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In March 2017, he was arrested and imprisoned, reportedly after performing a song, "Fathers", based on a traditional Uyghur poem calling on younger generations to respect the sacrifices of their forefathers and containing a reference to the "martyrs of war". He was reportedly serving an eight-year sentence. [2] [7] [8]
In 2023, it was scheduled to be screened at the Jana Cekara Film Festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan, alongside other films about Uyghurs, but the screening was cancelled. According to Abbas' testimony at a hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China , the supposed reason for the cancellation were visits by Chinese diplomats to the venue.
Ablajan Awut Ayup (Uyghur: ئابلاجان ئاۋۇت ئايۇپ, Chinese: 阿卜拉江·阿吾提; born 11 November 1984) is a singer, songwriter and dancer who wrote over 400 songs and was known for promoting Uyghur culture and identity as well as singing bilingual songs, in both Chinese and Uyghur. [3]
YouTube has reinstated a channel that belongs to a group documenting abuse against the Uyghur population in China's Xinjiang region. The channel , Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights, is owned by ...
Tahir Hamut Izgil (born 1969) is a modernist Uyghur poet, filmmaker, and activist. [1] [2] A leader in avant-garde Uyghur poetry in the 1990s, he is known for poems and films strongly influenced by Uyghur life. [3] Originally from Xinjiang, he is currently living in exile in the United States. [2]
Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Patricio Henríquez and released in 2014. [1] Following up on his 2011 film You Don't Like the Truth, the film documents the story of 22 Uyghur men who were captured as prisoners during the War in Afghanistan, and incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay for over a decade despite the lack of evidence that they had committed any ...
The song was most likely composed by a Uyghur soldier back in the time of Yaqub Beg, when the soldier was posted from southern Xinjiang to the north or east . Indeed, there are many songs dated back to that time associated with a soldier's courtship, such as Havagul (mispronounced and adapted by Wang Luobin as Avargul ), which talks about a ...
Abdulla Abdurëhim (Uyghur: ئابدۇللا ئابدۇرېھىم, Chinese: 阿不都拉) is a Uyghur actor and singer [1] known for Uyghur pop music. [2] He also currently serves as a judge on the reality talent show The Voice of the Silk Road. [3] [4]