
Uyghurs in Xinjiang are being given long prison sentences. Their families say they have done nothing wrong
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Alongside the system of extra-legal detention, experts say there is a separate program that involves the lengthy imprisonment of Uyghurs for alleged crimes including terrorism, separatism and inciting ethnic hatred.
During the next four years, Taher was imprisoned in Xinjiang detention centers on three separate occasions for months at a time, Mezensof told CNN from her home in Melbourne, where the married couple had hoped to live together. Then in April this year, she received a phone call to say her husband had been tried for separatism and sentenced to 25 years in prison.More Related News

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