The son and son-in-law of Mukhtar Nasreldin, who died in prison, are in Sanji Prison

In the context of Radio Free Asia's inquiries about the reason for the prison sentence against the baker Mukhtar Nasreldin, whose death was confirmed in Sanji prison last month, it became clear that his son Abdullah Mukhtar and his son-in-law Abbas Akhun are also serving a sentence in Sanji prison, and it turns out that Abdullah was accused of participating in what is called the "Councils of Preaching and Religious Guidance", while Abbas Akhun was convicted of participating in a Qur'an memorization course during his childhood. 

Punishment on a family scale was a common phenomenon in the internment of the Uyghur elite in general in 2017. Therefore, in the context of our inquiries about the baker Mukhtar Nasreldin, a resident of Kashgar whose death was confirmed in Sanji prison, we want to ensure the safety of his family members. The village police in the village of Harap, New Kashgar Province, where the children of Mukhtar Nasreldin live, refused to answer our questions on the matter and hinted that there were prisoners among the family members of Mukhtar Nasreldin. A police officer who answered our call revealed that Mukhtar Nasreddin Abdullah Mukhtar, 32, and his son-in-law, 40-year-old Abbas Akhun, are also serving in Sanji Prison, where Mukhtar Nasreldin died. A police officer in Sanji prison refused to answer our questions, saying that the center of her work is the women's prison.
Another Sanji prison official confirmed that Abdullah Mukhtar had been sentenced to 15 years in prison and Abbas Akhun to 7 years old.
In our interviews the day before, it was revealed that Mukhtar Nasreldin had been arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison for being a religious man and for working outside his country.
A village cadre who received our call from the village of Harab revealed that Abdullah Mukhtar had been arrested for participating in illegal religious preaching. According to one of the villagers, Abdullah Mukhtar was a religiously educated person, he preached on occasions. But it is not known that the reason for his arrest and sentencing was whether he was listening to sermon or preaching on some occasion.

One of the most common reasons for arrest in the Old City Police Archives was "illegal" religious learning, and even if someone received instruction in reading the Qur’an from grandparents for a few days in their early childhood, he was convicted and sentenced to prison.

For example, as recorded in this file, Aziz Yassin was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment because he learned to read the Qur’an for 3 days from his brother, and prisoner Issa Jan had studied at home for 6 days and was also sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
According to the residents of the region, Mukhtar Nasreldin's son-in-law Abbas Akhun was arrested when he was a teenager for learning the Qur'an from his grandfather for a week and sentenced to 7 years in prison for being religious.
News source: Radio Free Asia.