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Uyghur woman sentenced for 14 years for teaching Islam, hiding Qurans

Hasiyet Ehmet has not been heard from since her abduction four years ago.

Hasiyet Ehmet has not been heard from since her abduction four years ago.

Summary

  • A Manas county court official confirmed that Hasiyet Ehmet had been sentenced to 14 years.
  • “It was because of teaching kids the Quran and hiding two copies of Quran when authorities were confiscating them, and later getting caught,” the official said.
  • Hasiyet had stopped teaching children two years before her arrest because of health problems.
  • Authorities did not try Hasiyet on the charges in court, but instead sent a court verdict letter to her family, the person said.
  • “The verdict statement briefly summarized the reasons for her abduction along with her prison term,” the source wrote to RFA.