More Kazakhs detained in Xinjiang crackdown

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(Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang—Oct. 23, 2018) Xinjiang authorities continue to detain ethnic minorities from Muslim backgrounds in an attempt to curb extremism, leading to the arrest of innocent people.

A Kazakh man who had emigrated from Xinjiang to Kazakhstan reported his four younger brothers were arrested without a charge last March. Two of them are high school teachers. A woman, Lazari, was also arrested with them.

In addition, a man named ReAheman Rehe Amuby has been detained in one of the “re-education camps” in Tacheng, Xinjiang, for eight months. His wife, Gu Libanu ReAhemu, said he had been a teacher for 31 years in a local elementary school and had applied for retirement. In 2008, the whole family immigrated Kazakhstan, and both of their children became Kazakh citizens. Her husband holds a Kazakhstan green card.

His school asked Amuby to return to Xinjiang to work on his retirement process. He was able to call his wife several times, but they lost contact on Feb. 16. She heard from local residents that he is being held in a “re-education camp,” where inmates are often denied food and water, tortured, and forced to study Communist Party propaganda.

“We have no support in Kazakhstan,” ReAhemu said. “I am raising two children by myself, and we are having a difficult time.”

She has appealed to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the President of Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On Aug. 10, 2017, Xinjiang authorities also detained Kazakhstan resident Shania Shawu Ati Khan, who is originally from China. Her green card and passport were both discarded.

Her daughter, Marhulan Batur Khan, said that she suffers from severe health problems.

ChinaAid exposes abuses, such as those suffered by people in Xinjiang, in order to stand in solidarity with the persecuted and promote religious freedom, human rights, and rule of law.


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