Perhat Tursun
1969
- Nationality
- People's Republic of China
- Occupation
- poet
Perhat Tursun (Uyghur: Ù¾Ûرھات تÛرسÛÙ; Chinese: å¸å°åæ·åå°é; born January 1969) is a Uyghur writer and poet.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Xinjiang internment campsDates unknown
Biography
Perhat Tursun (Uyghur: Ù¾Ûرھات تÛرسÛÙ; Chinese: å¸å°åæ·åå°é; born January 1969) is a Uyghur writer and poet. He is considered to be one of the most notable modern Uyghur writers. In January 2018, he was seized by Chinese authorities from Urumqi and was later reported to have been sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment.
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