Additional Name(s): Bizainafu Abudourexiti, Buzainafu Abudourexiti, بۈزەينەپ ئابدۇرەشىت, 布再娜甫·阿布都热西提

Gender: Female

Current Location: Xinjiang Women's Prison

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 7 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: March/29/2017

Date of Sentencing: June/5/2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Instruction & Teaching Travel Abroad

Nature of Charges: Illegal Assembly

Buzeynep Abdureshit

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Buzeynep Abdureshit is imprisoned for her study abroad and ethnoreligious identity.

On March 29, 2017, public security officials in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained possibly in relation to her studying Islam in Egypt. Her detention came amid a government campaign in XUAR of arbitrary mass internment of Uyghurs and others for reasons including ethnic identity and travel abroad, particularly to Muslim-majority countries such as Egypt.

On June 5, 2017, Abdureshit was sentenced to seven years in prison reportedly for "gathering a crowd to disturb social order."

Abdureshit is married and was reportedly pregnant when initially detained.

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Additional Name(s): ھەبىبۇللا توختى, 海尔布尔.土赫提

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: March//2017

Date of Sentencing: May//2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Scholarship Travel Abroad

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Hebibulla Tohti

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Hebibulla Tohti is imprisoned for his religious scholarship and ethnoreligious identity.

In March 2017, security personnel in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Tohit, a well-known religious scholar. Tohit's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017 and 2018.

In May 2017, a XUAR court sentenced Tohti to 10 years in prison on unspecified charges related to "illegal religious activity."

Tohti had been previously detained in relation to his travel abroad, where he allegedly taught Uyghur students in Egypt about religion and attended a religious conference in Saudi Arabia.

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Additional Name(s): Minewer Rehim, مۇنەۋۋەر رېھىم

Gender: Female

Current Location: Xinjiang

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 11 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: April//2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Ethnoreligious Identity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Munewwer Rehim

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Munewwer Rehim is imprisoned for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In April 2017, authorities in Kashgar city, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Rehim and her brother, Qadir Rehim, in relation to the funerals they held for their parents. The funerals were in accordance to Islamic customs and had too many people in attendance according to authorities. Rehim's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR in 2017 and 2018.

On an unspecified date, Rehim was reportedly sentenced to 11 years in prison on unspecified charges.

Related Cases: Qadir Rehim

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