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Jan 12, 2021, 08:07 AM IST NEW DELHI: China has engaged continuously in silencing the voices of dissent under its oppression and the most recent name in this manhunt initiated by the Chinese government is Uighur doctor and rights activist from Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) Dr. Gulshan Abbas. China has sentenced Dr. Gulshan Abbas to 20 years in prison after branding her a terrorist. Abbas reportedly disappeared in 2018, shortly after her sister Rushan Abbas participated in a panel discussion on China and its internment camps in the XUAR. After her location remained unknown for the p...

Share on Twitter The United States has called for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor whose relatives say she was sentenced to 20 years in jail in China because of family members' human rights activism in the US. The daughter of Gulshan Abbas told a briefing organised with the bipartisan US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) that the family had recently learned her mother received the sentence in March last year on terrorism-related charges, after disappearing in September 2018. READ MORE In Beijing on Thursday, a foreign ministry spokesman said Dr Abbas ...

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States called on Wednesday for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor whose relatives say she was sentenced to 20 years in jail in China because of family members’ human rights activism in the United States. FILE PHOTO: A Chinese police officer takes his position by the road near what is officially called a vocational education centre in Yining in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo The daughter of Gulshan Abbas told a briefing organized with the bipartisan U.S. Cong...

UPDATE 1-U.S. demands release of Uighur doctor while China urges halt to smears Reuters 12/31/2020 (Adds Chinese foreign ministry response; paragraphs 3,4) WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The United States called on Wednesday for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor whose relatives say she was sentenced to 20 years in jail in China because of family members' human rights activism in the United States. The daughter of Gulshan Abbas told a briefing organized with the bipartisan U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) that the family had recently learned her mother rece...

The United States called on Wednesday for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor whose relatives say was sentenced to 20 years in jail in China because of family members’ human rights activism in the United States. The daughter of Gulshan Abbas told a briefing organised with the bipartisan US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) that the family had recently learned her mother received the sentence in March last year on terrorism-related charges after disappearing in September 2018. In Beijing on Thursday, a foreign ministry spokesman said Abbas was sentenced for the cri...