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China sentences five more to death
14 hours ago ago from Al-Darb Diya
URUMQI, China, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A Chinese court sentenced five more people to death, bringing to 22 the total condemned to die from the July ethnic riots in western Xinjiang-Uighur region. The five were part of a new group of 22 suspects tried by a court in Urumqi, capital of the region where the July riots killed about 200 people, CNN reported. The others were sentenced from 10 years to life in prison. The July riots involved the ...
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22 hours ago ago from Al-Darb Diya
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 Beijing - China's government on Wednesday rejected criticism of the deportation of 20 Uighur refugees from Cambodia to China as interference into its internal affairs. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Jian Yu was quoted as saying by state-run media that the deportation was not connected to Beijing's financial support for the impoverished South-East Asian nation. The Uighurs, members of a Muslim ethnic minority group ...
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7 hours ago ago from KI Media
Demonstrators march in Urumqi, July 5, 2009. (Sent by a witness) 2009-12-25 Radio Free Asia China's national media haven't reported on new trials and death sentences related to deadly riots in Xinjiang. HONG KONG A court in China has handed down death sentences to another five people for their alleged roles in deadly ethnic rioting in Urumqi, capital of the far western Xinjiang region, news agencies say. The new trials, omitted from ...
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1 day ago ago from Beijing Calling
Christmas is not marked as a public holiday in China, though there are lots of decorations and shopping malls using it as an excuse to have sales, while restaurants hope the festive atmosphere will bring in more customers. But the Chinese government specifically chose this day to come out with a verdict of human rights activist Liu Xiaobo's trial that only started on Wednesday. While most of the western world is busy getting ready for ...
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Top Chinese Dissident Gets 11 Years for 'Subversion'
18 hours ago ago from FOX News
Top Chinese Dissident Gets 11 Years for 'Subversion' Friday, December 25, 2009 Print BEIJING A Chinese court sentenced a prominent dissident to 11 years on Friday the longest term ever handed down for subversion charges, according to rights groups that say it signals the government will take an increasingly hard line against activists in the year ahead. The sentencing of Liu Xiaobo, after he called for sweeping political reforms and ...
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