Twenty-five people have been given sentences ranging from three years to life in prison on terrorism-related charges in a court in Alar, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

The People's Court Daily said on Tuesday that the 25 were found guilty of charges related to their involvement in organizing, leading or participating in terrorism groups in Xinjiang and were sentenced on Friday.

Emet Yiming and Memet Rozi, who were sentenced to life in prison, and three others established an illegal religious group that preached jihad and other violent, extremist ideologies. They recruited members by holding illegal religious activities.