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Security campaign follows fatal summer riots between ethnic Uighur and Han Chinese in capital of UrumqiChinese authorities have launched a security campaign in the troubled north-west region of Xinjiang, state media reported today.The "strike hard and punish" drive comes after ethnic violence rocked its capital, Urumqi, in July, killing almost 200, and tens of thousands of Han Chinese took to the streets in September, accusing the government of failing to protect them from attacks."From the start of November, public security bodies in Xinjiang will ...
start a thorough 'strike hard and punish' campaign to further consolidate the fruits of maintaining stability and eliminate security dangers," said the Communist party newspaper People's Daily.Security forces would "root out places where criminals breed, and change the face of the public security situation in these areas", the report said.In a statement faxed to the Associated Press, the regional ministry of public security said the campaign would run until the end of the year, with police continuing the hunt for riot suspects and on high alert for terror plots, including those involving explosives.Nicholas Bequelin, Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch (HRW) and an expert on the region, said there had been regular "strike hard" campaigns in Xinjiang for more than a decade.He said: "The result of these campaigns is to shorten judicial proceedings.
The threshold for arrests and convictions is lowered and the number of cases where people are sentenced collectively generally goes up.
You have more summary proceedings than in normal times."In a report last month, HRW said 43 Uighur men and teenage boys remained unaccounted for after being detained - along with hundreds of others - in police sweeps following July's violence.Nine Uighurs have been sentenced to death over the fatal riots.
Uighurs attacked Han Chinese after taking to the streets to protest against Han assaults on Uighur workers in southern China that left at least two dead.Han launched revenge attacks in the following days.
Further unrest erupted in September, as rumours that Uighurs were attacking Han with syringes spread through the city.Xinjiang residents are still unable to use the internet - except for a handful of services - or make long-distance phone calls, due to restrictions imposed in July.Uighurs make up almost half of the resource-rich region's population of 22 million.
Many chafe at restrictions on their religion and culture and a massive influx of Han migrants.
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