Additional Name(s): 巴哈尔姑丽·阿西木

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: October/28/2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Instruction & Teaching

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Bahargul Hashim

Extra Bio Info:

Bahargul Hashim is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

On October 28, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Hashim for illegally studying scripture. Hashim's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

Hashim is married with one child.

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