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Follow-Up: Swedish Uyghur Accused of Espionage for China – Sweden and China Duel Diplomats

On 4 June 2009, the Swedish Security Police (Säpo) took into custody a 61-year-old Uyghur man, a former refugee and now Swedish citizen, on charges of espionage. Now, that man’s identity has finally been revealed. Radio Free Asia reports that the suspected spy is Babur Mexsut (Mäxsut), a figure of some prominence in the [...]

Posted 24 June 2009 † Tewpiq § News Updates ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Swedish Uyghur Arrested on Charges of Espionage

On 4 June 2009, the Swedish Security Police (Säpo) arrested a Uyghur man in Stockholm on charges of espionage. The man in question, whose identity is otherwise undisclosed, is 61 years of age, received asylum from Sweden in the late 1990s, and became a Swedish citizen in 2002.
According to statements by a Säpo Chief [...]

Posted 10 June 2009 † Tewpiq § News Updates ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Adel Hakimjan

The BBC has just put up a story on Adel Hakimjan, a.k.a. Adel (Adil) Abdul Hakim or Adel Abdulhehim, one of the five Uyghur detainees in Guantanamo initially taken in by Albania. Adel, 34, describes his journey from Xinjiang, through Afghanistan, Guantanamo, and Albania, to Sweden, where he arrived to give a lecture in [...]

Posted 08 January 2009 † Tewpiq § Uyghurs ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,