Perhat Tursun

 (Uyghur: پەرھات تۇرسۇن; born January 1969) is a Uyghur writer and poet. He is considered to be one of the most notable modern Uyghur writers. In January 2018, he was seized by Chinese Communist authorities from and was later reported to have been sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment.

Quotes

 * When they force me to accept the massacre as love Do you know that I am with you.
 * Excerpt from "Elegy" (Qeside in Uyghur), as translated by Joshua L. Freeman