Additional Name(s): ئەركىن تۇرسۇن

Gender: Male

Current Location: Kashgar

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Erkin Tursun

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

In 2017, authorities detained Tursun in Tomosteng town, Yarkand (Shache) county, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), alongside dozens of others Uyghurs, reportedly in relation to their giving or listening to religious sermons unauthorized by authorities. Tursun's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

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Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Pakistan

Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: March/16/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Figures) Online Activity

Nature of Charges: Blasphemy Hate Speech

Fansan Shahid

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Fansan Shahid is detained for blasphemy.

On March 16, 2022, authorities arrested Shahid, an employee of the Pakistan Railways, from his home after he was accused of making a blasphemous comment on Facebook. Shahid was charged with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad (Sec. 295-C PPC), "intending to outrage religious feelings" (Sec. 295-A PPC), and committing hate speech (Sec. 11 of 2016 Electronic Crimes Act r/w Section 153-A PPC).

Shahid is married with two children.

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Additional Name(s): ئادىلجان

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Adiljan

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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 estate firm, along with several of his family members reportedly in relation to their religious practice. Adiljan's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

Adiljan's father, aunt, uncle, and other extended family members were also detained around the same time as him.

Related Cases: Iminjan, Nurgul, Shemshidin

Sources:
  • "Adiljan" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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