“Like we were enemies in a war”

China’s Mass Internment, Torture and Persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang

“Like we were enemies in a war” China’s Mass Internment, Torture and Persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang

Illustrations by Molly Crabapple

Abuduaini Kadier

阿布都艾尼.卡德尔

Assumed Location

Municipal Prison, Ghulja (Yining)

Suspected Reasons for Arrest or Detention

Travelling to Egypt in 2016

Official Reason for Arrest or Detention

Unknown

Last Contact

July 2017

Abuduaini, a Uyghur businessman who was secretly tried and sentenced to seven years in prison, is believed to have been detained in connection with a 2016 holiday he took to Egypt in which he paid for several other Uyghurs’ air fare. His daughter now in Turkey told Amnesty International that no information about her father’s condition or even the charges against him have been shared with the family.

Personal Details

Abuduaini likes travelling and spending time with family. He is the father-in-law of Yiliyasijiang Reheman, also detained.

Date of Birth

5 July 1966

Ethnicity

Uyghur

Hometown

Kashgar

Profession

Businessman

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