Meanings
- Yurqi
Yurchi police confirmed the shooting and protests but declined to provide details. Police in Gezlik township, which is close to Yurchi, also confirmed the incident but told RFA to contact the local government office for details.
2014, Eset Sulaiman, Shohret Hoshur, Parameswaran Ponnudurai, “Uyghur Student Motorcyclist Who Beat Traffic Light Shot Dead”, in Eset Sulaiman, Shohret Hoshur, transl., Radio Free Asia1 more example
Seeking an explanation for the killing, the families of Ablimit and his companions marched from Qum’eriq village in Yurchi township to the county office carrying Ablimit’s body. A crowd of over 400 protestors gathered to march, an eyewitness told RFA. Security forces blocked the protestors, then when the crowd changed course towards Yurchi township, security forces brutally dispersed the demonstration, beating and detaining around a dozen Uyghurs.
2014 April 14, “The Uyghur American Association Condemns the Extrajudicial Killing of 17-Year-Old Uyghur Student Abdulbasit Ablimit”, in Uyghur Human Rights Project, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2014
Origin
- Uyghurيۇرچى
- EnglishYurchi
From Uyghur يۇرچى (yurchi).
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