Additional Name(s): ئابدۇرەھىم ھېيت, 阿布杜热伊木·海提

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: April//2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Expression Singing, Playing, & Producing Religious Songs & Music

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Abdurehim Heyit

Extra Bio Info:

Abdurehim Heyit is detained for his religious expression and ethnoreligious identity.

In April 2017, public security authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Heyit, a popular musician, reportedly in relation to lyrics he sung deemed to indicate religious extremism. Heyit's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

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