To whom it may concern,
What follows is public testimony data exported from the Xinjiang Victims Database (shahit.biz) on Thu, 30 Sep 2021 03:40:40 +0000.
A total of 592 victims with the following criteria is considered:
List: Camp releases (late 2018 / early 2019) 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 4. Medeniyethan Musilihan (麦得亚提汗·木斯勒汗)
Chinese ID: 654221196809101434 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 50 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: education
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*|2|3|4|5|6: Didar Medeniyethan, a citizen of Kazakhstan, born in 1995. (daughter)
Testimony 7: Anonymous, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (relation unclear)
About the victim
Medeniyethan Musilihan worked as a teacher at the Emin County high school for 6 years.
ID address: House No. 002711, Tekepush Village, Shanghu Township, Dorbiljin County, Xinjiang (新疆额敏县上户乡铁克普什村002711号).
Residential address: No. 1 Qumaq Village, Shanghu Township, Dorbiljin County, Xinjiang.
His Kazakhstan "green card" IIN: 660910399175.
Victim's location
[Presumably at his home address.]
When victim was detained
He had obtained a 10-year resident permit in Kazakhstan in order to be able to go to China [presumably for safety, but unclear]. In China, he had already been retired for 10 years and as such was asked to come and check in, forcing him to visit China often. Because of his poor health, he was unable to visit at all in 2017, prompting Chinese officials to more frequently ask him to come and check in. He finally went to China on December 4, 2017 and, after 2 months, in the beginning of March 2018 [3 months, it sounds like], the local authorities sent him to a "re-education camp" without trial or reason.
In one video testimony, the testifier says that he was detained in February [this is perhaps a mistake, perhaps the earlier statement has a mistake, or perhaps it was close to the end of the month]. Likely (or given) reason for detention
No apparent reason.
Victim's status
He was not in good health already and the detention has only made it worse. Specifically, he has issues with his heart and his eyes.
He was released to house arrest in late 2018, but had to spend 10 days in a hospital following the release because of hypertension.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
From relatives.
Additional information
The victim's absence has left the family in a difficult position. The testifier's mother has problems with her hands and feet. The testifier has two sisters and is herself unemployed. They don't have relatives to rely on.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsD5PKY_djE Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcLdjBVEhoM Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_VmCqhQ4Tg Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjJdPJETD7E Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5llcMQUdEY English-language UN Human Rights Committee Appeal: https://shahit.biz/supp/4_1.pdf Kazakhstan residence card (back): https://shahit.biz/supp/4_2.jpg Kazakhstan residence card (front): https://shahit.biz/supp/4_3.jpg Photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/4_4.jpg Chinese ID card (front): https://shahit.biz/supp/4_5.jpg Chinese ID card (back): https://shahit.biz/supp/4_6.jpg
Entry created: 2018-09-22 Last updated: 2020-01-21 Latest status update: 2019-04-20 7. Mural Muqan (木拉勒·木汗)
Chinese ID: 65432619880405003X (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|phone/computer, related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: engineer
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*: "Azat Erkin", a Kazakh web activist. (friend)
Testimony 2: CNLC representative, an employee (likely manager) at the China National Logging Corporation (Kazakhstan branch). (colleague)
Testimony 3*|5*: "Azat Erkin", as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (friend)
Testimony 4*: Anonymous, as reported by Mehmet Volkan Kaşıkçı. (friend)
Testimony 6: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Mural Muqan was a mid-level well-logging engineer at the Aktau branch of the China National Logging Corporation (CNLC) in Kazakhstan. He obtained his degree at the Xi'an Petroleum University, and was fluent in Kazakh, Mandarin, and Russian (and also knew some English).
He was hired as a well-logger at CNLC in 2013, working in the Aktau and Akchubin oil fields. He obtained an independent post in the shortest time possible, something which brought the company significant profits. He is described as a diligent worker and friendly/kind to colleagues, in addition to being a responsible engineer.
In 2016, he got married, and the couple now have a small daughter. He has a brother, Murat {8}. Mural and Murat's parents are said to suffer from several health issues.
Green card serial number: 026384279. Green card ID number: 880405399082. Chinese passport number: E00162972.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan. When victim was detained
The last time prior to detention that his colleagues in Kazakhstan saw him was on December 25, 2017, at a New Year’s Gala organized by CNLC in Almaty. He traveled to China on personal business after the event.
According to Azat Erkin, he was detained on March 25, 2018 (at 9:00 PM) - the time of a WeChat post showing his "last time cooking at home" - and later transferred to "prison" [unclear if this may have been camp or police custody].
In early January 2019, he was said to have been released, with a recording of a video call from him and Murat surfacing online. According to Azat Erkin, he would have to stay another month in China before being allowed to return to Kazakhstan. In late 2019, Azat Erkin reported that Mural had returned.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Azat Erkin reports that he was charged with using an illegal visa to go abroad twice (adding that this doesn't make sense as Mural has a Kazakhstan green card and doesn't need a visa).
According to Azat Erkin and as suggested by the CNLC in their letter vouching for the victim, Mural was detained for having foreign applications (e.g., WhatsApp) on his phone.
Azat notes that Mural has never participated in extremism, separatism, or terrorism, nor has he engaged in politics or religious activities. Nor has he disclosed state secrets for either of the two countries (China and Kazakhstan).
Victim's status
Released and back in Kazakhstan.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Azat Erkin got this information from friends. Mehmet Volkan also said that he heard about the release from friends of the victim.
CNLC presumably learned about the detention by virtue of being the victim's employer. That he had been released was also confirmed by the victim's own video call.
Additional information
He was briefly mentioned in the Foreign Policy piece talking about releases: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/18/detainees-are-trickling-out-of-xinjiangs-camps/
Police records mention him going through a police check on May 23, 2017 in Urumqi (and again on August 31, 2018), being deemed "completely normal" (一切正常), and allowed to move on (放行).
Translation of the CNLC proof of employment, written in the victim's defense after his detention:
CNLC Technology Service Co., Ltd [may not be the company’s official English name] Kazakhstan Worksite Well-exploration Party Work Committee
Proof of Employment:
Mural Muqan, male, born on April 5, 1988. Identification number: 65432619880405003X. Passport number: E00162972.
Muqan works for our company in Kazakhstan as project personnel. He has been employed at our company since October 2013. He has served as a well-exploration engineer at the oilfields in Zhanarol and Aktau. Food and lodging are arranged by the company at the oilfields, where a quasi-military management system is implemented. He is unable to leave the worksite during leisure time. The work site is a first-line oilfield.
Other job descriptions: According to Party A’s work requirements, the team will carry out well-logging, perforation, and other technical work as well as perform routine equipment maintenance as needed by the company.
Primary work experience since joining the company:
1. 2013: Joined the company in January and sent overseas and to Kazakhstan for work. Previously, held an internship and learned technical skills at Aktau NB base.
2. 2014-2015: Worked briefly at Zhanarol to fill personnel shortages.
3. 2015-present: Worked at Aktau NB. During this period, he participated in several training programs organized by the company. Meanwhile, he helped the company establish production and profit. As such, he has already become an important technician with the program’s first-line production.
Well-logging technicians are always on the move (车轮上). Traveling to and from the oilfield base to the frontline wells can take 4-10 hours and each shift lasts between 4 and 8 hours. According to Party A’s on-call requirements, there is no difference between day and night or summer and winter. Conditions on the frontline can be grueling, therefore frontline engineers work in shifts. Generally, every two months, the company purchases round-trip flights to Urumqi. Trips between the oilfield base and airport are facilitated by a company car. Several trips are made each year. When the company faces a shortage of temporary workers, it can result in longer shifts. As for daily communication, the company provides local phone cards; however because [Kazakhstan] does not use WeChat, QQ, etc., workers will occasionally use Whatsapp and similar communication software for communication. During his employment, Mural Muqan strictly observed the company’s rules and regulations, worked hard, established comradery, and exhibited excellence in every [work] aspect. We hereby declare these statements are true to the best of our knowledge.
Respectfully,
CNLC Technology Service Co., Ltd Kazakhstan Worksite Well-exploration Party Work Committee July 11, 2018
Victims among relatives
Murat Muqan (8) Supplementary materials
Testimony 2 (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/7_1.jpg Testimony 2 (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/7_2.jpg Testimony 2 (3): https://shahit.biz/supp/7_3.jpg KZ residence card: https://shahit.biz/supp/7_4.jpg photo (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/7_5.jpeg photo (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/7_6.jpeg photo (3): https://shahit.biz/supp/7_7.jpeg photo (4): https://shahit.biz/supp/7_8.jpeg photo (5): https://shahit.biz/supp/7_9.jpeg "last time cooking at home": https://shahit.biz/supp/7_10.jpg train ticket (2016): https://shahit.biz/supp/7_11.jpeg video after release: https://shahit.biz/supp/7_12.mp4
Entry created: 2018-09-24 Last updated: 2021-06-15 Latest status update: 2019-09-09 8. Murat Muqan (木拉提·木汗)
Chinese ID: 65432619840811??O? (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: --- Status: --- When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: has problems Profession: engineer
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*: "Azat Erkin", a Kazakh web activist. (friend)
Testimony 2: CNLC representative, as reported by "Azat Erkin". (colleague)
Testimony 3*|5*: "Azat Erkin", as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (friend)
Testimony 4*: Anonymous, as reported by Mehmet Volkan Kaşıkçı. (friend)
Testimony 6: Orazbek Alimbek, born in 1983, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Murat Muqan was a mid-level well-exploration engineer at the Aktau branch of the China National Logging Corporation in Kazakhstan.
He got his bachelor's of science in physics from Xinjiang University in 2008, after which he worked as a traffic policeman in Jeminey for 2 years. In 2010, he was hired as a trainee in oilwell logging by the CNLC in Qyzyl'orda, Kazakhstan, to be quickly promoted from starting to intermediate engineer in 2011. From 2011 to 2018, he worked at the headquarters of the Aktau district, in Zhetibai, and in Kaliman, and carried out logging operations at the Moroskoe oilfield in Atyrau, where he was said to efficiently perform logging for some of Kazakhstan's most complex and deepest wells (up to 6,000 meters), something that the people in charge of the Kaliman branch gave Murat great appreciation and thanks for. He was also said to have shown great leadership in logging the wells of CNLC's Aktau District, which led to Murat being invited to represent the district at a conference in Beijing, where he also delivered a lecture. Altogether, he did logging at CNLC for 8 years.
He is fluent in Kazakh and Mandarin, and conversational in Russian and English.
Kazakhstan residence permit number: 026372392. Kazakhstan residence permit ID number: 840811399072. Chinese passport number: G33769917.
Victim's location Unclear if in Kazakhstan or in China.
When victim was detained
On February 7, 2018, the victim boarded China Southern Airlines Flight CZ6012, from Almaty to Urumqi, arriving in Urumqi at 11:00 p.m. No sooner did he get off the plane than he was arrested and taken to the Jeminey police station, where he'd be questioned for over 20 days. During the interrogation, his leg became broken (exact cause unknown). He received treatment in a hospital, and when the treatment was over was sent to a Jeminey concentration camp.
What happened afterwards is not completely clear, as one rumor said that he was released from camp but not allowed to leave the Jeminey Municipality, with the requirement that he report to the police station daily and also do janitorial work. Another rumor said that he was released from the camp and transferred to another one soon after. The CNLC in Kazakhstan attempted to get Murat out of detention, but considered terminating his contract as their attempts were not met with success.
In any case, in late December 2018 / early January 2019, there surfaced a "proof-of-life" video from him and his brother Mural, both having recently returned home from detention. In the spring of 2019, he was said to have come to Kazakhstan, but had to return to China soon after, after which there's been no updates.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
"Azat Erkin" reports two (possible) reasons:
1) He had WhatsApp, Instagram, and other programs on his mobile phone. 2) He was once given a fine for a traffic violation and, being a former traffic policeman himself, asked the arresting officer for his identification, to which the officer replied by not only not showing his ID but also labeling Murat as "two faced", and threatening to send him to a re-education center.
In his submission, "Azat Erkin" also notes that Murat has never engaged in any radicalism, splittism, or terrorism, that he has never taken part in any political or religious activities, and that he has never disclosed state secrets for either Kazakhstan or China.
Victim's status
Released from hard detention, but it's unclear if he has now been able to settle down in Kazakhstan or if he remains in China.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Azat Erkin got this information from friends. Mehmet Volkan also said that he heard about the release from friends of the victim.
CNLC presumably learned about the detention by virtue of being the victim's employer. That he had been released was also confirmed by the victim's own video call.
Additional information
Murat's father is a retired policeman and suffers from multiple illnesses. His mother is also not in good health. At the time Murat was incarcerated, his wife was 6 months pregnant (they had gotten married in 2017).
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CNLC e-mail correspondence regarding Murat and his brother:
"Additional information on Xinjiang Kazakh Engineers.
