Protection of journalists and press freedom 2010, para. 70
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- On 9 July 2009, the Special Rapporteur, together with the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, sent an urgent appeal to the Government of China in relation to violent clashes between Han and Uighurs during demonstrations in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, during which at least 156 people were killed and more than 800 were injured. During the protests, mobile phone services were reportedly blocked and Internet connections minimized, with websites and online discussion forums ordered not to publish any material related to the protests.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/284, para. 70.
- Paragraph number
- 70
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