Chinese Muslim activist’s offspring arrested

Chinese Muslim activist Rebiya Kadeer, freed from prison and sent to the United States last year, said her three children have been arrested in China. Kadeer`s two sons and her daughter, all adults, were taken into custody on Monday. The activist said they were detained to prevent them from speaking to a U.S. Congressional delegation that is visiting China`s northwest province of Xinjiang, where most of China`s Muslim Uighur minority live. She called for the immediate release of her children. Kadeer, a businesswoman once held up as a model for the Uighur minority, was jailed in 2000 for revealing ‘state secrets’ after she sent newspaper clippings abroad. She was released after U.S. authorities intervened on her behalf. In the United States she has campaigned for the rights of the 8 million Uighurs still living in China`s northwest. China has accused her of supporting separatists, as some Uighurs want to establish an independent Islamic state which they call East Turkestan. Thanks: monstersandcritics.com