Another Uyghur Torchbearer Of 2018 Beijing Olympics Detained By China
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Abduqeyum Semet, a doctor in Kashgar, had been detained, received a lengthy prison sentence, and was serving his term in a detention centre administered by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
A Uyghur doctor, who served as a torchbearer in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, is serving an 18-year jail sentence, said a media report.
Abduqeyum Semet, a doctor in Kashgar, had been detained, received a lengthy prison sentence, and was serving his term in a detention centre administered by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), Radio Free Asia reported citing Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur activist and linguist living in Norway, who confirmed the news from Uyghurs living in exile.
Notably, the XPCC is a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization sanctioned by the US government for its involvement in human rights violations against Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
Abduqeyum has reportedly been imprisoned since 2018 for "refusing to follow Chinese government directives", the media outlet reported, citing a court official in Kashgar.
