Krishnamoorthi, Gallagher Condemn CCP Sentencing of Prominent Uyghur Academic to Life in Prison

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Chairman of the Select Committee, issued the following statement regarding the CCP’s reported sentencing of prominent Uyghur academic Rahile Dawut to life in prison.

“We strongly condemn the reported life sentence given to Professor Rahile Dawut by the CCP and call for the immediate release of Professor Dawut and the other Uyghur and Muslim intellectuals who have been unjustly detained. The Chinese Communist Party’s continued genocide against the Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups is a violation of international standards protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms. The CCP insists the PRC is a “law-based country”, but its repeated invoking of the law as a tool for the repression of Uyghur culture and traditions says otherwise. It must stop, and Professor Dawut and all other illegally imprisoned individuals must be released immediately.”

克里希纳莫提、加拉格尔谴责中共对维吾尔著名学者判处终身监禁

华盛顿特区 — — 今日，众议员拉贾·克利胥纳莫提 (Raja Krishnamoorthi) (D-IL)、众议院美国与中国共产党战略竞争特设委员会资深议员和委员会主席迈克·加拉格尔 (Mike Gallagher) (R-WI)、关于中共报道的著名维吾尔族学者热依拉·达吾提被判无期徒刑发表以下声明。

“我们强烈谴责报道的中共对拉希勒·达吾提教授判处无期徒刑，并要求立即释放达吾提教授以及其他被不公正拘留的维吾尔族和穆斯林学者。中国共产党对维吾尔族以及其他民族和宗教少数群体成员的持续种族灭绝违反了保护人权和基本自由的国际标准。中共坚称中华人民共和国是一个“法治国家”，但事实并非如此。他们一直利用法律作为镇压维吾尔文化和传统的工具。这必须停止，达吾提教授和所有其他被非法监禁的人必须立即释放。”

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