Additional Name(s): Weli Haji, ئابدۇۋەلى ھاجىم

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: May//2018

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Humanitarian Work & Charitable Activities

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Abduweli Hajim

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Abduweli Hajim is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In or around May 2018, state security officials in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Hajim and others reportedly in relation to a now-closed charitable fund founded by the brother of Hajim's business partner to support education abroad for Uyghurs. Hajim's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

Related Cases: Ablimit Hoshur Hajim, Abdureshit Hoshur Hajim, Hemitjan Hajim

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