You know nothing of the riot, which left 197 people dead and more than 1,600 injured in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region?
Seven men were convicted of murder, and some of them were also convicted of arson or robbery.
Human rights abuse accusations fall flat as the crimes of the convicted are a matter of record.
Four rioters including Gheni Yusup and Abdulla Mettohti beat five people to death and injured two others in five different locations. They smashed and looted shops and vehicles.
Abdulla Mettohti and others also set a grain and oil shop ablaze, killing all the five members of a family who were hiding inside and causing an economic loss of 1.37 million yuan. The victims were aged between 12 to 82.
In the third case, Alim Metyusup and Tayirejan Abulimit together killed three people and seriously injured one person. They also robbed the victims of their mobile phones.
Alim Metyusup together with other mobs killed another two people and set fire to houses, resulting in an economic loss of more than 50,000 yuan.
The public prosecutors presented testimonies of witnesses, autopsy reports and other evidence at the court, and played monitoring video of the scenes of crimes.
The defendants provided explanation against their charges and their lawyers defended at the court.
More than 400 people, including legislators, political advisors, family members of the defendants and victims, and journalists, observed the court hearings.
The court proceedings were done in the Uygur language along with simultaneous interpretation.
"People should act according to the law. As citizens we shall try our best to maintain social harmony, happiness and security," Nurmemet Hapiz from a local mosque, said after the court ruling.
"I observed the entire hearing of one case. The facts are clear, evidence certain and sentences fair. It shows the law will bring justice to the victims," said Cui Chunyu, a local legislator.
Those who disdain and trample on the law will be punished.
