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China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites

The New York Times reports on the sentencing of three Uighur webmasters: Three men accused of “endangering state security” for their role in maintaining popular Uighur-language Web sites have been sentenced to prison terms of 3 to 10 years, according to exile groups and court officials. The sentences, the outcome of a one-day trial last week, are the latest indication that Beijing is intensifying i