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Nahid Behshid was imprisoned for her religious expression and public support for a religious figure.
On January 28, 2019, authorities took Behshid into custody after a judge sentenced her…
Hawa Musayim was imprisoned for his religious and ethnic identity.
In 2017, public security officials in Kashgar Konasheher (Shufu) County, Kashgar (Kashi) Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur…
Hornisaxan Osman is detained for her ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Osman and her two sons and sent them to a…
Aytorem Turdi is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In November 2017, public security officials in Aksu city, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous…
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…
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 "…
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…
Bonkho Kyi was imprisoned for her adherence to a religious figure.
In November 2015, authorities arrested Kyi after accusing her of organizing observances to celebrate the Dalai Lama's…
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…
Rahele Ahmadi was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.
On July 10, 2019, authorities arrested Ahmadi, an activist against compulsory hijab,…