Uyghur Students in Egypt
\nMore than 70 Uyghur students are still being held at the central security camp in Tora, Egypt, according to an Egyptian lawyer representing some of the students. Another 17 students have been forcibly disappeared and denied any legal support. Egyptian authorities have classified 30 of the students in detention as \u201cYellow\u201d and requested they leave the country. Many of those students don\u2019t have passports in their possession and their residency permits were terminated. No information has been available about those in the \u201cRed\u201d group \u2013 16 students. Their lawyers and families have not been informed about their current location or whether the Egyptian government has handed them over to China or not. <\/p>\n
IUHFRD is deeply concerned about the plight of the Uyghur students remaining in Egypt and the treatment of those that have been handed over to China. We demand the Egyptian authorities to immediately seize the deportation of Uyghurs and release those in detention. We call on human rights organizations to investigate and advocate for the rights and humane treatment of those Uyghur students who have been turned over to China as well as those who remain in Egypt. <\/p>\n
China\u2019s Imprisonment of Canadian Citizen Huseyin Celil
\nZuo Feng, part of China\u2019s visiting delegation to Canada, recently said that Uyghur Canadian Huseyin Celil\u2019s life sentence has been reduced to 18 years after he took part in a re-education program. Mr. Celil is a Canadian citizen who has been jailed by China since 2007. He has been denied visits by Canadian consular officials for the past 11 years, but the Chinese official visiting Canada says Mr. Celil is now allowed to receive family visitors.
\nThe Secretary General for Amnesty International Canada has called on the Canadian government to work towards Celil\u2019s release and perhaps even appoint another special envoy to put more pressure on China. IUHRDF supports that statement and calls on the Canadian government to secure Mr. Celil\u2019s release and reunification with his wife and children in Canada. <\/p>\n
China\u2019s Detention of Uyghur Musician Abdurehim Heyit
\nEarlier this week, Free Muse reported that Uyghur dutar master Abdurehim Heyit has been detained by Chinese authorities. Unofficial reports about his detention had been circulating on social media for months. Uyghur poet Tahir Hamut, who recently arrived in the United States, verified that Mr. Heyt had been arrested in April 2017 and held without charge in Urumqi.
\nIUHRDF is concerned about Mr. Heyit\u2019s detention and worried that more detentions of Uyghur intellectuals, artists, musicians, and other public figures will follow. We call on human rights organizations and organizations that promote arts and music to voice their support for Mr. Heyit\u2019s release. <\/p>\n
Rebiya Kadeer
\nInternational Uyghur Human Rights & Democracy Foundation\u2019s President Rebiya Kadeer has learned that more than 30 of her relatives \u2013 including children and grandchildren \u2013 have been detained in recent months. Many of them had already been under virtual house arrest since Ms. Kadeer\u2019s went into exile in the United States. <\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s Visit to China
\nUnited States President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit China during a five-nation trip to Asia beginning November 3. IUHRDF hopes that President Trump will raise human rights issues\u2014including the plight of the Uyghurs with Chinese President Xi Jinping and call for the closure of the \u201cre-education\u201d detention centers in Eastern Turkistan and respect for the human rights of the Uyghur people. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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