Additional Name(s): نۇرنىسا 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: May//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
Nurnisa Turdi
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Nurnisa Turdi is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities detained Turdi and several of family members and sent them to a "political reeducation" center. Their detentions are reportedly believed to have been in relation to either growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones and came amid mass detentions of ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Turdi has at least two children.
Publicly Available Information:
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"Nurnisa Turdi" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Nurnisa Turdi" Xinjiang Victims Database
Additional Name(s): ئابدۇرېشىت تۇردى
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 16 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: May//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
Abdureshit Turdi
Extra Bio Info:
Abdureshit Turdi is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Turdi amid mass detentions of ethnic minorities in XUAR. One of Turdi's relatives said that he believed some of his relatives were were detained either for growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones.
On an unspecified date, Turdi was sentenced to 16 years in prison on unknown charges.
Authorities also detained Turdi's wife and sons in 2017 and sent them to a "political reeducation" center.
Related Cases: Erpan Abdureshit, Ershat Abdureshit, Hornisaxan Osman
Publicly Available Information:
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"Abdureshit Turdi" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Abdureshit Turdi" Xinjiang Victims Database
Additional Name(s): ئىمىن ھاجىم
Gender: Male
Current Location: Xinjiang
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 8 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: May//2017
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Pilgrimage Praying Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Imin Hajim
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Imin Hajim is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Hajim, owner of the Ibnsina Dental Facility, and several Uyghur businessmen for allegedly displaying signs of "religious extremism." A local security official reportedly said that the men "had also undertaken 'unapproved, private hajj' pilgrimages and had been involved with imams who were not sanctioned by the state" and that Hajim specifically "prayed only eight times at prayer service," which was "a sign of extremism."
On an unspecified day in 2017, Hajim was sentenced to eight years in prison on unknown charges.
Related Cases: Gheni Haji, Memet Tursun Haji, Abdujelil Hajim
Publicly Available Information:
- "Imin Hajim" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)