Editor of literary review gets three years in prison
(Nov. 26, 2005) 21 November 2005
Reporters Without Borders today condemned the three-year prison sentencepassed by a court in Kashgar, in the Uighur autonomous region of Xinjiang innorthwestern China, on Korash Huseyin, the editor of the Kashgar LiteratureReview, for publishing a fable supposedly alluding to the region's harshlaws.
"There are absolutely no grounds for this conviction, which is one moreexample of the paranoia of the authorities and their desire to silence alldissent," the press freedom organisation said, calling for it to beoverturned. (boxun.com)
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"It is time for Uighur authors to be able to enjoy the right to expressthemselves without having to fear being prosecuted for supposed calls forviolence or opposition to Chinese sovereignty," Reporters Without Bordersadded.
Huseyin, who is married and has three children, was convicted for publishinga story last year called "The Wild Pigeon" by Nurmuhemmet Yasin, who wassentenced to 10 years in prison in February for supposedly inciting Uighurseparatism.
Written in the first person, the story described a young pigeon that was putin a cage by humans and took its own life rather than sacrifice its freedom.The authorities claimed that it was about Yasin's father, who poisonedhimself in similar circumstances, and argued that it therefore contained apolitical message.
Ismail Tiliwaldi, the Uighur governor of Xinjiang, said Yasin's arrest wasnecessary to maintain stability in the region.
(boxun.com)
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