From general manager XXX of the administrative personnel bureau:
Yesterday Murat's wife's older sister telephoned and confirmed that the Jeminey Political and Legal Affairs Commission has given materials on the brothers Murat and Mural to the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Altay Prefecture. As arranged by the Deputy Party Secretary of the Altay Political and Legal Affairs Commission, the Work District (of CNLC) must provide the Commission with Murat and his brother's verification materials (photocopy of their college diplomas, work contracts, records of work performance evaluations, district paramilitary management records, and all other available records). In the last few days, Murat's family and a previous contact Qiu Jian have phoned to urge us to continue supplementing our documentation efforts, so that we can submit them [to the prefectural authorities] as soon as possible. Murat's older sister has also phoned several times in the last few days to urge us [to complete this work].
June 27, 2018"
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He was briefly mentioned in the Foreign Policy piece talking about releases: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/18/detainees-are-trickling-out-of-xinjiangs-camps/
Victims among relatives
Mural Muqan (7)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NKA4mpS1vU Testimony 2: https://shahit.biz/supp/8_1.jpg CNLC communication (electronic): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_2.JPG e-mail correspondence: https://shahit.biz/supp/8_3.jpeg Kazakhstan residence permit: https://shahit.biz/supp/8_4.jpg photo with wife (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_5.jpg photo with wife (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_6.jpg work photo (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_7.jpg work photo (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_8.JPG work photo (3): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_9.jpeg work photo (4): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_10.jpg work photo (5): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_11.jpg work photo (6): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_12.jpg work photo (7): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_13.jpg work photo (8): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_14.jpeg work photo (9): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_15.jpeg leisure photo (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_16.jpg leisure photo (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_17.jpg plane ticket (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_18.jpeg plate ticket (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/8_19.jpeg video after "release": https://shahit.biz/supp/8_21.mp4 photos before and after detention: https://shahit.biz/supp/beforeafter_8.png
Entry created: 2018-09-24 Last updated: 2020-06-16 Latest status update: 2019-09-09 9. Erbau Bazarbek
Chinese ID: 65430119830619??O? (Altay)
Basic info
Age: 36 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: --- Status: --- When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: engineer
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*: "Azat Erkin", a Kazakh web activist. (friend)
Testimony 2: CNLC representative, an employee (likely manager) at the China National Logging Corporation (Kazakhstan branch). (colleague)
Testimony 3*|4*: "Azat Erkin", as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (friend)
About the victim
Erbau Bazarbek obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Xinjiang University College of Information Science and Engineering in 2007, with all tuition fees being covered by scholarships.
In 2007, he was among the 20 Kazakh students hired for internships by the CNLC (China National Logging Corporation) through the Xinjiang University Job Expo, being sent to Beijing, and then to a training school in Korla for a month and two weeks. Later, the students would be sent to a palm-kernel oilfield in Kazakhstan’s Kyzyl'orda region, where they were trained as well-logging engineers.
Azat Erkin writes: "Already in the first year, Erbau’s intellectual ability and prowess in managing cooperative tasks earned him his superior’s approval, and he was promoted to senior engineer on his second year, and to Zaisan Project Unit Manager on his third. Since then, he had held his position for 9 years, which makes for a total of 11 years of work experience at the CNLC." (He held the Zaysan Project Unit Manager position at the time of his disappearance.)
Azat Erkin also mentions that Erbau was "energetic at work, with a strong sense of responsibility, and valued unity among co-workers and was respected among them".
He is fluent in English and Mandarin, and has a conversational level in Russian.
Kazakhstan residence serial number: 026397602. Kazakhstan residence ID: 830619399067.
Victim's location Unclear, as testifier heard that he was preparing to return to Kazakhstan, but is not sure if he managed to.
When victim was detained
The testifier lost contact with Erbau after the other went to back to China to manage medical treatment for his daughter (who suffers from epilepsy and leukemia). His passport expired during this time, and the Altay prefectural government refused to renew it, forcing Erbau to stay in Altay.
At some point, Erbau was detained and taken to camp. Consequently, his contract was terminated by his company (in accordance with the Labor Law of Republic of Kazakhstan).
He was released in late 2018 / early January 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unknown.
Azat Erkin mentions that he had no relations whatsoever to extremist, separatist, or terrorist ideas, had not participated in politics or religious activities, and had never revealed state secrets from either country.
Victim's status
Released from detention, but not clear if he managed to return to Kazakhstan (Azat Erkin heard that he was planning to).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Azat Erkin learned about this through a friend.
The CNLC learned about the situation through more official sources, by communicating with the local Xinjiang authorities.
Additional information
His father passed away a long time ago, and his mother, wife, and daughter are not in the best health.
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Translation of CNLC statement:
"Regarding the Xinjiang Kazakh engineers being detained for education in China."
Greetings to all the marketing managers in all operational units! On June 11-12, our operational unit, which is responsible for all of its employees, entrusted Manager Chao to travel to Jeminey County in Xinjiang's Altay Prefecture, where he got in touch with the heads of both the city and county governments and learned more about matters concerning the detention of Murat and Mural by the county police. Chao provided objective documentation about the two workers' performance in the operational unit, which was accepted. However, he still could not secure the release of the workers. Usually, the first-level county police have to start a multi-level reporting process by informing the city office first, and it would take time until the matter would finally reach the Xinjiang Autonomous Region government, which would confirm that the two workers pose no threat, and only then they would be released. Therefore, the matter is quite clear, as the decision making power rests with authorities in Xinjiang’s government, perhaps even with individuals on a national government level. Investigative bodies at higher government levels hold access to information, while the low-level units just carry out their policies. Our operational unit has done its best in providing documentation, but is unable to act further, which leaves the following means available (if the local government requests them).
Besides Murat and Mural, there are Bazarbek, Toleu, Toqtargazy, and three others with whom we have lost contact a long time ago, with the concrete reasons unknown. Given the current circumstances, our operational unit has analyzed the situation carefully and decided to act as follows:
1. Increase awareness of such matters and follow the guidelines from all governmental levels concerning the workers’ management by refusing to act in ways contradictory to national policies. 2. In what concerns those workers unable to return to their duty for a prolonged period of time, we will increase efforts to act in accordance with Kazakhstan’s Labor Law by annulling their labor contracts (two people have been relieved in such a way in the past month). 3. Prepare all operational marketing units to react to the company’s labor demand by organizing hiring processes for vacant positions. 4. As for the Kazakh engineers who are yet to be naturalized, we ask workers from all operational units to exercise caution and to act carefully on social media. They are advised not to publicly express any views that run contrary to national policies and not to participate in any activities that violate these policies, so as to prevent similar occurrences when returning to China.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://shahit.biz/supp/9_1.jpg Testimony 2 (electronic): https://shahit.biz/supp/9_2.JPG Kazakhstan residence card: https://shahit.biz/supp/9_3.jpg photo (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/9_4.JPG photo (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/9_5.JPG photo (3): https://shahit.biz/supp/9_6.JPG photo (4): https://shahit.biz/supp/9_7.jpg wedding photo (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/9_8.jpg photo (5): https://shahit.biz/supp/9_9.jpg wedding photo (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/9_10.jpg
Entry created: 2018-09-24 Last updated: 2020-12-22 Latest status update: 2019-09-09 13. Bubinur Shaken
Chinese ID: 654026197???????E? (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 35-55 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: manual work
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Nazigul Tursynbai, born in 1981, immigrated to Kazakhstan from China in 2007. (cousin)
Testimony 2: Qurmangul Madinam Islam, a citizen of Kazakhstan. (relation unclear)
Testimony 3: Baqtiyar Sabetbai, born in 1986, is originally from Mongolkure County but has been a citizen of Kazakhstan since 2018. (relation unclear)
Testimony 4: Lazzat Belqozha, presumably a resident of Kazakhstan. (relation unclear)
About the victim
Bubinur Shaken was born in China and holds a Kazakhstan residence permit. She worked as a conductor and ticket seller on the international bus between Almaty and Ghulja City.
Address: Qotyrqai Village, Aqdala Township, Mongolkure County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
She was detained on September 20, 2017.
In October 2018, she was released from camp to house arrest.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status Under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
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Additional information
This victim is included in the list of victims from Mongolkure County, as provided to Qazaq Uni (https://qazaquni.kz/2018/09/28/90575.html) by Lazzat Belqozha (also available at: https://shahit.biz/supp/list_005.pdf).
Victims among relatives
Bagnur Sabetbai (14), Nurbaqyt Auqadi (15), Nurbolat Oraz (16)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ENXPp3OQoM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaucz5HOGko Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgXweRMmZA4
Entry created: 2018-09-27 Last updated: 2021-03-03 Latest status update: 2019-02-17 14. Bagnur Sabetbai
Chinese ID: 65402619810801??O? (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 37 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Nazigul Tursynbai, born in 1981, immigrated to Kazakhstan from China in 2007. (cousin)
Testimony 2: Lazzat Belqozha, presumably a resident of Kazakhstan. (relation unclear)
Testimony 3: Qurmangul Madinam Islam, a citizen of Kazakhstan. (relation unclear)
Testimony 4: Baqtiyar Sabetbai, born in 1986, is originally from Mongolkure County but has been a citizen of Kazakhstan since 2018. (brother)
About the victim
Bagnur Sabetbai.
Address: Qotyrqai Village, Aqdala Municipality, Mongolkure County, Ili Prefecture. [A list of Mongolkure victims compiled by friends/relatives in Kazakhstan gives his address as being in nearby Taltysai Village, but preference is given to Qotyrqai, as reported by a relative directly, as there is a greater risk of error when a victim is reported as part of a list.]
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
He was detained on March 8, 2018 and sent to a camp. On October 17, 2018, he was released to house arrest.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
His brother believes it is because of Bagnur attending Friday prayers at the mosque. Victim's status
Under house arrest following his release from a camp.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not stated.
Additional information
This victim is included in the list of victims from Mongolkure County, as provided to Qazaq Uni (https://qazaquni.kz/2018/09/28/90575.html) by Lazzat Belqozha (also available at: https://shahit.biz/supp/list_005.pdf).
Victims among relatives
Nurbaqyt Auqadi (15), Bubinur Shaken (13), Nurbolat Oraz (16)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ENXPp3OQoM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaucz5HOGko Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgXweRMmZA4
Entry created: 2018-09-27 Last updated: 2021-03-03 Latest status update: 2019-02-17 20. Nurbergen Abdirahman
Chinese ID: 6540261976??????O? (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 41-42 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Aidaragen Salamat, born in 1979, is now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (relative)
Testimony 3: Lazzat Belqozha, presumably a resident of Kazakhstan. (relation unclear)
About the victim
Nurbergen Abdirahman has two children, a daughter and a son, and an elderly mother.
Address: Zhuantobe Village, Aqdala Municipality, Mongolkure County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (伊犁哈萨克自治州昭苏县阿克达拉镇朱万托别村).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
Nurbergen was detained in March-April 2018 and taken to camp. In November 2018, he was released.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Praying.
Victim's status
Released from the camp.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not stated. Additional information
While Nurbergen was in camp, his mother, who was 80 years old at the time, was left without care. At that time, his daughter was eight and his son was four.
Nurbergen is included in the list of Mongolkure County victims, as provided to Qazaq Uni (https://qazaquni.kz/2018/09/28/90575.html) by Lazzat Belqozha, and also available at: https://shahit.biz/supp/list_005.pdf
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMfbMvz_MNI Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWXtmFzLNaU
Entry created: 2018-09-29 Last updated: 2021-05-18 Latest status update: 2018-12-30 21. Marzhan Qurmanzhan
Chinese ID: 6540261981??????E? (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 36-37 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Aidaragen Salamat, born in 1979, is now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (cousin)
Testimony 3: Lazzat Belqozha, as reported by Qazaq Uni. (relation unclear)
About the victim
Marzhan Qurmanzhan has an 8-year-old son.
Address: Qotyrqai Village, Aqdala Municipality, Mongolkure County, Ili Prefecture.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
She was detained on March 20, 2018 and sent to a re-education camp. She was then released in October 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having visited Kazakhstan in October 2017.
Victim's status
Released from camp.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not stated. Additional information
Marzhan's 60-year-old mother was left without care during her detention.
This victim is included in the list of victims from Mongolkure County, as provided to the outlet Qazaq Uni by Lazzat Belqozha: https://qazaquni.kz/2018/09/28/90575.html (also available at: https://shahit.biz/supp/list_005.pdf)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMfbMvz_MNI Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWXtmFzLNaU
Entry created: 2018-09-29 Last updated: 2021-07-28 Latest status update: 2018-12-30 25. Irpan Hezim
Chinese ID: 654221199???????O? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 18-35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: inner China Status: other When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: athlete
Testifying party
Gene A. Bunin, independent scholar/writer
Victim's relation to testifier
No relation. I am posting information that is publicly available in the press.
About the victim
Erfan Hezim, 19. Footballer in the Chinese Super League. Signed a 5-year contract with the Jiangsu Suning Football Club in 2017.
Victim's location
Presumably in inner China, as he's back to playing for the Jiangsu club.
[Previously in Turgun [village] Re-education Camp in Jiaochu township.]
When victim was detained
February 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Reportedly, for "visiting foreign countries" (Hezim visited Spain in January and Dubai in February).
