In April, a Uighur deported because of a communication glitch, from Munich to China. A long time there was no information about his Verbelib. Now it became known that the man is sitting in prison. the Heiner Effern

according to a authorities breakdown, illegally, from Munich to China, deported Uyghur has been arrested.

“on the Occasion of the human rights dialogue I made at the beginning of December in China, this is the case, directly to language,” said Bärbel Kofler (SPD), the human rights representative of the Federal government. “Here, I have received the feedback from the Chinese Authorities that the person Concerned has in the meantime been arrested.” The Bavarian radio had reported that the man, a court in the course of proceedings for separatism. This message is the first sign of life of the man, since police officers on the 3. April of this year, from his Munich property brought him by plane exiled. Only a few hours later, the then 22-year-old Uyghur had an appointment in the asylum procedure.

With the departure of the machine of the man of the picture of the German authorities was gone. Who was to blame for the illegal deportation, is not clarified until today: The Federal office for Migration and refugees (Bamf) indicated that it had informed the district administration unit (KVR) as the competent Munich-based authority via Fax on the current procedure. There was, however, never received such a Letter, the KVR about it.

The city of Munich have asked for help from the foreign office. The Embassy in Beijing asked several times for the Chinese Ministry of foreign Affairs as to the whereabouts. “The only Positive is that we know that he’s still alive,” said attorney Leo Borgman, representing the man in Germany. However, his life could be in the case of a conviction in danger, says the member of Parliament, Margarete Bause (Green). “The charge is separatism as monstrous as. Him year long imprisonment, perhaps worse, threatening.”

Bause sees the Federal government is now in the duty. “You must insist to Beijing, to visit the imprisoned Uighurs in the prison and for his release.” The Uighurs live in the Western province of Xinjiang, and to be suppressed massively and followed. In the meantime, the Bamf will no longer pushes there because of it.