Additional Name(s): Ekrem Islam
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: February//2018
Date of Sentencing: December//2020
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Separatism
Akram Eslam is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In February 2018, authorities reportedly detained Eslam, a vice principle, in relation to his religiosity and Islamic sounding name. Eslam's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
In December 2020, Eslam was reportedly sentenced to 20 years in prison for "inciting separatism."
Photo attributed to Xinjiang Victims Database
"Ekrem Islam" Xinjiang Victims Database