Shirzat Bawudun ( ug, شىرزات باۋۇدۇن; ; born June 1966) is a Uyghur politician and the former head of the department of justice in

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

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. In July 1988, Shirzat graduated from the

Northwest University of Politics and Law Northwest University of Political Science and Law (NWUPL, ) is a university in Xi'an, and one of the top law schools in China. The university serves as the educational center of law in the northwest part of China and as one of the key bases of l ...

. In 1994, Shirzat joined the

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(CCP). In April 2021, Shirzat was sentenced to death with a two year reprieve on separatist charges. According to the Xinjiang Higher People's Court, Shirzat had received bribes, worked with

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and engaged in separatist activates. This included publishing school textbooks with the intent to "split the country" and incite ethnic hatred. The court stated that the textbooks had influenced those involved in the 2009 Urumqi riots and the 2014 Urumqi railway station bombing. The son of an editor of the textbooks claimed that the textbooks had received approval from the government and that the charges were "absurd".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shirzat, Bawudun 1966 births Living people Chinese Muslims People's Republic of China politicians from Xinjiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Xinjiang Uyghur politicians Expelled members of the Chinese Communist Party People from Hotan

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