Additional Name(s): Xeyrisa Exmet, Heyrinsa Ehmet, خەيرىسا ئەخمەت
Gender: Female
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 Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Heyrisa Ehmet
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Heyrisa Ehmet is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Ehmet in Tomosteng town, Yarkand (Shache) County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), alongside dozens of others Uyghurs, reportedly in relation to their organizing religious sermons unauthorized by authorities. Ehmet's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017.
Ehmet's sisters were also detained.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Heyrisa Ehmet" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): Patima Seyittursun, پاتىمە سايىتتۇرسۇن
Gender: Female
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 Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Patime Sayittursun
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Patime Sayittursun is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Sayittursun in Tomosteng town, Yarkand (Shache) County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), alongside dozens of others Uyghurs, reportedly in relation to their organizing religious sermons unauthorized by authorities. Sayittursun's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017.
Sayittursun's sisters were also detained.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Patime Sayittursun" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): ئىمىن داموللام
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: 18 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Sentencing: May//2017
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Pilgrimage
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Imin Damollam
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Imin Damollam is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On an unspecified date, authorities detained Damollam, former Keriya People’s Political Consultative Conference deputy chair and imam at a Keriya mosque, after accusing him of giving money to "separatists" who went on Hajj in 2016.
In May 2017, a court in Hotan (Hetian) prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) sentenced Damollam to 18 years in prison on unspecified charges. Damollam's sentence came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in 2017.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Imin Damollam" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)