WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Chris Coons issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), co-chair of the Senate Human Rights Caucus, Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Curtis (R-Utah), Dave McCormick (R-Penn.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today released the statement below on the 10th anniversary of the Chinese government's arbitrary detention of Ekpar Asat.
"Ten years ago, the Chinese government arbitrarily detained Ekpar Asat, a Uyghur entrepreneur. Over the last decade, he has endured years of solitary confinement and remains imprisoned far from his loved ones, servin...