Imin Hajim

Additional Name(s): ئىمىن ھاجىم

Gender: Male

Current Location: Xinjiang

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 8 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 Pilgrimage Praying Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Imin Hajim

Extra Bio Info:

Imin Hajim is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.

In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Hajim, owner of the Ibnsina Dental Facility, and several Uyghur businessmen for allegedly displaying signs of "religious extremism." A local security official reportedly said that the men "had also undertaken 'unapproved, private hajj' pilgrimages and had been involved with imams who were not sanctioned by the state" and that Hajim specifically "prayed only eight times at prayer service," which was "a sign of extremism."

On an unspecified day in 2017, Hajim was sentenced to eight years in prison on unknown charges.

Related Cases: Gheni Haji, Memet Tursun Haji, Abdujelil Hajim

Sources:

"Imin Hajim" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)