| 2009 Shaoguan incident | |
|---|---|
| Location | Shaoguan, Guangdong, China |
| Date | 25–26 June 2009 |
| Deaths | at least 2 |
| Injured | 118[1] |
The Shaoguan incident (Chinese: 韶关事件) was a civil disturbance which took place overnight on 25–26 June 2009 in Guangdong, China. A violent dispute erupted between migrant Uyghurs and Han Chinese workers at a toy factory in Shaoguan as a result of false allegations of the sexual assault of a Han Chinese woman. Groups of Han Chinese set upon Uyghur co-workers, leading to at least two Uyghurs being violently killed by angry Han Chinese men (although other reports indicate a higher death toll),[2][3][4] and some 118 people injured,[1] most of them Uyghurs.[5]
The event was widely cited as the cause of the July 2009 Ürümqi riots, which some believe began as a peaceful street protest demanding official action over the two Uyghurs who were killed in Shaoguan.[6] Following trials in October 2009, one person was executed and several others sentenced to terms between life imprisonment and five to seven years.
- ^ a b "Han Chinese launch revenge attacks on Uighur property". Xinhua News Agency. 27 June 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ^ Shaoguan, One Year On Archived 5 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine Radio Free Asia, 29 June 2010
- ^ Watts, Jonathan (11 July 2009) Old suspicions magnified mistrust into ethnic riots in Urumqi Archived 30 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian
- ^ Discrimination, Mistreatment and Coercion: Uyghurs Face Severe Labor Rights Abuses in China and East Turkestan Archived 2 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine Uyghur Human Rights Project
- ^ Jacobs, Andrew (15 July 2009). "At a Factory, the Spark for China's Violence". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "China calls Xinjiang riot a plot against its rule". Reuters. 5 July 2009. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2017.