Victim's status
On November 29, 2018, his girlfriend posted a photo on Weibo with the caption "the hero is back", confirming in the comments that Erfan returned. (https://www.weibo.com/6411009650/H4ViTD8DQ?filter=hot&root_comment_id=0&type=comment) Weibo posts on December 12, 2018 showed a photo of a very pale Erfan in what appears to be a plane or a train, with another post confirming that he'd be back to play for next season.
As of February 2019, he appears to be back to playing for the Jiangsu club, as reported by the SCMP: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2187101/rising-uygur-soccer-player-erfan-hezim-back- chinese-team-after
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
His story has been reported by Radio Free Asia: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/footballer-04132018162312.html
Additional information
The FIFPro organization has also spoken out against his detention: https://www.fifpro.org/news/fifpro-statement-chinese-player-detained/en/
Mentioned in the CECC report: https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20181011 _1424.pdf
Supplementary materials
"thank the Party" video after release: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/mahidin.juratuyghur/vide os/2032619726823508/&show_text=0&width=450 Weibo screen (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/25_1.jpg Weibo screen (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/25_2.jpg photos before and after detention: https://shahit.biz/supp/beforeafter_25.png
Entry created: 2018-10-01 Last updated: 2020-05-08 Latest status update: 2018-10-01 28. Seyitniyazhan Yusup (赛提尼牙孜汗·玉素甫)
Chinese ID: 65212219570412??E? (Pichan)
Basic info
Age: 62 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: --- Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*: Timothy Grose, an assistant professor of China studies at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. (friend)
Testimony 2*|3*: Timothy Grose, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (friend)
About the victim
Sitniyazhan Yusup: Widowed mother of three adult children, however youngest adult son passed away after an unexpected illness. Daughter is living in a country located in the Middle East
Victim's location unknown
When victim was detained
March 9, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unknown
Victim's status
[G. A. Bunin (Testimony 2): According to Tim Grose on January 29, 2019, she has been released sometime in late December 2018 or early January 2019. She has lost significant weight and her hair has turned white, but otherwise seems fine.]
[Tim Grose on July 13, 2019 (Testimony 3): now at home, but with a live-in surveillance agent, it seems.]
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? I learned from her daughter (her story is coming soon)
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives
Alim Mehsut (31), Aygul Yusup (29)
Supplementary materials photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/28_1.jpg passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/28_2.jpg
Entry created: 2018-10-03 Last updated: 2021-09-02 Latest status update: 2019-07-13 32. Muratqan Sailau (木拉提汗·赛劳)
Chinese ID: 654221198607030016 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: has problems Profession: religion
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|4|5|6|8: Amina Baishan, born in 1970, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (aunt)
Testimony 3: Orazbek Alimbek, born in 1983, is a citizen of Kazakhstan.
Testimony 7: Parida Qabylbek, born in 1963, a citizen of Kazakhstan since 2004. (relation unclear)
Testimony 9: Akikat Kaliolla, a musician from Dorbiljin County, now a Kazakhstan citizen. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Muratqan Sailau was an imam. He immigrated to Kazakhstan in 2012.
Address: House No. 004591, Maralsu Village [presumably the No. 1 village], Maralsu Township, Dorbiljin County, Xinjiang (新疆额敏县玛热勒苏乡玛热勒苏村004591号).
Chinese passport: G57335549. Kazakhstan green card: 026654528.
Victim's location
[Presumably at his home in Dorbiljin County.]
When victim was detained
His Kazakh green card and Chinese passport were confiscated upon arrival in China on August 10, 2017. He was put under house arrest, and then sent to a camp on December 27, 2017.
In May 2018, Chinese officials required Muratqan's family to pay them 350RMB, which they did. Muratqan had a WeChat video call with his mother in Kazakhstan on August 10, 2018 in the presence of a Chinese policeman. He requested 3000RMB, which Parida immediately sent to the Chinese authorities.
On August 29, 2018, the victim was allegedly placed in the Emin County hospital and needed 2000RMB for treatment urgently (according to another testimony, this was 10000). The family said that they had no money to send, to which the Chinese officials responded that they would take him to re-education camp, without providing any medical services, if the money wasn't sent over. In the end, his mother in Kazakhstan sold several livestock to cover the costs. According to Akikat Kaliolla, he was held on the 13th floor of the Emin County People's Hospital - reserved specifically for camp inmates (Akikat also mentions that he was tortured).
On November 27, 2018, he was released from the hospital, but placed under house arrest at his uncle's house. He was under close supervision for 35 days.
In late April 2019, he contacted his mother, who lives in Kazakhstan, under the supervision of a police officer.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
For talking with his wife, based in Kazakhstan, on WeChat.
Victim's status
Under local surveillance / house arrest.
He had been a healthy man before being taken to camp, but now can't walk without support.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear. Possibly through WeChat.
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives
Razia Sailau (7596), Zhazira Tursyn (7597)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnOyHRxXOmI Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvnDrEpQRm4 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NKA4mpS1vU Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_VmCqhQ4Tg Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjT2IbGRbwo Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cezoHDkMfio Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdBL8Ay9m6c Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZz5vDC9g9c Testimony 9: https://twitter.com/Akikatkaliolla/status/1213517460428734469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/32_9.png photos before and after detention: https://shahit.biz/supp/beforeafter_32.png Entry created: 2018-10-06 Last updated: 2020-08-03 Latest status update: 2020-01-04 45. Berdibek Qadilbek (别乐得别克·哈得力别克)
Chinese ID: 654225196005070914 (Chaghantokay)
Basic info
Age: 59 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): challenging authority|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1: Quanyshbek Tursynbek, born in 1988, is a Kazakhstan citizen as of August 2017. (son)
Testimony 2*: Quanyshbek Tursynbek, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (son)
Testimony 3*: Gene A. Bunin, independent scholar and curator of shahit.biz.
About the victim
Berdibek Qadilbek is a resident of Kazakhstan (has a residence permit).
Address in China: House No. 8401, Zhiek Village, Zhiek Township, Chaghantokay County, Xinjiang (新疆裕民县吉也克乡吉也克村8401号).
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
Berdibek went to China on March 4, 2018 to see his wife, who was being held in a concentration camp. He himself was detained one day after his asking the authorities to release her.
He was released in December 2018, but would still remain in China, unable to get his passport. At some point later [presumably in 2019], he was finally able to return to Kazakhstan.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Presumably for asking the authorities to release his wife from camp. [Likely for having connections to Kazakhstan, as well.]
Victim's status Released and back in Kazakhstan.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Quanyshbek learned of his father's detention from his sister on WeChat. After his father's release from camp, he would be able to talk to him directly.
Gene A. Bunin learned that Berdibek was back in Kazakhstan through people who were in touch with him.
Additional information
Mention in Foreign Policy: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/18/detainees-are-trickling-out-of-xinjiangs-camps/
Victims among relatives
Nursaule Qabdolla (46)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://web.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://web.facebook.com/kunyshbek.tursynbek/posts/ 326130168195502&width=300 Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/45_1.jpg photo with wife: https://shahit.biz/supp/45_3.png
Entry created: 2018-10-09 Last updated: 2020-08-01 Latest status update: 2020-03-04 46. Nursaule Qabdolla (努尔沙吾列·喀布都拉)
Chinese ID: 654201195609113924 (Chochek)
Basic info
Age: 63 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1: Quanyshbek Tursynbek, born in 1988, is a Kazakhstan citizen as of August 2017. (son)
Testimony 2: Quanyshbek Tursynbek, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (son)
Testimony 3*: Gene A. Bunin, independent scholar and curator of shahit.biz.
Testimony 4: Nursaule Qabdolla, as reported by Buzzfeed News. (the victim)
About the victim
Nursaule Qabdolla is a Kazakhstan permanent resident.
Address in China: No. 1 Attachment, House No. 34, Terekti Brigade, Oijailau Livestock Farm, Tacheng City, Xinjiang (新疆塔城市窝依加依劳牧场铁列克特队34号附1号).
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
She returned to China on October 5, 2017, to be detained on December 9, 2017 and held in a concentration camp. When her husband visited her on March 4, 2018, she was in poor health, unable to see, and unable to eat because of stomachaches. Her hair had also been cut short.
Twice during her stay, she would be taken to a local hospital for treatment, before being returned to camp.
She was released on December 23, 2018, but did not immediately receive her passport and was kept under house arrest, with her daughter looking after her.
At some point in 2019, she returned to Kazakhstan. Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released and back in Kazakhstan.
She was extremely skinny upon her release from detention.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear how the victim's son learned about the detention. [Possibly through her husband, who was able to visit the facility and talk to her through a screen on March 4, 2018.]
Gene A. Bunin learned about her status through people in contact with her in Kazakhstan.
Nursaule's account to BuzzFeed is an eyewitness testimony.
Additional information
Also mentioned in Foreign Policy: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/18/detainees-are-trickling-out-of-xinjiangs-camps/
Eyewitness account
[The following account was originally featured in BuzzFeed News. While an attempt to keep the eyewitness pseudo-anonymous was made in the original, with only her first name reported, the relative rarity of the name - together with the other details (age, time of detention and time of release, family situation and husband’s detention status, her city of residence) and the fact that only a few hundred ex-detainee women managed to return to Kazakhstan - essentially strip the account of all anonymity. We have therefore decided to include it, in an adapted and abridged form.]
Maybe the police officers call you first. Or maybe they show up at your workplace and ask your boss if they can talk to you. In all likelihood they will come for you at night, after you’ve gone to bed.
In Nursaule’s case, they turned up at her home just as she was fixing her husband a lunch of fresh noodles and lamb.
Nursaule’s husband was watching TV the day she was detained in late 2017 near Tacheng City, she said. She was in the kitchen when there was a sharp knock at the front door. She opened it to find a woman wearing ordinary clothing flanked by two uniformed male police officers, she said. The woman told her she was to be taken for a medical checkup.
At first, Nursaule, a sixtysomething Kazakh woman whose presence is both no-nonsense and grandmotherly, was glad. Her legs had been swollen for a few days, and she had been meaning to go to the doctor to have them looked at. Nursaule’s stomach began to rumble. The woman seemed kind, so Nursaule asked if she could return to pick her up after she’d eaten lunch. The woman agreed. But then she said something strange.
“She told me to take off my earrings and necklace before going with them, that I shouldn’t take my jewelry where I was going,” Nursaule said. “It was only then that I started to feel afraid.”
After the police left, Nursaule called her grown-up daughter to tell her what happened, hoping she’d have some insight. Her daughter told her not to worry - but something in her tone told Nursaule there was something wrong. She began to cry. She couldn’t eat a bite of her noodles. Many hours later, after the police had interrogated her for hours, she realized that she was starving. But the next meal she would eat would be within the walls of an internment camp.
After a series of blood tests, Nursaule was taken to a separate room at the clinic, where she was asked to sign some documents she couldn’t understand and press all 10 of her fingers on a pad of ink to make fingerprints. Police interrogated her about her past, and afterward, she waited for hours. Finally, past midnight, a Chinese police officer told her she would be taken to “get some education.” Nursaule tried to appeal to the Kazakh officer translating for him - she does not speak Chinese - but he assured her she would only be gone 10 days.
When Nursaule arrived, the first thing she saw were the heavy iron doors of the compound, flanked by armed police.
For several women detainees, a deeply traumatic humiliation was having their long hair cut to chin length. Women were also barred from wearing traditional head coverings, as they are in all of Xinjiang.
“I wanted to keep my hair,” said Nursaule. “Keeping long hair, for a Kazakh woman, is very important. I had grown it since I was a little girl, I had never cut it in my life. Hair is the beauty of a woman.”
“I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “They wanted to hack it off.”
After the haircut, putting her hand to the ends of her hair, she cried.
Some former detainees said there were small clinics within the camps. Nursaule remembered being taken by bus to two local hospitals in 2018. The detainees were chained together, she said.
People were coming and going all the time from the camp where she stayed, she said.
Nursaule was never beaten, but one day, she got into a squabble with an Uyghur woman who was living in the same dorm room. Guards put a sack over her head and took her to the solitary room.
There, it was dark, with only a metal chair and a bucket. Her ankles were shackled together. The room was small, about 10 feet by 10 feet, she said, with a cement floor. There was no window. The lights were kept off, so guards used a flashlight to find her, she said.
After three days had passed by, she was taken back up to the cell.
Nursaule never expected to be released.
“It was dinner time and we were lining up at the door,” she said. “They called my name and another Kazakh woman’s name.” It was December 23, 2018. She was terrified - she had heard that some detainees were being given prison sentences, and she wondered if she might be among them. China does not consider internment camps like the ones she was sent to to be part of the criminal justice system - no one who is sent to a camp is formally arrested or charged with a crime.
Nursaule had heard that prisons - which disproportionately house Uyghurs and Kazakhs - could be even worse than internment camps. She whispered to the other woman, “Are we getting prison terms?” The two were taken in handcuffs to a larger room and told to sit on plastic stools. Then an officer undid the handcuffs.
He asked if Nursaule wanted to go to Kazakhstan. She said yes. He then gave her a set of papers to sign, promising never to tell anyone what she had experienced. She signed it, and they allowed her to leave - to live under house arrest until she left for Kazakhstan for good. The day after, her daughter arrived with her clothes.
