Additional Name(s): Mamat Ablat

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Health Concerns: Mental health issues

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 16 or 17 Years' Imprisonment

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Memet Ablet

Extra Bio Info:

Memet Ablet is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious activity.

In early 2018,authorities arrested Ablet, a businessperson and shop owner, reportedly in relation to his religious activity.  He was reportedly briefly detained in 2015 with several others while at a local mosque.

On an unspecified date, Ablet was reportedly sentenced to 16 or 17 years in prison.

Ablet has a history of mental illness.

Ablet is married with one child.

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