Sanubar Tursun

Sanubar Tursun
سەنۇبەر تۇرسۇن
Born (1971-06-01) 1 June 1971 (age 53)
Disappeared1 November 2018
Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China
StatusAlleged 5 years imprisonment
NationalityChinese
Alma materXinjiang Arts Institute
Occupation(s)Artist, classical song singer
Years active2000-present

Sanubar Tursun (Uyghur: سەنۇبەر تۇرسۇن; Chinese: 塞努拜尔·吐尔逊; pinyin: Sāinǔbài'ěr Tǔ'ěrxùn; b. 1971) is a Uyghur female singer-songwriter, famous dutar player and researcher for Uyghur Muqams. Tursun released her first album in 2000. She was a judge in the Uyghur language The Voice of the Silk Road. She was allegedly sentenced to 5 years in prison.[1]

  1. ^ "Mass arrests in Xinjiang continue". www.osu.edu. Retrieved 28 December 2018.