Video: 140 dead in clashes in China’s Xinjiang province
By newsadmin at 6 July, 2009, 6:52 am
Source: Al Jazeera (YouTube Video)
Chinese state media says more than 100 people have been killed and another 800 people injured in rioting in the far western Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
Chinese state media says more than 100 people have been killed and another 800 people injured in rioting in the far western Xinjiang Autonomous Region.The violence broke out after a protest on Sunday by ethnic Uighurs – Muslims who accuse the Beijing government of a systematic campaign to dilute and destroy their culture.
Al Jazeera’s Melissa Chan reports on the protests, which the government blames on overseas agitators.
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何健版八荣八耻：以追求民主为荣、以独裁专制为耻，
以思想自由为荣、以统一思想为耻，
以言论自由为荣、以扼杀言论为耻，
以新闻自由为荣、以打压媒体为耻，
以信仰自由为荣、以宗教迫害为耻，
以尊重人权为荣、以侵犯人权为耻，
以诉诸法律为荣、以打砸抢烧为耻，
以司法独立为荣、以干预司法为耻。
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