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ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL: NURMEMET YASIN

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Background Profile

Nurmemet Yasin (b.1974), a freelance Uyghur journalist and poet, was arrested in Kashgar on November 29, 2004 for publishing his short story, "Wild Pigeon." Although the story was carried by a state-run literary journal in late 2004, the pigeon in the narrative who committed suicide when faced with life in a cage was interpreted by Chinese authorities as an allegory for the Uyghur people's situation and deemed a threat to the state.

Yasin was tried on February 2, 2005, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for inciting separatism.

He is currently held at Urumqi No. 1 Prison and is due for release in 2014.


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Please check back on this website on December 1, 2008 for information on how you can take action for Nurmemet Yasin.



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