China: Uyghur Imam, 96, Dies In Prison

China: Uyghur Imam, 96, Dies In Prison

Eurasia Review

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By Shöhret

A 96-year-old Uyghur religious leader who was arrested in 2017 has died in prison, and authorities did not turn his body over to his family, his granddaughter told Radio Free Asia.

Abidin Damollam was an imam who served in a mosque in Qayraq village in Atush (in Chinese Atushi), the capital of the Qizilsu Kyrgyz...

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