“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

Mijit Gheni

米吉提.艾尼

Assumed Location

Prison

Suspected Reasons for Arrest or Detention

Unknown

Official Reason for Arrest or Detention

“gathering a crowd to disturb public order and inciting ethnic hatred and discrimination”

Last Contact

May 2017

Mijit is Fatima Ablikim’s uncle. He was sentenced to 16 years and six months in May 2018 for “gathering a crowd to disturb public order” and “inciting ethnic hatred and discrimination”. No other information about his case was provided by the Chinese authorities when responding to an inquiry from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2020.
Mijit has some family members imprisoned, including Fatima Ablikim.

Personal Details

Mijit was a taxi driver from Uqturpan County, Aksu Prefecture.

Date of Birth

20 May 1969

Ethnicity

Uyghur

Hometown

Uqturpan (Wushi) County, Aksu Prefecture

Profession

Taxi driver

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