Brothers of US-based journalist detained after Xinjiang coverage, in apparent intimidation bid ANI | Updated: Mar 09, 2021 06:02 IST
Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): Two brothers of US-based Journalist Eset Sulaiman have been detained by the authorities in China s Xinjiang as part of an intimidation campaign aimed at preventing him from reporting on rights abuses, according to Radio Free Asia.
Sulaiman is a Uyghurs Service editor at Radio Free Asia, which is funded by the United States government and is based in Washington.
Sulaiman s older brother Ehet, the 57-year-old director of the Tengritagh Township Teaching District in Kumul (in Chinese, Hami) prefecture, and his younger brother Ehmet, the 39-year-old head of Kumul s Tengritagh township, have both been detained since 2018, RFA recently learned after interviewing several local officials.
UK chides China for rights abuse of Uyghur minority ANI | Updated: Jan 12, 2021 23:26 IST
London [UK], January 12 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Tuesday blasted China for the harrowing treatment of its Uyghur minority and said will introduce new measures to ensure that UK companies are not part of Xinjiang region supply chain.
Addressing the country s Parliament, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Tuesday said that the evidence of the scale and severity of the human rights violation being purported in Xinjiang against the Uyghur Muslims is now far-reaching. The evidence of the scale and severity of the human rights violation being purported in Xinjiang against the Uyghur Muslims is now far-reaching and it paints the truly harrowing picture. Violations include extrajudicial detention of over a million Uyghur Muslims in reeducation camps, he said.