Additional Name(s): ئابلىمىت ئابدۇراھمان

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 Sentencing: May//2017

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech Possession of Religious Materials Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Ablimit Abdurahman

Extra Bio Info:

Ablimit Abdurahman was imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On an unspecified date, authorities detained Abdurahman reportedly for listening to religious teachings and having "illegal" religious materials.

In May 2017, Abdurahman was sentenced to six years in prison on unspecified charges. Abdurahman's sentence came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

Abdurahman's sentence should have ended.

Related Cases: Abdulla Abdurahman, Mehmet Abdulla Enver

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