China officials sentence 55 in public rally

[JURIST] Chinese officials in the western region of Xinjiang on Tuesday held a public rally at a sports stadium for the mass sentencing of criminals, in which 55 individuals were sentenced [press release, in Chinese] before a crowd of 7,000 people. While three received death sentences for crimes including "violent terrorism," other prisoners' crimes ranged from separatism to participation in terrorism groups. Rights groups, such as Human Rights Watch [advocacy website] have accused [press release] China's policies of being discriminatory...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/05/china-officials-sentence-55-in-public-rally.php

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