Additional Name(s): 努尔买买提·买买提依明

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 17 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: May//2018

Date of Sentencing: May//2019

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Nurmemet Memetimin

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Nurmemet Memetimin is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious activity. 

In May 2018, authorities detained Memetimin and sent him to an internment camp reportedly in relation to his religious activity. Memetimin's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

In May 2019, a Xinjiang court reportedly sentenced Memetimin to 17 years in prison on unspecified charges.

Memetimin is married with two children.

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