Gheyratjan Osman

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After being disappeared for more than a year, in May 2020 Gheyratjan Osman was confirmed to be imprisoned and serving a ten-year sentence for vague separatism charges. A scholar and professor of Uyghur culture and literature at Xinjiang University, Osman was detained during a crackdown on Uyghur cultural leaders and was also accused of “othering Uyghur culture by exaggerating it” in his works and teachings.