Additional Name(s): Mahat Omer, مەخەت ئۆمەر
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Health Concerns: Diabetes
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: June//2017
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Pilgrimage
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Mehet Omer
Extra Bio Info:
Mehet Omer is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities arrested Omer and held him for an unspecified period of time reportedly in relation to him having made the Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in 2016 without official approval. He was later released.
In or around June 2017, public security officials in Kashgar city, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), took Omer back into custody and sent them to a "political reeducation" center.
Omer suffers from diabetes.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Mehet Omer" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): Amangül Aydek, ئامانگۈل ئايدەك
Gender: Female
Current Location: Aksu
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 21 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: June//2017
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Possession of Religious Materials Religious Appearance
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Amangul Aydek
Extra Bio Info:
Amangul Aydek is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity.
In June 2017, authorities detained Aydek, a food vendor, under unclear circumstances. Her arrest came amid mass detentions of ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Aydek's uncle reportedly said that some of his relatives were detained in relation to either growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones.
On an unspecified date, Aydek was reportedly sentenced to 21 years in prison on unknown charges.
Aydek's husband and brother were also detained.
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Publicly Available Information:
- "Amangul Aydek" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): ئەخمەت تۇردى
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 7 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: July//2017
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Possession of Religious Materials Religious Appearance
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Exmet Turdi
Extra Bio Info:
Exmet Turdi is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In July 2017, authorities detained Turdi, a wool and hide trader, under unclear circumstances. His arrest came amid mass detentions of ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Turdi's brother reportedly said that some of his relatives were detained in relation to either growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones.
On an unspecified date, Turdi was reportedly sentenced to seven years in prison on unknown charges.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Exmet Turdi" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)