China sentences 55 in mass trial at Xinjiang stadium

BEIJING, May 28 – Authorities in China’s mainly Muslim Xinjiang mounted a mass sentencing in a stadium for 55 people on offences including terrorism, state media said on Wednesday, as they press a crackdown on escalating violence. About 7,000 people and Communist Party officials in Ili prefecture attended the “mass gathering for public sentencing, public […]

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