Additional Name(s): ئايتۆرەم تۇردى
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: November//2017
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Possession of Religious Materials Religious Appearance
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Aytorem Turdi
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Aytorem Turdi is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In November 2017, public security officials in Aksu city, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Turdi and sent her to a "political reeducation" center. Several members of Turdi's family were also detained. One of Turdi's brothers reportedly said that some of his family members had been detained for growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones. Turdi and her family's detentions came amid mass detentions of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other ethnic minority residents of the XUAR.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Aytorem Turdi" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): Nezire Muhammad Salih, Nezire Salih, نەزىرە مۇھەممەت سالىھ
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: December/25/2017
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Translating Religious Texts
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Nezire Muhemmet Salih
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Nezire Muhemmet Salih was detained for her religious scholarship.
On or around December 25, 2017, authorities in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Salih and her husband, Adil Tuniyaz, after being accused of "promoting terrorism and religious extremism," reportedly in relation to their translation of religious writings. Salih's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.
In March 2020, it was reported that Salih was released after working at a forced labor factory.
Related Cases: Adil Tuniyaz, Imran Adil
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Photo attributed to Xinjiang Victims Database
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"Nezire Muhemmet Salih" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Nezire Muhemmed Salih" Xinjiang Victims Database
Additional Name(s): Nurmuhemmet Hajim, نۇرمەمەت ھاجىم
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: December//2017
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Instruction & Teaching Travel Abroad
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Nurmemet Hajim
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Nurmemet Hajim is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In December 2017, authorities in Beijing detained Haijm, who had studied at an Urumqi Islamic institute and abroad in Egypt, Yemen, and Malaysia, and at the time of his detention was working at an Arab diplomatic mission in Beijing. Haijm's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
Hajim's parents had also been detained around the same time in Urumqi Municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
Related Cases: Ayshemqiz Hajim, Mesud Abley
Publicly Available Information:
- "Nurmemet Hajim" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)