Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Ablajan Awut Ayup" in English language version.
The detention of the New York–based photographer Lu Guang, who was arrested in China while visiting Xinjiang in early November,{...}Pop star Ablajan Awut Ayup; poet, writer, and screenwriter Perhat Tursun; academic translators Abdulqadir Jalaleddin and Muhammad Salih Hajim (who died in custody in early 2018); Uyghur folklore expert Rahile Dawut; and Xinjiang University president Tashpolat Teyip are among the Uyghur cultural figures who have vanished in recent years.
Ablajan disappeared in February, on his way home to Urumchi following a recording trip in Shanghai, reported the Financial Times on 21 March 2018.
Even those who enjoy local celebrity status are not immune. Ablajan, a Uighur rapper, was recently detained and sent to a re-education camp, according to his brother.
Ayup was born in Sanju township in 1984 and relocated to Turpan at the age of 15 to study art.
