Washington DC, June 11 -- The organisation has welcomed a motion introduced in the Canadian Senate on June 9 by Senator Leo Housakos, urging the Government of Canada to call for the immediate release of Dr Gulshan Abbas, according to a press release issued by Campaign For Uyghurs (CFU).

CFU noted that the motion comes just ahead of Dr Abbas's 64th birthday on June 12, marking the eighth consecutive birthday she is expected to spend in detention under what the group describes as unjust imprisonment by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As stated in the CFU release, Dr Gulshan Abbas, a retired medical professional and the sister of CFU Executive Director Rushan Abbas, was forcibly disappeared in September 2018. The organisation said her di...