Official sources in Morocco have confirmed the arrest of Uyghur activist Yidiresi Aishan also known as Idris Hasan.
Africa Daily News, New York gathered that he was detained on his arrival in the North Africa nation from the Turkish city of Istanbul last week.
The Moroccan security services said that the Chinese national was detained at Casablanca airport because of a βred noticeβ from Interpol.
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China was seeking his extradition for belonging to a terrorist organisation, Moroccan officials said.
Uyghur activists say he has been arrested for denouncing the Chinese governmentβs oppression of the mostly Muslim Uyghur minority group – as part of a wider campaign to hunt down suspected dissidents abroad.
They have been calling on social media for the deportation to be stopped as they say his life will be in danger.
The 33-year-old computer engineer is a father of three and has been living in Turkey since 2012.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
