Additional Name(s): Ruzimemet Atawulla, Rozi Muhemmet Atawulla, روزى مۇھەممەت ئاتاۋۇللا
Gender: Male
Current Location: Hetian (Hotan)
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: March//2017
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
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 detention was reportedly part of a wave of detentions of Uyghurs in Hotan County in 2017 and 2018.
Atawulla's family members, including his brother, mother, and brother-in-law, have also been subjected to detention.