Uighur activist's children 'held'

Posted on June 5, 2006 9:51 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

BBC World News
May 31, 2006

A prominent campaigner for the rights of China's Uighur minority says three of her children have been detained.

Rebiya Kadeer, who moved to the US after being freed from a Chinese prison in 2005, said two sons and a daughter were taken into custody on Monday.

She said they were detained to stop them speaking to a US Congressional team visiting Xinjiang, the region where most of China's Uighurs live.

"I demand the immediate release of my three children," she said.

Ms Kadeer was a successful businesswoman before she fell foul of China's authorities, who jailed her in 2000 for "leaking state secrets".


	This article is filed under the categories of Human Rights

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