Kazakh advocate of Muslim rights in China set free in plea bargain

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Serkzhan Bilash wants to secure his release for the sake of his two children and health. FMTNews

Serkzhan Bilash pleaded guilty to a hate speech charge in order to secure his release.

Serkzhan Bilash, a naturalised Kazakh citizen born in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, led Atajurt, a group that has worked for the release of ethnic Kazakhs from camps where activists say more than a million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims are held. In a hearing late on Friday, the prosecution announced it had reached a plea bargain with Bilash, his lawyer Aiman Umarova said.

Umarova said she had opposed the deal and refused to sign it, but Bilash told her it was made clear to him he would be sentenced to seven years in prison otherwise.

 

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