ANKARA - MUSLIMS in many nations have condemned China's crackdown in its Xinjiang region where at least 156 people have been killed in unrest over the past week.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there had been 'an atrocity' against Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang while another Turkish minister has called for a boycott of Chinese goods.

About 200 people protested in Australia's capital Canberra on Friday, shouting 'death to Chinese terrorists' and 'freedom for Uighur people' outside the Australian parliament.

Uighur exiles hurled rocks and cobblestones at China's embassy in The Hague this week during another demonstration. Fourteen people were given jail terms of between a week and 10 days by a Dutch court on Thursday for their part in the protests.

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has condemned the 'disproportionate' use of force in Xinjiang and called on China to carry out an 'honest' investigation into the incidents and find those responsible. FULL STORY