And this makes nine death sentences so far .
Supposedly those convicted are not getting a fair trial ? ( We are talking about china , are we not ? )
And that is only going to lead to more riots ! Seeing as how most of the death sentences have been handed to the Uighurs .
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court on Thursday handed out a further three death sentences to people convicted of violent crimes during ethnic rioting in far western Xinjiang region in July in which almost 200 people died.
The official Xinhua news agency reported that a court in Urumqi, Xinjiang's regional capital, also sentenced three defendants to suspended death sentences, which could be commuted to life sentences in two years.
At least two of those sentenced were Han Chinese. The others all appeared to be Uighurs, a Turkic ethnic group that calls Xinjiang its homeland, judging from their names.
Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the exiled World Uyghur Congress, said all the Uighurs who had stood trial so far had been denied a fair hearing, including the right to freely choose their defense lawyers.
"The Chinese judgments are only making the situation more tense," he said in an emailed statement.
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