Morocco court approves Uyghur extradition to China, says lawyer


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Rabat – A Moroccan court has ruled that a member of China’s Uyghur Muslim minority, Yidiresi Aishan, can be extradited to China for alleged “terrorist acts”, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday. “The judiciary confirmed yesterday that my client would be extradited. We don’t yet have the text of the judgement but psychologically it’s very hard for him,” said lawyer Miloud Kandil. Aishan, a 34-year-old father of three, was arrested on July 19 as he arrived at Casablanca airport from Turkey. China had issued an international arrest warrant against him over alleged “terrorist acts committed in 2017″, accusing him of...