BEIJING: A recurrence of the Urumqi riots which left nearly 200 people dead a decade ago is hard to imagine in today’s Xinjiang, a Chinese region whose Uighur minority is straitjacketed by surveillance and mass detentions. A pervasive security apparatus has subdued the ethnic unrest that has long plagued the region. Last week, Xinjiang’s vice […]
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Fifty arrested in Solomons election riots
Solomon Islands police were maintaining an uneasy calm in the capital Honiara Thursday, a day after more than 50 people were arrested in riots following the contested election of prime minister Manasseh Sogavare. Police commissioner Matthew Varley said most Honiara shops remained closed after Wednesday’s unrest, which saw vehicles damaged, roadblocks set on fire and […]