Thursday, July 5, 2012

Asia - Voice of America: Uighurs: China's Xinjiang a 'Police State' 3 Years After Riots

Asia - Voice of America
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Uighurs: China's Xinjiang a 'Police State' 3 Years After Riots
Jul 5th 2012, 21:07

An exiled Uighur group says Chinese authorities have turned the northwestern region of Xinjiang into a "police state," three years after the outbreak of deadly riots between ethnic Uighurs and settlers of China's Han majority. A Washington-based spokesman for the World Uyghur Congress, Alim Seytoff, Thursday said Xinjiang security forces have intensified street patrols of Uighur neighborhoods in recent days, making residents feel like they are living in a "war zone." ...

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