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Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer claimed some 10,000 people “disappeared” at the hands of the Chinese government during ethnic unrest in the city of Urumqi in July. (1:40 min)

Pepe Escobar at RealNews Network asks, Does anyone care about what happens to the Uighurs? All country leaders swallow Chinese propaganda and turn their backs on human right abuses in Xinjiang. (7:30 min)

Al Jazeera’s insider view of the recent protests in Iran. (24 min)

The current anti-government protests in Thailand are the latest development after years of political instability. Al Jazeera’s Azhar Sukri looks back at the turmoil of the last three years. (1:42 min)

March 10 marked the 50th year since China invaded Tibet. Al Jazeera examines the present Tibetan cause and if there’s still momentum. (23:30 min, 2 segments)

Six months after deadly protests against Chinese rule, a semblance of normality has returned to Lhasa. But many Tibetans still live in fear. (6:29 min)

SkyNews’ Peter Sharp travels to Kangshar to meet the Uyghurs (pronounced we-gurs) - China’s Muslims who suffer equally brutal repression as the Tibetans. If a Uyghur even speaks negatively of China, they face imprisonment. (3:54 min)