Ablajan Awut Ayup, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Uyghur Chinese pop singer (b. 1984)
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Place of Birth: Guma, Xinjiang, China
About Ablajan Awut Ayup
- Ablajan Awut Ayup (Uyghur: ???????? ????? ??????; born 11 November 1984) was a pop singer, songwriter and dancer who wrote over 400 songs and was known for promoting Uyghur culture and identity as well as building a cultural bridge with the Chinese through his bilingual songs.
- In 2017, BBC portrayed him as a model of integration for his appeal to both Han and Uyghur audiences.Ablajan made his debut with his song "Meshrep Nawasi" in January 2010 in the "Meshrep Concert".
- "Meshrep Nawasi" was republished in the English and Chinese languages.
- Later, "Meshrep Nawasi" became one of Ablajan's iconic songs.
- He published his first album "Bashlamduq (Shall We Start?)" on July 10, 2011.
- His first album sold over 100,000 copies, no small achievement in a limited market.
- Local businesses vied to endorse Ablajan and his face graced billboards in Xinjiang's capital, Ürümqi.
- Ablajan signed a contract with Marrybrown Sdn Bhd in 2016 and became a brand ambassador in China for the Malaysian fast food chain. In 2018, Radio Free Asia reported that Ablajan had been detained by the Guma police.
- PEN International also made a statement concerning the whereabouts of Ablajan.
- "PEN International was concerned for the well-being of Uyghur pop musician and lyric writer, Ablajan Awut Ayup (popularly known as Ablajan), who was taken into custody by state security agents in Ürümqi, XUAR on 15 February 2018.
- No reason has been given for his detention and his family has not been informed of the charges against him or the location of where he is being held.
- PEN International believed he was held for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression and called for his immediate and unconditional release. Ablajan is one of the several thousand Uyghur 'elites' who is suspected to have been sent to concentration camps dubbed by China as "Re-education Camps." There is a growing concern at the increasing number of people being sent to these camps; a Reuters report estimates that 2 million Uyghurs and Muslim minorities were forced into “political camps for indoctrination” in the Western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
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