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4 days ago · Footage of the July 5 riot, which took place in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in 2009. The riot was jointly premeditated by domestic and foreign East Turkestan separatist forces. Thousands of terrorists took to the streets of the city killing innocent people, attacking government buildings and vandalizing property.
2 days ago · Rare video footage of terrorist attacks in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and other parts of China made public on Monday revealed the grim situation before the spread of terrorism and religious extremism was successfully contained.
2 days ago · Then, for at least three days, bands of Han vigilantes roamed Urumqi, attacking and killing Uyghurs." Before the riot broke out, young Uyghurs had marched through the city "to protest a case of judicial discrimination".
Jun 27, 2024 · The ongoing Xinjiang conflict includes the 2007 Xinjiang raid, a thwarted 2008 suicide-bombing attempt on a China Southern Airlines flight, the 2008 Kashgar attack which killed 16 police officers four days before the Beijing Olympics, the August 2009 syringe attacks, the 2011 Hotan attack, the 2014 Kunming attack, the April 2014 Ürümqi attack, and the May 2014 Ürümqi attack.
3 days ago · Uyghur food shows both Central Asian and Chinese elements. A typical Uyghur dish is polu (or pilaf ), a dish found throughout Central Asia. In a common version of the Uyghur polu, carrots and mutton (or chicken) are first fried in oil with onions, then rice and water are added and the whole dish is steamed.
5 days ago · COVID-19 epidemic control measures did not affect the evacuation of residents in the fire that killed 10 people in a residential building in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Friday, the local government and official newspaper said.
Jun 27, 2024 · The tragic events of Shaoguan culminated in the Urumqi Massacre on July 5, 2009, where protests advocating for justice and freedom for the Uyghurs were violently suppressed by Chinese authorities. This brutal act epitomises the ongoing #UyghurGenocide and sparked the Urumqi protests, culminating in the #UrumchiMassacre on July 5, 2009," stated the Swedish Uyghur Committee in its social media post.
