Additional Name(s): ئابدۇللا ئابدۇراھمان
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 Sentencing: May//2017
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech Possession of Religious Materials
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Abdulla Abdurahman
Extra Bio Info:
Abdulla Abdurahman was imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On an unspecified date, authorities detained Abdurahman reportedly for listening to religious teachings and having "illegal" religious materials.
In May 2017, Abdurahman was sentenced to six years in prison on unspecified charges. Abdurahman's sentence came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
Abdurahman's sentence should have ended.
Related Cases: Ablimit Abdurahman, Mehmet Abdulla Enver
Publicly Available Information:
- "Abdulla Abdurahman" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): Exmetniyaz, ئەخمەتنىياز
Gender: Unspecified
Current Location: Kashgar
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
Ehmetniyaz
Extra Bio Info:
Ehmetniyaz is detained for their religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Ehmetniyaz in Tomosteng town, Yarkand (Shache) county, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), alongside dozens of others Uyghurs, reportedly in relation to their giving or listening to religious sermons unauthorized by authorities. Ehmetniyaz's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Ehmetniyaz" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): ئەركىن تۇرسۇن
Gender: Male
Current Location: Kashgar
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
Erkin Tursun
Extra Bio Info:
Erkin Tursun is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Tursun in Tomosteng town, Yarkand (Shache) county, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), alongside dozens of others Uyghurs, reportedly in relation to their giving or listening to religious sermons unauthorized by authorities. Tursun's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.
Publicly Available Information:
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"Erkin Tursun" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Erkin Tursun" Xinjiang Victims Database