Imin, a student of Ilham Tohti, was arrested for his involvement with Tohti’s website Uyghurbiz, which promotes mutual ethnic understanding. He was sentenced to 25 years for “forming a mafia group” in a 2014 secret trial and has been held incommunicado since 2018. Recent reports alleging he was released in 2023 are unconfirmed.
Akbar Imin
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