105. Nijat Azat
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1981-07-06
Birth place Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Resident place Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Education University graduate (2004)
Profession web designer , musician, founder and webmaster of an Uyghur website (www. Xabnam.com),
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 10 years imprisonment
Defender unknown
Place of jail unknown
Situation in jail unknown
Date of release 2019-08-06 (?)
Family contact
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Investigation
References http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/webmasters-07282010170425.html
http://unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,,CHN,,4c5ab4f719,0.html
http://baike.baidu.com/view/2170165.htm (Chinese)
http://uighurbiz.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=227539 (Chinese)
http://www.bullogger.com/blogs/wangjinbo/archives/364588.aspx (Chinese)