ChinaAid Launches New Campaign to Free Alimujiang Yimiti!

ChinaAid
May 9, 2010

XINJIANG–On Mother’s Day (US), Alimujiang Yimiti’s mother Wushueran issued an appeal for her son’s release. Alimujiang Yimiti is a Uyghur Christian, sentenced to 15 years in prison for his faith.
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Uyghurs,a Muslim people group, number more than 10 million. Home is a vast desert region in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,P.R. China. Only a few Christians among them, yet they have been persecuted. Mr. Alimujiang Yitimi is one of them. Read about Uyghurs on Wikipedi


Gao Zhisheng missing again, and Uyghur Mother Appeals for her Son, Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for his Faith... ChinaAid thanks you for your continued support of Gao Zhisheng. We have learned that Gao was last seen on April 15-16 visiting his in-laws in Xinjiang. He did not return to his Beijing apartment the following week, as he was scheduled to according to the family. He has not been seen or heard from him since.
ChinaAid is actively searching for Gao and news of his condition and whereabouts. With no news in over three weeks, we fear Gao Zhisheng has been forced to disappear again. We will continue to press for information, and keep all Gao supporters updated with the latest confirmed news. We thank you for your continued prayers and support for Gao Zhisheng, and will not relent until Gao has been released, and is able to reunite with his family in the United States.
As we continue to press for Gao Zhisheng, ChinaAid remains committed to defending other persecuted faithfuls in China. Hundreds of thousands suffer persecution for their faith, and in extreme cases, like that of Uyghur Christian Alimujiang Yimiti, it takes a global effort to call for justice.

Imagine that your son has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Alimujiang Yimiti’s mother Wushuerhan faced this harsh reality in the summer of 2009, when her son was forced to undergo two secret trials before being charged with leaking state secrets to foreigners, and condemned to the maximum prison sentence by the Xinjiang Courts.

Alimujiang Yimiti is a Uyghur Christian, who converted from Islam in 1995. He and his wife Gulinuer led a house church ministry in Kashgar, Xinjiang, spreading messages of hope and peace in a region riddled with ethnic conflict and violence. Targeted for his minority faith and ethnicity, Alim has been persecuted unjustly in what his lawyer, Dr. Li Baiguang calls “the worst case of religious persecution in the past decade.”

Authorities seized Alimujiang from his home in January 11, 2008, holding him illegally for over one year on unfounded charges of illegally spreading religion in his hometown of Kashgar. Later, the charges were changed to “divulging state secrets to foreign individuals” based on a private conversation the Uyghur Christian pastor held with an American Christian friend.

For the past two years, Wushueran and Alim’s wife Gulinuer have petitioned police officers, government officials, and state agencies. But the officers refused to see them, even barring Alimujiang’s lawyers from visiting him in prison. Wushueran would travel miles from her hometown to stand at the gates of Alimujiang’s detention center, crying aloud for his release, before guards could force her to leave.

On April 20, 2010, Wushueran, Gulinuer, and Alim’s two sons saw him for the first time in over two years. Barely recognizing his father, Alim’s four-year-old boy could only stare at the strange man, separated from him by a wall of glass. Wushueran encouraged her son to be strong, and Alim in turn comforted his family, not knowing when he would see them again.

Enraged by the injustice, Wushueran and Gulinuer now urge the international community to demand Alimujiang’s release. Hear their appeal for Alimujiang Yimiti, an innocent Uyghur Christian imprisoned for his faith: [Video Interview and Appeal]

Alimujiang faces a long and torturous separation from his family, simply for the color of his skin and his profession of faith. In partnership with other concerned organizations around the world, ChinaAid urges you to Sign the Petition to Free Alim!
By raising our voices in petition for Alimujiang Yimiti, we the international community can build a brighter, more peaceful future for China and for the world. Add your voice to the thousands around the globe calling for justice today!
1) Sign the Petition to FreeAlim!
2) Write to Alim
3) Donate Today

For more details on Alimujiang’s case and ways to get involved,
visit www.FreeAlim.com


FREE ALIM CAMPAIGN: The Co-Sponsors:
The Voice of the Martyrs-USA
The Voice of the Martyrs-CANADA

The Endorsers:
The Institute on Religion and Public Policy
AKREF – Religious Liberty Commission of the German Evangelical Alliance
Concerned Women for America
Women’s Rights Without Frontiers
Christian Solidarity Worldwide
Release International

Danish European Mission

International Christian Concern
Stonegate Fellowship
Mid-Cities Community Church
Midland Ministerial Alliance (MMA)
Midland Bible Church
Please join us…


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