yet an other "error" with Iran .. now.. -->An official of the World Uighur Congress has admitted that their exiled leader used an incorrect photograph to illustrate riots in China's western Xinjiang region, during an interview with Al Jazeera. Alim Seytoff of the Uighur American Associaition said he and other Uighur leaders regretted the error. Rebiya Kadeer, a former Uighur businesswoman who was jailed in China for several years and now lives in exile in the US, used the photograph during an interview earlier this week. She said the photograph showed Chinese forces lined up on the streets of Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang. However, the image was not of Urumqi, but is believed to be of an unrelated riot in the city of Shishou a month earlier. Several news agencies including Reuters issued the photograph - apparently originally sourced from Twitter - last Monday, a day after riots broke out in Urumqi that Chinese officials say left more than 150 dead. The mistake was picked up by several Chinese websites, China's state-run China Daily newspaper and by readers of the Al Jazeera website. Speaking to Al Jazeera on Friday, Alim Seytoff of the Uighur American Associaition apologised for the error. "We deeply regret using this wrong photo, that was not our intent," he said, speaking from Washington. "Later we were able to find out that the photograph showed Han Chinese protesters in Hubei province in a protest which took place a few days before the Urumqi unrest."
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Seytoff said the photograph was one of hundreds of images and pieces of video that had been obtained from a variety of sources following Sunday's unrest. "This picture happened to be one of them," Seytoff said. "The image quality is better than the others so we thought we thought this was a better image to use." Nonetheless he said the mistake over one image should not cast doubt on the credibility of other images released by his organisation."With this photograph, because it was taken from a distance, you can only see protesters and Chinese army or soldiers – you cannot identify whether the protesters are Uighurs or not," he said. "With all the other photographs you can see clearly they are Uighurs."
Variety of sources
Seytoff said the photograph was one of hundreds of images and pieces of video that had been obtained from a variety of sources following Sunday's unrest. "This picture happened to be one of them," Seytoff said. "The image quality is better than the others so we thought we thought this was a better image to use." Nonetheless he said the mistake over one image should not cast doubt on the credibility of other images released by his organisation."With this photograph, because it was taken from a distance, you can only see protesters and Chinese army or soldiers – you cannot identify whether the protesters are Uighurs or not," he said. "With all the other photographs you can see clearly they are Uighurs."
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