Yalqun Rozi

Yalqun Rozi (Chinese: 牙里坤·肉孜; pinyin: Yálǐkūn Ròuzī; Uyghur: يالقۇن روزى; born 4 March 1966 in Artush[1]) is a Uyghur author, scholar,[2] literary critic and a former senior editor of Xinjiang Education Publishing House,[3] who headed the committee to compile the publisher's Uyghur textbooks from 2001.[4] He was arrested by Xinjiang authorities in October 2016, in what was considered the first wave of intellectuals to be detained after Chen Quanguo became party secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).[5] According to Chinese state media, Yalqun was charged, along with five other Uyghur officials, with attempting to "split the country".[6] In 2018, he received a 15-year jail term for the charge of "inciting subversion of state power".[7] A short video featuring Yalqun was aired by state broadcaster CGTN on 2 April 2021.[6] His U.S.-based son Kamaltürk Yalqun told Radio Free Asia that the textbooks on whose content Yalqun's conviction was based had passed multiple regular reviews by authorities, and only been identified as problematic after Chen became party secretary in the XUAR.[8] In 2022, after petitioning by Yalqun's daughter Tumaris Yalqun, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) ruled that the detention of Yalqun was arbitrary.[9]

References

  1. ^ "ялқун розиниң хитай һөкүмити тәрипидин чәкләнгән китаби түркийәдә нәшр қилинди" [Yalqun Rozi's book, banned by the Chinese government, has been published in Turkey]. Radio Free Asia (in Tatar). 20 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  2. ^ "维族学者被判刑 女儿要求中共释放老父" [Uyghur scholar sentenced, his daughter demanding Chinese Communist Party to release her father]. Radio Free Asia (in Simplified Chinese). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  3. ^ "China State TV documentary inspires sympathy for jailed Uyghur poet". Radio Free Asia. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  4. ^ Wei, Weixiao; Schnell, James, eds. (20 February 2025). The Routledge Handbook of Endangered and Minority Languages. Routledge. ISBN 978-1032574288. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Fears for Uighur culture as scholars vanish in China crackdown". France 24 via AFP. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  6. ^ a b Kashgarian, Asim (9 May 2021). "Uyghur editors' family members charge Chinese documentary misrepresents them". Voice of America. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  7. ^ Lin, Chun (2021). Revolution and Counterrevolution in China. Verso. p. 200. ISBN 978-1788735636.
  8. ^ Erkin (9 April 2021). "China's sentencing of high-level Uyghur officials to death stuns critics, who demand evidence". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  9. ^ Kashgary, Jilil (17 May 2023). "For Uyghurs seeking justice, UN panel confirms loved ones' rights have been violated". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 6 May 2025.


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