Additional Name(s): ئەركىن تۇرسۇن
Gender: Male
Current Location: Xinjiang
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 5 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Erkin Tursun is imprisoned for his religious activity and religious and ethnic identity.
In 2017, public security officials in Qaraqash (Moyu) County, Hotan (Hetian) Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Tursan, the operator of a religious school, reportedly in relation to his religious activity. Tursun's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017.
On an unspecified date, Tursan was sentenced to five years and six months in prison on unknown charges.