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Ehmetniyaz is detained for their religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, authorities detained Ehmetniyaz in Tomosteng town, Yarkand (Shache) county, Kashgar prefecture,…

Erkin Tursun is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

In 2017, authorities detained Tursun in Tomosteng town, Yarkand (Shache) county, Kashgar prefecture,…

Adiljan is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Adiljan, who worked for a real…

Rozimemet Atawulla is detained for his religious belief and activity.

In March 2017, Atawulla was detained for "religious extremism" and sent to a "political reeducation" center. His…

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…

Y Wo Nie is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On September 13, 2021, authorities arrested Nie, a member of an independent house church Dak Lak, for taking online classes…

Alimujiang Yimiti was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On January 12, 2008, authorities detained Yimiti, a house church minister, in Kashgar, Xinjiang, after accusing him…

Gao Zhisheng remains forcibly disappeared for his work defending human rights and religious minorities.

On August 13, 2017, Gao, a human rights lawyer, was forcibly disappeared from his…

Ilham Tohti is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and activism. 

On January 15, 2014, authorities arrested Tohti, an economics professor, after police raided his home and seized…

Abdurazzak Shamseden is imprisoned in relation to his ethnoreligious identity. 

On April 18, 1998, authorities detained Shamseden after his nephew, Hammat Muhemmet, and other Uyghur youths…