Additional Name(s): ۋاھاپ تۇرسۇن
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Appearance
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Wahap Tursun
Extra Bio Info:
Wahap Tursun is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Tursun and accused him of for "religious extremism" reportedly in relation to his ex-wife wearing torn clothing, an expression of Uyghur Muslims’ cultural identity. Tursan's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in 2017.
Tursan was reportedly sentenced to ten years in prison on an unspecified date.
Other members of Tursan's family was also detained.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Wahap Tursun" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): Memet Imin Tursun, مەمتىمىن تۇرسۇن
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Memtimin Tursun
Extra Bio Info:
Memtimin Tursun is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Tursun amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in 2017.
Other members of Tursan's family was also detained.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Memtimin Tursun" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): ئېرپان ئابدۇرېشىت
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Possession of Religious Materials Religious Appearance
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Erpan Abdureshit
Extra Bio Info:
Erpan Abdureshit is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Abdureshit, his brother, and mother and sent them to a "political reeducation" center amid mass detentions of ethnic minorities in XUAR. One of Abdureshit's relatives said that he believed some of his relatives were were detained either for growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones.
Abdureshit's father was also detained in May 2017.
Related Cases: Ershat Abdureshit, Hornisaxan Osman, Abdureshit Turdi
Publicly Available Information:
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"Erpan Abdureshit" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Erpan Abdureshit" Xinjiang Victims Database