Additional Name(s): Peyzohre Omerjan, پەيزۆھرە ئۆمەر

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 20 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: September/5/2017

Date of Sentencing: June//2018

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Peyzohre Omer

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Peyzohre Omer is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity and religious belief and activity. 

On September 5, 2017, public security officials in Ili (Yili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Omer and sent her to a "political reeducation" center reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs. Omer's arrest came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

In June 2018, Omer was reportedly sentenced to 20 years in prison on unspecified charges. 

Omer's husband and son were also detained.

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