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Saturday June
17 2:56 AM ET
China Executes Five Xinjiang Activists - HK PaperHONG KONG (Reuters) - China has executed five members of an organization which seeks independence for the restive northwestern province of Xinjiang, Hong Kong's Ming Pao Daily News said on Saturday. Xinjiang People's High Court on Wednesday found 13 members of the organization guilty of committing a range of crimes including splitting the country, illegal dealing and transport of arms, murder and robbery, the newspaper said.
Xinjiang is home to Turkish-speaking Uighur militants who have been struggling for decades to establish an independent East Turkestan in the region, which borders Afghanistan, Pakistan and three former Soviet Central Asian republics. The region has been rocked by anti-Chinese riots, bombings and assassinations since 1996. The worst rioting left nine dead and more than 200 injured in Yining city on February 5, 1997. Ming Pao said members of the Xinjiang independence organization had received military training outside the country and were responsible for the Yining riots. Chinese officials were not available to comment on the report.
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