Originally published by AFP, 28 January 2010

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States on Thursday urged China to be more transparent in its trials in the Xinjiang region as courts handed down more death sentences over last year’s deadly ethnic unrest.

The State Department voiced disappointment that China did not agree to US requests to observe the court proceedings.

“We continue to urge China to handle their detention and judicial processes in a more transparent manner,” State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters.

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