Sattar Sawut (; ; born November 1948) is a Chinese former politician of Uyghur ethnicity. He was the former director of the Xinjiang Education Department. He was arrested in 2017. Later, he was regarded by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a "two-faced person" who supported the independence movement through editing textbooks.

Sattar Sawut was sentenced to death for his role in the publication of school textbooks said to incite interethnic hatred. Five other Uyghurs were convicted in the same case. The former head of the local justice department was also sentenced to death for conspiring with Muslim separatists

Sattar Sawut

See also

Shirzat Bawudun

References

1948 births

Living people

Chinese Muslims

Chinese dissidents

People's Republic of China politicians from Xinjiang

Chinese Communist Party politicians from Xinjiang

Uyghur politicians

Expelled members of the Chinese Communist Party

Xinjiang University alumni

People from Turpan

Sattar Sawut