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

Extra Bio Info:

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."

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