Shohret Hoshur | |
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شۆھرەت ھوشۇر | |
Born | 1965
Ghulja, Xinjiang |
Citizenship | United States |
Known for | Uyghur activist, Radio Free Asia journalist |
Shoret Hoshur ( Uyghur: شۆھرەت ھوشۇر; born 1965) is a Chinese-born American journalist working for Radio Free Asia. [1] Since fleeing Xinjiang in 1994, he has become known for his reporting on the region.
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]
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]
Shohret Hoshur | |
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شۆھرەت ھوشۇر | |
Born | 1965
Ghulja, Xinjiang |
Citizenship | United States |
Known for | Uyghur activist, Radio Free Asia journalist |
Shoret Hoshur ( Uyghur: شۆھرەت ھوشۇر; born 1965) is a Chinese-born American journalist working for Radio Free Asia. [1] Since fleeing Xinjiang in 1994, he has become known for his reporting on the region.
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]
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]