Additional Name(s): 辛若雨
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Date of Detainment: June//2024
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Xin Ruoyu
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Xin Ruoyu is detained for her religious activity.
In or around July 2024, authorities detained Xin for developing an app that gives users access to Christian hymns and devotional materials.
Additional Name(s): Kunchok Choedak
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Date of Detainment: December//2024
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Konchog Choedrag
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Konchog Choedrag is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In December 2024, authorities in Sangchu county, Gansu province detained Konchog, a Tibetan monk and leader of Sangchu's Hortsang Kirti Monastery, likely in connection to his adherence to exiled Tibetan Buddhist religious leader Kirti Rinpoche. Authorities raided his monastic quarters and confiscated religious materials related to the intercoordination of monasteries in Tibet.
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Date of Detainment: October//2024
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Ma Simin
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Ma Simin is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In October 2024, authorities detained Ma Simin, an imam and former principal of an Arabic-language school, in Honghe County, Yunnan Province. Ma Simin's arrest came amid a crackdown on Hui imams and Muslim scholars.