56. Abdulghani MEMETEMIN
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1964
Birth place Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Resident place Kashgar City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Education University
Profession Teacher, translator and freelance writer
(Honorary member of ICPC and German PEN)
Date of arrest 2002-07-16 (detained)
Organ of arrest National Security Bureau of Kashgar City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Cause of arrest Translating state news articles into Chinese from Uyghur, forwarding official
speeches to the Germany-based East Turkistan Information Center (ETIC)
Charge Illegally providing state secrets to overseas organizations
Date of sentence 2003-06-14
Organ of sentence Kashgar Intermediate People’s Court, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Sentence 9 Years imprisonment
Defender
Place of jail Prison, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Situation in jail Tortured, no permission for family visit
Date of release 2011-07-15
Family contact
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC, German PEN
Current Status Released on expiry of the sentence on 2011-07-15
(Case therefore closed)
References http://web.amnesty.org/appeals/index/chn-011204-wwa-eng
http://www.cpj.org/protests/04ltrs/China03aug04pl.html
http://kanzhongguo.com/news/articles/4/8/4/69621p.html (Chinese)
http://www.aitaiwan.org.tw/htm/help0412.htm (Chinese)