Tursunay Ziyawudun
Former detainee in Xinjiang re-education camps
About Tursunay Ziyawudun
Born 1978.
Tursunay Ziyawudun (; born 10 August 1978), born in Kunes of Xinjiang, is a former Uyghur detainee in one of the internment camps in Xinjiang, China.
Testimony Ziyawudun claims that she was taken to one of the internment camps in April 2017 and was released after a month, at which time she had developed stomach ulcers, but she was detained in March 2018 for the second time. She was released from the camp in December 2018 and was allowed to go to Kazakhstan to unite with her husband in September 2019. She then gave interviews to the press describing the emotional trauma of the internment camp, even while fearing Chinese retaliation. She also told the Associated Press that she was physically abused during interrogation, kicked in the stomach repeatedly and forcibly sterilized. She said that she is now unable to have children.
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Who is Tursunay Ziyawudun?
former detainee in Xinjiang re-education camps
When was Tursunay Ziyawudun born?
Tursunay Ziyawudun was born on 10 August 1978 in Xinjiang, Xinyuan County.
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Tursunay Ziyawudun is known for Xinjiang re-education camps.
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