Nursaule’s daughter, who is in her late twenties, is a nurse who usually works the night shift at a local hospital in Xinjiang, starting at 6 p.m. Nursaule worries all the time about her - about how hard she works, and whether she might be detained someday too. After Nursaule was eventually released from detention, it was her daughter who cared for her, because her husband had been detained too.
Like for other Muslim minorities, government authorities have taken her daughter’s passport, Nursaule said, so she cannot come to Kazakhstan.
Snow fell softly outside the window as Nursaule spoke about what had happened to her from an acquaintance’s apartment in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, where a cheery plastic tablecloth printed with cartoon plates of pasta covered the coffee table. Nursaule spoke slowly and carefully in her native Kazakh, with the occasional bitter note creeping into her voice, long after the milky tea on the table had grown cold.
But when she asked that her full name not be used in this article, she began to weep - big, heaving sobs pent up from the pain she carried with her, from talking about things she could hardly bear to remember or relate, even to her husband.
She was thinking about her daughter, she said, and about what could happen if Chinese officials discovered she spoke about her time in the camps. It is the reason that she, like so many former detainees and prisoners, has never spoken publicly about what was done to her.
“I am still afraid of talking about this,” she said. “I can’t stand it anymore. I can’t bear it.”
“It makes me suffer to tell you this,” she said.
“But I feel that I have to tell it.”
Source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alison_killing/china-ex-prisoners-horrors-xinjiang-camps-uighurs
Victims among relatives
Berdibek Qadilbek (45) Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://web.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://web.facebook.com/kunyshbek.tursynbek/posts/ 326130168195502&width=300 Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/46_1.jpg photos before and after detention: https://shahit.biz/supp/beforeafter_46.png
Entry created: 2018-10-09 Last updated: 2020-09-15 Latest status update: 2020-08-27 67. Erbol Ergali (叶日布鲁·叶尔哈力)
Chinese ID: 654126199110201036 (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 27 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"problematic" association, related to going abroad Health status: has problems Profession: private business
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4|6: Nurshat Mamish, born in 1967, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (mother)
Testimony 5: Erbol Ergali, an ethnic Kazakh from Xinjiang who is now residing in Kazakhstan. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang. (the victim)
About the victim
Erbol Ergali is married and a father of two. He is a businessman, and was frequently doing business between Kazakhstan and Xinjiang.
Address in China: House No. 51, Qotyrqai Village, Aqdala Township, Mongolkure County, Ili Prefecture (新疆昭苏县阿克达拉乡呼图海村51号).
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
He went to China to sell his family's real estate, but had his passport taken away by the local police in January 2018.
On February 19, 2018, he was arrested and put into a camp, where he would spend 8 months prior to being released on October 8, 2018. He then remained under house-town arrest for another 5 months, before returning to Kazakhstan in February 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
According to the victim himself, he was initially accused of visiting Kazakhstan and having parents there, though he was later told that it was because he had come into contact with an Uyghur in Kashgar. Victim's status
Back in Kazakhstan.
While on parole following his release from camp, he was reported as having problems with his health and receiving treatment at the hospital. [It is not clear if these have been resolved.]
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Erbol's is an eyewitness account.
Additional information
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Eyewitness account
[The following is an abridged summary, based on the victim’s interview at the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization in Almaty, Kazakhstan.]
Erbol had been doing business in Xinjiang and would visit the Korgas International Center for Boundary Cooperation regularly. On February 19, 2018, he was put into a camp after being accused of visiting Kazakhstan and having his parents there, where he would then spend almost 8 months before being released on October 8, 2018.
Upon his release, he was told that he’d be under house/village arrest for another 6 months. When needing to go to the county seat to resolve certain matters, he’d first need to get a permit from the village administration. What was particularly inconvenient was that he had already sold his house in the village to buy one in the county seat, but could not actually live there because of the village arrest (he had not yet changed his registration). After four months, he was finally allowed to live at his home in the county seat, and was told that he would be allowed to go abroad.
According to Erbol, the IDs of those who were once in camp are programmed to beep whenever they go through a detector anywhere, prompting security to take the person’s photo (posing with the ID in their hand) and leading to all sorts of trouble/inconvenience.
He was later told that he had been taken to camp because of contacting a criminal while in Kashgar – an Uyghur who was Erbol’s business partner. Erbol didn’t understand how he was supposed to know that someone had once been a criminal, as the Uyghur man was free and doing business, with nothing to prompt Erbol to be suspicious about him. The whole thing was just an excuse. The police also told him that they had prevented him from following a wrong path and becoming a criminal himself. However, it seems that the Uyghur man wasn't a former criminal at all – just a practicing Muslim.
While in camp, Erbol was allowed to see his relatives once a month. There, they learned the Chinese language, Chinese law, and attended anti-religion propaganda lectures. It was easy for them as they were young and were not abused physically, but it was very hard for the older people, who couldn't learn Chinese and were punished as a result. Even an 80-year-old man was punished, according to Erbol, having one hand tied to the ceiling and forced to stand that way for hours. The camp was also hell for the elderly because some people couldn't control their need to urinate, and toilets could only be used during fixed times, and not whenever one needed. Some elderly people, having been unable to relieve themselves during the designated times, would potentially find themselves beaten for asking to use the toilet outside the fixed schedule.
Erbol says that he wasn’t sentenced as he wasn't there on religious charges. Imams, however, could be sentenced to more than 20 years, and would be handcuffed and shackled 24/7. There were 5000 people in the facility, with 4 such facilities in Mongolkure County alone.
Outside the detention facilities, the people who were "free" could not greet their elders with “essalamu eleykum”, which among Kazakhs is more traditional than religious.
According to Erbol, asking for your passport resulted in the officials telling you that they would give it back in exchange for giving up all government subsidies/allowances and pensions.
Once Erbol was summoned by the county-level police, where a representative from the Yining foreign affairs office told him that his case had gotten international attention, before telling him to “be good in Kazakhstan”, because he (Erbol) would be a representative of China. Before that, it had been nearly impossible for him to meet even with the village head, as he would have to stand two hours in front of the village administration building in cold winter weather just to meet the village head to talk about his sister Dinara's case.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2v9Xxur2Bo
Victims among relatives
Dinara Ergali (66), Arai Muqai (4158), Raian Erbol (4159), Nurmuhamet Erbol (4160)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-g-_6LoI8g Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4M2AemuZyQ Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-KtcYQT_lQ Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBd0jnwHaBM Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2v9Xxur2Bo Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uOH6YVaDBw Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/67_7.png
Entry created: 2018-10-12 Last updated: 2018-10-12 Latest status update: 2019-02-12 69. Mahmut Ushkempir
Chinese ID: 6540261989??????O? (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 29-30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Maqsat Ushkempiruly came to Kazakhstan in April 2016. He got a Kazakhstani citizenship in 2018.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: younger brother
About the victim
Mahmut Ushkempiruly was born in 1989. He went to China in March 2017 to sell their agricultural land. Later the local police took away his passport and sent his to the political re-education camp in February 2018.
Address: Mongulkure (Zhaosu) County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
February 20, 2018. Released from camp at the end of 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
He was told he migrated to Kazakhstan illegally, although he went through all the necessary processes in accordance with the Law.
Victim's status
Released from camp [current status unclear]. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
From relatives.
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTJGpecxE_s Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnxxdSHiyRI Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkPKCLqreV8
Entry created: 2018-10-12 Last updated: 2019-07-15 Latest status update: 2019-06-19 72. Turganzhan Nurman
Chinese ID: 652421195904102771 (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 59 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-4: Munira Turganzhanqyzy. Her mother, the victim's husband, has become disabled after falling in a faint from high blood pressure hearing the news about her husband's detention.
Testimony 6: Dauren Omarqan, born on June 15, 1995.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-4: father
Testimony 6: uncle
About the victim
Turganzhan Nurman went to China in January 2016 and he contacted his relatives in Kazakhstan in March 2016 for the last time.
Address: No. 443, Islamyuzi village, Uch'on Township, Yining county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture
Victim's location
At his home in Ili, presumably.
When victim was detained earlier: December 2017
Testimony 6: approx. March 15, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
He prays five times a day. This might be the reason for his detention. Victim's status
Testimony 6: Released (from camp, most likely) on November 25, 2018.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Heard from other people from the same county. Her father and other relatives in China deleted her from their Wechat account. So she cannot contact any of her relatives in China.
Additional information
His wife, Zhumashan Berduqozha, is disabled.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09lhYzlVHQc Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGEcBCMDDIU Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Phzp7SFLnc Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ccRrIw1ta0 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BRp8kuQwKg Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiANVEF3mzk
Entry created: 2018-10-12 Last updated: 2020-10-06 Latest status update: 2018-12-14 82. Zhenis Omirali
Chinese ID: 654004197403????O? (Korghas)
Basic info
Age: 45 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Gulbaran Omirali, came to Kazakhstan from China in 2009. She obtained Kazakhstani citizenship in 2011. Now resides in Kerbulaq Village, Almaty Region.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: brother
About the victim
Zhenis Omirali.
Victim's location
Qorgas (Huocheng) County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
Testimony 2: March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Presumably for watching Kazakhstani movies on line. He has never visited Kazakhstan.
Victim's status
Testimony 2: released from camp on December 25, 2018
Testimony 3: now under house arrest
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? From relatives.
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnXWA5c0F2Q Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6L0lALyGxY Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79RErml3jfo
Entry created: 2018-10-13 Last updated: 2019-06-19 Latest status update: 2019-09-22 83. Tasbolat Omirali
Chinese ID: 654004196501????O? (Korghas)
Basic info
Age: 54 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Gulbaran Omirali, came to Kazakhstan from China in 2009. She obtained Kazakhstani citizenship in 2011. Now resides in Kerbulaq Village, Almaty Region.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: younger brother
About the victim
Tasbolat Omirali, born in January 1965, is a Chinese citizen.
Victim's location
Qorgas (Huocheng) County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
Testimony 2: March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
He visited Kazakhstan several times, that might be the reason.
Victim's status
Testimony 2: released from camp on December 25, 2018
Testimony 3: under house arrest
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? From relatives
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnXWA5c0F2Q Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6L0lALyGxY Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79RErml3jfo
Entry created: 2018-10-13 Last updated: 2019-06-19 Latest status update: 2019-09-22 86. Nabigaly Asqarbek (那比哈力·阿斯克别克)
Chinese ID: 654125197310242611 (Kunes)
Basic info
Age: 46 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: sentenced (3 years) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: religion
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1: Zaidyn Orazaqyn, born in 1979, is a resident of Kazakhstan, having migrated over in 2017. (brother-in-law)
Testimony 2: Rahymgeldi Zhanatali, born in 1988, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (brother-in-law)
Testimony 3|4: Tursynbek Sauletbek, a resident of Kazakhstan. (relation unclear)
Testimony 5|7: Zhadyra Askerbek, born in 1987, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (sister)
Testimony 6: Azatbek Muqai, born in 1964, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (friend)
Testimony 8*: Serikzhan Bilash, as reported by Gene A. Bunin.
Testimony 9: Anonymous, as reported by Radio Free Asia Mandarin. (relative)
About the victim
Nabigaly Askerbekuly was Imam of the Narat Central mosque. He was the member of the county level standing committees of the people's congress. He had been working as an imam since 1998. He was one of the three imams approved by the authorities to teach religion to the youth.
He was a respected religious figure from that region and used to attend high-level official meetings. He has many photos where he shakes hands with Chen Quanguo, the Communist Party secretary of the XUAR.
Born in 1973. Chinese passport: G32384773.
RFA (Testimony 9): In 2015, he was commended as a "Model Religious Person" by Xi Jinping. According to a source in Kazakhstan, the local government fabricated a video that shows Nabiqaly living peacefully at his home, even though he is still detained.
Address: Narat Township, Kunes (Xinyuan) County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China [a news article from 2018, https://archive.vn/D3acW, says that he was the imam of the mosque in Narat Village, specifically]
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: He was detained twice. Firs time in September 2017, was released in December and detained again in March 2018.
Testimony 2: He came to Kazakhstan on March 24, 2017 to attend his brother's funeral and he was put into a camp on April 17, 2017. He was released after being detained for 20 days and was under house arrest till March 2018 when he was sent to a camp again. That day the police came to his home and beat him and took him to the camp forcefully.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 1: Unclear, some say because of the religious content on his phone.
Testimony 2: Accused of visiting Kazakhstan and reading Quran while he was in Kazakhstan. He had also met the high officials to say they went too far when the central mosque in Narat was destroyed and replaced with an entertainment venue.
Victim's status earlier: He was allegedly released from the camp in October 2018 but the relatives could not contact him personally to prove the news.
[G. A. Bunin (Testimony 8): Serikzhan Bilash told me in January 2019 that he has not been released.]
