Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Pakistan

Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: March/16/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Figures) Online Activity

Nature of Charges: Blasphemy Hate Speech

Fansan Shahid

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Fansan Shahid is detained for alleged blasphemy.

In March 2022, authorities arrested Shahid at his home after he was accused of posting a blasphemous comment on Facebook. Authorities charged Shahid with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad (Sec. 295-C PPC), "intending to outrage religious feelings" (Sec. 295-A PPC), and committing hate speech (Sec. 11 of 2016 Electronic Crimes Act r/w Section 153-A PPC).

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Additional Name(s): ئادىلجان

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 Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Adiljan

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Adiljan is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Adiljan, who worked for a real estate firm, along with several of his family members reportedly in relation to their religious practice. Adiljan's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

Adiljan's father, aunt, uncle, and other extended family members were also detained around the same time as him.

Related Cases: Iminjan, Nurgul, Shemshidin

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  • "Adiljan" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)

Additional Name(s): Ruzimemet Atawulla, Rozi Muhemmet Atawulla, روزى مۇھەممەت ئاتاۋۇللا

Gender: Male

Current Location: Hetian (Hotan)

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: March//2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Rozimemet Atawulla

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Rozimemet Atawulla is detained for his religious belief and activity.

In March 2017, Atawulla was detained for "religious extremism" and sent to a "political reeducation" center. His detention was reportedly part of a wave of detentions of Uyghurs in Hotan County in 2017 and 2018.

Atawulla's family members, including his brother, mother, and brother-in-law, have also been subjected to detention.

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