Shohret Hoshur

Shohret Hoshur
شۆھرەت ھوشۇر
Shoret Hoshur in 2018
Born1965
Ghulja, Xinjiang
CitizenshipUnited States
Known forUyghur 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.

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

  1. ^ McCormick, Andrew (March 1, 2019). "What It's Like to Report on Rights Abuses Against Your Own Family". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on December 11, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Denyur, Simon (January 8, 2015). "China uses long-range intimidation of U.S. reporter to suppress Xinjiang coverage". Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Forsythe, Michael (July 31, 2015). "A Voice From China's Uighur Homeland, Reporting From the U.S." New York Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  4. ^ Casey, Michael (July 9, 2015). "China's War Against One American Journalist". Slate. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  5. ^ Editorial Board (June 9, 2015). "China exports repression beyond its borders". Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 19, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  6. ^ Leavenworth, Stuart (October 1, 2015). "China slams a lid on news of violence from its western frontier". McClatchey Broadcasting. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.