Gender: Male
Current Location: Qaraqash No. 4 Camp
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: May/28/2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Possession of Religious Materials
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Turdimemet Jappar
Extra Bio Info:
Turdimemet Jappar is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On May 28, 2018, Jappar was sent to Qaraqash No. 4 Camp reportedly in relation to his possession of religious materials. Jappar's original detention date is unclear. Jappar had previously been detained in March 2017 for 15 days for illegal religious books found at his home in October 2015.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Turdimemet Jappar" Xinjiang Victims Database
Gender: Male
Current Location: Qaraqash No. 4 Camp
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: May/27/2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Instruction & Teaching
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Tursunbaqi Tursuntohti
Extra Bio Info:
Tursunbaqi Tursuntohti is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On May 27, 2018, Tursuntohti was sent to Qaraqash No. 4 Camp, reportedly for sending his son to study scripture at a neighbor's house. The date of Tursuntohti's original detainment is unclear. It is also reported his detention is related to his violating of the national family planning policy.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Tursunbaqi Tursuntohti" Xinjiang Victims Database
Nov 12, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
USCIRF Condemns Attack on a Mosque in Burkina Faso
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned the recent attack on a mosque in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
“Last week’s attack on a mosque in Burkina Faso is absolutely reprehensible,” said USCIRF Chair Gayle Manchin. “An attack on any house of worship is an attack on religious freedom writ large.”
Last Friday, an unknown assailant threw a flammable bottle into a mosque in the capital city of the west African nation, reportedly wounding six people. Witnesses to the event reported that a note left on the ground nearby the attack read: “Close the mosque or we’ll launch grenades at you.” Anti-Islamic sentiment appears to be rising in Burkina Faso as the country battles a growing threat from jihadist-linked insurgents among other vigilante armed groups. An investigation is ongoing.
“The growing anti-Muslim sentiment in Burkina Faso, brought on by the spread of jihad in the northern part of the country, is extremely concerning,” added USCIRF Vice Chair Tony Perkins. “The U.S. government should support the Burkinabe government and civil society working to foster peaceful, interfaith cooperation to combat this worrying trend.”
Last month, USCIRF published a factsheet on Attacks on Houses of Worship and Religious Leaders in Burkina Faso. In October 2019, USCIRF published a report on Protecting Places of Worship and Holy Sites.
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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is an independent, bipartisan federal government entity established by the U.S. Congress to monitor, analyze, and report on threats to religious freedom abroad. USCIRF makes foreign policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress intended to deter religious persecution and promote freedom of religion and belief. To interview a Commissioner, please contact USCIRF at [email protected].