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Iran:”China is the new Israel”

Sunday, July 12th, 2009 @ 14:50 UTC

by Hamid Tehrani

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Countries:: Iran
Topics:: Ethnicity, Governance, Human Rights, Photography, Protest, International Relations, Politics

Kourosh Alyani has published several photos of the Muslim Uighur minority riots in China. The post's title is ” Yellow Israel or unimportant photos that you may not see”.

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