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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.
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In Beijing on Thursday, a foreign ministry spokesman said Dr Abbas was sentenced for the crimes of joining a terrorist organisation, helping terrorist activities and assembling a crowd to disrupt social order .
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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. 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.
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 received the sentence in March last year on terrorism-related charges after disappearing in September 2018.