Additional Name(s): ئىمىن زايىت
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
Imin Zayit
Extra Bio Info:
Imin 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:
- "Imin Zayit" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): Exmet Zayit, Ahmat Zayit, ئەخمەت 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
Ehmet Zayit
Extra Bio Info:
Ehmet 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:
- "Ehmet Zayit" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): مەمەت تالىپ
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
Memet Talip
Extra Bio Info:
Memet Talip is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, Talip 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. Talip's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017.
Talip's sister was also detained.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Memet Talip" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)