Revenge of the Uighur women

LAST UPDATED AT 16:30 ON Tue 7 Jul 2009

Uighur women confront Chinese riot police in Urumqi, the capital of China's northwest Xinjiang province. About 200 Uighur Muslims, mostly women, took to the streets to protest against the arrest of 1,400 people by the authorities after rioting on Sunday.

Rioting continues as ethnic Uighur women protest on behalf of sons and husbands detained on Sunday

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