Additional Name(s): Nezire Muhammad Salih, Nezire Salih, نەزىرە مۇھەممەت سالىھ

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: December/25/2017

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Translating Religious Texts

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Nezire Muhemmet Salih

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Nezire Muhemmet Salih was detained for her religious scholarship.

On or around December 25, 2017, authorities in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Salih and her husband, Adil Tuniyaz, after being accused of "promoting terrorism and religious extremism," reportedly in relation to their translation of religious writings. Salih's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.

In March 2020, it was reported that Salih was released after working at a forced labor factory.

Related Cases: Adil Tuniyaz, Imran Adil

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