Additional Name(s): ئېرشات ئابدۇرېشىت
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 Possession of Religious Materials Religious Appearance
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Ershat Abdureshit
Extra Bio Info:
Ershat Abdureshit is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Abdureshit, his brother, and mother and sent them to a "political reeducation" center amid mass detentions of ethnic minorities in XUAR. One of Abdureshit's relatives said that he believed some of his relatives were were detained either for growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones.
Abdureshit's father was also detained in May 2017.
Related Cases: Erpan Abdureshit, Hornisaxan Osman, Abdureshit Turdi
Publicly Available Information:
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"Ershat Abdureshit" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Ershat Abdureshit" Xinjiang Victims Database
Additional Name(s): Hornisahan Osman, ھۆرنىساخان ئوسمان
Gender: Female
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 Possession of Religious Materials Religious Appearance
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Hornisaxan Osman
Extra Bio Info:
Hornisaxan Osman is detained for her ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Osman and her two sons and sent them to a "political reeducation" center amid mass detentions of ethnic minorities in XUAR. One of Osman's relatives said that he believed some of his relatives were were detained either for growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones.
Osman's husband was also detained in May 2017.
Related Cases: Erpan Abdureshit, Ershat Abdureshit, Abdureshit Turdi
Publicly Available Information:
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"Hornisaxan Osman" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Hornisahan Osman" Xinjiang Victims Database
Additional Name(s): ئۇرايىم ئاخۇن
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
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Appearance
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Urayim Axun
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Urayim Axun was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, public security officials in Kashgar Konasheher (Shufu) County, Kashgar (Kashi) Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Axun and his wife, Hawa Musayim, and accused them of "religious extremism" reportedly in relation to Musayim's wearing of long clothing and a headscarf, which are expressions of Uyghur Muslims’ cultural identity. Axun's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in 2017.
On an unspecified date, Axun was reportedly sentenced to six years in prison on unknown charges.
Axun's sentence should have ended.
Related Cases: Hawa Musayim
Publicly Available Information:
- "Urayim Axun" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)