Additional Name(s): ئابدۇرېشىت تۇردى

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 16 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: May//2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Possession of Religious Materials Religious Appearance

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Abdureshit Turdi

Extra Bio Info:

Abdureshit Turdi is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In May 2017, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Turdi amid mass detentions of ethnic minorities in XUAR.  One of Turdi's relatives said that he believed some of his relatives were were detained either for growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones.

On an unspecified date, Turdi was sentenced to 16 years in prison on unknown charges.

Authorities also detained Turdi's wife and sons in 2017 and sent them to a "political reeducation" center.

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