Ekpar Asat is not just a well-travelled, educated businessman; he is also a Uyghur. And because of this, he has been detained since April 2016, partly incommunicado, while his family has faced significant challenges as they advocate for his release. Finally able to visit him in mid-2025, his family expressed concerns for his physical and mental health. Chinese authorities should urgently end his arbitrary detention and take concrete steps to implement UN recommendations, including the release of all other individuals detained solely because of their ethnicity, language, religious belief or expression.
