Brothers of US-based journalist detained after Xinjiang coverage, in apparent intimidation bid

Brothers of US-based journalist detained after Xinjiang coverage, in apparent intimidation bid
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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.

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