Testimony 7: He was released from the camp in December 2018 and then was no news from him until March 2019. In March, his wife contacted his relatives in Kazakhstan and informed them that he was given 3 years in prison and asked them to stop appealing. He weighed 90 kilos until his detention and now is allegedly become very thin.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
From relatives in the region [this is either mentioned explicitly in most testimonies or may be assumed]
Additional information
RFA coverage (Testimony 9): https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-09092019064214.html
2009 Interview with Nabyqaly about his husbandry business: https://archive.vn/UTZEL Mentioned as a "Model Religious Person": http://www.xjmzw.gov.cn/news/ywjs/5110.htm [no longer online] His name is listed among those in Ili who are banned from driving a vehicle: https://archive.vn/XJfCu
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDGnvuYZtck Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEPAKb5N_qc Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb1PhZVo5sw Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vROY0sRI78w Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xpDPgS4l3M Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFQMMtkoZhc Testimony 7: https://web.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://web.facebook.com/100012011741023/videos/ 620306575046395/&show_text=1&width=300
Entry created: 2018-10-14 Last updated: 2020-12-30 Latest status update: 2019-12-23 88. Islam Madinam
Chinese ID: 652524194812210011 (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 70 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: tradesperson
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-11: Qurmangul Madinam Islamqyzy came to Kazakhstan from China. Now she is a Kazakh citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-11: father
About the victim
Qusayin Islam Madinamuly is a retired electrician who used to work at China Telecom.
He came to Kazakhstan on March 14, 2017, to visit his relatives and obtain Kazakhstan Permanent Resident card. He went through all the necessary procedure and he got the permit for visiting abroad from the local authorities in Sauan county of China. However, he had to go back to China on May 12, 2017 [Testimony 10: May 14], as the local police there kept calling him to return. His documents were confiscated after his arrival. In March 2018, he was sent to re-education camp.
Address: Yuntian West Road (耘田西路) 32, Shawan county. Worked for Shawan county government for 43 years in a Communist Party school, which was then reorganized to a re-education camp where he is located now. Last contact made on October 27.
Victim's location
Sauan (Shawan) County, Tarbagatai Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear Victim's status
Testimony 8: released on December 25, 2018 but out of touch since.
Testimony 9: under strict house arrest.
According to his daughter as reported by Tortoise Media (https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2019/04/15/uighurs/content.html?sig=INMNBA7zzH4bl8chVk3Ko5p xAGqxAmFjLMkq3mwRMcY), there have been cameras installed in his apartment.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 11: In October 2017, Qurmanzhan talked via phone with her father and learned that he was detained.
Additional information
Mention in Tortoise Media:
"Islam Madinam, a retired electrician who used to work at China Telecom, was taken away by authorities from his home in Tarbaghtay county. The authorities had already installed surveillance cameras in the apartment, says his daughter, Kurmangül Slamkyzy. “They threatened my mother, too, saying that she would also be sent to a camp if she talked about his arrest.”"
Mention in the CECC report: https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20181011 _1424.pdf
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po2IbS4XTb8 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgTJ6fNOt0E Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRKfv0KmCyw Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzotdpwHG78 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b37HYvz1os Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfllHJ4s0Ws Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LceRXoAKyV8 Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERCZIb6-BZg Testimony 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djcL7Txp1rs Testimony 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0WSCIxWqX4 Testimony 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b0mhnGuOJY
Entry created: 2018-10-14 Last updated: 2018-10-14 Latest status update: 2019-01-16 89. Bolat Musa (包拉特·木沙)
Chinese ID: 654226195801010623 (Kobuksar)
Basic info
Age: 61 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: medicine
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+7: Shugyla Kadirbek, came to Kazakhstan in 2005.
Testimony 2+3+4+8: Ayanbek Kadirbek was born on January 1, 1984. His ID number is 040459167.
Testimony 5: unclear (group testimony)
Testimony 6+9: Gymyn‘bek Musa, born on April 1, 1965 in Tacheng prefecture, citizen of Kazakhstan since 2010.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+3+4+7+8: mother
Testimony 5: unclear
Testimony 6+9: sister
About the victim
Bolat Musaqyzy (包拉特*木沙) worked as a doctor. She is retired now. Immigrated to Kazakhstan in 2005 and has got a Kazakhstan Permanent Resident card. She went to China on January 28, 2018, because one of her relatives was a guarantee of her return to China after visiting Kazakhstan. Soon after her arrival, the local authorities first confiscated her documents including her Chinese ID card and Kazakhstan Permanent Resident card. Later she was sent to the political re-education camp. She has to pay more than 2000 RMB for staying in the camp.
Address: Sai‘er Road (塞尔路) 29, Tiebukenwusan village (铁布肯吾村) 29, Tiebukenwusan township, Hoboksar Mongol autonomous county, Tacheng prefecture
Passport: G35479796. Kazakhstan Residence Permit no. 023142828.
Victim's location At her home in Tiebukenwusan, presumably.
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: May 1, 2018
Testimony 2: says she was released after 10 months in camp (as of January 2019), so it may have been earlier than May.
Testimony 6: Passport confiscated in February 2018.
Testimony 7: March 1, 2018
Testimony 8: Documents confiscated on February 27, 2018. Sent to re-education camp in May later that year.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
She was accused of practising Islam. Actually, she does not even pray, but she had a prayer mat at home like any other muslim families. Somebody took the photo of her in her room where the prayer mat was.
Victim's status
Testimony 2: released from camp and under house arrest.
Testimony 4: released on December 26, 2018.
Testimony 5: told to find a guarantor if she is to go abroad
Testimony 6: Released from camp on December 24, 2018 and put under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
From relatives
Additional information
Testimony 9: the camp she was at was in Tuoli (despite her being from Hefeng).
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX4cienQmGw Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDDd3SQMrpo Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH0g-wsvDcI Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPzh9bgy6kY Testimony 5 (removed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3cqJS6bvAU Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIb6XwnHtXc Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnJ1h-uwLLA Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyQyFPDVVzc Testimony 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhHobZD0_gw Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/89_10.png
Entry created: 2018-10-15 Last updated: 2019-06-02 Latest status update: 2019-02-23 90. Beisen Tanbek
Chinese ID: 654222195211105010 (Wusu)
Basic info
Age: 66 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: education
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Erkinbek Beisenuly, who lives in Taldyqorgan, Kazakhstan, is a businessman.
Testimony 2: Zhaqsybek Beisenuly, born on January 13, 1980, and his Kazakh ID number is 042665415.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: father
About the victim
Beisen Tanbek, born on November 10, 1952, was a teacher and school principal. He is retired now. His Chinese ID card number is 654222195211105010. He went to China to resolve some personal matters.
Address: Chihu (Wusu) city, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
December, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Presumably for visiting Kazakhstan
Victim's status
Testimony 2: Released in December 2018, now is under house arrest. He was told to be under house arrest for three months.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
From relatives
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX4cienQmGw video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCuh_PNqyA
Entry created: 2018-10-15 Last updated: 2020-10-07 Latest status update: 2019-01-05 92. Zhenis Rasul
Chinese ID: 65422119????????O? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 35-55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: critical Profession: private business
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+2+6+7: Nazigul Rasulqyzy and Lazzat Rasulqyzy live in Taldyqorgan, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+6+7: The victim is the testifiers' brother.
About the victim
Zhenis Rasul is a businessman. He has a daughter. He has long been suffering from diabetes.
Home address: Beijiao Village (北郊村), Jiaoqu Township (郊区乡), Emin County.
Victim's location
Dorbiljin (Emin) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
When victim was detained
He was sent to a concentration camp in February 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
[G. A. Bunin: according to what a source who knows the testifier told me at the end of December 2018, the victim has been released from camp and is now under house arrest.]
It is not clear if he ever managed to have surgery on his arm, which was something he urgently needed. According to the testifiers, Zhenis was tortured 4 months into his detention, which led to a serious shoulder muscle injury and to him staying a week in the hospital. Lazzat also heard that Zhenis had a heart attack. The officials asked Lazzat and her family to pay 40,000 RMB for the shoulder operation. After the family said that they didn't have that much money, Zhenis was taken back to camp in August.
Testimony 6: He was released on December 31, 2018. The testifier claims that he's lost 70kg since his initial detention.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Zhenis had remained in contact with the testifiers until February 2018, when he suddenly disappeared. According to the testifiers, his last post on WeChat Moments dates back to February 14, 2018, from which they assume that he was sent to the camp that day. However, his wife had told the testifiers that everything was fine and that they shouldn't contact them.
Later, they found out the actual situation because Zhenis had to have an operation on his arm - the section close to the armpit started to break down. They had to disclose his health status and the fact that he was detained in order to ask for help, seeing as they did not have the money for his operation.
Additional information
Zhenis's wife is handicapped because of a prior operation on her legs.
His brother, already handicapped, got hit by a car sometime after Zhenis's arrest, resulting in a broken nose and broken legs.
Victims among relatives
Serik Rasul (1041)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX4cienQmGw Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwla6Vb7Ajk Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB2R8zDHYRI Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5Qecw6Nc8A Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwbFk9wAhc Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq-NHmHGCL4 Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5mL0c-ybmc
Entry created: 2018-10-15 Last updated: 2018-10-15 Latest status update: 2019-02-11 94. Abdesh Nurdaulet
Chinese ID: 65412419550815331X (Tokkuztara)
Basic info
Age: 63 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Unclear
Testimony 2-3: Zhalgasar Abilehat, born on February 4, 1976, citizen of Kazakhstan since 2010.
Testimony 4: Nurbubi Nurdaulet
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: grandfather
Testimony 2-3: father-in-law
Testimony 4: unclear
About the victim
Abdesh Nurdaulet, from Gongliu County. Went to China to his son Qaisar Nurdaulet's funeral in July 2017.
DOB: August 15, 1955. Kazakhstan Residence Card IIN: 550815000134. Kazakhstan green card: 040590816.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
Detained around August 2017. Released from camp and put under house arrest in late 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 2: having a Kazakhstan residence permit. Victim's status
Testimony 3: arrived back in Kazakhstan on February 23, 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
The testifier got an answer from the Chinese Consulate In Almaty that her grandparents might have been involved in crimes but she wonders if it is true why she or any of her immediate relatives did not get any letter from the local authorities in China.
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNMwJFUNLiM video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XiMDwI2M-4 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U9Ww10hU2s video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYbvn0S_Azo
Entry created: 2018-10-15 Last updated: 2018-10-15 Latest status update: 2019-02-27 96. Serik Qudaibergen (夏日克·胡达衣贝尔汗)
Chinese ID: 65422119710414181X (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: forced job placement When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: religion
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1|5|7|8|9|11: Aibota Serik, a student in Almaty and now Kazakhstan citizen. (daughter)
Testimony 2|6|10: Gulshar Qudaibergen, born in 1961, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (sister)
Testimony 3|4: Amangul Toleu, born in 1989, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (niece)
Testimony 12*: Anonymous, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (friend of relative)
About the victim
Serik Qudaybergen (夏日克*胡达衣贝尔汗) is a Chinese citizen. Emigrated to Kazakhstan in 2012 and had a Kazakhstan’s Green Card. He was appointed as an Imam in Koksu countryside in accordance with the law. He has a relevant certificate as well.
Home address: Koksu（阔克苏) Countryside 000334, Kurti (二道桥) Village, Emin （额敏）County, Tacheng（塔城）Region, Xinjiang, China.
DOB: April 14, 1971. Chinese ID: 65422119710414181X.
Victim's location
Dorbiljin (Emin) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
February 2018 (but Aibota couldn’t reach him since New Year’s)
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear Victim's status
G. A. Bunin (Testimony 12): "At the end of December 2018, I was able to confirm through a source who knows the testifier that the victim has been released from camp and presumably transferred to house arrest."
Testimony 7: the testifier heard that her father has been released from camp and is now working as a guard in a village.
Testimony 9: on January 23, 2019, the testifier sent an invitation letter to her parents and a brother to move to Kazakhstan.
Testimony 10: released in January 2019.
Testimony 11: Aibota was able to contact her father through a voice call twice, last time on February 20, and her father told her she can only call once every month, video calls not allowed. He also asked Aibota to stop petitioning. This was about a week after the BBC story featuring Aibota came out.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
From her mother and brother. However, The testifier contacted her mother and brother in the first week of March 2018 for the last time and completely lost contact with them since. She has no idea about their whereabouts and how they really are.
Testimony 8: From her relatives in June 2018.
Additional information
An official invitation for the Oralman repatriation program, stamped by the Chinese consulate in Almaty, has been sent to the local Emin county police. During a phone call with her father, he informed Aibota that the family has received the letter, but Aibola doubts it, since they are not allowed to receive passports.
This story has also been reported on by the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47157111
Victims among relatives
Qamargul Tilesh (2258), Esbol Serik (2259)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOBaF02MgJw Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-SP4bo_cuU Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-hAaO9tqv0 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTaKdE1An7A Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_VmCqhQ4Tg Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwbFk9wAhc Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djcL7Txp1rs Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0r_sj0s5i4 Testimony 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avs2ueH5ThM Testimony 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Lujt6Jy5Y Testimony 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoqkDy9p_Mc Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/96_12.png
Entry created: 2018-10-15 Last updated: 2021-01-02 Latest status update: 2019-08-05 100. Magauia Azat
Chinese ID: 6542211989??????E? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 28-29 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Amangul Toleu moved to Kazakhstan in 2005, now she is a Kazakhstan citizen.
