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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.
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.
Gongyuan Street (the location of the attack) After the market blasts, Ürümqi entered a state of enhanced security with each school, university, residential area entrance, avenue, and vital junction having concrete barricades set up in order to defend against similar ramming attacks by vehicles.
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 ...
History of Urumqi by period (3 C) Pages in category "History of Ürümqi" ... September 2009 Xinjiang unrest; U. May 2014 Ürümqi attack
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.
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 ...
Nigeria's state security services on Monday asked university vice-chancellors and heads of tertiary institutions to discourage their students from engaging in acts that can cause unrest, as the ...