Additional Name(s): رەناگۈل غېنى, 热纳古丽·艾尼

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 17 Years' Imprisonment

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Ethnoreligious Identity Possession of Religious Materials

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Renagul Gheni

Extra Bio Info:

Renagul Gheni is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity and religious activity.

In 2018, authorities in Cherchen (Qiemo) county, Bayangol (Bayinguoleng) Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Gheni, an elementary school art teacher and painter, reportedly in relation to prayers she offered at her father's funeral and for possessing a Qur'an. Gheni's arrest came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

On an unspecified date, Gheni was reportedly sentenced to 17 years in prison on unspecified charges.

Gheni is married with two children.

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