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Uyghur publisher jailed for books on Uyghur independence, identity

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Erkin Emet, 65, was on a list of detained intellectuals in Xinjiang compiled by Uyghur Hjelp Foundation based in Norway. Emet was most likely arrested for his involvement in the publication or dissemination of two books in particular. The first was the novel Altun Kesh, or Golden Shoes, by Halide Israel. The other was Zordun Sabir's Ana Yurt, which chronicles the Uyghan victory over Chinese nationalist forces in the early 1940s.

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Uyghur publisher jailed for books on Uyghur independence, identity

A prominent Uyghur who published books about Uyghur cultural identity and China’s persecution of the Uyghurs has been sentenced to prison, according to a Norway-based foundation and officials in Xinjiang. Erkin Emet, 65, on a list of detained intellectuals in Xinjiang compiled by Uyghur Hjelp Foundation based in Norway, was taken into custody in July 2018, according to the organization’s founder, Abduweli Ayup. Emet’s family said authorities a…

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