Uighurs in Australia go public to pressure China to release family members

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With the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirming multiple requests to visit Xinjiang have been denied, twenty-nine-year-old Sadam is concerned he may never see his wife again – and never meet his son.

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Two-year-old Lutifier is an Australian citizen – and he is one of the millions of Uighurs who cannot leave Xinjiang, along with his mother Nadila.“As a dad, the reason I am living and breathing is because I have the hope I will see my wife and son,” he told SBS News.In February, Sadam concealed his identity when he spoke with SBS News, fearing for the safety of his family.

The last diplomatic visit to Xinjiang was in June 2016 – since then the Australian Embassy in Beijing has submitted three requests for visits.The most recent request to visit Xinjiang in a diplomatic capacity was made on 14 February – almost one month later, the request was denied. “I don’t even know if they are still alive, I don’t want to lose my mother and my wife,” he told SBS News.Last week, Australia was among the 22 countries which signed a joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council – calling on China to stop detaining Uighurs.

The University of Technology Sydney is also under pressure, for its dealing with CETC, a Chinese corporation which developed an app used to track Uighurs.In April, Human Rights Watch reverse-engineered the app – their research found the app was tracking when Uighurs were leaving their home, who they were socialising with, and even their electricity usage.

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