Additional Name(s): Abduéziz Yasin, Abdu'eziz Yasin, ئابدۇئېزىز ياسىن
Gender: Male
Current Location: Aksu
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
Abdueziz Yasin
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Abdueziz Yasin is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Yasin under unclear circumstances. Yasin's uncle reportedly said that some of his relatives were detained in relation to either growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones. Yasin's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
Yasin's sister and brother-in-law were also detained.
Related Cases: Amangul Aydek, Abduqadir
Publicly Available Information:
- "Abdueziz Yasin" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): ئابدۇقادىر
Gender: Male
Current Location: Aksu
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
Abduqadir
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Abduqadir is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Abduqadir under unclear circumstances. The uncle of Abduqadir's wife reportedly said that some of his relatives were detained in relation to either growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones. Abduqadir's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
Abduqadir's wife and brother-in-law were also detained.
Related Cases: Amangul Aydek, Abdueziz Yasin
Publicly Available Information:
- "Abduqadir" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): ياسىن تۇرسۇن
Gender: Male
Current Location: Xinjiang
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 7 Years' Imprisonment
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Praying Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Yasin Tursun
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Yasin Tursun is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Tursan, a farmer and Communist Party member, reportedly for "performing prayers and [attending] religious sermons." Tursun's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in 2017.
Tursan was sentenced to seven years in prison on unknown charges on an unspecified date.
Tursan's father was also detained.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Yasin Tursun" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)