Shirzat Bawudun

In this Uyghur name, the patronymic is Bawudun. There is no surname.

Shirzat Bawudun
شىرزات باۋۇدۇن
Director of the Xinjiang Justice Department
In office
27 May 2016 – April 2017
Preceded byAbliz Hoshur
Succeeded byEnwer Siyit
Personal details
BornJune 1966 (1966-06)
Lop County, Xinjiang, China
Died2024 (aged 58)
Political partyChinese Communist Party (expelled)
Alma materNorthwest Institute of Politics and Law
OccupationPolitician

Shirzat Bawudun (Uyghur: شىرزات باۋۇدۇن; Chinese: 希尔扎提·巴吾东;[1] June 1966 – 2024) was a Chinese Uyghur politician who was head of the department of justice in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

In July 1988, Shirzat graduated from the Northwest University of Politics and Law. In 1994, Shirzat joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

In April 2021, Shirzat was sentenced to death with a two year reprieve on separatist charges.[2] According to the Xinjiang Higher People's Court, Shirzat had received bribes, worked with terrorist groups and engaged in separatist activates.[3][4] This included publishing school textbooks with the intent to "split the country" and incite ethnic hatred. The court stated that the textbooks had influenced those involved in the 2009 Urumqi riots and the 2014 Urumqi railway station bombing.[2] The son of an editor of the textbooks claimed that the textbooks had received approval from the government and that the charges were "absurd".[4]

In October 2024, Radio Free Asia reported that Shirzat had died in prison sometime between March and July 2024. He was 58.[5]

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References

  1. ^ "又一部新疆反恐纪录片播出，披露这些细节！". 中新网. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "China hands death sentences to Uyghur former officials". the Guardian. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. ^ "China hands two Uighur ex-government officials death penalty for 'separatism'". France 24. 7 April 2021. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b "China condemns 2 ex-Xinjiang officials in separatism cases". AP NEWS. 20 April 2021. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Condemned Uyghur official dies in prison in China's Xinjiang region". Radio Free Asia. 22 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.