{"id":33662,"date":"2013-04-25T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=33662 "},"modified":"2013-04-25T19:42:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T19:42:00","slug":"33662-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=33662","title":{"rendered":"US calls for transparent probe over Xinjiang clashes"},"content":{"rendered":"
The US has urged China to conduct a transparent investigation after clashes in the restive Xinjiang region left 21 people dead.<\/div>
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US State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell also urged that “due process protections” be given to all Chinese citizens, including ethnic Uighurs.<\/div>
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The violence erupted on Tuesday in Bachu county, Kashgar prefecture.<\/div>
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China said it was a planned attack by a “violent terrorist group”, but an activist group questioned this.<\/div>
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“We urge the Chinese authorities to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation of this incident,” Mr Ventrell said.<\/div>
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He asked China to provide Uighurs with all the protections “to which they are entitled not only under Chinese constitutional laws but the international human rights commitments as well”.<\/div>
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He also called on China to safeguard religious rights.<\/div>
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Xinjiang officials say the clashes erupted after what they described as community workers searched homes for weapons.<\/div>
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Fifteens police and officials were killed, and six suspects. Another eight people were arrested.<\/div>
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But a spokesperson for the World Uighur Congress, an umbrella organisation of Uighur groups, said the incident was caused by the killing of a young Uighur by Chinese “armed personnel” as a result of a government clean-up campaign.<\/div>
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The incident come amid rumbling ethnic tensions between the Muslim Uighur and Han Chinese communities.<\/div>
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Uighurs make up about 45% of the region’s population, but say an influx of Han Chinese residents has marginalised their traditional culture.<\/div>
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In 2009 almost 200 people – mostly Han Chinese – were killed after deadly rioting erupted.<\/div>
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Beijing authorities often blame violent incidents in Xinjiang on Uighur extremists seeking autonomy for the region. Uighur activists, meanwhile, accuse Beijing of over-exaggerating the threat to justify heavy-handed rule.<\/div>
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Verifying reports from Xinjiang is difficult, correspondents say.<\/div>
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Foreign journalists are allowed to travel to the region but frequently face intimidation and harassment when attempting to verify news of ethnic rioting or organised violence against government authorities.<\/div>
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An editorial in state-run China Daily on Thursday stated that there had to be “decisive moves to wipe out terrorist cells in the country”.<\/div>
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It added that the Xinjiang incident “is another bloody reminder that terrorist threats remain a clear and present danger in the country’s northwestern region”.<\/div>
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Have you been affected by the clashes in Xinjiang? You can get in touch using the form below:<\/div>
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Send your pictures and videos to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 61124 (UK) or +44 7624 800 100 (International). If you have a large file you can upload here.<\/div>
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