Okan (奥坎)
Okan (奥坎) is an ethnic Kazakh Muslim imam from Habahe county, Altay prefecture, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. According to reporting by Radio Free Asia in June 2017, as recorded in the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) Political Prisoner Database, authorities in Habahe sentenced him to ten years’ imprisonment in early 2017 in connection with performing traditional Kazakh funerary rites. Public security officials reportedly filmed the funeral ceremony. His precise whereabouts and the exact charges of conviction were unreported as of 2017.
The Chinese rights-monitoring group 维权网 (Weiquanwang) lists 奥坎（哈萨克） among political prisoners and prisoners of conscience reported to be currently in custody in its August 31, 2026 monthly report (Issue 131), in the group of prisoners reported as sentenced to ten years.
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Current status
Okan was listed in 维权网’s August 31, 2026 monthly report on political prisoners and prisoners of conscience reported to be currently in custody. His whereabouts and custody status beyond that roster listing are unverified.
Sources: CECC Political Prisoner Database, record 2017-00306 (citing Radio Free Asia, June 2017); 维权网 Issue 131 monthly report (August 31, 2026).