Name Iminjan Seydin
Penname
Sex Male
Birth date 1965-04-28
Birth place Ustun Atush , Atush City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Resident place Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Education B.A. in History, Xinjiang University (1990)
Profession Uyghur historian and publisher, associate professor of history at the Xinjiang Islamic Institute, legal representative, executive director and general manager of Xinjiang Imin Book Publishing Company
Date of arrest 2017-05=10
Organ of arrest Tianshan District Branch of Public Security Bureau of Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Cause of arrest Believed to be related to the publication of Arabic rhetoric books in 2014
Charge Propagating extremism
Date of sentence 2019-02
Organ of sentence People’s Court of Tianshan District, Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Sentence 15 years imprisonmnet, 5 years deprivation of political rights and 500,000 CNY fine
Defender Unknown
Place of jail Unknown prison, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Situation in jail Unknown
Date of release 2032-05-09 (?)
Family contact Daughter Semire Imin (in USA)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Investigation
References
https://shahit.biz/eng/viewentry.php?entryno=5645
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/1792/2020/en/
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/book-12112019155918.html
https://theunionjournal.com/prominent-uyghur-historian-confirmed-jailed-in-xinjiang-over-published-book/
https://religionnews.com/2020/02/13/a-daughters-duty-from-boston-a-uighur-woman-champions-her-fathers-release-in-china/
https://apnews.com/bcbf0108163c692e0dcab51bf5d3dca9
https://www.voanews.com/extremism-watch/uighur-woman-uses-social-media-pressure-china-releasing-her-father