Additional Name(s): ئابلىمىت 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 Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Ablimit Abdurahman

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Ablimit 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.

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Additional Name(s): Abduéziz Yasin, Abdu'eziz Yasin, ئابدۇئېزىز ياسىن

Gender: Male

Current Location: Aksu

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

Abdueziz Yasin

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Abdueziz Yasin is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, authorities detained Yasin under unclear circumstances. Yasin's uncle reportedly said that some of his relatives were detained in relation to either growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones. Yasin's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

Yasin's sister and brother-in-law were also detained. 

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Additional Name(s): ئابدۇقادىر

Gender: Male

Current Location: Aksu

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

Abduqadir

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Abduqadir is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, authorities detained Abduqadir under unclear circumstances. The uncle of Abduqadir's wife reportedly said that some of his relatives were detained in relation to either growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones. Abduqadir's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

Abduqadir's wife and brother-in-law were also detained.

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