WASHINGTON—Human rights advocates on Jan. 15 accused Kazakhstan of acting as an extension of Beijing’s security apparatus, after authorities arrested activists who protested the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) mass internment camps in China’s Xinjiang region.
The issue drew sharp criticism at a ChinaAid press conference at the National Press Club in Washington on Thursday, featuring human rights advocates, religious freedom groups, and former detainees from China’s camps.Nineteen people now face prison sentences of up to 10 years, according to Serikzhan Bilash, founder of Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights, a group that documents abuses against ethnic Kazakhs and Uyghurs in China. He said those detained include a pregnant woman and a father of seven children. All except one of those arrested are members of his group.
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