Additional Name(s): تۇنىياز مەمەت
Gender: Male
Current Location: Kashgar
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 Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Tuniyaz Memet is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Memet in Tomosteng town, Yarkand (Shache) county, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), alongside dozens of others Uyghurs, reportedly in relation to their giving or listening to religious sermons unauthorized by authorities. Memet's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.
"Tuniyaz Memet" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
"Tuniyaz Memet" Xinjiang Victims Database