Court upholds sentences to Xinjiang riot convicts

By IANS,

Urumqi : The Higher People’s Court of Xinjiang upheld Friday sentences for 21 people convicted of murder and other crimes in the deadly July 5 riot here, a Xinhua report said.


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It also upheld the death penalty for nine of these convicts.

The death sentences will take effect after the approval by the Supreme People’s Court, the higher people’s court said.

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