Testimony 5: Aibota Serik, born on August 15, 1997. Studies in Almaty.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: cousin
Testimony 5: uncle
About the victim
Magauia Azat, born in 1989, is a Chinese citizen.
Victim's location
Dorbiljin(Emin) County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: February 2018
Testimony 5: April-May 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear
Victim's status
G. A. Bunin: At the end of December 2018, I was able to learn through a source who knows the testifier that the victim has been released and presumably transferred to house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
From relatives
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2rPUBeVxgY video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36R5NAr_j4 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-SP4bo_cuU video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-hAaO9tqv0 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0r_sj0s5i4
Entry created: 2018-10-15 Last updated: 2018-10-15 Latest status update: 2018-12-25 107. Qizat Toreqan
Chinese ID: 65????19660601??O? (place of origin unclear)
Basic info
Age: 52 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: --- Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|3: Abdirasil Esebek, a citizen of Kazakhstan. (father-in-law)
Testimony 2: Torehan Marmar Qizat, born in 2006, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (daughter)
About the victim
Qizat Toreqan moved to Kazakhstan with his family in 2005.
Victim's location
---
When victim was detained
Qizat and his wife initially went to China in February 2017 and had their passports confiscated. He spent some time in detention in July-August of that year.
After the release, Qizat and his wife wrote a letter of commitment [to the Chinese authorities], stating that they would return to China in two months. They then were able to travel to Kazakhstan, and returned to China in October. In November 2017, after re-entering China, the victim was sent to a camp.
Qizat's mother died at some point during his second detention. He was released for 3 hours in order to attend her funeral.
He was allegedly released from the camp in October 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
The only possible reason might be that he holds a Kazakhstan-permanent resident card.
Victim's status Allegedly released, but his relatives cannot confirm his status as they haven't been able to establish contact with him. The phone calls [between relatives in Xinjiang and Kazakhstan] may be tapped.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
From the victim's wife.
Additional information
Qizat's eldest son, Zhaisang Qizat, died on June 21, 2018 in an accident in Kazakhstan. His in-laws sent the victim an urgent letter from Kazakhstan, notarized and translated into Chinese. However, the local authorities neither returned the victim's wife's passport nor released the victim from the camp [at that time].
Victims among relatives
Anargul Abdirasil (108)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWP9FufMkU4 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-3rmwomhqI Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3tjOG0d5mc
Entry created: 2018-10-15 Last updated: 2020-09-26 Latest status update: 2018-12-28 116. Erkin Qami (叶尔肯·哈密)
Chinese ID: 652501195805052115 (Chochek)
Basic info
Age: 61 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: --- Status: --- When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4|5|6: Munira Erkin, born in 1985, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (daughter)
Testimony 7: Erbaqyt Otarbai, a truck driver and Kazakhstan citizen, who spent about 2 years in Xinjiang after returning there in 2017. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations. (detained together)
About the victim
Erkin Qami.
Address: 285 Qaradong Street, Tacheng City, Xinjiang (新疆塔城市喀拉墩街285号).
Kazakhstan green card: 026686837.
Victim's location
Not clear if he is still in Xinjiang or if he has been able to return to Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
He went back to China on September 6, 2017 to take care of some personal affairs. On December 25, 2017, he was arrested, to be taken to camp.
In March 2018, his daughter, Munira, would learn that he had been hospitalized.
Erbaqyt Otarbai, who was in detention at the same time as the victim, would see him at a prison-like camp facility after being transferred there in mid-April 2018. They had both been at the facility on the Horse Racetrack Road before that.
On November 25, 2018, he was released, but would remain unable to go abroad.
Likely (or given) reason for detention ---
Victim's status
Unclear if back in Kazakhstan or still in Xinjiang.
[It is likely that he still has problems with his health, given his being hospitalized while in detention.]
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Munira learned some things about her father's detention from Orynbek Koksebek, who was released from the same camp (on Horse Racetrack Road) in April 2018.
At one point, she was also able to arrange a phone call with her father while he was still in detention, following legal pressure in Kazakhstan.
Erbaqyt Otarbai was interned with the victim.
Additional information
A civil lawsuit that he was involved in: archive.is/zbdYj
Victims among relatives
Qaidarbek Erkin (160)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVZLCZn-haY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itcp6SJ18_Q Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_6dqsUiJu8 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2jVpCQ6jmg Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iaL04XivWI Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGrvnnp3SDc Testimony 4: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/100012011741023/videos /504099263333794/&show_text=1&width=450 Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/116_7.png Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/116_8.png
Entry created: 2018-10-16 Last updated: 2020-06-20 Latest status update: 2020-02-18 117. Farida Qabylqai (帕丽达·哈不力哈依)
Chinese ID: 654222197210150601 (Wusu)
Basic info
Age: 47 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: --- Profession: medicine
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4|5|6|7: Bolat Qabylqai, born in 1968, moved to Kazakhstan in 2009 and is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (brother)
Testimony 8: Farida Qabylqai, as reported by Buzzfeed News. (the victim)
About the victim
Farida Qabylqai is married and has two daughters. She used to work as a pharmacist at the No. 151 hospital in Wusu.
Address: House No. 036, Yard 102, East Changzheng Road, Wusu City, Xinjiang (新疆乌苏市长征东路102号院038号).
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
Farida was detained in late February 2018.
In November 2018, she was released from the camp and put under house arrest. Relatives abroad were still unable to contact her, however.
She got a three-year multiple entry visa and went to Kazakhstan in October 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Because she communicated with her father Qabylqai Ahmet, who lives in Kazakhstan. (He passed away on July 16, 2018, after receiving news of his daughter’s detention. Bolat’s family sent the news to her three brothers in China, but they said they could not inform Farida at that time.) Victim's status
Released and back in Kazakhstan.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
It's not clear how Bolat got the initial news of her detention [though it appears that he was able to contact relatives in the region].
Farida's testimony, reported by Buzzfeed News, is an eyewitness account.
Additional information
When Farida was taken to the camp, she and other women and men had to line up in the same room to remove their clothes and put on blue uniforms.
According to Bolat, Farida's husband, Serik Baizhuma, and daughter, Zhuldyz Serik, are still in China and are under great pressure, with the police regularly asking them when Farida will return to China. Two cadres from the Disciplinary Committee, Bahargul and Xiao Chunmi, as well as Ye Shuhua, a cadre from the Bureau of Finance, are putting pressure on them as well.
Farida's husband is a disabled person and her daughter was threatened to be sent to a camp if her mother doesn't come back.
One earlier testimony mentioned that her husband and two daughters had likely been sent to inner China (however, there's been no follow-up and it's not clear where this information came from).
Mention in Buzzfeed News: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alison_killing/china-ex-prisoners-horrors-xinjiang-camps-uighurs
Victims among relatives
Sharipa Qabylqai (1189), Qazhan Shalafi (1190), Aset Qazhak (1884), Baitilmurat Rahymbai (1885), Gulqias Daulethan (1886), Eresei Baitilmurat (1887), Zhuldyz Serik (1187), Balgyn Serik (1188)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXMZWAIJp6o Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy1vMs07WEU Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0DUIeQ0C-o Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw5shW4KgQI Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DoxiZb1y-k Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQnFHwk_55c Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS2qPE_jULY Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/117_7.png
Entry created: 2018-10-16 Last updated: 2020-09-20 Latest status update: 2020-08-27 120. Erzhan Qurban (叶尔江·库尔帮)
Chinese ID: 654121197807014272 (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|4|5|6|8: Mainur Medetbek, now a Kazakhstan citizen, born in 1976. (wife)
Testimony 3: Hanisa Erzhan, born in China in 2006, but now living in Kazakhstan. (daughter)
Testimony 7: Erzhan Qurban, as reported by Apple Daily. (the victim)
Testimony 9: Erzhan Qurban, as reported by Radio Télévision Suisse. (the victim)
Testimony 10: Erzhan Qurban, as reported by Die Zeit. (the victim)
Testimony 11: Erzhan Qurban, as reported by Associated Press. (the victim)
Testimony 12: Erzhan Qurban, as reported by Radio Azattyq. (the victim)
About the victim
Erzhan Qurban is a farmer who also used to do odd repair jobs for a living.
Address in China: Group No. 2, Paltiway Village, Mazar Township, Ghulja County, Xinjiang (新疆伊宁县麻扎乡帕勒特外村2组).
Chinese passport: G58818764. Kazakhstan green card: 026898659.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
The majority of the testimonies from his wife, Mainur, say that he went back to China in November 2017 - to look after his elderly mother and to have his daughter, Shugulan, treated. His documents would be confiscated upon arrival (November 29, 2017), with Erzhan being sent to camp on February 6, 2018 (February 8 according to his eyewitness account to Die Zeit).
There are some conflicts in the testimonies regarding the dates, however, as one testimony says that he was sent to a camp on January 1, 2018, while another - from the victim's daughter - says April 2018 [this may simply be an error on the young daughter's part, however].
For reasons that are unclear, the dates differ drastically in the victim's account to the Apple Daily, where he is reported as returning to China in September 2016 and living with his mother under house arrest until being arrested in April 2017, being held for two weeks, and then released. He would later be arrested again and taken to the Yining County No. 3 Middle School and then later transferred to another, more "official", camp in September 2018. [Perhaps this is reporting error.]
According to both Mainur and Erzhan himself, he was released from the camp on November 3, 2018, before being sent to work at a factory on November 8 (in one testimony, Mainur gives November 12 as the date, however). According to Erzhan, he was threatened with being sent back to camp if he refused. He would then spend 53 days working in an assembly line at a factory in the Yining County Jiafang Clothing Industrial Park (新疆伊宁县家纺服装产业园), helping stitch clothes and earning only 300RMB in total. Once a week, he would be shuttled home and allowed to see his daughter. Speaking to Radio Azattyq, Erzhan says that the factory building was three stories high, with 75 people on the first floor ironing shirt sleeves. He and other workers were paid 97 dollars/month, he says [this may have been the nominal rate, not what they were actually given].
On January 20, 2019, he was returned his documents. He returned to Kazakhstan the next day.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Now back in Kazakhstan.
According to the Apple Daily, his health has deteriorated as a result of his stay in the camps, and he has lost his sexual potency. (Erzhan mentions that he believes something may have been put in the prisoners' rations.)
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Mainur learned about Erzhan's situation from relatives in Xinjiang, and later from Erzhan himself when he called her after being released from camp.
Erzhan's is an eyewitness account.
Additional information
Apple Daily coverage: https://uat-xinjiangcamps.appledaily.com/受害者/葉爾江/全文
Le Point coverage: https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/les-ouigours-parias-de-la-nouvelle-chine-12-10-2019-2340852_24.php AP coverage: https://apnews.com/4ab0b341a4ec4e648423f2ec47ea5c47
Radio Azattyq coverage: https://www.azattyk.org/a/china-ksinjan-work-human-rights/30488548.html
Erzhan was mentioned, albeit anonymously, in the AP News story about forced labor in Xinjiang (https://www.apnews.com/e7c9af9654fa43ad958b2dc54895d42e):
Mainur Medetbek’s husband did odd repair jobs before vanishing into a camp in February during a visit to China from their home in Kazakhstan. She has been able to glean a sense of his conditions from monitored exchanges with relatives and from the husband of a woman in the same camp. He works in an apparel factory and is allowed to leave and spend the night with relatives every other Saturday.
Though Medetbek is uncertain how much her husband makes, the woman in his camp earns 600 yuan (about $87) a month, less than half the local minimum wage and far less than what Medetbek’s husband used to earn.
“They say it’s a factory, but it’s an excuse for detention. They don’t have freedom, there’s no time for him to talk with me,” she said. “They say they found a job for him. I think it’s a concentration camp.”
Eyewitness account
[The following is a translation of the victim’s first-person account as reported by the German newspaper Die Zeit.]
They picked me up in a minibus on the evening of February 8, 2018.
The re-education camp was located in Yining County – close to the Chinese-Kazakh border – but I am not sure where exactly. It was already dark, and they put black plastic bags over our heads and handcuffs on our hands. There were five young men from my village with me in the minibus. We were taken to a building and, once inside, had the bags taken off our heads.
The room in which I’d have to stay for the next nine months was 5 meters by 5 meters and located on the third floor. There was a sign that said “No. 12” on the door. Our floor alone accommodated 260 men. In my room, there were twelve of us. Later, I heard that there had been more than 10000 men detained at our camp.
The toilet was a bucket by the window, and there was no running water. During the day, we’d sit in rows on our plastic chairs. The food was handed to us through an opening in the door. At seven in the morning, we had to sing the Chinese national anthem, after which we’d have three minutes for breakfast. Then we’d study Chinese until nine at night. Our teachers were either Kazakh or Uyghur.
There were four cameras in our room watching us, which ensured that we didn't talk to one another. Those who spoke despite this would be handcuffed and forced to stand by the wall. "You don't have the right to talk, because you are not humans," said the guards. "If you were humans, you wouldn't be here."
I am just an ordinary farmer and I have never broken the law. To this day, I don't know why I was in a camp. For the first two months, I thought of my wife, Mainur, and my three children. Some time later, I only thought about food.
