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

Extra Bio Info:

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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