Mutellip Rozi
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 6 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
Mutellip Rozi
Extra Bio Info:
Mutellip Rozi was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On April 16, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Rozi, reportedly for teaching religion to children.
On March 24, 2009, the Ili Intermediate People's Court sentenced Rozi to six years in prison for “splitting the state” (Art. 103 CCL).
Rozi's sentence should have ended in April 2014.
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Sources:
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"Mutelip Rozi" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Mutellip Rozi" Xinjiang Victims Database