DRS
July 6th, 2009, 11:02 am
Political unrest appears to be spreading in northwestern China, as a second city in the region has been hit by protests from ethnic Muslims that have already left 140 dead.
A Uighur man in Kashgar city said he was among more than 300 protesters who demonstrated outside the Id Kah Mosque in the late afternoon, The Associated Press reported
He said police surrounded them, and that the two sides were yelling at each other but there were no clashes.
On Sunday, a protest in the provincial capital Urumqi turned into the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit Xinjiang region in decades.
The demonstrators who gathered had been demanding justice for two Uighurs killed last month during a fight with their Han Chinese co-workers at a factory in southern China.
Photos and video posted on the internet from the provincial capital show the city in flames, as rioters went on a rampage, clashing with police and rolling over police cars.
Chinese television showed pictures of severely beaten women with blood gushing from their faces, CBC's Anthony Germain reported.
The state media report large mobs carrying knives, wooden batons and bricks gathered last night and started to attack passersby. The reports claim the mob started to torch businesses and shops in the area.
"There are no details of the police response to the violence but in Xinjiang. The Chinese police often react swiftly and with deadly force," Germain said.
Some streets remain blockaded and armed police are on patrol attempting to restore order.
Relations between the Muslim Uighurs who make up the majority of the population and ethnic Han Chinese have always been tense.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/06/china-protests.html
I do not see this going over well for the protesters, it would be hard for them to get outside sympathy when so many other nations are dealing with issues surrounding those claiming the Muslim faith.
A Uighur man in Kashgar city said he was among more than 300 protesters who demonstrated outside the Id Kah Mosque in the late afternoon, The Associated Press reported
He said police surrounded them, and that the two sides were yelling at each other but there were no clashes.
On Sunday, a protest in the provincial capital Urumqi turned into the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit Xinjiang region in decades.
The demonstrators who gathered had been demanding justice for two Uighurs killed last month during a fight with their Han Chinese co-workers at a factory in southern China.
Photos and video posted on the internet from the provincial capital show the city in flames, as rioters went on a rampage, clashing with police and rolling over police cars.
Chinese television showed pictures of severely beaten women with blood gushing from their faces, CBC's Anthony Germain reported.
The state media report large mobs carrying knives, wooden batons and bricks gathered last night and started to attack passersby. The reports claim the mob started to torch businesses and shops in the area.
"There are no details of the police response to the violence but in Xinjiang. The Chinese police often react swiftly and with deadly force," Germain said.
Some streets remain blockaded and armed police are on patrol attempting to restore order.
Relations between the Muslim Uighurs who make up the majority of the population and ethnic Han Chinese have always been tense.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/06/china-protests.html
I do not see this going over well for the protesters, it would be hard for them to get outside sympathy when so many other nations are dealing with issues surrounding those claiming the Muslim faith.