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China: Muslim blogger to be investigated

Muslim blogger Ismael is going to be investigated by police on his connection with Xinjiang Muslim: since Uighur riots in Urumqi on July 5, I try to defend those oppressed people on Chinese website. So Chinese police telephoned my father to stop me. Try... ...full story at Global Voices

from Global Voices on Sat, Jul 18 2009

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