Additional Name(s): Buwipatem Tursunrozi, بۈۋىپاتەم تۇرسۇنروزى

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Patem Rozi

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Patem Rozi is imprisoned for her religious activity and religious and ethnic identity. 

In 2017, authorities in Hotan (Hetian) Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Rozi after accusing her of “illegal religious preaching." Rozi's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017.

Later in 2017, Rozi was sentenced to ten years in prison.

Rozi has a husband, who is also detained, and their son died while they were in detention.

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  • "Patem Rozi" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)

Additional Name(s): Memettursun Abduraxman, مەمەتتۇرسۇن ئابدۇراخمان

Gender: Male

Current Location: Kashgar

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Memettursun Abdurahman

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Memettursun Abdurahman is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

In 2017, authorities detained Abdurahman in Tomosteng town, Yarkand (Shache) county, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), alongside dozens of others Uyghurs, reportedly in relation to their giving or listening to religious sermons unauthorized by authorities. Abdurahman's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

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Additional Name(s): جۇمە تۇرادىن

Gender: Male

Current Location: Kashgar

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Jume Turadin

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Jume Turadin is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

In 2017, authorities detained Turadin in Tomosteng town, Yarkand (Shache) county, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), alongside dozens of others Uyghurs, reportedly in relation to their giving or listening to religious sermons unauthorized by authorities. Turadin's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

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