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Media Profile & Archive — Erkin Tawakkuli (艾尔肯·塔维克库力)
This archive preserves the media and monitoring records located for Erkin Tawakkuli, a Uyghur biology teacher and former principal of Urumqi No. 14 Middle School, detained in 2017 and reported serving a 12-year sentence at Xinjiang Urumqi Prison. It is maintained alongside his profile for source transparency: each record below carries its provenance and verification status.
Case records
- Chinese rights-defense prisoner database (tenchu.org, Rights Defense Network PoC) — record for 艾尔肯·塔维克库力 (“Erkin Tewekku”), entered 2025-08-18: male, born March 1970, detained 2017, 12-year sentence, release 2029, Xinjiang Urumqi Prison, with full case narrative. Direct database read, 2026-10-10. Status: verified as read from the live database; the database is an NGO monitoring record, not an official finding.
- China Political Prisoner Concern (中國政治犯關注), CPPC No. 01436 — case page for 艾爾肯·塔維克庫力 (“Erkin Tewekkul”), July 2025: biography, education, teaching career, 2017 arrest, 2020 trial, 12-year sentence for “helping ethnic separatism,” reported detention at Xinjiang Urumqi Prison; page includes photographs. URL: https://cppc1989.blogspot.com/2025/07/cppc01436.html Status: opened and read 2026-10-10; verified. NGO monitoring organization; facts attributed.
- Issue 131 monthly roster of political prisoners in mainland China (August 31, 2026) — “Erkin Tawakkuli (Uyghur)” listed among prisoners in current custody (EN and Chinese editions). Status: verified from cached report copies; single-source custody claim.
Cited but not directly opened
- Radio Free Asia, Mandarin service — article on Xinjiang (cited in the rights-defense database record's source list): https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/jieduxinjiang/xinjiang-06282024165104.html Status: flagged for click-verification; not opened during this research pass.
Name variants on record
- 艾尔肯·塔维克库力 (Chinese, confirmed across all sources)
- Erkin Tawakkuli (roster romanization — used as canonical)
- Erkin Tewekku (database record romanization)
- Erkin Tewekkul (CPPC romanization)
Evidentiary limitations
- No court judgment, indictment, or other official procedural document has been located.
- No state-media or consulate/embassy account of this case has been located.
- All case details are attributed to rights-defense monitoring records; detention dates, charges as characterized, and prison location are reported, not independently verified.