TEHRAN, May 22 - A Chinese judge sentenced a Tibetan shopkeeper to five years in prison for inciting separatism , based on his comments in a New York Times documentary in which the man talked about the erosion of his culture and language in the tightly secured region.
BEIJING, Sept 23, 2014 (AFP) - A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced a prominent scholar from China's mostly-Muslim Uighur minority to life in prison for " separatism ," his lawyer said, in a case which critics say could add to tensions in the restive Xinjiang region.