From Radia Free Asia:
Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have formally detained two sons of exiled Uyghur dissident Rebiya Kadeer and are keeping one of her daughters under house arrest for alleged tax evasion, after “seriously” beating one son in front of his children, according to the Kadeer family and an official news report.
Kadeer’s U.S.-based husband, Sidik Haji Rouzi, told RFA’s Uyghur service that police had arrived at the homes of her sons, Alim Abdurehim and Ablikim Abdurehim, and her daughter Roshangul Abdurehim, after placing them under house arrest at 7 a.m. local time May 31.
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Rouzi said the Washington-based couple got a call early Thursday from Kadeer’s granddaughter Kairya, who told them: “Ablikim is in the hospital. There are seven police officers in our house. They shut down the phone. They won’t let us leave. We haven’t eaten for 12 hours. They will not allow us to cook at home. We are hungry. I told them I was going to school,” she said. [full text]
See also RFA’s “Uyghur Dissident’s Family Reports Discriminatory Treatment Over Property” [link], – BBC News’ “China frees top Uighur prisoner” [link]
