103. Dilshat Perhat
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1982-08-21
Birth place Kashgar City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Resident place Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Education BS in Journalism at Xinjiang University, Urumqi City (2005)
Profession Internet writer, founder and webmaster of an Uyghur website (www.diayarim.com), general manager of the Diayarim Technology Co.
Date of arrest 2009-08-07 (detained)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Cause of arrest Publication of politically sensitive contents at www.diayarim.com in connection to the demonstration and riots in Urumqi on 5 July 2009.
Charge Endangering the state security
Date of sentence 2010-07-21
Organ of sentence Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court
Sentence 5 years imprisonment
Defender unknown
Place of jail unknown
Situation in jail unknown
Date of release 2014-08-06
Family contact Dilmurat Perhat (brother)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Expiry of the sentence on 2014-08-06
References http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/webmasters-07282010170425.html
http://unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,,CHN,,4c5ab4f719,0.html
http://www.xjart.cn/news/xjnews/20080626/8793.html (Chinese)
http://uighurbiz.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=227539 (Chinese)
http://www.amnesty.org.hk/chi/node/20499 (Chinese)