Additional Name(s): مەمەت تۇرسۇن ھاجى
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
Memet Tursun Haji
Extra Bio Info:
Memet Tursun Haji is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Haji, owner of Eziz Diyar Plaza at Kashgar's Sunday Market, 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."
On an unspecified day in 2017, Haji was sentenced to eight years in prison on unknown charges.
Related Cases: Imin Hajim, Abdujelil Hajim, Gheni Haji
Publicly Available Information:
- "Memet Tursun Haji" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): غېنى ھاجى
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
Gheni Haji
Extra Bio Info:
Gheni Haji is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Haji 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 Haji specifically "prayed only eight times at prayer service," which was "a sign of extremism."
On an unspecified day in 2017, Haji was sentenced to eight years in prison on unknown charges.
Related Cases: Memet Tursun Haji, Imin Hajim, Abdujelil Hajim
Publicly Available Information:
- "Gheni Haji" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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)