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Uighur exile airs prison killing allegation

WASHINGTON — Rebiya Kadeer, the leader of China's Uighur minority in exile, has highlighted a report that nearly 200 inmates were "tortured" to death in prison.

Activists scuffle as Uighur activist visits Australia

A group of pro-China activists scuffled with supporters of exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer as she arrived in Melbourne on Saturday for the screening of a documentary on her life, witnesses said.

Uighur Leader Says Children's Letters Were Coerced

Exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer said on Wednesday she believed two of her children had been coerced by Chinese authorities into writing letters accusing her of orchestrating unrest last month in Xinjiang region.

Kadeer kin blame her for deaths in unrest: China

BEIJING — Relatives of exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer have blamed her for the deaths of innocent people in ethnic unrest early last month, Chinese state media reported Monday.

Uighur leader says 10,000 went missing in one night

Chisa Fujioka The Washington Post 07/29/2009

China Criticizes Japan Over Visit by Uighur Leader

Stuart Biggs Bloomberg.com 07/27/2009
Uighur leader says 10,000 went missing in one night

Nearly 10,000 Uighurs involved in deadly riots in China's northwestern Xinjiang region went missing in one night, exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer said Wednesday, calling for an international investigation.

China Criticizes Japan Over Visit by Uighur Leader

China criticized Japan for allowing exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer, accused of instigating this month’s ethnic riots in Xinjiang province, to visit Tokyo.

China Blames Separatists for Deadly Xinjiang Riots

China blames extremists intent on creating an independent Xinjiang for the bloody riots that killed nearly 200 people earlier this month in the region's capital, Urumqi.

China police shoot dead 12 Uighur rioters-governor

Chinese police shot and killed 12 Uighur rioters in Xinjiang this month, regional governor Nuer Baikeli said on Saturday, in a rare government admission of deaths inflicted by security forces.

China to issue arrest warrants for Xinjiang riots; Companies aid families of riot victims

The initial investigation into ethnic riots that left 192 people dead in China's western Xinjiang region has been completed and arrest warrants will soon be issued, the region's chief prosecutor said Thursday.

Chinese police kill two Uighur men as ethnic unrest flares

Chinese police today shot dead two Uighur men and wounded a third in the first official report of the use of firearms to quell unrest in the western, mainly Muslim region where a riot last week left 184 people dead.


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