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Uighur protesters arrested in The Hague

Published on 6 July 2009 - 3:57pm
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In The Hague, police arrested 142 people protesting at the Chinese embassy on Monday. Around 250 people were protesting against Chinese police action to suppress Sunday's violent Uighur demonstrations in the northwest Chinese city of Urumqi, in which left at least 140 people died.

The Dutch police say the protesters in The Hague refused to follow orders and were throwing stones.

  • Uighur protest, 2008 - Flickr/roel1943

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