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Chen Xiaojiang 陈小江
Secretary-General
Xinjiang Uyghur Auton. Region Committee
2 Jiankang Lu, Urumqi 830002
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Volksrepublik China

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Arbitrarily detained for more than ten years

Dear Secretary-General,
Uyghur businessman and philanthropist Ekpar Asat was arrested in April 2016 and is currently detained in a prison in Xinjiang’s Aksu Prefecture.
Reportedly he was convicted of „inciting ethnic hatred and ethnic discrimination“ and allegedly sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. After a long time of „disappearance“ and solitary confinement his family was allowed not until 2021 to get in contact with him for three minutes via video conversation.
Ekpar Asat’s physical and mental state of health is described as sharply deteriorated and suggests harsh prison conditions and a lack of access to adequate medical care.
Amnesty International believes that Ekpar Asat is in jail solely because of his expression of opinion and Uyghur ethnicity; the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention considers his detention to be „in contravention of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights“.
In all courtesy I call upon you to release Ekpar Asat immediately and provide him with compensation for his decade-long ordeal.
Please ensure that, pending his immediate release, Ekpar Asat is treated in full accordance with the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, and specifically he is not subject to torture or other ill-treatment, including poor conditions of detention, inadequate food and health care and prolonged solitary confinement.
Further I urge you to transfer Ekpar Asat from Aksu Prison to a prison in Urumqi, and ensure he has regular, unrestricted access to a lawyer of his choice and his family.
Respectfully!