This archive collects reporting on Tuniyaz Osman (图尼亚孜·奥斯曼), a Uyghur writer and former court official from Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang.
Background and detention
Chinese Human Rights Defenders’ Prisoners of Conscience Data record reports that Osman was born in 1965 in Baicheng County, graduated from Xinjiang University’s law department in 1988, worked in the Aksu court system, and was removed from judicial work after defending detainees following the 2009 Ürümchi unrest. It reports detention in September 2016 and a fifteen-year sentence on unreported charges. URL: https://tenchu.org/pocd/public/pocs/4683
CPPC published a 2026 profile corroborating the biography, detention, and fifteen-year sentence. URL: https://cppc1989.blogspot.com/2026/07/cppc01527.html
August 31, 2026 — roster
Rights Defense Network / 维权网 Issue 131 places 图尼亚孜·奥斯曼 / Tuniyaz Osman in the fifteen-year fixed-term subgroup.
Evidence limits
Sources disagree on whether Osman held the title of president or vice-president of the Aksu Intermediate Court; neither exact title is asserted here. One profile suspects Aksu Prison as the place of detention, while CHRD lists the location as unknown. No criminal charge or independently obtained court judgment was located.
Person profile: Tuniyaz Osman 图尼亚孜·奥斯曼