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Police in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, arrested journalist Mirkamil Ablimit in August 2018. He is detained at an undisclosed location on the accusation of being “two-faced,” although no formal charges have been disclosed. Ablimit, the director of Xinjiang Farmer’s Daily, a subsidiary of the state-owned newspaper Xinjiang Daily, was arrested…
Police in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, arrested journalist Memtimin Obul in August 2018. He is detained at an undisclosed location on the accusation of being “two-faced,” although no formal charges have been disclosed. Obul, director of the state-owned newspaper Xinjiang Daily, was arrested on August 6, 2018, for allegedly being…
Police in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, arrested journalist Juret Haji in August 2018. He is detained at an undisclosed location on the accusation of being “two-faced,” although no formal charges have been disclosed. Haji, director of the state-owned newspaper Xinjiang Daily, was arrested on August 6, 2018, for allegedly being…
Police in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, arrested journalist Ilham Weli in July 2018. He is detained at an undisclosed location on the accusation of being “two-faced,” although no formal charges have been disclosed. Weli, deputy editor-in-chief of the state-owned newspaper Xinjiang Daily, was arrested in late July 2018 for…
Chinese journalist Chen Jieren is serving a 15-year sentence in Chenzhou city, Hunan province, after being convicted of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, extortion, operating an illegal business, coercive business trading, and corruption in connection to his political blog Jieren Guancha. Chenzhou police arrested Chen, a freelance columnist who frequently published articles critical of Communist…
On two occasions in November 2007, Ekberjan used his cell phone to record sounds of riots in his home town of Turpan. The audio files, which included the noise of rioters, sirens, and a voice-over of Ekberjan describing what was happening, were sent to friends in the Netherlands, and later used in news reports by…
Uighur radio editor Memetjan Abdulla is serving a life sentence on charges of separatism, disclosing state secrets, and organizing an illegal protest. Police in Xinjiang arrested Abdulla, who allegedly translated sensitive articles and spoke with foreign journalists in Beijing, in July 2009. Abdulla, editor of the state-run China National Radio Uighur service, was accused of…
Uighur reporter and blogger Niyaz Kahar was serving a sentence of 13 years on charges of separatism that should have ended in July 2022. CPJ was unable to determine whether he had been released or transferred to an internment camp in Xinjiang. Police detained Kahar, founder of the Uighur-language website Golden Tarim, in July 2009….
Uighur journalist Gulmire Imin is serving a 19-year, 8-month prison sentence on charges of separatism, leaking state secrets, and organizing an illegal demonstration. Police in the city of Urumqi arrested Imin, who wrote articles critical of the government on the cultural website Salkin, on July 14, 2009. Imin was one of several administrators of Uighur-language…
Uighur website manager Gheyrat Niyaz, sometimes referred to as Hailaite Niyazi, is serving a sentence of 15 years after being convicted on charges of endangering state security. Police arrested Niyaz, who managed and edited the Uighur-language news website Uighurbiz, in his home in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region’s capital of Urumqi in October 2009. According…