Additional Name(s): Iminniyaz Mexmut, ئىمىننىياز مەخمۇت
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
Iminniyaz Mehmut
Extra Bio Info:
Iminniyaz Mehmut is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Mehmut 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. Mehmut's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.
Publicly Available Information:
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"Iminniyaz Mehmut" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Iminniyaz Mehmut" Xinjiang Victims Database
Additional Name(s): Molla Qurban Tursun, قۇربان تۇرسۇن
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
Qurban Tursun
Extra Bio Info:
Qurban Tursun is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Tursun 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. Tursun's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.
Publicly Available Information:
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"Qurban Tursun" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Qurban Tursun" Xinjiang Victims Database
Additional Name(s): تۇرسۇن زايىت
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 Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Tursun Zayit
Extra Bio Info:
Tursun Zayit is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, Zayit was detained 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. Zayit's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017.
Zayit's brothers were also detained.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Tursun Zayit" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)