Additional Name(s): مەمەت سالىھ
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: January//2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Memet Salih
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Memet Salih is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, public security officials in Urumqi Municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Salih in relation to unspecified religious practices. His wife, Qelbinur Tohti, was detained the year before in relation to her performance of religious rites at funerals and refusal to comply with official demands to change her three children’s names. Salih's arrest came amid mass detentions of ethnic minorities in XUAR.
Other members of Salih's family, including two sisters-in-law, have also been subjected to detention.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Memet Salih" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): ئابدۇللا ئابدۇراھمان
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: March//2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Praying
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Abdulla Abdurahman
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Abdulla Abdurahman is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In March 2018, authorities in Pichan (Shanshan) county, Turpan (Tulufan) municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Abdurahman, a farmer, reportedly for performing prayers. Abdurahman's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Abdulla Abdurahman" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): Ayshihan Hoshur, بېيشىخان ھوشۇر
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: March//2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Ethnoreligious Identity Praying
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Beyshihan Hoshur
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Beyshihan Hoshur is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In March 2018, authorities detained Hoshur and several other elderly women in relation to their praying at a funeral in 2013. Hoshur's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
Hoshur's son was also detained.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Beyshihan Hoshur" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)