{"id":1591,"date":"2015-01-21T00:49:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T00:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2015\/01\/21\/unrest-chinas-xinjiang-region\/"},"modified":"2015-01-21T00:49:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T00:49:57","slug":"unrest-chinas-xinjiang-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/unrest-chinas-xinjiang-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Unrest in China’s Xinjiang region"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s at the heart of mounting tensions between the Chinese government and ethnic Uighurs?<\/p>\n

January 19, 2015<\/p>\n

Chinese police shot and killed six suspects who attempted to set off an explosive device in China’s Xinjiang region, according to state media. Years of violence between ethnic majority Han Chinese and the Muslim Uighur people have troubled this region. Chinese authorities blame Uighur separatists for the bloodshed. Uighurs say the unrest is rooted in discriminatory policies that aim to dilute their culture and repress religious practices. We discuss at 19:30GMT.<\/p>\n

In this episode of The Stream, we speak with:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Victor Gao
\nDirector, China National Association of International Studies<\/p>\n

Alim Seytoff @UyghurCongress <\/a>
\nSpokesperson, World Uighur Congress
\nwww.uyghurcongress.org\/en <\/a><\/p>\n

Anne Henochowicz @CDTimes <\/a>
\nTranslations editor, China Digital Times
\nchinadigitaltimes.net <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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