HORRIFIC FATES OF INMATES THAT SHAME BEIJING
THE youngest Uighur detainee was just 15 when she was held by the Chinese authorities over a family connection.
Rahile Omer was targeted because her Muslim mother was serving six years in prison for allegedly disturbing ‘the social order’ by following ‘extreme religious practices’.
Her father had already been sent to a ‘re-education camp’.
Rahile’s mugshot is in a data leak of thousands of Uighurs targeted on trumped-up terror charges. They include the oldest detainee, 73-yearold Anihan Hamit, who was held on unknown charges.
Tursun Kadir, 58, was charged with the crime of ‘growing a beard under the influence of religious extremism’. Also accused of preaching and studying Islamic scripture dating back to the 1980s, he was sentenced to 16 years and 11 months in jail.
Photographs show him both before and after the Chinese determined his expression of Uighur identity as illegal and ordered him clean shaven.
He was locked up alongside Yusup Ismayil, 35, who was punished for travelling to a ‘sensitive country’ – believed to be any nation with a large Muslim population.
Tajigul Tahir, 60, was put under suspicion because her son was jailed for ten years for ‘strong religious leanings’ – the evidence being that he didn’t drink or smoke. She was also accused of illegal preaching.