10 years after deadly riots, China’s Xinjiang under lockdown

ISTANBUL (AP) — A decade after deadly riots tore through northwestern China where Muslim Uighurs (WEE’-guhrs) live, the region of Xinjiang (SHIN’-ji-aang) is blanketed in police surveillance and checkpoints.
The violence that saw Uighurs attack Chinese Han civilians set in motion the harsh security measures, including placing about 1 million Uighurs, Kazakhs and other Muslims in heavily guarded internment camps.
The Uighurs’ sense of persecution and disenfranchisement cam