Nuermaimaiti Ruze
Additional Name(s): Nur Muhammed Rozi
Gender: Male
Current Location: Riyadh
Perpetrator: Saudi Arabia
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: November//2020
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Nuermaimaiti Ruze
Extra Bio Info:
Nuermaimaiti Ruze was detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In November 2020, Saudi Arabian authorities arrested Ruze, a Uyghur Muslim, following an extradition request from the Chinese government. Ruze was a resident of Mecca and had been working in a restaurant with a sponsored residence permit.
In April 2025, Ruze was released.
Publicly Available Information:
- “Urgent Action Update: Uyghur Teenage Girl and Mother Detained (Saudi Arabia: UA 27.22)” Amnesty International
- “Uyghur Teenage Girll and Mother Detained” Amnesty International
- “Saudi Arabia: Detained Uyghur men at risk of torture must not be extradited to China” Amnesty International
- USCIRF Commissioner Nury Turkel, Tweet, January 11, 2022
- “Prominent Uyghur Scholar Arrested by Saudi Authorities on China’s Request” Pen America