Ghulja incident

Ghulja Incident
Part of the Xinjiang conflict
DateFebruary 3, 1997 (1997-02-03)
February 3–5, 1997
Location
Caused by
GoalsUyghur independence
MethodsProtests, rioting
Resulted inCrowd dispersed by police[1]
Parties
Uyghur independence activists
Casualties
Death(s)
  • 10 including a police officer (official reports)
  • ~200 (dissident claims)[2]
Injuries198
Arrested1,600+ (dissident claims)
Ghulja is the capital of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

The Ghulja, Gulja,[3][4] or Yining incident (Chinese: 伊寧事件, Yīníng Shìjiàn), also referred to as the Ghulja Massacre,[5] was the culmination of the Ghulja protests of 1997, a series of demonstrations[6] in the city of Yining—known as Ghulja in Uyghur—in the Xinjiang autonomous region of China.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference irish was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Uyghurs still push for accountability 25 years after Ghulja Massacre, Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2022
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Amnesty International was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gulja Massacre was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Protest Marks Xinjiang 'Massacre'". Al Jazeera. February 6, 2007.
  6. ^ "Xinjiang to Intensify Crackdown on Separatists", China Daily, October 25, 2001.

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