After nine months, on November 3, 2018, I was released. They sent me to a factory that produced leather and fleece gloves, where I would work in an assembly line for 53 days, earning 300 yuan in total. In the meantime, my wife had applied for a Kazakhstan passport for herself and the children. In Almaty, she told the Kazakh government and human rights activists about my case.
On January 20, 2019, they returned my documents to me. One day later, I was able to leave China for Kazakhstan.
Source: https://www.zeit.de/2019/32/zwangslager-xinjiang-muslime-china-zeugen-menschenrechte
Victims among relatives
Shugulan Erzhan (1108)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMTzsQKGHVk Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCaJy3gSo3E Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otAeyfM5U0A Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j7_v2QiEbI Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEVXn-JIfHQ Testimony 5: https://shahit.biz/supp/120_5.mp3 Kazakhstan ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/120_6.jpg Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/120_7.jpg marriage certificate: https://shahit.biz/supp/120_8.jpg photo (RTS): https://shahit.biz/supp/120_9.png
Entry created: 2018-10-17 Last updated: 2020-08-07 Latest status update: 2020-03-16 123. Razila Nural (热孜拉·努腊勒)
Chinese ID: 652325199312101829 (Qitai)
Basic info
Age: 26 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Changji Status: forced job placement When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"registration issues", phone/computer Health status: --- Profession: corporate work
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|11|14|15: Nurbaqyt Qaliasqar, born in 1968, is originally from Qitai County. She immigrated to Kazakhstan with her family in 2016. (mother)
Testimony 10*: Nurbaqyt Qaliasqar, as reported by Mehmet Volkan Kaşıkçı. (mother)
Testimony 12|13: Batima Nural, born in 1997, is now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (sister)
Testimony 16: Nurbaqyt Qaliasqar, as reported by Financial Times. (mother)
Testimony 17: Nurbaqyt Qaliasqar, as reported by New York Times. (mother)
Testimony 18: Nurbaqyt Qaliasqar, as reported by National Public Radio. (mother)
Testimony 19: Nurbaqyt Qaliasqar, as reported by Associated Press. (mother)
Testimony 20: Nurbaqyt Qaliasqar, as reported by Globe and Mail. (mother)
About the victim
Razila Nural studied at Karamay University and then worked for an advertising company in Urumqi.
Address: House No. 21, (Bahudi) Livestock Farm Village, Xibeiwan Municipality, Qitai County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture (昌吉回族自治州奇台县西北湾镇牧场村21号).
Victim's location
Believed to be in Changji.
When victim was detained
Razila returned to China on June 13, 2017, to be detained on August 12 and taken to camp. On August 20, 2018, Razila's family heard that she had been released from the camp and sent to a textile factory to work for free [this is the Xinjiang Jiuxu Clothing LTD (新疆九旭服装有限公司)]. While working there, Razila injured her hands.
According to Mehmet Volkan Kasikci in late 2018:
"...I can update her status. Her family heard that she was 'released' from the camp in late August this year (sometime between August 20 and August 30), but then sent to a textile factory to work for free. As far as they know, the Kazakh No. 3 school in this region has been turned into a concentration camp, and a new textile factory was built near it. As far as I understand, although she was 'released' from the camp, she works at a factory near it, and probably still lives in the camp. Her family heard that she can only sleep 2-3 hours a day, and is 'heavily' injured at work, but they don't know any details."
She left the factory on December 23, 2018, soon after widespread media coverage of her case.
At that time, Razila's location was unclear, and she wasn't able to say where she was during a phone call, as there was a guard behind her.
A photo sent on December 28, 2018 suggested that Razila had changed since her detention: that she was thinner, with something about her face also different. The photo didn't appear to have been taken at a relative's house, and may have been taken at an office or police station.
On January 4, 2019, Razila contacted her mother to tell her that she was well. On January 8, 2018, Razila contacted her mother again through the local government, asking her not to believe “foreign propaganda” and to tell others that she was living well in China and had gone to the camp on her own will.
She was then assigned a job at the local administration office and, as of March 2019, was working there, neither able to go to Urumqi to continue with her previous job nor to go to Kazakhstan to see her family.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons have been reported:
1) In some of the earlier testimonies, her mother reported that she had been taken to learn Chinese, which she claimed was ridiculous since Razila spoke perfect Chinese (and had certificates to prove it). 2) She hadn't gone through the local registration procedures properly after visiting Kazakhstan in May 2017. 3) She had WhatsApp installed on her phone.
Victim's status
Local authorities aren't allowing Razila to go to Kazakhstan, despite the fact that her family there has sent her an invitation letter.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
It's not clear how Razila's mother learned of the initial detention.
Some of the post-release events she learned from Razila's friend (who, however, was afraid to say very much). She also spoke to Razila on the phone a few times, though these conversations appear to have been monitored and not fully genuine.
Additional information
Financial Times coverage: https://www.ft.com/content/eb2239aa-fc4f-11e8-aebf-99e208d3e521
New York Times coverage: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/16/world/asia/xinjiang-china-forced-labor-camps-uighurs.html
Associated Press coverage: https://www.apnews.com/99016849cddb4b99a048b863b52c28cb
Globe and Mail coverage: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-i-felt-like-a-slave-inside-chinas-complex-system-of-incarc eration/
National Public Radio mention: https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/764153179/china-has-begun-moving-xinjiang-muslim-detainees-to-form al-prisons-relatives-say
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TARrVeGJ0jg Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB2R8zDHYRI Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfiDl6eHns0 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLaRIiPtwJY Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Afd-Imw68 Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFdCOjujyYY Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmZxBttOMqg Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBC5XKtWupw Testimony 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqQkaG99Y5o Testimony 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9-THZNmxKQ Testimony 13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ada6xaMAEaQ Testimony 14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5cRMxGZHdE Testimony 15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZcA5uVmBdA photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/123_4.png diploma: https://shahit.biz/supp/123_5.png minority Mandarin certificate: https://shahit.biz/supp/123_6.png Testimony 11: https://shahit.biz/supp/123_9.mp3 Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/123_18.png
Entry created: 2018-10-17 Last updated: 2020-10-15 Latest status update: 2020-10-08 124. Ergali Ermek (叶尔哈力·叶尔买克)
Chinese ID: 654123198810052779 (Korghas)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|phone/computer, related to religion, related to going abroad Health status: has problems Profession: religion
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1|3|4: Nurgul Muratbek, born in 1976, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (wife)
Testimony 2: Ergali Ermek, a former imam from Korgas, is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent over a year in detention before being released and allowed to reunite with family in Kazakhstan. (the victim)
Testimony 5: Ergali Ermek, as reported by Taiwan Reporter. (the victim)
Testimony 6*: Ergali Ermek, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (the victim)
Testimony 7: Ergali Ermek, as reported by Radio Azattyq. (the victim)
Testimony 8: Ergali Ermek, as reported by Radio Free Asia Mandarin. (the victim)
About the victim
Ergali Ermek used to work as an imam at a mosque in Korgas County prior to moving to Kazakhstan in 2012.
Former address in China: 91 Beizhangou Road, Sarbulaq Municipality, Korgas County, Xinjiang (新疆霍城县萨尔布拉克镇备战沟路91号).
Chinese passport: E03048338. Kazakhstan residence permit: 036935288.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
He went to China on November 9, 2017 and was interrogated for a week in his home town of Sarbulak in Qorgas County. A week later, he was transferred to the Yining City prison and was put into a camp on November 23, 2017.
On April 5, 2018, he was taken to a court hearing and given a prison term of 3 years, with the verdict officially stamped. However, on December 21, 2018, inspectors came and told the detainees that those who had direct relatives in Kazakhstan could leave. Ergali was released on December 24, 2018, and would make it to his home in Kazakhstan on January 20, 2019.
Overall, Ergali says that he stayed in two different camps, one with 1000 inmates and another with 2000. According to a Radio Free Asia report, the camp he stayed at in Korghas had originally been a mosque.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Four "crimes" were given to the victim as he was sentenced: (1) being a pious Muslim, (2) having WhatsApp on his phone, (3) having gone to Kazakhstan, (4) having a wife who wore a hijab.
The NPR report also mentions his having listened to news about mosque destruction in Xinjiang as a reason.
Victim's status
Now back in Kazakhstan. He is struggling with some health issues that are believed to be the result of his detention.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Nurgul mentions that Ergali called her twice from camp using the landline number +869913231002. Ergali's report is an eyewitness testimony.
Additional information
Coverage by the Taiwan Reporter: https://www.twreporter.org/a/xinjiang-re-education-camps-truth (This article talks about him as a citizen of Kazakhstan and also has Ergali reporting that he had to pay 2800 yuan for his studies in camp and an additional 250 for serum injections. He also says that he was tortured in a tiger chair.)
Prior to finally releasing him to what would be 26 days of house arrest, the officials allegedly asked Ergali three questions: 1. Do you want to live in Kazakhstan or in China? 2. Do you want to work in a factory? 3. Do you want to reunite with your family in Kazakhstan?
During his time in detention, his father wrote appeals to the authorities demanding his son's release, but would himself get detained for 6 months.
Coverage by Azattyq: https://rus.azattyq.org/a/kazakhstan-medical-assistance-former-prisoners-from-xinjiang/30180666.html
Coverage by Radio Free Asia's Mandarin service: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-09262019084115.html
NPR coverage: https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/764153179/china-has-begun-moving-xinjiang-muslim-detainees-to-form al-prisons-relatives-say
Eyewitness account
[The victim’s first-person account has previously appeared in the Russian Reporter, as reported by Konstantin Salomatin and Shura Burtin. It has been translated and adapted here. Note that this account has now been through three translations/translators (Kazakh to English for the original interview, English to Russian for the original report, and now Russian to English for the presentation here), and as such may include inaccuracies.]
I was a shuttle trader, buying things in China and selling them at the markets here. In November 2017, I went to Khorgas, as usual, and was immediately arrested at the border. For visiting Kazakhstan – one of the countries that Xinjiang residents are forbidden from going to. This despite my already having lived in Kazakhstan for a while. They spent the entire night interrogating me. I was hit with a metal rod. They found a whole bunch of forbidden stuff in my phone – WhatsApp, a photo of my wife wearing a hijab, my having been to the Radio Azattyq [Radio Free Europe] website. As it turned out, any one of these was enough to get you jailed in China.
For two weeks, I was kept in shackles. It didn’t matter what we did – sleep, go somewhere, sit – we were always in shackles, all week long. If you did something wrong, they would shorten the chains. But I was still lucky, relatively speaking – there was a guy there who had been in shackles for a year already.
Twice a day they’d put a black bag over my head and take me to be interrogated. “What do you do? Why’d you come here?” They’d feed us once a day – a steamed bread bun and a bottle of water. All I’d wish for then was one more steamed bun. They starved us so that we’d hurry up and confess to something.
After those two weeks, we were sent to a camp. Before the transfer, they gave me an injection in my right shoulder – a vaccination, supposedly. It still hurts today.
There were ten thousand people at our camp, and there were three such camps in just the Khorgas region alone. The camp was broken up into four areas, and I was in the strictest – intended for the religious, where they kept the so-called “religious extremists”. Many had been given ten-year sentences, some even thirty. They [the authorities] didn’t know that I used to be an imam before. Had they, they would have never let me go, and would have just left me to rot in prison.
The cells were about ten meters long and very narrow. There were 18 people in each cell, with two people forced to share each bed. You’d sleep for two hours, then have two hours to “be on duty”, which you’d spend sitting before being allowed to lie down again. The days we’d spend sitting on plastic chairs for 12-14 hours. You weren’t allowed to budge – only with the supervisor’s permission. Cameras were everywhere.
Going to the toilet was done in groups, with two minutes allotted for the number one and three minutes for the number two. If you didn’t manage in time, they’d pour cold water on you or beat you with electric prods. So many people died from the beatings and torture. The Chinese would dispose of the body immediately and write that the person had died of some illness or other.
[In reply to a question of whether or not he prayed while there:] That was completely impossible when you had a camera in every corner. There were Muslims in the camp who tried to pray five times a day in secret, but they’d be caught, beaten, and sentenced. Each Friday, they’d gather us in the yard and show these prisoners to us: “Ten years for anyone who prays!”
Of course, I did pray, and cry, in my heart. I never believed that Allah would abandon me. Every night, before falling asleep, I would repeat: “Please, God, help me survive this. Please save the Kazakhs from the Chinese.”
When I was sent to the camp, my father in China started appealing to the various authorities, hoping to help me. As a result, he himself was arrested and spent half a year in jail.
I really wanted to get in touch with my family in Kazakhstan somehow, so that they could know where I was and try to do something. For a long time, I couldn’t think of a way, I was completely frightened. But after a year and a half [more likely: half a year], I succeeded. Ripping off a small piece of lining from my prison garments, I wrote a short note and rolled it up. A guy who was supposed to be released soon then sewed it into his clothes. Later, he used his phone to take a photo of that note and sent it over to my wife.
