Guldaria Sherizat's health "has deteriorated severely, she is physically exhausted, and she is under tremendous psychological stress", her family told Forum 18. The 48-year-old ethnic Kazakh originally from Xinjiang is due to begin serving her 5-year prison term next February when her youngest daughter turns 14. Sherizat's husband is jailed in Xinjiang for protesting against the jailing of his nephew there on religious grounds. Sherizat took part in a 2025 demonstration against Chinese government action against ethnic Kazakhs which a court deemed "inciting discord".
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