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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...

Reuters Reuters 1 January, 2021, 5:12 am 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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States called on Wednesday for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor who relatives say was sentenced to 20 years 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. Congressi...

Her daughter, Ziba Murat, says she has been detained because on terrorism charges. Murat says her mother is being punished for her children's activist work in the US. The US called on Wednesday for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor who relatives say was sentenced to 20 years 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 2019 on terrorism-related ch...

US diplomat Robert Destro condoles death of activist Karima Baloch ANI | Updated: Dec 29, 2020 05:44 IST Washington DC [US], December 29 (ANI): Senior US Diplomat Robert A Destro on Monday condoled the death of activist Karima Baloch who was found dead in Canada last week under mysterious circumstances. "Saddened by the passing of activist Karima Baloch last week. She fiercely defended women's rights, campaigned for missing persons, and continued her human rights advocacy, even after leaving Pakistan. The world has lost a hero," said Destro, who is the ...