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Uyghurs Abroad Blame China Policies For Unrest

An image released by the U.S.-based Uyghur American Association of the clashes in Urumqi on July 5.

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July 06, 2009
Chinese officials have blamed "separatists" in Xinjiang and plotters abroad for rioting that broke out on July 5. But a former Uyghur activist in neighboring Kygyzstan says the woeful rights situation is to blame for the kind of deep resentment that might have spawned this weekend's deadly violence. More

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