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Hebibulla Tohti is imprisoned for his religious scholarship and ethnoreligious identity.

In March 2017, security personnel in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR…

Munewwer Rehim is imprisoned for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In April 2017, authorities in Kashgar city, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR…

Qadir Rehim is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In April 2017, authorities in Kashgar city, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR),…

Abdurehim Heyit is detained for his religious expression and ethnoreligious identity.

In April 2017, public security authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Heyit…

Abdujelil Hajim is detained for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained several Uyghur…

Ablikim Memtimin is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, authorities detained Memtimin reportedly in relation to either his travel to Turkey or his memorization of the Qur'an…

Perhat Tursun is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In early 2018, Tursun, a writer and poet, disappeared. There are reports that he was detained by Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous…

Abdughappar Abdurusul is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

In July 2018, authorities in Ghulja (Yining) city, Ili (Yili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture,…

Adil Mijit was detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In November 2018, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Mijit, a comedian, and sent him to a reeducation…

Murtiza Memet is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.

On an unspecified date believed to have been in 2018, authorities detained Memet for reportedly sending “illegal” content over…