Additional Name(s): Mewlanjan Ahmet

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

Date of Detainment: March/29/2008

Date of Sentencing: March/24/2009

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity Religious Instruction & Teaching

Nature of Charges: Separatism

Mewlanjan Ehmet

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Mewlanjan Ehmet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On March 29, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Ehmet, reportedly for teaching religion to children.

On March 24, 2009, the Ili Intermediate People's Court sentenced Ehmet to ten years in prison for “splitting the state” (Art. 103 CCL).

Ehmet's sentence should have ended in March 2018.

Related Cases: Merdan SeyitahunMutellip RoziOmerjan MemetDolqun ErkinAbdulitip AblimitAbdujelil AbdughopurSeydehmet AwutErkin Emet

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Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 6 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: June/5/2008

Date of Sentencing: March/24/2009

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity Religious Instruction & Teaching

Nature of Charges: Separatism

Abdulitip Ablimit

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Abdulitip Ablimit was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On June 5, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Ablimit, reportedly for teaching religion to children.

On March 24, 2009, the Ili Intermediate People's Court sentenced Ablimit to six years in prison for “splitting the state” (Art. 103 CCL). 

On an unspecified date, Ablimit was reportedly released from prison. His sentence should have ended in June 2014.

Related Cases: Merdan SeyitahunMutellip RoziOmerjan MemetDolqun ErkinMewlanjan EhmetAbdujelil AbdughopurSeydehmet AwutErkin Emet

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Additional Name(s): Abdujilil Abdughupur

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 6 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: April/14/2008

Date of Sentencing: March/24/2009

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity Religious Instruction & Teaching

Nature of Charges: Separatism

Abdujelil Abdughopur

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Abdujelil Abdughopur was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Abdughopur, reportedly for teaching religion to children.

On March 24, 2009, the Ili Intermediate People's Court sentenced Abdughopur to six years in prison for “splitting the state” (Art. 103 CCL). 

On an unspecified date, Abdughopur was reportedly released from prison.  His sentence should have ended in April 2014.

Related Cases: Merdan SeyitahunMutellip RoziOmerjan MemetDolqun ErkinMewlanjan EhmetAbdulitip AblimitSeydehmet AwutErkin Emet

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