Wednesday, 28 May 2014

China pronounces 55 guilty in stadium in northwest

Josh Shepherd from England celebrates after winning a race down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLISJUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images
In a stadium filled with 7,000 people, a court in China’s restive northwest region has announced guilty verdicts for 55 people on charges of terrorism, separatism and murder.

It was a show of force as the government tries to display its determination to combat unrest in Xinjiang after 43 people were killed last week in an attack at a vegetable market in the regional capital, Urumqi.


From washingtonpost News

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