Additional Name(s): Iminniyaz Mexmut, ئىمىننىياز مەخمۇت

Gender: Male

Current Location: Kashgar

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 Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Iminniyaz Mehmut

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

In 2017, authorities detained Mehmut in Tomosteng town, Yarkand (Shache) county, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), alongside dozens of others Uyghurs, reportedly in relation to their giving or listening to religious sermons unauthorized by authorities. Mehmut's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

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