Uyghur Linguist, Two Associates Sentenced After One Year Detention

[Francis Hult]

Radio Free Asia



Uyghur Linguist, Two Associates Sentenced After One Year Detention



A U.S.-educated Uyghur linguist and two others who wanted to set up schools to promote the ethnic minority language in China’s troubled Xinjiang region have been sentenced to up to three years on what their supporters see as trumped-up charges of “illegal fundraising.”



In a case that has received international attention, the Tengritagh (in Chinese, Tianshan) district court in Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi imposed an 18-month jail term and a 80,000 yuan (U.S. $13,000) fine on Abduweli Ayup after detaining him for about a year, a relative of Ayup’s told RFA’s Uyghur Service.



Full story:
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/language-08262014235118.html
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