The efforts being made today to stir up ethnic conflict in East Turkestan are extremely dangerous. Our Muslim brothers in East Turkestan have been subjected to various difficulties for the last 60 years or so, but have never turned to violence and conflict. The Uyghur Turks are a noble people, known for their good manners, honesty, fortitude, reconciliatory natures, obedience to the state, loyalty and devotion.

After days of ethnic violence in Xinjiang's capital, Chinese authorities detain several journalists covering the unrest.
HONG KONG--Authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained a number of foreign journalists covering the recent ethnic violence in Urumqi, including a reporter for RFA's Cantonese service.

Freelance journalist Heidi Siu Chun-yee traveled to Urumqi July 7 following rioting which left 186 people dead, according to official figures.

Police shot dead two Uighur men and wounded a third a week after deadly riots erupted in this city.
Three men with knives come out of a mosque and attack a group of paramilitary police standing in a cluster along the road.
Riot police then chased them, beat them and fired shots.
A few hours later a large splotch of blood smudged the street. Squads of helmeted riot police took up positions on the road, which was closed to traffic.

A prominent exile Uyghur leader says China prompted violent ethnic clashes in the country’s northwest.
WASHINGTON —China’s government is stirring up ethnic tensions that have led to Chinese violence against the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic minority in the country’s northwest, according to Uyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer.
The leader of the Washington-based Uyghur American Association and Munich-based World Uyghur Congress said the people of China aren't to blame for the recent wave of violence in Urumqi because they were being led astray by a “tyrannical” government.

An oil tank blew up at a chemical plant in Urumqi.
Refinery officials discovered the 10,000 cubic meter storage tank burning at about 10 a.m. on Sunday, and it was extinguished by 10:30 a.m.
The refinery, belonging to Urumqi Chemical Co, a unit of China National Petroleum Co, parent of PetroChina, is operating normally.
The Xinhua news agency released the news only on its English language service without giving an explanation for the blast.

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A man contacted by RFA in Urumqi tells about his fears while the official Chinese media strive to portray a city under control and life back to normal.
Official Chinese media are describing the city of Urumqi as “quiet” following several days of ethnic violence between Muslim Uyghurs and the majority Han Chinese.

“Major streets in Urumqi seemed peaceful Friday,” said the official Xinhua news agency.

“Life back to normal in Urumqi,” said a caption over a Xinhua picture showing residents buying vegetables in a market.

See : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8NGjUpCN3o
Canberra Uyghur Protest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDgi3gPOUMQ
Uyghur Protest At Calgary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElxVyKx9zDY

BEIJING — As ethnic Han gangs roamed the streets of Urumqi on Tuesday at dusk, seeking revenge against Muslim Uighur rioters who killed scores of Han two nights earlier, a balding Communist Party bureaucrat abruptly appeared on the city’s television screens to call for calm.

Chinese security forces crack down on cities with large Uyghur populations.
HONG KONG—Chinese security forces imposed an uneasy peace on several major cities in the restive Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) Thursday, with residents reporting a heavy security presence in Kashgar and Ili prefectures.
Police and armored vehicles were patrolling the streets of Gulja (in Chinese, Yining), capital of the Ili Kazakh Prefecture, residents said.
"Now the situation in Gulja city is very tense," one Uyghur man said.

Oggi sono riuscito ad avere un primo parziale elenco dei tibetani arrestati il 27 Giugno a Dege dopo gli scontri con le truppe di occupazione :
Norlha di anni 47, Gonpo Dharye di anni 44, Bu-lhak, Ajig, Tsultrim, Sampehl Norbu, Sotop, Nyidak, Rinchen Gyaltsen di anni 15, Jigmey Wangchuk, Jampa, Jangchub Choephel, Gage, Gyurmed, Dhonga, Oyo Tsering, Tapa Ajig Gyatsa Tseten, Aten, Wangdue Phuntsok, Trinley, and Choekyong Wanggyal.
Tutti sono ancora detenuti in una località sconosciuta.

Le immagini della carneficina di domenica che ,nonostante la censura del regime,avevano già fatto il giro del mondo hanno creato grande imbarazzo alla delegazione cinese che si apprestava a partecipare ai lavori del G8.
Il Presidente Hu Jintao ha così deciso,dopo una breve consultazione con la cupola del PCC , di far cessare il fuoco dei blindati e dissimulare l’azione repressiva.
Perentori gli ordini impartiti al “governatore” della colonia Uyghura : “stroncare con ogni mezzo la rivolta separatista senza compromettere l’immagine del Partito!”

Chinese paramilitary police move into a tense and battle-scarred city after deadly clashes.
HONG KONG—Chinese authorities in the restive northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) sent paramilitary police reinforcements into the regional capital Urumqi on Wednesday, placing the city under effective martial law.
Many residents, both majority Han Chinese and ethnic minority Muslim Uyghurs, were still armed and fearful of further violence, however.
Foreign correspondents on the ground in Urumqi said they had been told to leave as soon as possible.

- Bathang : Il 25 Giugno la polizia politica cinese ha arrestato Tashi con l’accusa di aver” cospirato” con altri tibetani per compiere attentati contro una stazione di polizia e di aver esposto uno striscione di protesta nella contea di Bathang. Non sappiamo dove sia detenuto.

- Phenpo Lhundrup County :Peggiorano le condizioni di Nyima Tenzin, arrestato e torturato per aver preso parte ad una manifestazione nel marzo 2008.

Nelle ultime ore 30.000 uomini del PLA sono stati trasferti ad Urumqi.
Gli elicotteri sorvolano la città mentre nei quartieri uyghuri si erigono barricate.
Immagini riprese alle 9,00 (ora locale) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5VRlZgPGdE