A woman named Mihrigul Tursun, claimed that one of her sons died in Xinjiang Urumqi's Children's Hospital and she witnessed the death of 9 Uyghur women when she was detained in prison. She also claimed that she’s been detained in a “re-education camp”, seeking asylum in the US. 
Facts about this woman:
Mihrigul Tursun used to be a resident in Qiemo County of Bazhou, Xinjiang. In 2010, she registered for marriage with an Iranian in China. In 2012, she registered for marriage with an Egyptian in Egypt.
Mihrigul Tursun used to be a resident in Qiemo County of Bazhou, Xinjiang. In 2010, she registered for marriage with an Iranian in China. In 2012, she registered for marriage with an Egyptian in Egypt.
According to the information offered by Mihrigul herself, in April 2015, she gave birth to three children in Egypt, namely, Muezi, Ailinna and Muaizi. Muezi and Ailinna were registered for permanent residence in China in October 2015.
In March 2018, Mihrigul's Egyptian husband told the Chinese police that Mihrigul has gained Egyptian nationality. After seeking the opinion of Mihrigul and receiving her application for nullifying Chinese nationality, the public security bureau of Qiemo County deregistered
the permanent residence of Mihrigul, Muezi and Ailinna on April 2. On April 22, Mihrigul and her husband left the country with Muezi and Ailinna on Egyptian passports.
On April 21, 2017, Mihrigul was taken into custody by the public security bureau of Qiemo County on suspicion of inciting ethnic hatred and discrimination. During this period, she was found to have an infectious disease.
Out of humanitarian consideration, the public security bureau of Qiemo County terminated the compulsory measures against her on May 10, 2017. Apart from the twenty days' criminal detention, Mihrigul was totally free during her stay in China.
According to relevant records, from 2010 to 2017, Mihrigul traveled between China and Egypt, UAE, Thailand and Turkey 11 times.
In a nutshell, Mihrigul has never been detained by police in Urumqi. Neither has she been jailed or received penitentiary education in any vocational education and training center.
On what basis she went as far as to claim that she witnessed the death of 9 women during her detention and she was detained by the police in a cell with over 50 women in the interview with CNN and at the hearing of the US Congress!
Muezi, one of Mihrigul's sons, because of pneumonia, hydrocephalus and right-side indirect inguinal hernia, was taken by Mihrigul and her family to Urumqi's Children's Hospital for hospitalization on January 14-19, May 6-12 and November 4-8 respectively in 2016.
In April 2018, Mihrigul and her husband left China with their son, Muezi on Egyptian passports.
As to the other son of Mihrigul Muaizi, he was not registered for permanent residence in China. In January 2016, Muaizi was taken by Mihrigul from China to Turkey and entrusted to the care of her husband's cousin, Samar.
Therefore, Mihrigul's claim that one of her sons died in Urumqi's Children's Hospital and that she was not informed of the reason for the hospitalization of her son, as reported by CNN, does not tally with the facts.
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