http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2009/07/15/xinjiang-riots-i/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:10:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2009/07/15/xinjiang-riots-i/comment-page-1/#comment-10 China Law and Policy » Update on Xinjiang Riots – Criminal Trials to Begin in August Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:18:55 +0000 http://chinalawandpolicy.com/?p=87#comment-10 [...] (1)    Public trials can ease foreign criticism. The international press, including papers in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, followed the Xinjiang riots closely and will be publicizing the verdicts of the trials.  But if the trials remain closed, the press is left with nothing but rumors from inside the courtroom.  Rumors are what started the riots in the first place (see previous post). [...] [...] (1)    Public trials can ease foreign criticism. The international press, including papers in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, followed the Xinjiang riots closely and will be publicizing the verdicts of the trials.  But if the trials remain closed, the press is left with nothing but rumors from inside the courtroom.  Rumors are what started the riots in the first place (see previous post). [...]

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