Patem Rozi

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

Extra Bio Info:

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)