Yalikun.Rouzi (Yalqun Rozi) — Media Profile & Source Archive
Canonical person profile: https://freechina.live/uncategorized/yalikun-rouzi/
Key sources (listed newest first; one-line descriptions):
– U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Forb Victims Database — entry for Yalqun Rozi: 15 years, sentenced January 2018, status “Not Released”, subversion charge; additional names يالقۇن روزى, 亚力坤·肉孜, 牙里坤·肉孜. https://www.uscirf.gov/religious-prisoners-conscience/forb-victims-database/yalqun-rozi
– World Uyghur Congress weekly brief via ANI, March 2026 — reports Rozi awarded the CADAL Graciela Fernández Meijide Human Rights Prize (15-year sentence, “inciting subversion” charge). https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/World/20260308/4424941.html
– Chinese Muslim community translation (salaamalykum.com) of the Uyghur Movement statement — imprisoned Uyghur intellectual 亚力坤·肉孜 wins the 2026 CADAL human-rights prize; arrested October 2016, 15 years; father of Uyghur Movement secretary-general Kamaltürk Yalkun; 90+ textbooks. https://salaamalykum.com/cn/article/3912
– Istanbul University / Selçuk Türkiyat 67 (2026), “Reflection of Social Realism in Contemporary Uyghur Literature: Yalqun Rozi” — academic biography: born 1966 in Aghu village, Atush; Xinjiang University; radio and newspaper editor; Xinjiang Education Press 2005–2015; arrested 6 October 2016, 15 years. https://avesis.istanbul.edu.tr/yayin/70ea32e6-dccf-46e6-a086-fa7bf92b874a/reflection-of-social-realism-in-contemporary-uyghur-literature-yalqun-rozi-and-literary-criticism/document.pdf
– Radio Free Asia via GlobalSecurity, May 2023 — UN WGAD opinions on Uyghur detentions; notes Chinese government told the Working Group that Rozi was sentenced to life in prison for “splitting the state or undermining unity of the country.” https://www.Globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/china/2023/05/china-230517-rfa01.htm
– United Nations, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Opinion 64/2022 — full opinion on Yalqun Rozi: arrest without warrant 6 October 2016, arbitrary detention Categories I, II, V; government reply noted. https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/detention-wg/opinions/session94/2022-12-16/A-HRC-WGAD-2022-64-China-AEV.pdf
– OSU MCLC Resource Center (The China Project/Ruth Ingram), October 2023 — long-form case account: 15 years in Bingtuan Urumqi Prison; co-defendants’ sentences (Sattar Sawut death with reprieve; Alimjan Memetimin and Abdurazaq Sayim life); family in the U.S. https://u.osu.edu/mclc/2023/10/07/long-prison-sentence-for-yalqun-rozi/
– Wikipedia, “Yalqun Rozi” — biography and case summary: born 4 March 1966 in Artush; Xinjiang Education Press senior editor; detained October 2016; 15 years for inciting subversion; 2022 WGAD ruling; CGTN video 2 April 2021. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalqun_Rozi
– PEN International case page — writer/journalist/editor profile; arrested without warrant 6 October 2016; formal arrest 30 December 2016; two years pre-trial detention; convicted 3 January 2018, 15 years for inciting subversion; calls for release. https://www.pen-international.org/yalqun-rozi-doiw
– PEN America petition (change.org) — campaign biography: books, literary critiques, textbook work 2001–2011, approved by the Ministry of Education; sentenced 3 January 2018 to 15 years in Urumqi. https://www.change.org/p/pen-america-free-uyghur-editor-and-writer-yalqun-rozi-from-the-chinese-government-s-detention
– Rights Defense Network / 维权网, Issue 131, August 31, 2026 — §Y name-index entry “Yalikun.Rouzi (Uyghur)” among 1,638 reported current-custody cases. (Source roster reproduced on freechina.live.)
Source note: The FreeChina roster entry is a name-only listing from Rights Defense Network Issue 131, 2026-08-31 — a reported-custody index, not an independent verification of custody. The most authoritative records are the UN WGAD Opinion 64/2022, the USCIRF victim database (status “Not Released”, checked September 2026), and PEN International. The 15-year sentence is carried by every independent source; the Chinese government’s conflicting claim of a life sentence, reported in the WGAD opinion, is noted with attribution and should not be presented as the verified sentence. The Chinese character form is rendered as 亚力坤·肉孜 by Uyghur-advocacy Chinese-language sources and 牙里坤·肉孜 by Chinese Wikipedia; both are transliterations of يالقۇن روزى — no canonical Chinese form should be asserted.