Additional Name(s): Memet Ismail, مەمەت ئىسمائىل, 买买提·司马义
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Pilgrimage
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Memet Ismayil was detained for his ethnoreligious identity and for going on pilgrimage.
In late 2017, authorities in Turpan municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Ismayil, his wife, and another relative, reportedly in relation to their going on pilgrimage to Mecca in the past. Ismayil's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.
In early 2019, Ismayil was released from detention.
Photo attributed to Xinjiang Victims Database
"Memet Ismail" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
"Memet Ismayil" Xinjiang Victims Database