Additional Name(s): Emurulla Mehsum, ئەمىرۇللا مەخسۇم

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 Humanitarian Work & Charitable Activities

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Emirulla Mehsum

Extra Bio Info:

Emirulla Mehsum is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In 2018, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Mehsum and his brother. Their detentions coincided with the arrests of several relatives, including Ablimit Hoshur Hajim, reportedly in relation to a now-closed charitable fund founded by Hajim to support education abroad for Uyghurs. Mehsum's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017 and 2018.

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