Abdulitip Ablimit
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 6 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: June/5/2008
Date of Sentencing: March/24/2009
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity Religious Instruction & Teaching
Nature of Charges: Separatism
Abdulitip Ablimit
Extra Bio Info:
Abdulitip Ablimit was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On June 5, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Ablimit, reportedly for teaching religion to children.
On March 24, 2009, the Ili Intermediate People's Court sentenced Ablimit to six years in prison for “splitting the state” (Art. 103 CCL).
On an unspecified date, Ablimit was reportedly released from prison. His sentence should have ended in June 2014.
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Sources:
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"Abdulitip Ablimit" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Abdulitip Ablimit" Xinjiang Victims Database