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Jailed brothers of RFA reporter await verdicts

September 2, 2015

Radio Free Asia Uyghur Service reporter Shohret Hoshur continues to wait to hear the fate of his two brothers, Shawket and Rexim Hoshur, both of whom have been arrested on charges of “endangering state security” and “leaking state secrets” in China. The charges are widely thought to be retribution by Chinese authorities for Mr. Hoshur’s breaking coverage of both escalating ethnic Uyghur-Han tensions and the Chinese government’s crackdown on the mostly Muslim minority in the country’s far west. Mr. Hoshur’s reporting has been criticized by Beijing. Read More