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Yidiresi Aishan: rights group appeals to UN over Moroccan court’s extradition ruling against Uygur dissident

  • Safeguard Defenders says sending activist back to China would be in blatant disregard of safeguards against risk of torture
  • Wife Buzainuer Wubuli says she will continue to fight extradition

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The family and supporters of Yidiresi Aishan, also known as Idris Hasan, gathered outside the Moroccan embassy in Turkey to protest a Moroccan court’s decision to extradite Aishan to China. Photo: Handout
Linda Lew
A European human rights group has filed an urgent appeal with a United Nations agency after a Moroccan court upheld a Chinese request to extradite a Uygur man.
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Yidiresi Aishan, also known as Idris Hasan, is a Turkish resident from China’s Xinjiang region who was detained in Casablanca in July due to a now-cancelled Interpol red notice requested by China.

Beijing has accused him of being linked to extremist groups, a charge that his wife Buzainuer Wubuli has repeatedly denied.

Safeguard Defenders, which has been helping Aishan with his legal defence, along with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Rights Group have filed an urgent appeal to the UN Committee Against Torture, requesting interim measures to suspend the extradition process.

“Idris Hasan’s extradition to China would be in blatant disregard of the principle of non-refoulement to which Morocco is legally bound,” Safeguard Defenders campaign director Laura Harth said.

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Members of the group Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China have also written to the Moroccan ambassadors in at least four countries including the United States and Britain, as well as the European Union, calling again on the Moroccan government to stop the extradition of Aishan to China.

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