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China Sentences 6 More to Death for Xinjiang Riot

Fourteen more individuals are being tried over the riots in July in Urumqi, after six were sentenced to death last week. From AFP:“The trials started at around 10:00 am today and they’re still not over. Fourteen defendants are being tried,” a spokesman for the Xinjiang government, who asked not to be named, told AFP. The defendants are charged with murder, robbery, arson and vandalism,