243. RAHIL DAWUT

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Sex                              Female

Birth date                1966-05

Birth place             Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Resident place      Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Education               B.A. in Uyghur Literature and Language at Department of Chinese, Xinjiang University (1987), M.A. in Ethnic Folk Literature (including Folklore), Xinjiang University (1990), Ph.D in Folklore at Department of Chinese Literature, Beijing Normal University (1998)

Profession               Uyghur linguist, folklorist, director of Xinjiang Folk Culture Research Center at Xinjiang University, professor of Chinese Department, director of Chinese Religious Society

Date of arrest          2017-12 (missing)

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              Unknown

Situation in jail      Unknown

Date of release        not yet

Family contact       

Donation to

Case adopted by     Uyghur PEN, ICPC

Current Status        Investigation

References
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/world/asia/china-xinjiang-rahile-dawut.html
https://www.centraleurasia.org/2019/statement-dawut/
https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/rahile-dawut-china/