Doctor Gulshan Abbas was kidnapped at the end of 2018, accused by the Chinese authorities of "participating in the organization of terrorist activities, assisting it and disrupting social order", and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Senator Dick Durbin, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on banning visas to all Chinese officials involved in the wrongful kidnapping and 20-year prison sentence of Uyghur activist Ms. Gulshan Abbas in Urumqi by the Chinese government in Urumqi. The United States Congress has been asked to include a supplemental provision in Act 4797 regarding the approval of the US Department of State and Foreign Service.
This supplementary article was approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously on July 25 and was included in Chapter 222 of Law No. 4797.
In this regard, we interviewed the president of the Uyghur Movement Organization, Ms. Abbas. Ms. Tang said the decision was a decisive move in response to the ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs.
Senator Dick Durben announced the passage of the provision into law in an official account on X, welcoming the Appropriations Committee's passage of his proposed provision. He wrote:
"Gulshan Abbas was unjustly abducted and cruelly sentenced to 20 years just because of his sister's activities for the Uyghurs." The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved my proposal to bar US visas for Chinese officials involved in the wrongful detention of Gulshan Abbas. Gulshan Abbas should be released immediately.
Apparently, Mrs. Abbas said that this decision will play an important role in making such high-level decisions to keep the Uyghur issue alive in the current situation before the US presidential election.
Doctor Gulshan Abbas was kidnapped at the end of 2018, accused by the Chinese authorities of "participating in the organization of terrorist activities, assisting it and disrupting social order", and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
US Senator Dick Durbin sent a message to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in May this year, asking him to rescue Gulshan Abbas and other hostages.