Additional Name(s): Amangül Aydek, ئامانگۈل ئايدەك

Gender: Female

Current Location: Aksu

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 21 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: June//2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Possession of Religious Materials Religious Appearance

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Amangul Aydek

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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 ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Aydek's uncle reportedly said that some of his relatives were detained in relation to either growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones.

On an unspecified date, Aydek was reportedly sentenced to 21 years in prison on unknown charges.

Aydek's husband and brother were also detained.

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