Beijing, Dec 13 (DPA) Many residents of China’s far western city of Urumqi spent the second half of 2009 cut off from the world after the government sent in paramilitary police, imposed curfews and suspended most internet and some telephone services. The lockdown followed the deaths in early July of at least 197 people in [...]
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Shoot-at-sight orders in Mizoram to control ethnic violence
Aizawl/Agartala, Nov 17 (IANS) The Mizoram government has issued shoot-at-sight orders to control violent mobs in the southern part of the state after over 355 houses of Reang tribals were set ablaze following the gunning down of a Mizo youth last Friday, an official said Tuesday.
An uneasy calm prevailed in the trouble-torn southern region of [...]
Mizoram ethnic violence: paramilitary forces deployed
Aizawl/Agartala, Nov 16 (IANS) Paramilitary forces were deployed as tension prevailed in southern Mizoram and northern Tripura Monday after over 300 houses of Reang tribals were set ablaze following the gunning down of a Mizo youth last week, officials here said.
‘Central paramilitary Assam Rifles troopers, and Tripura and Mizoram armed police have been deployed in [...]
Ethnic violence in Mizoram: Thousands displaced, houses burnt
Aizawl/Agartala, Nov 15 (IANS) Mobs have set fire to over 225 huts of Reang tribals in Mizoram, displacing several thousand people as tension escalated following the gunning down of a Mizo youth, officials said here Sunday.
‘The mobs have set ablaze more than 225 houses of Reang tribals in seven villages under Mamit and Kolashib districts [...]
Beijing says Pakistan saved it from embarrassment on Xinjiang violence
Islamabad, Sep.5 (ANI): China has said that Pakistan saved Beijing from embarrassment by persuading certain Islamic countries not to take the issue of ethnic violence in Xinjiang before the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.
Replying to a question while interacting with media persons at the Chinese embassy here, Chinese Ambassador Lou Zhaohui said: “Yes, Pakistan played [...]
