Additional Name(s): Shemshidin Hajim, شەمشىدىن ھاجىم

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Shemshidin

Extra Bio Info:

Shemshidin is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Shemshidin along with several of his family members reportedly in relation to their religious practice. Shemshidin's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

Shemshidin's sister, brother, nephew, and other extended family members were also detained around the same time as him.

Related Cases: Iminjan, Nurgul, Adiljan

Sources:
  • "Shemshidin" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)