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A series of violent riots over several days broke out on 5 July 2009 in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China.The first day's rioting, which involved at least 1,000 Uyghurs, [12] began as a protest, but escalated into violent attacks that mainly targeted Han people.
The 1989 Ürümqi unrest, also known as the 19 May riots in Ürümqi (Chinese: 乌鲁木齐五·一九骚乱) took place in the city of Ürümqi in May 1989, which began with Muslim protesters marched and finally escalated into violent attack [1] against a Xinjiang Chinese Communist Party (CCP) office tower at People's Square on 19 May 1989.
On 30 April 2014, two suicide bombings killed three and injured 79, [6] leaving a level of high security in the region and the train station where the attack occurred "like a fortress", with men bearing arms at ticket gates, multiple police trucks in the city, and checkpoints. [7]
In September 2009, Ürümqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China, experienced a period of unrest in the aftermath of the July 2009 Ürümqi riots. Late August and early September saw a series of syringe attacks on civilians. In response to the attacks, thousands of residents held protests for ...
The attack occurred on the final day of Xi Jinping's 4-day tour of the region. [4] A day prior, he labelled Xinjiang the "front line against terrorism" during a visit to the nearby city of Kashgar, and vowed to take a hardline against terrorism and violence attributed to Muslim Uyghur separatists, which killed at least 100 people over the past year. [7]
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has won a second term in office after a contentious Nigerian election this weekend, but a period of uncertainty and unrest is expected to follow.
Continuing tensions in Xinjiang have been a source of terrorism in China.Conflicts over Uyghur cultural aspirations resurfaced during the 1960s. In early February 1997, the execution of 30 suspected separatists [3] who had been involved in the organization of Meshrep [4] during Ramadan resulted in large demonstrations, culminating in the Gulja incident on February 5, where at least 9 ...
South West Nigeria The protests occurred as an aftermath of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential elections by Ibrahim Babangida. [4] 2012 2-14 January Occupy Nigeria: Nigerians; Nigeria (including the diaspora) Nigerians protested against the removal of fuel subsidies and eventual price hikes by the Goodluck Jonathan government. It ...