Shohret Hoshur
Shoret Hoshur is a notable Uighur journalist.
Hoshur was credited by McClatchey in October, 2015 with being the sole journalist able to get accurate news out of Xinjiang province, China.[1]
Hoshur is a political emigre from the Uighur region of China and an opponent of the Sinicization of his homeland.[2][3] He left China in 1994 when his journalism got him into "into trouble with the authorities," and now works for Radio Free Asia in Washington, D.C.[2] According to the New York Times, Hoshur's "accounts of violence in his homeland are among the few reliable sources of information about incidents in a part of China that the government has sought to hide from international scrutiny."[3] Chinese authorities accused Hoshur of instigating the July 2009 Ürümqi riots with his reporting.[3][4][2][5]
China arrested one of Hoshur's brothers in 2014, sentencing him to five years in prison.[2] Two other brothers were arrested in 2015.[2] Hoshur calls the arrests and trials of his brothers "thin excuses to justify the continued harassment of me as a journalist reporting on events in China’s Uighur region.”[2] The United States Department of State has urged Chinese authorities "to cease harassment of his family and to treat them fairly and with dignity."[2]
References
- ^ Leavenworth, Stuart (1 October 2015). "China slams a lid on news of violence from its western frontier". McClatchey Broadcasting. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g Denyur, Simon (8 January 2015). "China uses long-range intimidation of U.S. reporter to suppress Xinjiang coverage". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ a b c Forsythe, Michael (31 July 2015). "A Voice From China's Uighur Homeland, Reporting From the U.S." New York Times. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Casey, Michael (9 July 2015). "China's War Against One American Journalist". Slate. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Editorial Board (9 June 2015). "China exports repression beyond its borders". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 August 2015.