Additional Name(s): ئايشەمخان ياسىن, 阿义夏木汗·亚森

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Pilgrimage

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Ayshemhan Yasin

Extra Bio Info:

Ayshemhan Yasin was detained for her ethnoreligious identity and for going on pilgrimage. 

In late 2017, authorities in Turpan municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Yasin, her husband, and another relative, reportedly in relation to their going on pilgrimage in the past. Yasin's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

In early 2019, Yasin was released from detention.

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