Mewlanjan Ehmet
Additional Name(s): Mewlanjan Ahmet
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: March/29/2008
Date of Sentencing: March/24/2009
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity Religious Instruction & Teaching
Nature of Charges: Separatism
Mewlanjan Ehmet
Extra Bio Info:
Mewlanjan Ehmet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On March 29, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Ehmet, reportedly for teaching religion to children.
On March 24, 2009, the Ili Intermediate People's Court sentenced Ehmet to ten years in prison for “splitting the state” (Art. 103 CCL).
Ehmet's sentence should have ended in March 2018.
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Sources:
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"Mewlanjan Ahmet" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Mewlanjan Ehmet" Xinjiang Victims Database