1997 violent event in the Uyghur-Han conflict in Xinjiang
This article is about the 1997 Ghulja incident. For the Yining incident which led to the abolition of the East Turkestan Republic, see Abolition of the East Turkestan Republic.
Ghulja Incident
Part of the Xinjiang conflict
Date
February 3, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-02-03) February 3–5, 1997
Location
Yining, Xinjiang, China
Caused by
Islamic extremism
Crackdowns on Uyghur culture
Goals
Uyghur independence
Methods
Protests, rioting
Resulted in
Crowd dispersed by police[1]
Parties
Uyghur independence activists
Chinese government
Casualties
Death(s)
10 including a police officer (official reports)
~200 (dissident claims)[2]
Injuries
198
Arrested
1,600+ (dissident claims)
v
t
e
Xinjiang conflict
1930–1989
Xinjiang Wars
Kazakh exodus
Yi–Ta incident
1989–2006
Ürümqi (1989)
Barin (1990)
Ürümqi (1992)
Gulja (1997)
Ürümqi (1997)
2007–present
Akto County raid (2007)
Qaraqash County unrest (2008)
Kashgar (2008)
Shaoguan Incident (2009)
Ürümqi (2009)
Xinjiang (2009)
Aksu (2010)
Hotan (2011)
Kashgar (2011)
Pishan (2011)
Yecheng (2012)
Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554
Korla (2013)
Bachu (2013)
Shanshan (2013)
Tiananmen (2013)
Xinhe (2014)
Kunming (2014)
China–Vietnam border (2014)
Ürümqi south railway station (2014)
Ürümqi market (2014)
Yarkant (2014)
Juma Tayir assassination (2014)
Luntai (2014)
Bangkok (2015)
Aksu (2015)
Chinese Embassy in Bishkek (2016)
Ghulja is the capital of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
The Ghulja, Gulja,[3][4] or Yining incident (Chinese: 伊寧事件, Yīníng Shìjiàn), also referred to as the Ghulja Massacre,[5] was the culmination of the Ghulja protests of 1997, a series of demonstrations[6] in the city of Yining—known as Ghulja in Uyghur—in the Xinjiang autonomous region of China.
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^Uyghurs still push for accountability 25 years after Ghulja Massacre, Radio Free Asia, February 13, 2022
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^Cite error: The named reference Gulja Massacre was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Protest Marks Xinjiang 'Massacre'". Al Jazeera. February 6, 2007.
^"Xinjiang to Intensify Crackdown on Separatists", China Daily, October 25, 2001.
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