Nurmemet Yasin

Nurmemet Yasin (c. 1977 – c. 2011) was a Uighur author who lived in the People's Republic of China. He was charged for inciting separatism and imprisoned after the publication of his short story "The Wild Pigeon", and in 2013, was reported to have died in prison in 2011.

Nurmemet published three poetry collections: First Love, Crying from the Heart and Come on, Children. Human Rights Watch cited it as an example of "official policy that criticism or minority expression in art and literature can be deemed a disguised form of secessionism, its author a criminal or even 'terrorist'".

After suffering from ill health, on 1 January 2013, Yasin was reported to have died in Shaya Prison sometime in 2011. Amnesty International stated that "if confirmed, the death of this young writer in prison is a shameful indictment of the Chinese government’s notion of justice".