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

Extra Bio Info:

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.

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