Uighur Anger - China

July 2009

Xinjiang remains tense after Chinas worst ethnic violence in decades. Nearly 200 Han Chinese died during a Uighur protest this month. Yet is the governments approach to Muslim Uighurs ethnic cleansing?
Freedom and equality thats what the Uighurs chanted on the 7th July as they campaigned for information about missing relatives. Protest marches are not appreciated here and very quickly the elite police stopped them dead. We want to be treated like the Han! 10,000 Uighurs dead. 10,000 of us! cries one protester. The Chinese government has been encouraging Han Chinese to move into the Muslim Uighur area since the 1980s. Ever since the Uighurs have been ghettoised and demoted to second class-citizens, the riots that resulted have left Xinjiang irrevocably divided. I used to have a lot of Uighur friends. After what happened, I will be scared to come across one says one Han Chinese woman who was badly beaten by Uighurs during the protests. Authorities now declare they have arrested 1,400 people related to the riot. Yet Uighurs claim that unlawful arrests have been going on for decades. TV always shows violence by Uighurs, one man complains when the Han attacked Uighurs, nobody mentioned it. Both Han and Uighur people express hope of living peacefully together. After the riots, this may no longer be possible.

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[RobertoJia]

All in all，There's no equality in this world actually. Get your fake mercy back! When american killed many people in Iraq, why you shut fuck up?

[coltec111]

the stupid western journalists should translate their word correctely dont change; you should understand why more and more poeple in this world call you the western as peril of human? because your changed translation prouves that.

the cusadic western are peril of human, where they are there will be in catastrophe.

[dokpabhu]

FREE UIGHUR FROM BRUTAL CHINESE COMMUNIST REGIME.

[22871987]

why dont the chinese govt just grant them to be a nation..after all where they live is still an autonomous region.

[ahy21bam]

Im a catholic man.please uyghurs are human stop hurting them specially those young women and children.united nation please help uyghur people they deserve to be treated as human being's make them live in peace and prosperity.father almighty please help this people protect them from harm please god.

[hotelpan]

the video says"More than 300 victims in the city's second hospital, most of them are Han Chinese." What the fuck are the uyghurs are angering with????

[slfanta]

HEY journeymanpictures, are you idiots blind or something?

what else can you do but making biased report against han chinese?? journeymanpictures stinks~

you're welcome

[Turbenator]

Muslims vs. China, Muslim vs USA, Muslims vs. Russia, Thailand etc for god sake can we just ask the Muslims to all move to one continent and get it over with?

[maxwellzt]

这些袭击人的维吾尔人是恐怖分子. 中国新疆政府要严惩那些恐怖分子!!

[SwordofAllah92]

Fuck China Terrorists !

Our Uighur brothers is become one day free !!!

Allahu Akbar !!!

[fiendin281]

do you guys know how many Chinese people were killed by the Uighurs in the riots? Do you know the real figures? it's not a few dozen like reported by the media but closer to 500-600 people!!! Why did they distort this information? it's b/c the Chinese government don't want the Chinese people to know b/c there would have been a huge outcry and the conflict might have intensified.