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 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.
Photo attributed to Xinjiang Victims Database
"Abdughappar Abdurusul" Xinjiang Victims Database
"Abdughappar Abdurusul" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)