Although the Court of Cassation’s decision permitted the extradition of Uyghur activist Idris Hasan, who was arrested in Morocco in July on China’s request, she has yet to be executed. And with good reason, according to Dilnur Reyhan, head of the Uyghur Institute and director of publication for the magazine “Regard sur les Oughour-es,” the procedure was “temporarily suspended” thanks to UN intervention.
“Morocco has held Idris Hasan since July and this despite the absence of any proof, only to please China. And thanks to the mobilization of organizations and humanists, the UN has succeeded in temporarily freezing the extradition. Idris is still in prison,” she wrote on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/DilnurReyhan/status/1477357453561974790?s=20
Indeed, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor expressed her gratitude to the Moroccan authorities for not extraditing the Uyghur Activist Idris Hasan to China on Friday, December 31. “I encourage him not to be deported,” he stated, “where he may face serious human rights violations such as arbitrary detention, torture, and other cruelties.” She expresses herself on Twitter.
I am very grateful the #Morocco authorities have not extradited Idris Hasan to China, & I again urge he not be deported where he could face serious human rights violations including arbitrary detention, torture & other cruelty https://t.co/3ULo7fLl3L@Morocco_UN @Marocdiplo_EN
— Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs (@MaryLawlorhrds) December 31, 2021
Several NGOs and authorities have been fighting this extradition since the Court of Cassation’s decision on December 16th. The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) was the most recent to respond, announcing on December 24 that it had issued a letter to the administration.