{"id":1648,"date":"2020-05-03T02:15:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T17:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2020-05-03T02:15:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T17:15:37","slug":"urgent-action-fears-of-imprisonment-for-missing-kazakh-writer-china-ua-63-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/2020\/05\/03\/urgent-action-fears-of-imprisonment-for-missing-kazakh-writer-china-ua-63-20\/","title":{"rendered":"URGENT ACTION: FEARS OF IMPRISONMENT FOR MISSING KAZAKH WRITER (CHINA: UA 63.20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

https:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/urgent-actions\/urgent-action-fears-of-imprisonment-for-missing-kazakh-writer-china-ua-63-20\/?fbclid=IwAR1odU-rJWWy9jJHRh6sefjzHAfAKtjLm-UbFFTKiaf4hIu64eEE9T8XRpg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Kazakh writer Nagyz Muhammed was arrested in March 2018 in Xinjiang, China, after his last visit to Kazakhstan. His family learned through word of mouth that, due to a dinner he had with friends on Kazakhstan Independence Day about 10 years ago, Nagyz Muhammed was convicted in a secret trial on charges of \u201cseparatism\u201d and sentenced to seven years in prison. No contact has been made with him for more than two years and, without official information about his whereabouts or alleged trial and conviction, there are grave concerns for Nagyz Muhammed\u2019s well-being.
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    Director Wang Jiang
    <\/strong>Prison Administration Bureau of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
    No 380, Huanghe lu,Urumqi
    830000, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
    People\u2019s Republic of ChinaAmbassador Cui Tiankai
    <\/strong>Embassy of the People\u2019s Republic of China
    3505 International Place NW, Washington DC 20008
    Phone: 202 495 2266 I Fax: 202 495 2138
    Email:     chinaembpress_us@mfa.gov.cn<\/a>
    Salutation: Dear Ambassador<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Dear Director Wang,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I write to express my concern for Nagyz Muhammed, a Kazakh who worked as a writer in Altay\u2019s State Intangible Cultural Heritage Office in Xinjiang. He is also a member of the Xinjiang Writers Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In early 2018, Nagyz Muhammed travelled to Almaty, Kazakhstan, to stay with relatives after undergoing heart surgery in Urumqi. In March 2018, his colleague in China asked him to get back to work urgently. Returning to Altay later that month, Nagyz Muhammed was summoned to the local police station and questioned about his last visit to Kazakhstan. No contact has been made with him since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In December 2018 his family was told by a source that, as a result of being tortured during an interrogation, Nagyz Muhammed\u2019s health had deteriorated so significantly that he was sent to a \u201ctransformation-through-education\u201d center. His family members learned from the same source that he was sent to a detention center once his condition improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    After nearly a year of uncertainty, Nagyz Muhammed\u2019s family only received official notification about his arrest in early 2019. No additional official information has since been provided. His family were told by a source in April 2020 that Nagyz Muhammed had been convicted of \u201cseparatism\u201d and sentenced to seven years\u2019 imprisonment in connection with a dinner he attended with friends on Kazakhstan Independence Day about a decade ago. I am deeply concerned about reports that the trial was conducted in secret and that Nagyz Muhammed was not allowed access to a lawyer of his choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I call on you to disclose Nagyz Muhammed\u2019s whereabouts, allow him access to his family and a lawyer of his choice, and ensure he is not subjected to torture and other ill-treatment; and reelease Nagyz Muhammed immediately and unconditionally, unless there is sufficient, credible and admissible evidence that he committed as internationally recognized offense and is granted a fair trial in line with international standards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    https:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/urgent-actions\/urgent-action-fears-of-imprisonment-for-missing-kazakh-writer-china-ua-63-20\/?fbclid=IwAR1odU-rJWWy9jJHRh6sefjzHAfAKtjLm-UbFFTKiaf4hIu64eEE9T8XRpg Kazakh writer Nagyz Muhammed was arrested in March 2018 in Xinjiang, China, after his last visit to Kazakhstan. His family learned through word of … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4,5],"class_list":["post-1648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-human-rights","tag-mass-detention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1651,"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions\/1651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}