Shohret Hoshur | |
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| شۆھرەت ھوشۇر | |
 Shöhret Hoshur in 2018 | |
| Born | 1965 (age 60–61) Ghulja, Xinjiang |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Known for | Uyghur activist,Radio Free Asia journalist |
Shöhret Hoshur (Uyghur:شۆھرەت ھوشۇر; born 1965) is an Uyghur American journalist working forRadio Free Asia.[1] Since fleeingXinjiang in 1994, he has become known for his reporting on the region.
Hoshur is a politicalémigré from theUighur Region of China and an opponent of theSinicization of his homeland.[2][3] He left China in 1994 when his journalism got him "into trouble with the authorities" and now works forRadio Free Asia inWashington, D.C.[2] According to theNew 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 theJuly 2009 Ürümqi riots with his reporting.[2][3][4][5] He was credited byMcClatchey in October 2015 as being the sole journalist able to get accurate news out ofXinjiang Province, China.[6]
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] TheUnited States Department of State has urged Chinese authorities "to cease harassment of his family and to treat them fairly and with dignity".[2]
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