Buzohre Ziyit

Additional Name(s): 布佐拉·孜提

Gender: Female

Current Location: Beshkent Party School, Yarkand, Kashgar

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: October/9/2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Ethnoreligious Identity Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Buzohre Ziyit

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Buzohre Ziyit is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Ziyit for attending an illegal religious gathering and listening to religious teachings. Ziyit was sent to Beshkent Party School, a reeducation camp, in Yarkand, Kashgar. Ziyit's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

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