Xinjiang Region stories:
9 executed over China's deadly ethnic riots
Nov 9th, 2009 - Washington Post
BEIJING -- China has executed nine men, including eight from the Muslim Uighur minority, for crimes committed during July riots that killed 200 people in far western Xinjiang region...China ramps up anti-terror fight in Muslim region
Nov 3rd, 2009 - Boston
BEIJING—Police in China's far west have launched a crackdown on terrorism and stepped up a hunt for suspects who took part in deadly ethnic riots there four months ago...
Ethnic Uighur Journalist Detained In China
Oct 30th, 2009 - CBS News
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese police have jailed an outspoken Uighur journalist for allegedly endangering national security, a colleague said Friday, adding to the scores of...
China sentences 3 more rioters to death
Oct 16th, 2009 - Boston
BEIJING - China sentenced three more people to death yesterday for murders committed during riots in the far western Xinjiang region in July, bringing to nine the number of people facing execution for the unrest.
China Sentences 6 More to Death for Riot
Oct 15th, 2009 - TIME
(BEIJING) China sentenced six people to death Thursday over murders committed during deadly riots in the western Xinjiang region in July, bringing the number of people facing the death penalty for the riots to 12.


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