, stun grenades, and high-pressure water guns” on the demonstrators. Others have suggested that they were fired upon.
According to Xinhua, yesterday’s riots in Urumqi resulted in 140 deaths and 828 injured. [...]

Posted 06 July 2009 † Tewpiq § News Updates ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , ,