Germany has deported a Uyghur man to China, his mother says
Arafat Adil was taken into custody in Beijing after Germany deported him despite guidance that Uyghurs should usually receive protection.
- On Tuesday, Germany deported Arafat Adil, a 21-year-old dual Chinese-Turkish national, from Frankfurt Airport to China while seeking asylum. His mother, Guzelay Adil, told The Associated Press on Wednesday of the deportation.
- Rights activists expressed concern due to China's yearslong campaign of assimilation in Xinjiang, a region home to over 11 million Uyghurs. Beijing began mass detention and alleged forced labor there in 2017.
- Adil landed Wednesday morning in Beijing, where he was taken into custody and interrogated, Guzelay said. She expressed confusion over Germany's decision, as her son held passports from both Turkey and China.
- Abduweli Ayup, founder of the Norway-based nonprofit Uyghur Hjelp, said the 'bad example' set by Germany is causing Uyghurs to lose hope. Last November, Germany deported Reziwanguli Baikeli to China in a bureaucratic mix-up.
- Guzelay said she hopes her son will be allowed to board a flight to Istanbul around midnight on Thursday. Authorities in Germany and China did not immediately confirm the deportation or respond to inquiries.
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Germany Deported a Uyghur Man to China, His Mother Says
Germany has deported a Uyghur man to China, where there are concerns he could be detained as a member of an ethnic group that has been targeted by the Chinese regime, his mother told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Arafat Adil, 21, a dual Chinese-Turkish national who has lived in Turkey with his family since they moved there from China in 2017 and who was seeking asylum in Germany, was deported from Frankfurt Airport on Tuesday, said his moth…
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Germany has deported a Uyghur man to China where there are concerns he could be detained as a member of an ethnic group that has been targeted by the Chinese government, his mother told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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Germany has deported a Uyghur man to China, his mother says
Germany has deported a Uyghur man to China, raising concerns about his potential detention. Arafat Adil, a dual Chinese-Turkish national, was seeking asylum in Germany.
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The mother of 21-year-old Uighur man Arafat Adil has expressed concern over his deportation from Germany to China. She claims he was interrogated upon arrival in Beijing. Uighur rights activists have raised serious questions about this deportation.
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