Additional Name(s): خېلىل ھاشىم
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 19 Years' Imprisonment
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Instruction & Teaching Travel Abroad
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Helil Hashim
Extra Bio Info:
Helil Hashim is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2018, authorities in Ghulja (Yining) city, Ili (Yili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Hashim, a businessman, reportedly in relation to his previous travel to Egypt and to his sending his son to attend extracurricular religious classes when he was in primary school in the mid-to-late 2000s. Hashim's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017 and 2018.
Later in 2018, Hashim was sentenced to 19 years in prison reportedly in relation to "endangering state security."
Hashim's wife and son were also detained.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Helil Hashim" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): مەردان خېلىل
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 Religious Instruction & Teaching
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Merdan Helil
Extra Bio Info:
Merdan Helil is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2018, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Helil and sent him to a "reeducation" center reportedly in relation to his attendance of extracurricular religious classes when he was in primary school in the mid-to-late 2000s. Helil's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017 and 2018.
Helil's parents were also detained.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Merdan Helil" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): ئەمەتجان
Gender: Male
Current Location: Xinjiang
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 15 Years' Imprisonment
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Humanitarian Work & Charitable Activities Religious Business Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Emetjan
Extra Bio Info:
Emetjan is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and in relation to his religiously oriented business.
In 2018, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Emetjan possibly in relation to his ownership of a halal goods trading company in Urumqi. Emetjan's detention coincided with the arrests of several relatives, including Ablimit Hoshur Hajim, reportedly in relation to a now-closed charitable fund founded by Hajim to support education abroad for Uyghurs. Emetjan's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017 and 2018.
On an unspecified date, Emetjan was reportedly sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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Publicly Available Information:
- "Emetjan" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)