Sattar Sawut / 沙塔尔·沙吾提 — Media Profile & Archive

Sattar Sawut / 沙塔尔·沙吾提 — Media Profile & Archive

Person profile: Sattar Sawut / 沙塔尔·沙吾提.

Chronology

May 2017: Chinese authorities announced an investigation into Sawut on bribery suspicions.

April 2, 2021: Dui Hua records that Sawut appeared in the state-produced documentary The War in the Shadows.

April 6, 2021: Xinjiang authorities announced a conviction for separatism and accepting bribes and a death sentence with a two-year reprieve.

April 7–9, 2021: Associated Press and Radio Free Asia reported the case and international criticism of the proceedings.

2023: CECC’s annual report cited Political Prisoner Database record 2019-00385 for Sattar Sawut.

Sources

Dui Hua: https://duihua.org/prisoner-updates-2021-5-part-i/

Associated Press mirror: https://www.hazletontimes.com/wire/nation-world/20407/china-condemns-2-ex-xinjiang-officials-on-separatism-charges

Radio Free Asia mirror: https://www.radiofree.org/2021/04/09/chinas-sentencing-of-high-level-uyghur-officials-to-death-stuns-critics-who-demand-evidence/?printer_app=1

Xinhua official account: https://english.jschina.com.cn/M/China/202104/t20210407_7038408.shtml

Provenance and limitations

The charges, textbook allegations, and bribery amount originate in official PRC accounts and are therefore attributed to those authorities. Independent observers did not have public access to the trial. The death-with-reprieve sentence is documented; any later commutation remains unconfirmed in the located sources, and no current detention location is published here.