Dolqun Erkin
Additional Name(s): Dolkun Erkin
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: April/16/2008
Date of Sentencing: March/24/2009
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity Religious Instruction & Teaching
Nature of Charges: Separatism
Dolqun Erkin
Extra Bio Info:
Dolqun Erkin was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On April 16, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Erkin, reportedly for teaching religion to children.
On March 24, 2009, the Ili Intermediate People's Court sentenced Erkin to ten years in prison for “splitting the state” (Art. 103 CCL).
Erkin's sentence should have ended in April 2018.
Related Cases: Merdan Seyitahun, Mutellip Rozi, Omerjan Memet, Mewlanjan Ehmet, Abdulitip Ablimit, Abdujelil Abdughopur, Seydehmet Awut, Erkin Emet
Sources:
-
"Dolkun Erkin" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
-
"Dolqun Erkin" Xinjiang Victims Database