Additional Name(s): Abdughapar Abdurusul, ئابدۇغاپپار ئابدۇرۇسۇل

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

Date of Detainment: May//2021

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Pilgrimage Travel Abroad

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Abdughappar Abdurusul

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Abdughappar Abdurusul is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

In July 2018, authorities in Ghulja (Yining) city, Ili (Yili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Abdurusul, a businessman and philanthropist, reportedly in relation to his going on Hajj pilgrimage without state approval. it is also reported that his detainment was in relation to his travel to Turkey. Abdurusul's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

On an unspecified date. It was reported that Abdurusul was sentenced to death; however, following the reporting of that news, Abdurusul was said to have been released from detention.

In March 2020, a state-run media outlet published a video interview on Twitter purporting to show Abdurusul living at home with his family.

In May 2021, Abdurusul was reportedly arrested again under unclear circumstances.

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Additional Name(s): ئادىل مىجىت, 阿迪力·米吉提

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: November//2018

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Adil Mijit

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Adil Mijit was detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In November 2018, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Mijit, a comedian, and sent him to a reeducation camp. Mijit's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

Mijit was reportedly released from detention prior to August 2020. The exact date was unspecified.

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Additional Name(s): Mu'ertiza Maimaiti, مۇرتىزا مەمەت

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 16 Years' Imprisonment

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Distributing Religious Materials Ethnoreligious Identity Online Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Murtiza Memet

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Murtiza Memet is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.

On an unspecified date believed to have been in 2018, authorities detained Memet for reportedly sending “illegal” content over WeChat. He was reportedly sent to a internment camp in Uchturpan. Abdurahman's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

On an unspecified date, Memet was reportedly sentenced to 16 years in prison on unspecified charges.

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