Pen name Bozqir
Sex Male
Birth date 1965-02
Birth place Bay County of Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Place of residence Aksu City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Education Graduate from Kashgar Teachers’ College (1985), Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Chinese Department, Xinjiang University (1989)
Profession Deputy chief translator of the Forestry Section of Aksu Prefecture Forestry Department, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (fired in May 2106 and CCP membership expired), Uyghur writer, journalist, editor, and amateur as owner and administrator of Bozqir website forum, bozqir.top/forum.php (Honorary member of Uyghur PEN and of Independent Chinese PEN Centers)
Date of arrest 2016-04
Organ of arrest Aksu Municipal Public Security Bureau, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Cause of arrest Accused of publicly distorting Xinjiang’s history through newspapers and magazines, disseminating harmful information to society, vilifying the image of the party and government, and undermining national unity and solidarity and social stability
Charge Separatism
Date of sentence 2016
Organ of sentence Intermediate People’s Court of Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Sentence 15 years imprisonment
Defender Unknown
Place of jail Aksu prison, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Situation in jail unknown
Date of release 2031-04 (?)
Family contact
Donation to
Case adopted by Uyghur PEN and ICPC
Current Status Investigation
References
https://cpj.org/data/people/omerjan-hasan/index.php
https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/omerjan-hasan-hesen/
https://shahit.biz/eng/viewentry.php?entryno=1069