Additional Name(s): Ekrem Islam
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 20 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: February//2018
Date of Sentencing: December//2020
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Separatism
Akram Eslam
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Akram Eslam is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In February 2018, authorities reportedly detained Eslam, a vice principle, in relation to his religiosity and Islamic sounding name. Eslam's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
In December 2020, Eslam was reportedly sentenced to 20 years in prison for "inciting separatism."
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Photo attributed to Xinjiang Victims Database
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"Ekrem Islam" Xinjiang Victims Database
Additional Name(s): Ailijiang Mamuti, 艾力江·马木提
Gender: Male
Current Location: Kashgar, Shufu County
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: May//2017
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Travel Abroad
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Elijan Mamut
Extra Bio Info:
Elijan Mamut is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities detained Mamut, a businessman, reportedly for his trips abroad and his money transfers to his daughters who were studying abroad. Despite letters from his children demanding information about his case and whereabouts, authorities have failed to respond. Abdurahman's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
In October 2019, it was believed that Mamut was serving in a labor camp.
As of September 2021, Mamut is reportedly being held in a detention center in Kashgar, Shufu county, living in inhumane living conditions.
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Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Han
Religion or Belief: Christian – Church of Almighty God
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 7 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: November/15/2018
Date of Sentencing: October/31/2019
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Distributing Religious Materials Religious Activity Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Cult
Sun Ping
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Sun Ping is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On November 15, 2018, authorities detained Sun in Zibo city, Shandong province, for allegedly burning CDs and providing religious materials to other church members.
On October 31, 2019, the Boshan District People’s Court sentenced Sun to seven years and six months in prison and fined her 40,000 yuan for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).
Publicly Available Information:
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China Prisoners Database Details: SUN Ping Human Rights Without Frontiers
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"Cases of Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of CAG Christians by CCP" Association for the Defense of Human Rights and Religious Freedom