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To whom it may concern, What follows is public testimony data exported from the Xinjiang Victims Database (shahit.biz) on Sat, 02 Oct 2021 13:23:11 +0000. A total of 1071 victims with the following criteria is considered: Status: no news for over a year The vast majority of testimonies presented come with supplementary materials - video, audio, pictures, and documents - the links to which are included here and which also may be consulted by accessing the testimonies via the original interface at www.shahit.biz. In compiling this information, all efforts have been made to faithfully and accurately convey that which has been put forth by the testifier. In many cases, the information was imported from public sources. In others, it was submitted to us directly by the testifier. Despite our best efforts and most professional intentions, it is inevitable that some human error is nevertheless present. Many testimonies were inputted by non-native English speakers and still require proofreading. Finally, the majority of these testimonies have not gone through rigorous corroboration and as such should not be treated as fact. We hereby leave the way in which this data will be used to the reader's discretion. Sincerely, the shahit.biz team 3. Ablajan Awut Ayup (阿布拉江·阿吾提·阿尤甫) Chinese ID: 65322319841111??O? (Guma) Basic info Age: 35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: no news for over a year When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): nationalism, patriotism|--- Health status: --- Profession: art & literature Testifying party (* direct submission) Testimony 1*|2: Darren Byler, an anthropologist at the University of Colorado. (friend) Testimony 3: Anonymous, as reported by Financial Times. (brother) Testimony 4: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) Testimony 5: Local police, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. Testimony 6: "Bahadir Uyghur", an unverified Facebook account. (friend) Testimony 7: Gulzar Qeyyum, a researcher in disaster management. (acquaintance) About the victim Ablajan Awut Ayup is a popular Uyghur singer, songwriter and dancer. His pop-influenced dance music often references Uyghur traditions and poetry. His music is wildly popular with Uyghur children. Victim's location According to a Radio Free Asia article from May 15, 2018, Ablajan was arrested in Sanju Village of Hotan's Guma County. As he is originally from Hotan, it is likely that he is being held in the Hotan prefecture. When victim was detained February 2018 (his last WeChat post was on February 14). Likely (or given) reason for detention According to Darren Byler, it is likely related to the themes of his music. His friend Bahadir speculates that it may be due to his philanthropy and charity work for the Uyghur community, or because he once went to Malaysia as a representative of the restaurant "Marry Brown", meeting with local Uyghurs and discussing the Uyghur issue. Victim's status Unknown. His friend Bahadir mentions his being sentenced to over 10 years in prison, but this has not been confirmed by other sources. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The victim's brother presumably has more direct knowledge of the case, as do the local police. Additional information This victim is included in the list of prominent detained Uyghurs, available at: shahit.biz/supp/list_003.pdf Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablajan_Awut_Ayup RFA coverage: https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/qanun/ablajan-ayup-05152018151210.html Chinese blogs mentioning Ablajan: http://archive.is/tDiBw http://archive.is/mkFwF http://archive.is/1aIer http://archive.is/mcbI2 http://archive.is/zCi4q Radio Free Asia calls transcript Call No. 1 (with police station in Qaraqash, Hotan): Police: Hello? RFA: Is this the municipal police station? Police: Yes. RFA: Is Ablajan Awut Ayup a resident of your area or of Guma? Where was his residency? Police: Ablajan Awut Ayup is… from Guma, I think. Yea, he’s from Guma. RFA: From Guma… When was he detained? Which district police detained him? I heard he was taken by the Qaraqash police. Police: I don’t know. RFA: You don’t know… Where in Guma is he from? From Sanju or from Zangguy? Police: I don’t know that either. RFA: How long has it been since...? Police: Call the public security bureau in Guma. Call No. 2 (with another police station, possibly in Guma): Police: Hello? RFA: Is Ablajan Awut being held in Qaraqash or in Guma? Or in Hotan City? Police: I don’t know. RFA: How long has it been since he was taken for training? Police: I don’t know. I just started this job two days ago. Call 110 and ask them. I don’t know. RFA: Look, kid, you’re an assistant police officer, right? Can you tell me...? Police: [hangs up]. Call No. 3 (with