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Authorities imprisoned Azat and another journalist, Nureli Obul, in an apparent crackdown on managers of Uighur-language websites. Azat was sentenced to 10 years in prison and Obul to three years on charges of endangering state security, according to international news reports. The Uyghur American Association reported that the pair were sentenced in July 2010. Their…
Beijing police detained Jin, a freelance writer, Lü Jiaping, a military scholar, and Lü’s wife, Yu Junyi, on allegations of inciting subversion in 13 online articles they wrote and distributed together, according to international news reports and human rights groups. A Beijing court sentenced Lü to 10 years in prison and Jin to eight years…
Chinese writer Li Tie is serving a sentence of 10 years in prison for allegedly having “anti-government thoughts.” Wuhan police arrested Li, who wrote articles calling for democracy and political reform in China, in 2010. Police in Wuhan, Hubei province, detained Li, a freelancer then 52 years old, on September 15, 2010, according to international…
Chinese writer Chen Wei is serving a sentence of nine years in prison on charges of “subverting state power.” Suining police arrested Chen, who wrote articles promoting democracy in China, on February 20, 2011. Police in Suining, Sichuan province, detained Chen alongside dozens of lawyers, writers, and activists who were jailed nationwide after anonymous online…
Chinese columnist Dong Rubin is serving a sentence of six years and six months in prison on charges of operating an illegal business and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Kunming police arrested Dong on September 10, 2013. Dong was detained in Kunming, Yunnan province, on accusations of misstating his company’s registered assets, according to statements…
Uighur student Shoret Nijat was sentenced in 2014 to seven years imprisonment on charges of separatism for contributing to the Xinjiang news website Uighurbiz. He was being held in Turpan Prison in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, but CPJ has been unable to determine whether he was released on schedule in 2021. 2014 XINJIANG CRACKDOWN…
Uighur student Perhat Halmurat was sentenced in 2014 to 8 years in prison on charges of separatism for contributing to the Xinjiang news website Uighurbiz. He was being held in Turpan Prison in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, but CPJ has been unable to determine whether he was released on schedule in 2022. 2014…
Student Luo Yuwei, of the Yi minority, was tried in Xinjiang in December 2014 on charges of separatism for contributing to the Xinjiang news website Uighurbiz. His sentence was not announced and CPJ has been unable to determine his location. 2014 XINJIANG CRACKDOWN At least seven students were detained in early 2014 and charged with…
Uighur student Mutellip Imin is detained at an undisclosed location in Xinjiang on charges of participating in alleged separatist activities led by Ilham Tohti, founder of the Xinjiang news website Uighurbiz. Police arrested Imin, a contributor to Uighurbiz, in late January or early February 2014. Imin is one of seven students connected to Tohti who…
Uighur student Atikem Rozi was sentenced in 2014 to four years in prison on charges of separatism for contributing to the Xinjiang news website Uighurbiz. She was being held in Xinjiang Women’s Prison in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, but CPJ has been unable to determine whether she was released on schedule in 2018. In…