Additional Name(s): ياسىن 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: 7 Years' Imprisonment

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Praying Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Yasin Tursun

Extra Bio Info:

Yasin Tursun is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

In 2017, authorities detained Tursan, a farmer and Communist Party member, reportedly for "performing prayers and [attending] religious sermons." Tursun's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in 2017.

Tursan was sentenced to seven years in prison on unknown charges on an unspecified date.

Tursan's father was also detained. 

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