谢热扎提·阿海 (Xie Rezhati·Ahai) — Media Archive
This archive documents the case of 谢热扎提·阿海 (Xie Rezhati·Ahai). It collects the documented sources on a Kazakh man from Altay, Xinjiang, sentenced to seven years in prison in 2016.
Case chronology
- 2018 — Prisoner-record profile (中國政治犯關注 / China Political Prisoner Concern). On May 21, 2018, the prisoner-monitoring site published profile No. 00671 for 謝熱紮提·阿海. The profile records that he was born in 1987 in Alagak township, Altay City; worked as an ethnic-style decoration worker; was detained in 2015 by Altay police over contact with relatives in Kazakhstan; was charged with leaking state secrets over allegedly spreading Xinjiang-related videos online; was tried in May 2016 at the Altay City Intermediate Court and sentenced to seven years; and was suspected of serving his term at Fuhai Prison in Altay City. The profile also noted a hearing held by a Kazakh human-rights organization in Almaty concerning his case and media coverage of his sentencing.
- 2022 — Prisoners of Conscience database record (CHRD). A record entered on December 30, 2022 in the Chinese Human Rights Defenders’ Prisoners of Conscience database lists 谢热扎提·阿海 (“XIE RE ZHA DI · A HAI”), born 1987, male, detained in 2015, convicted of 泄露国家秘密罪 (leaking state secrets), sentenced to seven years, with a release date of 2022 and detention location recorded as Fuhai Prison, Altay City. The record cites the 2018 prisoner profile above as its source.
- 2026 — Rights Defense Network roster (维权网). The August 31, 2026 monthly roster of political prisoners lists 谢热扎提.阿海（哈萨克） in its group of people reported as serving seven-year sentences. This listing has not been reconciled with the 2018 profile’s report of a 2022 release.
Evidentiary notes
- No court judgment, official statement, or state-media report on this case has been located. The charge and sentence are documented only through the prisoner-monitoring sources above.
- No photo of the subject has been published.
- Unresolved contradiction: the 2018 prisoner profile reports release on completion of sentence in 2022, while the August 31, 2026 roster still lists him in the seven-year in-custody band. The 2026 listing is a reported status as of that date, not an independently verified fact; do not treat it as proof of current custody.
- Characterizations of the proceedings as “illegal” or “unjust” are the wording of the prisoner-monitoring sources — not an independent finding.
Related person profile: 谢热扎提·阿海 — Political Prisoner Profile