Hanerik

Proper noun

Hanerik

1. A town in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.
   • But residents say the Hanerik shooting victims were unarmed civilians simply seeking an end to heavy-handed policing. The seeds of the confrontation were planted in mid-June, when the authorities detained Mettursun Metseydi, the young imam of an unauthorized mosque on the rural edge of Hanerik. Mr....2013 August 26, Andrew Jacobs, “Over News of Clash, a Shroud of Silence in Xinjiang”, in New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2013
   • In a June 2013 clash between the authorities and protesters in Hanerik township near Hotan in the south of the region, official news source Tianshan Net reported that no one had died as a result of the clashes. Yet Radio Free Asia, citing local officials, reported that security forces had fired on...2013 December 17, Alim Seytoff, “China's darkest corner”, in Index on Censorship, →DOI, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2021

   Synonyms:

   Han'airike, Han-ai-jih-k’o