A Uyghur Motorcycle repairman, Memettursun Metniyaz, who was jailed in Xinjiang in 2017 for completing the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, has died in jail and his body was delivered to his family in late April. The length of his sentence is unknown, but he was detained amid a larger crackdown on Uyghurs that began in 2017, during which Chinese authorities arbitrarily detained both ordinary and prominent Uyghurs in “re-education” camps and prisons. Witnesses said Metniyaz's body delivery created a stir in Seriqbuya town as police cars suddenly emerged and armed officers assigned to maintain security did not provide any explanation for their presence.

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