Additional Name(s): 依明·麦合木提

Gender: Male

Current Location: Beshkent Party School, Yarkand, Kashgar

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: September/29/2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Ethnoreligious Identity Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Imin Mehmut

Extra Bio Info:

Imin Mehmut is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On September 29, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Mehmut for attending an illegal religious gathering and listening to religious teachings. Mehmut was sent to Beshkent Party School, a reeducation camp, in Yarkand, Kashgar.

Mehmut is married with two children.

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