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 TuniyazImran Adil

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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 HajimMesud Abley

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Additional Name(s): ئايشەمقىز ھاجىم

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//2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Ayshemqiz Hajim

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Ayshemqiz Hajim is detained for her ethnoreligious identity.

In December 2017, authorities in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Haijm and her husband, Mesud Abley, and sent them to Atush (Atushi) city, Kizilsu (Kezilesu) Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, XUAR, their registered place of residence. Haijm's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR. 

Hajim's son had also been detained around the same time in Beijing.

Related Cases: Mesud AbleyNurmemet Hajim

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