Additional Name(s): Adiljan Ablajan, ئادىلجان

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 20 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: April/15/2017

Date of Sentencing: June/29/2018

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Adiljan Abla

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Adiljan Abla is detained for his ethnoreligious identity and religious belief and activity.

On April 15, 2017, public security officials in Ili (Yili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Abla and sent him to a "political reeducation" center reportedly in relation to his religious beliefs. Abla's arrest came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

On June 29, 2018, Abla was sentenced to 20 years in prison on unspecified charges. 

Abla's parents were also detained.

Related Cases: Ablajan Hebibulla, Peyzohre Omer

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Additional Name(s): Shemshidin Hajim, شەمشىدىن ھاجىم

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 Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Shemshidin

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Shemshidin is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Shemshidin along with several of his family members reportedly in relation to their religious practice. Shemshidin's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

Shemshidin's sister, brother, nephew, and other extended family members were also detained around the same time as him.

Related Cases: Iminjan, Nurgul, Adiljan

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

Additional Name(s): ئابدۇقادىر

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

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Abduqadir Abdurusul

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Abduqadir Abdurusul is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In 2018, authorities detained Abdurusul and his wife after Abdurusul's brother and his family were detained. Their detentions came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

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