Uyghuristan: China deploys troops in force

China deployed many troops including tanks and other armored vehicles in Ürümqi, the capital of Uyghuristan (Xinjiang-Uyghur), annexed to China but ethnically distinct.

Around 19:00 Beijing time, thousands of heavily armed soldiers of the so-called Armed Police of the Pople were deployed in the Central Asian city, occupying the central square. I have never seen anything like that before, declared a local.

The deployment ended an hour and a half later. 

It appears to be scare tactics as the 4th anniversary of the Uyghur revolt of 2009 approaches. Recently some 100 activists attacked, armed with knives, a police station in the historical city of Hotan. 35 people were killed, although it is unclear to which side they belonged to. 

Four years ago, brutal riots confronted the native Uyghurs with the Han colonists, which make up some 40% of the population, resulting in a death toll of 200, including the victims of police repression.

Source: Gara[es].

Kyrgyzstan: miner uprising against Canadian multinational, at least one killed by police live fire

The clashes took place at the huge gold mine of Kuntor, in the North of Kyrgyzstan, owned by Centerra Gold since a decade ago. The protesters demand a greater share of the profits and that the company invests in local infrastructures (roads, a kindergarten, hospitals, more jobs and a long-term loan scheme).

This uprising is just the tip of the iceberg because it follows a chain of strikes last year that reduced CG's profits by 6.6%.

Instead of supporting the Kyrgyz worker-citizens, the government of President Atambayek has declared war on them, sending police to repress the uprising with live fire, resulting in at least one killed, 50 injured and 90 arrested. 

A curfew has been officially declared in the mining district of Dzhety Ohuz until June 10th. 

Kuntor is the largest gold mine in Central Asia and one of the largest on Earth. Kyrgyzstan is the only Central Asian state, other than Afghanistan, that still holds a US military base. 

Source: Webguerrillero[es].