Name Qimangul Awut (aka Chimengul Awut)
Penname Chimenqush (flower bird)
Sex Female
Birth date 1973
Birth place Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Resident place Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Education B.A. in Chinese Literature and Language, Xinjiang Kashgar Normal College (1996)
Profession Uyghur poet, senior editor of Kashgar Uyghur Publishing House, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (member of Chinese Writers Association, and honorary member of ICPC)
Date of arrest 2018-07
Organ of arrest Unknown
Cause of arrest Unknown
Charge Unknown
Date of sentence not yet
Organ of sentence not yet
Sentence not yet
Defender
Place of jail One of Vocational Education and Training Centers, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Situation in jail Unknown
Date of release ?
Family contact
Donation to
Case adopted by Uyghur PEN, ICPC
Current Status A report on her release in August 2020 has not been confirmed.
References
http://www.azizisa.org/en/chimenqush/#more-576
https://gramho.com/media/1977757806547276064
https://uighurtimes.com/index.php/the-pen-international-case-list-2018-included-11-uighur-intellectuals/
http://uyghurvictims.org/index.php?title=Victim%27s_Name_3