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Ethnic Violence in China

Ethnic violence in China

Boy in Urumqi
A boy stands amidst the burnt wreckage of a bus and stalls in a street in Urumqi. ABOVE: Ethnic Uygur women protest towards Chinese riot police as they demonstrate in Urumqi. Both © Getty Images

Deadly clashes continue to rage on against Uighurs, China's largest ethnic minority, in the mostly Muslim region of Xinjiang. At least 156 people have been killed and over 800 more were injured.

Since the 1980's, the Chinese government has mounted an aggressive campaign that has led to the arrest and arbitrary detention of thousands of Uighurs on charges of "terrorism, separatism and religious extremism" for peacefully exercising their human rights.

Amnesty International is calling on authorities to launch a fair and impartial investigation into the recent violence.

» Read the press release
» Urge Chinese authorities to release two Uighur students arrested for holding an on-campus meeting (PDF)


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