Tag: Uighurs

AI urges China to investigate crackdown of protests in Xinjiang

Jul 7, 2009

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by

joanne

in AI press release, China

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Press release 6 July 2009 China: Fair and impartial investigation must be launched in Urumqi Amnesty International today called on the authorities in Urumqi to immediately launch an independent and impartial investigation into reports that 140 people were killed when a protest turned violent late on Sunday. “The Chinese authorities must fully account…