Additional Name(s): Ailijiang Mamuti, 艾力江·马木提

Gender: Male

Current Location: Kashgar, Shufu County

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: May//2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Travel Abroad

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Elijan Mamut

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Elijan Mamut is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In May 2017, authorities detained Mamut, a businessman, reportedly for his trips abroad and his money transfers to his daughters who were studying abroad.  Despite letters from his children demanding information about his case and whereabouts, authorities have failed to respond. Abdurahman's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

In October 2019, it was believed that Mamut was serving in a labor camp. 

As of September 2021, Mamut is reportedly being held in a detention center in Kashgar, Shufu county, living in inhumane living conditions.

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Han

Religion or Belief: Christian – Church of Almighty God

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 7 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: November/15/2018

Date of Sentencing: October/31/2019

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Distributing Religious Materials Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Cult

Sun Ping

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Sun Ping is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On November 15, 2018, authorities detained Sun in Zibo city, Shandong province, for allegedly burning CDs and providing religious materials to other church members.

On October 31, 2019, the Boshan District People’s Court sentenced Sun to seven years and six months in prison and fined her 40,000 yuan for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).

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Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Han

Religion or Belief: Christian – Church of Almighty God

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 6 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: October/23/2018

Date of Sentencing: September/4/2019

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Cult

Gong Donghua

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Gong Donghua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On October 23, 2018, authorities detained Gong in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Reports suggest that authorities targeted her because she attended worship sessions and offered her residence as a church meeting place.

On September 4, 2019, the Kuitun City People’s Court sentenced Gong to six years in prison and fined her 30,000 yuan on charges of "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).

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