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Abuduwaili Abudureheman has not been heard from since he sent a text message to a friend on 10 May. In the message, Abudureheman said he was being interrogated by Chinese police after arriving at Hong Kong airport. #FreeUyghurs #UyghurGenocide #FreeTheAseer 
“The unknown fate of Abuduwaili Abudureheman is deeply worrying, given the background of crimes against humanity committed against Uyghurs by the Chinese government in Xinjiang,” says Alkan Akad, Amnesty International’s China Researcher.
A Uyghur student who has been missing since he arrived in the city from South Korea earlier this month, amid fears he has been unlawfully extradited to mainland China without due process and is at risk of arbitrary detention and torture, Amnesty International said yesterday.
Abuduwaili was born in Karamay, Xinjiang, in western China. He spent the last seven years studying in Seoul – completing a PhD in Sports Industry and Leisure in 2022. His friend described him as a softly spoken, hard-working student whose favourite hobby is to play football.
Amnesty International understands that Abuduwaili was on a Chinese government “watch list” of Uyghurs and other Muslims from the Xinjiang region, based on the fact that he had a history of overseas travel.
The Chinese authorities have increasingly pursued and threatened victims outside of China’s borders, to silence dissent. In some cases the Chinese authorities have requested that other governments detain Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Muslims to transfer them back to China.
“The Hong Kong authorities must urgently reveal the whereabouts of Abuduwaili Abudureheman, who has not made contact with loved ones for more than two weeks and is at grave risk of torture based on his ethnicity and religion,” Alkan Akad said.
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