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 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.