Four more death sentences over Xinjiang unrest
Originally published by BBC, 26 January 2010
China says four more people have been sentenced to death over last year’s ethnic unrest in Xinjiang province.
At least 25 people are now thought to have received death sentences over the violence – nine of the executions have already been carried out.
Nearly 200 people were killed in July during fighting between ethnic Uighurs and members of China’s Han majority in the regional capital, Urumqi.
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