Posted on January 26, 2021, in "Re-Education" Camps Arbitrary Arrests Enforced Disappearances Extraditions Forced Labour Human Rights Issues News Other News Political Prisoners Refugees/Asylum Seekers Uyghur Related News WHAT’S NEW
The Washington Post, 25 January 2021
Below is an article published by the Washington Post. Photo Emrah Gurel/AP
Rushan Abbas is the founder and executive director of Campaign for Uyghurs.
On Sept. 11, 2018, the Chinese regime took away my sister, Gulshan Abbas. On Christmas Day in 2020, more than 27 months later, we finally heard news that she was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a sham trial. Gulshan, a medical doctor, has most likely been pressed into forced labor as part of the Chinese regime’s prison system. And so, for the past two years, our entire family has been living in daily torment, constantly reminded that many of the household and clothing items, as well as shoes, that surround us may have been produced by my own sister’s enslavement.
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