File photo from Urumq in Xinjiang Province. Dake Kang / AP
Uyghur researcher sentenced to life in prison
A court in China has upheld the life sentence against the Uyghur researcher Rahile Dawut, the Washington Post reports.
She was one of many who disappeared six years ago when China's government cracked down on prominent Uyghurs. The 57-year-old was convicted in a secret trial in 2018 for having "jeopardized the security of the state".
- The verdict against Professor Rahile Dawut is a cruel tragedy, a loss for the Uyghur people and for everyone who values academic freedom, says John Kamm of the human rights organization Dui Hua Foundation.
Professor Rahile Dawut and square in Urumqi Lisa Ross/TT
Daughter: The cruelty of the state is beyond my imagination
The news that a Chinese court is upholding the life sentence against Uyghur folklore researcher Rahile Dawut comes as a shock to daughter Akeda Pulati. She tells AP that.
- I knew that the Chinese state tortures and persecutes Uighurs, but I could not believe that it would be so cruel and sentence my innocent mother to a life sentence, she says.
- That cruelty is beyond my imagination.
Rahile Dawut disappeared in late 2017 and is one of over 300 intellectuals, musicians and writers believed to have been arrested in Xinjiang province as part of Beijing's assimilation campaign against the Muslim minority.
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