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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam China deploys troops for Xinjiang riot anniversary AFP - Tuesday, July 6 Send IM Story Print URUMQI, China (AFP) - – Security forces fanned out to keep China's Urumqi city in check on Monday, the first anniversary of deadly unrest that laid bare deep-seated ethnic tensions in the far-western Xinjiang region. Urumqi, the regional capital, erupted in violence on July 5 last year between the mainly Muslim Uighur minority and members of China's dominant Han ethnic group, fuelled by Uighur resentment over Beijing's rule of Xinjiang. In the following days, mobs of angry Han took to the streets looking for revenge in the worst ethnic violence that China had seen in decades. The unrest left nearly 200 dead and 1,700 injured, according to government figures. Timeline: Xinjiang unrest On Monday, security personnel were concentrated in the city centre and the Uighur areas of Urumqi. Armed security forces and riot police patrolled in formation, and police vans made regular rounds in the area. Armed police with helmets and shields also marched on the edges of People's Square in the heart of the city, where the unrest began last year. The plaza has been shut down for renovations, construction workers told AFP. Most businesses and restaurants were open throughout Urumqi, and police presence was lighter in other parts of the city, though in the north, officers patrolled in groups outside the city government headquarters. "It's really tense today. Look at the streets. There aren't many people there and normally it would be bustling at this time of day," Liu Yan, a 50-year-old Han Chinese taxi driver, told AFP. Authorities keen to ensure no repeat of last year's mayhem have installed 40,000 security cameras throughout Urumqi, a city of about two million people, according to state media. Anti-riot exercises have also been staged. In a mainly Uighur district in the southeast of the city, a Han woman who lost a relative in last year's turmoil sobbed and wailed on the side of the street as she burned paper, a ritual carried out in honour of the dead. "Where have you gone?" she cried. Residents later escorted her away under the watchful eye of dozens of police. China blamed "separatists" for orchestrating the July 2009 unrest. But Uighurs say the violence was sparked when police cracked down on peaceful demonstrations staged over a factory brawl the month before in southern China in which two Uighur migrant workers were reportedly killed. Authorities blocked Internet access, text messages and international phone calls in and out of Xinjiang after the riots -- restrictions that have been gradually lifted, though some Uighur-language websites remain inaccessible. So far, about 200 people have been convicted for their roles in the violence. At least 26 of them have been sentenced to death, and nine already put to death, according to press reports. The United States has urged Beijing to be more transparent in how it handles the court cases related to the violence. "We have urged China to ensure that the legal rights of all Chinese citizens are respected in accordance with international standards of due process," State Department spokesman Mark Toner told AFP. Rights watchdog Amnesty International called for an independent probe, citing "excessive use of force, mass arrests, enforced disappearances, torture and ill treatment" of prisoners during the security crackdown after the unrest. Several Uighurs in Urumqi told AFP of friends and family members who were detained and held incommunicado for months, sometimes without charge, before being released. Related article: Job discrimination angers Uighurs Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the overseas World Uighur Congress, said: "We call on the international community to pressure China to carry out an independent inquiry on the events of July 5 and end repression of Uighurs." Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking people, allege decades of Chinese oppression and unwanted Han immigration, and while standards of living in Xinjiang have improved, Uighurs complain most of the gains go to the Han Chinese. Facts: China's Xinjiang region Tensions in the city again boiled over in September after a spate of syringe attacks -- which many victims blamed on Uighurs -- led to days of protests that left five people dead. "As a cab driver, I would think twice before I picked up a Uighur, because I'm still scared," said Liu, quickly adding he counted Uighurs among his friends. 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