Additional Name(s): Abdughapar Abdurusul, ئابدۇغاپپار ئابدۇرۇسۇل

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

Date of Detainment: May//2021

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Pilgrimage Travel Abroad

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Abdughappar Abdurusul

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Abdughappar Abdurusul is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

In July 2018, authorities in Ghulja (Yining) city, Ili (Yili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Abdurusul, a businessman and philanthropist, reportedly in relation to his going on Hajj pilgrimage without state approval. it is also reported that his detainment was in relation to his travel to Turkey. Abdurusul's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

On an unspecified date. It was reported that Abdurusul was sentenced to death; however, following the reporting of that news, Abdurusul was said to have been released from detention.

In March 2020, a state-run media outlet published a video interview on Twitter purporting to show Abdurusul living at home with his family.

In May 2021, Abdurusul was reportedly arrested again under unclear circumstances.

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