Additional Name(s): Memet Ismail, مەمەت ئىسمائىل, 买买提·司马义

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Pilgrimage

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Memet Ismayil

Extra Bio Info:

Memet Ismayil was detained for his ethnoreligious identity and for going on pilgrimage. 

In late 2017, authorities in Turpan municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Ismayil, his wife, and another relative, reportedly in relation to their going on pilgrimage to Mecca in the past. Ismayil's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

In early 2019, Ismayil was released from detention.

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