Ghulja incident

Ghulja Incident
Part of the Xinjiang conflict
DateFebruary 3, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-02-03)
February 3–5, 1997
Location
Caused by
  • Ethnic tensions
  • USSR Collapse Shockwave
GoalsMore Autonomy
MethodsProtests, rioting
Resulted inCrowd dispersed by police[1]
Parties
Casualties
Death(s)
  • 10 including a police officer (official reports)
  • ~200 (dissident claims)[2]
Injuries198
Arrested1,600+ (dissident claims)
Ghulja is the capital of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

The Ghulja, Gulja,[3][4] or Yining incident (Chinese: 伊寧事件, Yīníng Shìjiàn) was the culmination of the Ghulja protests of 1997, a series of demonstrations[5] in the city of Yining—known as Ghulja in Uyghur—in the Xinjiang autonomous region of China.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference irish was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Uyghurs still push for accountability 25 years after Ghulja Massacre, Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2022
  3. ^ "China: Remember the Gulja Massacre? China's Crackdown on Peaceful Protesters". Amnesty International. February 2007.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gulja Massacre was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Xinjiang to Intensify Crackdown on Separatists", China Daily, October 25, 2001.