Additional Name(s): Memet Tursun, مەمەتتۇرسۇن ئىسلام
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
Sentence: 6 Years' Imprisonment
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Ethnoreligious Identity Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Memettursun Islam
Extra Bio Info:
Memettursun Islam was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2017, authorities detained Islam. Islam's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017.
On an unspecified date, Islam was sentenced to six years in prison reportedly in relation to his attendance of a sermon at a local mosque in 2013.
Islam's sentence should have ended.
Several of Islam's family members, including his brothers-in-law and mother-in-law, have been subjected to detention.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Memettursun Islam" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): يۈسۈپ توختى
Gender: Male
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
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Yusup Tohti
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Yusup Tohti is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Tohti reportedly in relation to the detention of his wife, Patem Rozi, who was arrested for “illegal religious preaching” and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Tohti's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017.
Tohti had one child who reportedly died while he was in detention.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Yusup Tohti" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Patem Rozi" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)