Shoret Hoshur (; born 1965) is a Chinese-born American journalist working for

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. Since fleeing

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

in 1994, he has become known for his reporting on the region.

Life and career

Hoshur is a political

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from the Uighur Region of China and an opponent of the

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of his homeland. He left China in 1994 when his journalism got him "into trouble with the authorities" and now works for

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According to the ''

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'', 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". Chinese authorities accused Hoshur of instigating the

July 2009 Ürümqi riots A series of violent riots over several days broke out on 5 July 2009 in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China. The first day's rioting, which involved at least 1,000 Uyghurs, began as a p ...

with his reporting. He was credited by McClatchey in October 2015 as being the sole journalist able to get accurate news out of Xinjiang Province, China.

Family arrest

China arrested one of Hoshur's brothers in 2014, sentencing him to five years in prison. Two other brothers were arrested in 2015. 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". The

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has urged Chinese authorities "to cease harassment of his family and to treat them fairly and with dignity".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoshur, Shoret Living people Uyghur human rights activists American radio reporters and correspondents American male journalists Chinese emigrants to the United States 1965 births

Life and career

Family arrest

See also

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