Nov 19

WHEN:

Nov 19th 1:00pm - Nov 19th 2:00pm

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U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

Advancing Religious Freedom in Sudan

Thursday, November 19, 2020
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Virtual Event

Please join the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for a virtual event assessing recent progress on religious freedom conditions in Sudan.   

This virtual event will highlight the significant efforts by Sudan’s transitional government to advance freedom of religion or belief in that country, including the recent passage of the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms Act in July 2020. The discussion will also highlight USCIRF’s 2020 Annual Report recommendation to the U.S. Department of State to provide financial and technical assistance to support institutional reform efforts in Sudan. The moderated discussion will feature USCIRF’s two Vice Chairs and Sudan’s Minister of Religious Affairs, and will be followed by questions and answers from attendees. 

 

Panelists

  • Tony Perkins, Vice Chair, USCIRF
  • Anurima Bhargava, Vice Chair, USCIRF
  • Nasreldin Mufrih, Minister of Religious Affairs, Sudan  

 

Moderator

  • Dwight Bashir, Director of Outreach & Policy, USCIRF

 

This virtual event is open to the public and media. The video recording will be posted on the Commission website. For any additional questions, please contact [email protected].

 

Gender: Male

Current Location: Qaraqash No. 4 Camp

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: May/19/2018

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Instruction & Teaching

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Rozimemet Tohtimemet

Extra Bio Info:

Rozimemet Tohtimemet is detained in relation to religious instruction.

On May 19, 2018, Tohtimemet was sent to Qaraqash No. 4 Camp reportedly for sending his daughter to learn scripture. Tohtimemet's  original date of detention is unclear. 

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Gender: Male

Current Location: Qaraqash No. 1 Camp

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: October//2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Memet Abdulla

Extra Bio Info:

Memet Abdulla is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In October 2017, authorities reportedly detained Abdulla after he provided his brother a venue to preach. Abdulla was sent to Qaraqash No. 1 Camp. Abdulla's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

Abdulla had previously spent seven months in detention between December 2014 and July 2015 for the same reason. 

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