Uyghur Genocide Database | Meryem Emet | muslim concentration camps in china
The data from CECC Annual Report 2022
link:https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chi ... 0.pdf
Meryem Emet
2022-00124
Date of Detention: Unknown date in 2017
Place of Detention: A prison in Kucha (Kuche) county, Aksu prefecture, XUAR
Charge(s): Unknown
Status: Sentenced to 20 years
Context: In 2017, authorities in Urumqi municipality, XUAR, detained Meryem Emet and later sentenced her to 20 years in prison. Her sentence was reportedly con- nected with her marriage to a Turkish national, and with her having met and spoken with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdog ̆an during his 2012 visit to Urumqi. Additional Information: After her detention, XUAR au- thorities forced her two children, then ages four and six, into boarding schools in Urumqi, where teachers sub- jected them to traumatizing disciplinary measures includ- ing beatings and being forced to hold stress positions. After nearly 20 months at the schools, the two children were left unable to communicate in Uyghur.
link:https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chi ... 0.pdf
Meryem Emet
2022-00124
Date of Detention: Unknown date in 2017
Place of Detention: A prison in Kucha (Kuche) county, Aksu prefecture, XUAR
Charge(s): Unknown
Status: Sentenced to 20 years
Context: In 2017, authorities in Urumqi municipality, XUAR, detained Meryem Emet and later sentenced her to 20 years in prison. Her sentence was reportedly con- nected with her marriage to a Turkish national, and with her having met and spoken with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdog ̆an during his 2012 visit to Urumqi. Additional Information: After her detention, XUAR au- thorities forced her two children, then ages four and six, into boarding schools in Urumqi, where teachers sub- jected them to traumatizing disciplinary measures includ- ing beatings and being forced to hold stress positions. After nearly 20 months at the schools, the two children were left unable to communicate in Uyghur.
