He was arrested in May 2023 and accused of recruiting and cultivating members, and raising funds for an East Turkistan organization when he was in Turkey, a police officer who was in court during the trial told Radio Free Asia in an earlier report. The court announced its verdict in January, and the men were sentenced to 5 1/2 or 6 1/2 years in prison, said the source with knowledge of the matter who declined to be identified for fear f reprisal by authorities.
lørdag 12. oktober 2024
Uyghur filmmaker gets 6 ½ years in prison for ‘separatism’ and ‘terrorism’
Chinese authorities have sentenced a Uyghur filmmaker to 6 1/2 years in prison for “separatism” and “terrorism,” a court official and a person with knowledge of the situation said. Ikram Nurmehmet, 32, and four friends with whom he had studied in Turkey were tried in Urumqi People’s Intermediate Court for alleged connections to Turkey-based organizations seeking independence for East Turkistan, the Uyghurs’ preferred name for the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China.
He was arrested in May 2023 and accused of recruiting and cultivating members, and raising funds for an East Turkistan organization when he was in Turkey, a police officer who was in court during the trial told Radio Free Asia in an earlier report. The court announced its verdict in January, and the men were sentenced to 5 1/2 or 6 1/2 years in prison, said the source with knowledge of the matter who declined to be identified for fear f reprisal by authorities.
He was arrested in May 2023 and accused of recruiting and cultivating members, and raising funds for an East Turkistan organization when he was in Turkey, a police officer who was in court during the trial told Radio Free Asia in an earlier report. The court announced its verdict in January, and the men were sentenced to 5 1/2 or 6 1/2 years in prison, said the source with knowledge of the matter who declined to be identified for fear f reprisal by authorities.
