| Native name | شۆھرەت ھوشۇر |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 1965 |
| Birth place | 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 for Radio Free Asia.[1] Since fleeing Xinjiang in 1994, he has become known for his reporting on the region.
Life and career
Hoshur is a political émigré 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 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.[2][3][4][5] He was credited by McClatchey in October 2015 as being the sole journalist able to get accurate news out of Xinjiang Province, China.[6]
Family arrest
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]
See also
References
- ^ McCormick, Andrew (1 March 2019). "What It's Like to Report on Rights Abuses Against Your Own Family". The Atlantic. Archived December 11, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Denyur, Simon (8 January 2015). "China uses long-range intimidation of U.S. reporter to suppress Xinjiang coverage". Washington Post. Archived August 22, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Forsythe, Michael (31 July 2015). "A Voice From China's Uighur Homeland, Reporting From the U.S.". New York Times. Archived December 1, 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Casey, Michael (9 July 2015). "China's War Against One American Journalist". Slate. Archived July 25, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Editorial Board (9 June 2015). "China exports repression beyond its borders". Washington Post. Archived August 19, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Leavenworth, Stuart (1 October 2015). "China slams a lid on news of violence from its western frontier". McClatchey Broadcasting. Archived October 9, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12 October 2015.