Omerjan Memet
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: May/7/2008
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
Omerjan Memet
Extra Bio Info:
Omerjan Memet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On May 7, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Memet, reportedly for teaching religion to children.
On March 24, 2009, the Ili Intermediate People's Court sentenced Memet to ten years in prison for “splitting the state” (Art. 103 CCL).
Memet's sentence should have ended in May 2018.
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Sources:
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"Omerjan Memet" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Omerjan Memet" Xinjiang Victims Database