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"Amnesty International said it was trying to confirm the whereabouts of a Uyghur scholar it said had gone missing in #HongKong after the government denied he entered the city and reports emerged on Monday that the man remained in South Korea." wsj.com/articles/right…
Amnesty International said on Friday that Abuduwaili Abudureheman, who spent the past seven years pursuing a Ph.D. in Seoul, had traveled to Hong Kong to meet a friend on May 10.
His academic adviser told South Korean media on Monday that Abuduwaili had remained in South Korea, easing concerns about his safety but raising questions about how the tale of his disappearance emerged.
A Uyghur lawyer in the U.S. said she also spoke with Abuduwaili, who told her he was in South Korea but offered no explanation of what happened.
“We are currently trying to independently confirm Abuduwaili’s whereabouts and safety and will be able to provide a further response when we have more information,” Alkan Akad, a China researcher with Amnesty International, said Monday.
@RayhanAsat said she spoke with Abuduwaili by phone on Monday. She said he revealed little about what transpired. “He claims he can’t explain what happened but he is in South Korea,” she said.
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