CHINA: UIGHUR GROUPS CRITICISE DEATH SENTENCES

Uighur advocacy groups criticised the death sentences of four ethnic Uighur men, sentenced for three separate incidents of violence in 2010. “China is attempting to intimidate the Uighur people, fearing that they will take to the streets to demand human rights, democracy and freedoms from the authoritarian Chinese government,” Rebiya Kadeer, a leader of Uighur exiles, said.