Extrajudicial killing

Chinese Police Shoot Eight Dead in Xinjiang Clash

Per, 01/02/2014 - 11:50 -- Anonymous (doğrulanmamış)
Chinese Soldiers. Photo: CNN

BEIJING—Police shot and killed eight suspected assailants and arrested another person Monday in a clash outside a police station in the restive western region of Xinjiang, state media said. A brief report posted on the Xinjiang government's news website said the assailants, armed with machetes, attacked the police station in far western Yarkand county, throwing an explosive device that set fire to a police vehicle. The report's headline called the clash "a violent terrorist attack" but didn't provide further details about the suspects.

WUC alarmed by the killing of Uyghurs in Yarkant

Per, 01/02/2014 - 11:00 -- Anonymous (doğrulanmamış)
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“I am absolutely devastated by yesterday’s incident, which is yet another among countless recent incidents that proves the Chinese authorities’ total disregard for human life. This incident testifies to a recent trend of state-sponsored violence used to quell Uyghur dissent, whereby authorities ignore due process of the law, shoot and kill Uyghurs, label them terrorists, and then use counter-terrorism to justify the unlawful killings,” said WUC president and prominent Uyghur human rights activist, Mrs. Rebiya Kadeer.

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