Additional Name(s): Maxmutjan Abduréhim, ماھمۇتجان ئابدۇرېھىم
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
Mahmutjan Abdurehim
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Mahmutjan Abdurehim is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
On an unknown date believed to be in 2017, security officials in Barin (Baren) town, Peyziwat (Jiashi) county, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Abdurehim, accusing him of religious “extremism,” after he did not attend a mourning ceremony for his late grandmother-in-law. Abdurehim's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017.
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- "Mahmutjan Abdurehim" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): زىياۋۇدۇن چورۇق
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
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Pilgrimage Praying Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Ziyawudun Choruq
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Ziyawudun Choruq is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On an unknown date in 2017, authorities in Korla (Ku’erle) city, Bayangol (Bayinguoleng) Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Choruq, the elderly former Communist Party secretary of Qarayulghun village, Qarayulghun township, Korla, and sent him to a "political reeducation" center. After retiring from the party, Choruq became more involved in his mosque, prayed regularly, and even went on the Hajj pilgrimage in 2015 without official approval. Choruq was reportedly accused of spreading separatism and extremism. Choruq's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017.
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- "Ziyawudun Choruq" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): ئابدۇللېتىپ ئابدۇراخمان
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 5 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Travel Abroad
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Abdulletip Abdurahman
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Abdulletip Abdurahman was imprisoned for travel-related reasons and his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, public security officials in Qaraqash (Moyu) county, Hotan (Hetian) prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), arrested Abdurahman after reportedly sending one of his sons to study in Egypt. Abdurahman's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.
On an unspecified date, Abdurahman was sentenced to five years and six months in prison on unspecified charges.
Abdurahman's sentence should have ended.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Abdulletip Abdurahman" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)