Additional Name(s): Ruzimemet Atawulla, Rozi Muhemmet Atawulla, روزى مۇھەممەت ئاتاۋۇللا

Gender: Male

Current Location: Hetian (Hotan)

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: March//2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Rozimemet Atawulla

Extra Bio Info:

Rozimemet Atawulla is detained for his religious belief and activity.

In March 2017, Atawulla was detained for "religious extremism" and sent to a "political reeducation" center. His detention was reportedly part of a wave of detentions of Uyghurs in Hotan County in 2017 and 2018.

Atawulla's family members, including his brother, mother, and brother-in-law, have also been subjected to detention.

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