 Journalist employed by the official Xinjiang Economic Daily, and former editor of the web site Uighur Online, taken from his home in Tianshan District, Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), on October 1, 2009. On July 23, 2010, a court in Urumqi sentenced Gheyret Niyaz (also known as Hailaite Niyazi) to 15 years in prison for “endangering state security,” a charge based on an interview he gave to the Hong Kong-based publication Asia Weekly following the unrest that broke out in Urumqi in July 2009. He is currently being held at the Tianshan Detention Center in Urumqi, and reportedly has 15 days to appeal his sentence. |
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