The detained or imprisoned elites include scholars, professors, poets, musicians, doctors and writers, according to the Uyghur Human Rights Project report.
Uyghur scholar, calligrapher, and former journalist Exmet Momin Tarimi disappeared in December 2017 as he was set to complete his Ph.D. thesis on a topic which his advisor at Nanjing University initially rejected, saying that the research was extremely sensitive and examined self-governing political rule in the region, according to the report.
UHRP's report noted that the Chinese communist regime has long persecuted and suppressed Uyghur elites and their freedom, ramping up pressure particularly on those who speak out against rights abuses committed against the Uyghur people."The current assault on Uyghur intellectual and cultural elites from 2017 onward represents a significant escalation of persecution, as even Uyghurs loyal to the state and party are now subject to absurd allegations such as being 'two-faced,' i.e.
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