Additional Name(s): Emetniyaz Chong, ئەمەتنىياز

Gender: Unspecified

Current Location: Kashgar

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 Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Emetniyaz

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Emetniyaz is detained for their religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, authorities detained Emetniyaz in Tomosteng town, Yarkand (Shache) county, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), alongside dozens of others Uyghurs, reportedly in relation to their giving or listening to religious sermons unauthorized by authorities. Emetniyaz's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

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

Additional Name(s): Tursunniyaz Abduraxman, تۇرسۇننىياز ئابدۇراخمان

Gender: Male

Current Location: Kashgar

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 Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Tursunniyaz Abdurahman

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Tursunniyaz Abdurahman is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, authorities detained Abdurahman in Tomosteng town, Yarkand (Shache) county, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), alongside dozens of others Uyghurs, reportedly in relation to their giving or listening to religious sermons unauthorized by authorities. Abdurahman's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

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Additional Name(s): نۇرمەمەت تۇرسۇن قادىر

Gender: Male

Current Location: Kashgar

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 Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Nurmemet Tursun Qadir

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Nurmemet Tursun Qadir is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, authorities detained Qadir in Tomosteng town, Yarkand (Shache) county, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), alongside dozens of others Uyghurs, reportedly in relation to their giving or listening to religious sermons unauthorized by authorities. Qadir's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

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