An overseas Uighur rights organisation is protesting the Chinese government's use of drones in a security crackdown in the ethnic group's home region of Xinjiang, saying it would intensify tensions that have left dozens of people dead this year.
The Washington DC-based Uyghur American Association demanded in a statement yesterday that Beijing fully disclose its deployment of drones in an area where Chinese media say a July 28 terror attack left 96 people dead, including 59 attackers who were shot by police.
Last week, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp said it responded to a request from the Xinjiang government and guided police using drones in Xinjiang's Yarkant county to search for attackers.
The rights group says the drone deployment should be ended.
