Inner Asia
Kyrgyzstan: emergency over mining protests
Kyrgyzstan declared a state of emergency after hundreds of protesters stormed the offices of the Kumtor gold mine, run by the Canadian-based Centerra Gold.
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Inner Asia
China-India border face-off amid Tibet unrest
India is protesting what it calls an incursion by some 30 Chinese troops from across the Line of Control in the Himalayas, while Tibetans charge stepped up repression.
Inner Asia
China: US hand in Xinjiang violence?
Deadly clashes between Uighurs and Chinese police in Xinjiang came as US Ambassador Gary Locke was visiting the restive province with a trade delegation.
Inner Asia
China: Mongol herders’ protest march blocked
Police in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region blocked an attempted cross-country march by traditional Mongol herders, with police assaulting hundreds in two incidents.
Inner Asia
Tibet mine disaster exposes internal colonialism
As rescuers struggle to reach workers trapped by a landslide at a Tibetan gold mine, China’s authorities “scrubbed” microblog comments on the costs of breakneck mineral exploitation.
Inner Asia
Tibet: self-immolations reach 114
A young monk burned himself to death in Gansu province—the third Tibetan to torch himself and die in as many days, taking the total reported toll since 2009 to 114.
Inner Asia
China: Han-Tibetan solidarity emerging
Human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong, who defends Chinese peasants struggling to keep their lands, proclaims his support for the Tibetans and calls for Han solidarity with their cause.
Inner Asia
Kazakhstan sentences opposition leader to prison
A court in Kazakhstan sentenced an outspoken political activist to seven-and-a-half years in jail for allegedly colluding with a fugitive billionaire to overthrow the government.
Inner Asia
Tibetan writer self-immolates in TAR
A Tibetan poet, Gudrup, died after setting himself on fire in the Tibet Autonomous Region, leaving a blog post calling for Tibetans not “lose courage” in the struggle for freedom.
Inner Asia
Central Asia opium wars escalate
Tajikistan sealed its border with Afghanistan after clashes with armed rebels left 48 dead—a re-escalation of conflict over control of the cross-border traffic in Afghan opium.
Inner Asia
China: traditional herders protest “Five-Year Plan” to extinguish nomadic cultures
Plans by China’s government for the “resettlement” of the country’s last remaining nomads over the next five years have sparked protests in Inner Mongolia, with traditional Mongol herders accusing authorities of land-grabbing.
Inner Asia
Xinjiang: kids wounded as police raid “illegal” Islamic school
Twelve children were injured in a police raid on an “illegal” Islamic school at Hotan, in China’s restive Xinjiang province. Authorities say school staff set off an explosive, but rights groups say the casualties were caused when police used tear gas.