police station in Choda Township): Police: Hello? RFA: Is this the Choda police station? Police: Yea. RFA: Is Ablajan Awut Ayup from the Choda township or from Sanju? Police: From Sanju. RFA: From Sanju… Which training center is that guy at now? Where’s he being held? Police: I don’t know. RFA: What do you mean you don’t know? Aren’t you on your shift right now? Police: Yea. RFA: How many of you are there now? Police: I don’t know. Let me call one of the cadres. RFA: Wait, wait. Look, kid, you’re an assistant police officer, right? [with different officer] RFA: How long has it been now since Ablajan was detained? Police: We have no idea. RFA: You have no idea… You don’t have any of his relatives over there? Police: No, no. We don’t have anyone here. Call No. 4 (with one of the regional police stations): RFA: Which police station took him? Was it the Sanju police station when he was first arrested, or the city or county one? Police: You should… umm… you should contact the public security bureau or the police station in Sanju. Call No. 5 (with the Choda police station): Police: Hello? RFA: Hi, how are you? Doing well? Police: Doing well, how about you? RFA: Doing well too. Which police station was the singer Ablajan Awut Ayup detained by? Police: Sanju. Sanju. RFA: Sanju, huh? Police: Yes, Sanju Township’s. RFA: Which training center is he at now? Police: That I don’t know. RFA: How far is Sanju from your township? Police: From our township, it’s over 40… No, over 30 kilometers. RFA: This is Choda Township, right? The Choda police station? Police: Yes. RFA: Are you a proper police officer or an assistant police officer? Police: Proper. RFA: Proper… So you know that Ablajan Awut Ayup was taken, but you don’t know where he was taken to and where he’s currently being held? Is that right? Police: Yes. Source: https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/qanun/ablajan-ayup-05152018151210.html Supplementary materials show-of-support testimony (1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f3nvkCyrSE Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysX_HFloV2Q show-of-support testimony (2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBXN2c3HZZk show-of-support testimony (3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqZzFcDO4NU show-of-support testimony (4): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZsMWDiammk show-of-support testimony (5): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFhuUa5I1VM music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFRolBeXHEc collaboration with Six City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0UUpB2NCs8 Testimony 5: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php%3Fstory_fb id%3D2562722297280225%26id%3D100006274397142&width=300 Testimony 7: https://twitter.com/GSataru/status/1281629167419719680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw photo (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/3_1.jpg photo (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/3_2.jpg photo (3): https://shahit.biz/supp/3_9.jpeg photo (4): https://shahit.biz/supp/3_10.jpg Entry created: 2018-09-21 Last updated: 2020-07-12 Latest status update: 2020-07-10 11. Rozigul Abdureshit (茹则古丽·阿卜杜热西提) Chinese ID: 65312819800118??E? (Yopurgha) Basic info Age: 39 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kashgar Status: no news for over a year When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: has problems Profession: --- Testifying party (* direct submission) Testimony 1*|2|3|4|5: Memtiminjan Memet, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Turkey. (husband) About the victim Rozigul Abdureshit (also referred to as "Rizwangul Abdureshit") is a mother of one. She was born in Yekshenbe Bazaar, Yopurgha County, Kashgar. Passport number: E67552481. Victim's location A camp in the Terim Township of Peyziwat County. [Presumably, this is the camp in Ghoja'eriq Village, as this is the only camp in Terim.] When victim was detained She arrived in Turkey on March 22, 2016. She left after 5 months and was detained at the end of March 2017. Before detention, she had heart disease and anemia (lack of blood). She passed out during detention and was sent to a hospital for a week. After that, she stayed at home but was detained again on April 1, 2017. Likely (or given) reason for detention Having gone to Turkey. Victim's status No news since her latest detention. She appears to suffer from some health issues. [It is also likely that the victim was subjected to forced labor during her time at the camp, as this practice appears to have existed there.] How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? Learned from parents via phone. As of fall 2018, Memtiminjan had not been able to contact them either for a year and a half.
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