Additional Name(s): Peyzohre Omerjan, پەيزۆھرە ئۆمەر
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 20 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: September/5/2017
Date of Sentencing: June//2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Peyzohre Omer
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Peyzohre Omer is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity and religious belief and activity.
On September 5, 2017, public security officials in Ili (Yili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Omer and sent her to a "political reeducation" center reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs. Omer's arrest came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.
In June 2018, Omer was reportedly sentenced to 20 years in prison on unspecified charges.
Omer's husband and son were also detained.
Related Cases: Adiljan Abla, Ablajan Hebibulla
Publicly Available Information:
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Photo attributed to Xinjiang Victims Database
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"Peyzohre Omer" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Peyzohre Omerjan" Xinjiang Victims Database
Additional Name(s): ئابلاجان ھەبىبۇللا
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: October//2017
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Ablajan Hebibulla
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Ablajan Hebibulla is detained for his ethnoreligious identity and religious belief and activity.
In October 2017, public security officials in Ili (Yili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Hebibulla and sent him to a "political reeducation" center reportedly in relation to his religious beliefs. Hebibulla's arrest came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.
Hebibulla's wife and son were also detained.
Related Cases: Peyzohre Omer, Adiljan Abla
Publicly Available Information:
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Photo attributed to Xinjiang Victims Database
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"Ablajan Hebibulla" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Ablajan Hebibulla" Xinjiang Victims Database
Additional Name(s): دىلمۇرات ئەمەر
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//2017
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Possession of Religious Materials Religious Appearance
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Dilmurat Emer
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Dilmurat Emer is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In November 2017, authorities detained Emer and sent him to a "political reeducation" center. Several members of Emer 's family were also detained. Emer's uncle reportedly said that some of his family members had been detained for growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones. Emer and his family's detentions came amid mass detentions of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other ethnic minority residents of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in 2017.
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- "Dilmurat Emer" Congressional-Executive Commission on China