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October 18, 2023

Rahile Dawut is detained for her ethnoreligious identity and scholarship. 

In December 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Dawut, Uyghur ethnographer…

February 13, 2023

Kamile Wayit is detained in relation to her ethnoreligious identity and her brother's human rights work.

On December 12, 2022, authorities in Atush (Atushi) city, Kizilsu (Kezilesu) Kyrgyz…

July 05, 2022

Renagul Gheni is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity and religious activity.

In 2018, authorities in Cherchen…

June 09, 2022

Buheliqiemu Abula is detained for her ethnoreligious identity.

On March 31, 2022, Saudi Arabian authorities detained Abula and her teenage daughter, who are Uyghurs, near Mecca and…

March 15, 2022

Emerjan is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In May 2017, authorities detained Emerjan and several of family members and sent them to a "political…

January 26, 2021

Shehide Imin is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In May 2017, authorities detained Imin and several of family members and sent them to a "political…

January 26, 2021

Nurnisa Turdi is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In May 2017, authorities detained Turdi and several of family members and sent them to a "political…

January 26, 2021

Amangul Aydek is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity.

In June 2017, authorities detained Aydek, a food vendor, under unclear circumstances. Her arrest came amid mass detentions of…

January 26, 2021

Qelbinur Tohti is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

In August 2017, public security officials in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (…

January 26, 2021

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,…