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July 2009 Ürümqi riots: Whose side are you on?
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Government: Rioting isn't OK under any circumstance
Government: Rioting isn't OK under any circumstance
Do you think Rebiya Kadeer encouraged the July riots in China?
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Yes, she promoted the riots
Yes, she promoted the riots
All the talk of the Arab Spring painfully reminds us that life for the Uighur people resembles a cruel, endless winter. That is why the United States must use the occasion of future Chinese President Xi's visit to take the lead, and begin the thaw we pray for.
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The Rafto Foundation, who award Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer their prestigious prize in 2004, has called on the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to raise the issue of the continuing detentions of Uyghur asylum seekers in East Turkestan ...
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The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), Uyghurs worldwide and I are saddened by the passing of the former President of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel. We would like to express our deepest sympathies with Mr. Havel’s family and also with the Czech people.
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The latter is led by Rebiya Kadeer, a businesswoman and politician who broke with Beijing over the Ghulja clashes in 1997 and spent years in prison before being allowed to emigrate in 2005. China has said the "East Turkestan Islamic Movement" is behind ...
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During Xinjiang's most deadly unrest in decades, 197 people were killed and about 1,700 others injured after riots broke out in Urumqi on July 5, 2009. After the riots, the central government implemented a series of policies to boost economic development ...
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In July 2009, the regional capital of Urumqi was hit by the worst riots seen in decades, leaving 197 people dead and about 1,700 others injured. Authorities blamed overseas separatists for instigating the riot, but have since vowed to boost economic ...
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China has rejected accusations of a link between the two. According to the World Uyghur Congress, China has refused to confirm the whereabouts of members of the group despite media reports that four were sentenced to death after their return, while another ...
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They had fled to Cambodia and sought asylum in the Southeast Asian state following ethnic riots involving the minority Uyghurs and majority Han Chinese in Xinjiang's capital Urumqi in July 2009. Some rights groups say the Uyghurs were fleeing persecution ...
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China has rejected accusations of a link between the two. According to the World Uyghur Congress, China has refused to confirm the whereabouts of members of the group despite media reports that four were sentenced to death after their return, while another ...
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The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) said that Uyghurs forcibly returned to China "are in extreme risk of torture, detention and enforced disappearance." The Uyghurs had fled to Cambodia in small groups between May and October 2009 and had applied to the United ...
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Overview
Rebiya Kadeer is a Uyghur businesswoman and political activist from the northwest region of Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China. She has been blamed by the Chinese government for encouraging the July 2009 Ürümqi riots.
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