“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

Turghun Hamudun

吐尔洪.阿木东

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

Turghun is Mijit Gheni’s brother-in-law. He was sentenced to 16 years and six months in May 2019 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.

Personal Details

Turghun was a teacher from Kalpin County, Aksu Prefecture.

Date of Birth

1976

Ethnicity

Uyghur

Hometown

Kalpin (Keping) County, Aksu Prefecture

Profession

Teacher

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