Rights advocates cite uptick in Uyghur refugee detentions in Turkey

FILE - Turkish police stand next to a woman protesting China's crackdown on ethnic Uyghurs, at the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul, Nov. 30, 2022. Uyghur refugees in Turkey reportedly have been interrogated and detained in recent weeks. Shirali Abdurehim is seen in Istanbul in 2022. (Photo courtesy of Abdurehim’s wife) Shirali Abdurehim’s nine children are seen in Istanbul in April 2024. (Photo courtesy of Abdurehim’s wife)

Over the past three weeks, Shirali Abdurehim, a 39-year-old Uyghur honey seller in Istanbul, has been detained in an immigration detention center.