China executes 9 Uighurs over July ethnic riots BEIJING - Nine Uighurs have been executed for taking part in ethnic rioting that left nearly 200 people dead in July, the first suspects put to death in the unrest, Chinese state media reported Monday. China sentences 3 more to death for Xinjiang riot BEIJING - China sentenced three more people to death Thursday for murders committed during riots in the far western Xinjiang region in July, bringing to nine the number of people facing execution for the unrest. China sentences six more to die for Xinjiang unrest BEIJING (AFP) - A court in western China's Xinjiang region on Thursday sentenced six more people to death over deadly ethnic unrest in July, the state Xinhua news agency reported, bringing the total to 12.
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