Some higher-ups visited the camp in December 2018. I was summoned and told that I’d be released, seeing as I had family left behind in Kazakhstan. They warned me not to tell anyone anything [about my experiences]. I’d later learn that my wife had made a lot of noise about my case.
But when I got to Khorgas and crossed the border, I suddenly realized that I had forgotten my native tongue. I couldn’t remember how to speak Kazakh. I pretty much couldn’t remember anything of what I’m telling you right now. My memory’s started coming back to me now, but I still don’t remember very much.
Source: https://expert.ru/russian_reporter/2019/10/zavodnoj-mandarin/
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L361LQJiajc Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI1n3iHa8YY Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Ww4UYO-7g Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvbFttOMgvA Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/124_5.png photo (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/124_6.jpg photo (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/124_7.jpg
Entry created: 2018-10-17 Last updated: 2020-04-20 Latest status update: 2019-09-22 125. Esbol Beilhan (叶思布露·拜洛汗)
Chinese ID: 654223198703210917 (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: religion
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3: Marzhan Beiilhan, born in 1990, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (sister)
About the victim
Esbol Beilqanquly (Yesibulu Bailuhan) is a disabled person of 4th-degree (holds a certificate), following a car accident in September 2008. He was an imam. He has a son who is 9 years old, called Erasyl Esboluly, and a daughter who is Aiaru Esbolqyzy, 3 years old. His wife's name is Zhazira Kasenqyzy.
Victim's location
Sauan (Shawan) County, Terbagatai(Tacheng) Region, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained sent to camp on August 29, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
For no reason
Victim's status
Testimony 2: the victim's mother phoned the testifier and told her that he was released three months ago as of January 2019 and told her that he was going to Urumqi for work.
Testimony 3: Victim has head trauma, often takes pills.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? unclear Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGLhxMVEk1c Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foYkMLySJ2E Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiHVjkEz3do Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/125_4.png
Entry created: 2018-10-17 Last updated: 2018-10-17 Latest status update: 2019-02-03 131. Tursynbek Tusipqan (吐尔逊别克·吐斯木汗)
Chinese ID: 654221197708201414 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Gulzhanat Anuarbek is a Kazakhstan citizen
Testimony 3: Quanyshbek Tusipqan
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: Brother-in-law
Testimony 3: brother
About the victim
Tursynbek Tusipqan and his wife are Chinese citizens. They have obtained Kazakhstan Permanent Resident card (Kazakh green card no. 025804700). He was detained on February 14, 2018, and the local police seized his wife's passport. Now their only son Ernar Tursynbek has to stay in their neighbors' houses to continue his studies in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
DOB: August 20, 1977. Chinese ID: 654221197708201414.
Victim's location
Detained at Emin County, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture
When victim was detained
February 14, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unknown Victim's status
G. A. Bunin: at the end of December 2018, I was able to confirm through a source who knows the testifier that the victim has been transferred from camp to what is presumably house arrest.
Testimony 3: he was released from the camp on November 25, 2018 and is under house arrest now.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
After three days of detention, his father, Kokesh Tyuspqan, died.
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYZh2MwgGhw video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2wfxjjD2k4 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl_XwcU4xpg Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/131_4.png
Entry created: 2018-10-18 Last updated: 2018-10-18 Latest status update: 2019-01-17 133. Bahargul Muhtar (巴哈尔古丽·木合塔尔)
Chinese ID: 654221197305040425 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 45 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (hard) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+4+5+6+7: Duisenbek Nursydyq, born on November 4, 1974. Kazakh citizen, his Kazakh ID number is 741104399070.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+4+5+6+7: spouse
About the victim
Bahargul Muhtarqyzy is a Chinese citizen. She has obtained Kazakhstan Permanent Resident card. She moved to Kazakhstan with her family in 2013. She went to China on May 18, 2017.
She has 3 kids: Aisha Duisenbiqyzy, born in Kazakhstan, 4 years old, and Muradil Duisenbekuly and Nuradil Duisenbekuly. They live with their father in Taldyqorgan.
Address: Dorbiljin(Emin) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Kazakhstan green card: 026686776.
Victim's location
Presumably in Tacheng.
When victim was detained
21 May, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unknown Victim's status
G. A. Bunin: at the end of December 2018, I was able to confirm through a source who knows the testifier that the victim has been transferred from camp to what is presumably house arrest.
Testimony 4: After her release, the Chinese government didn’t let her talk with her family.
Testimony 6: she is still "in jail", according to the testifier (April 20, 2019)
Testimony 7: She was transferred to a "jail" in January 2019 from the camp. The Chinese consulate in Almaty phoned the testifier on January 25, 2019 and told him that she was still under investigation. [judging by this information, it is more likely than she is in police custody]
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? unclear
Additional information
This story is also mentioned in a story by the Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/08/kazakh-citizens-lured-china-imprisoned-crackdown-musli ms-reaches/):
Duisenbek Nursidik, 45, hasn’t seen or heard from his wife for nearly two years.
After moving with their three children to Kazakhstan in 2013, the couple returned to visit family and settle affairs – Mr Nursidik and his kids had received Kazakh citizenship, and his wife had obtained a residency permit.
Upon arrival, authorities collected biometric data from Mr Nursidik and his wife, and stalled his request to cancel their Chinese household registration. Two security officials then said they needed to interrogate his wife, Muktar Bakhargul.
“I asked why,” he said. “They just said they would contact me later, and forced my wife in a car and left.”
That was May 2017. Since then, Chinese authorities have only said that she was under investigation and transferred to a prison without explanation.
Despite small wins as a single parent – Mr Nursidik has painstakingly figured out how to plait his four-year-old daughter’s hair – he struggles to explain to his children where their mother has gone.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hda28ga_--s Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR_CmSf8paA Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_VmCqhQ4Tg Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9WVU-Q5rEw Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kU3prFqD8s Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpaqcJ0VAls Testimony 7: https://web.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://web.facebook.com/100012011741023/videos/ 620306575046395/&show_text=1&width=300 registration: https://shahit.biz/supp/133_8.png Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/133_9.png
Entry created: 2018-10-18 Last updated: 2019-06-20 Latest status update: 2019-04-20 149. Qulzhan Zamash
Chinese ID: 65422119630327??E? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 55 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Nurken Akai, born in 1963, is now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (husband)
About the victim
Qulzhan Zamash.
Address: Dorbiljin County, Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang.
Victim's location
[Presumably at home in Emin.]
When victim was detained
She was arrested on December 15, 2017 at her home.
She was held at a re-education camp, but would be transferred to the hospital in March 2018, presumably because of heart problems (a result of a difficult heart operation she had undergone three years earlier).
She was released - unclear if from the camp or from the hospital - on October 23, 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released from detention, but the specifics of her current situation are unclear.
It is also very likely that the victim is suffering from health issues - potentially major - as witnessed by her having been transferred from the camp to the hospital in March. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not stated.
Additional information
The testifier claims that both Tacheng City and Dorbiljin County are now closed to Kazakhstan citizens (as of late 2018).
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zEiQFyiAhI Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_VmCqhQ4Tg
Entry created: 2018-10-22 Last updated: 2020-06-01 Latest status update: 2018-12-04 157. Munira Anuarbek
Chinese ID: 65422119800315??E? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Urumqi Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Zhazira Anuarbek, born on July 1, 1977, citizen of Kazakhstan.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: younger sister
About the victim
Munira Anuarbekqyzy visited her immediate relatives in Kazakhstan in August 2017. When she returned to China the local police told her that her relatives in Kazakhstan who immigrated there from China had not gone through the deregistration process, so she contacted her relatives telling them to send the relevant documents through WhatsApp.
Address: Dorbiljin(Emin) County, Tarbagatai(Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, China
DOB: March 15, 1980
Victim's location
Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained earlier: February 2018
Testimony 3: February 15, 2017 in Tacheng's Emin County, later sent to Urumqi
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Presumably for contacting her relatives abroad. Victim's status
G. A. Bunin: at the end of December 2018, I was able to confirm through a source who knows the testifier that the victim has been transferred from camp to what is presumably house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? unclear
Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcvF7FMXkDo video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_VmCqhQ4Tg video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yne7WxMuYRQ
Entry created: 2018-10-22 Last updated: 2018-10-22 Latest status update: 2018-12-15 158. Aben Oralhan
Chinese ID: 65422119????????O? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Parida is a Kazakh citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
The victim is the testifier's son.
About the victim
Aben Oralhan is a Chinese citizen who holds a Kazakhstan green card.
Victim's location
Dorbiljin (Emin) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
When victim was detained
He went to China on August 10, 2017 and had his passport confiscated by the local police upon arrival. On December 27, 2017, he was sent to a 15-day re-education course, but would not be released for nearly a year.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Talking to his relatives in Kazakhstan via WeChat.
Victim's status
[G. A. Bunin: at the end of December 2018, I was able to confirm through a source who knows the testifier that the victim has been transferred from camp to what is presumably house arrest.]
There is reason for concern regarding his health, as he needed medical treatment while at the camp and as he had become really thin, according to the testifier. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
In June 2018, the police demanded 350RMB from the relatives, saying that Aben was going to leave the camp and needed money to buy clothes. However, he wasn't released that time.
The police also allowed him to video chat with his mother through WeChat when they demanded 3000RMB for the victim to receive medical treatment. They'd later ask for another 2000RMB.
Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnrj98TbFbY
Entry created: 2018-10-22 Last updated: 2018-10-22 Latest status update: 2018-12-30 164. Parasat Qaliolla (帕日萨提·哈力尤拉)
Chinese ID: 65422119870517??O? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): relative(s)|--- Health status: --- Profession: art & literature
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Berikbol Muqatai, a Kazakhstan citizen since 2008. (uncle)
Testimony 2|3|4|5|6|7|8: Akikat Kaliolla, a musician from Dorbiljin County, now a Kazakhstan citizen. (brother)
Testimony 9: Akikat Kaliolla, as reported by Agence France-Presse. (brother)
Testimony 10: Akikat Kaliolla, as reported by Global Voices. (brother)
Testimony 11: Akikat Kaliolla, as reported by The Believer. (brother)
Testimony 12: Parasat Qaliolla, from Dorbiljin County, is a graduate of the Central Conservatory of Music. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent around nine months in a camp. (the victim)
Testimony 13: Akikat Kaliolla, as reported by Radio Free Asia Mandarin. (brother)
About the victim
Parasat Qaliolla is a graduate of the Central Conservatory of Music (中央音乐学院).
Address: 003 Second East Alley, South Progress Road, Dorbiljin Municipality, Dorbiljin County, Xinjiang (新疆额敏县额敏镇前进南路东二巷003号).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
He is reported as being detained on March 15, 2018, together with his brother and soon after their father. Akikat initially heard that he was sentenced to 3 years. However, he was ultimately released at the end of 2018 together with his brother and mother. Akikat was able to talk to them on the phone - in a conversation that seemed monitored and coerced - on January 27, 2019. While one source told Akikat that the family was detained again after the call, it would appear that they ultimately were allowed to remain under some sort of soft detention.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
His father, Qaliolla Tursyn, had written a complaint to the authorities in Beijing following the beating to death of Zhumakeldi Aqai {2841} by local police. This complaint was intercepted and resulted in Qaliolla's detention (soon followed by the detention of his entire family).
Victim's status
Released but monitored, with cameras installed in the family's home.
Sometime in/before August 2020, the victim, together with his mother and brother, made a video statement from their home, in which they said that they had been wronged, adding that they were leaving their fates in Akikat's hands, and asking that he look for them if they vanished. Akikat has not been able to reach them since August 16, 2020.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Akikat heard about the arrest through different channels that he keeps anonymous. His sister in Urumqi was able to confirm the detention through relatives in the region.
That the victim was released and let out into a type of soft detention Akikat was able to partially confirm through the phone conversation that they had on January 27, 2019.
Various news also came in from people who came to Kazakhstan after having been to Dorbiljin.
The victim's video statement is an eyewitness testimony.
Additional information
Listed as receiving his Bachelor's degree from the Central Conservatory of Music (2012): https://archive.vn/1xt59
Listed among Tacheng employees undergoing a medical check-up (2017): https://archive.vn/ZADSo
This family's story has been featured in AFP: https://www.yahoo.com/news/kazakh-families-torn-apart-chinas-xinjiang-crackdown-032511957.html
Global Voices has also covered Akikat's story: https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/09/i-wont-stop-kazakh-man-seeks-justice-for-family-caught-in-chinas-xin jiang-crackdown/
Radio Free Asia coverage: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-01072021075222.html Akikat's story in The Believer: https://believermag.com/weather-reports-voices-from-xinjiang/
Miscellaneous media evidence
Context: Kazakhstan-based musician Akikat Kaliolla's parents and two brothers were all disappeared in March 2018, soon after his father sent a formal letter of complaint to Beijing over the local authorities' alleged murder of a young man critical of the mass incarcerations and local corruption. While the father was allegedly sentenced to 20 years, the mother and two brothers were sent to camp and later released, to remain under close surveillance. In 2020, Akikat's mother video-chatted with him and told him what had happened. Later, she and her two sons also made a short video where, holding up their ID cards, they spoke about their situation frankly. Translation as follows.
(first video)
Venera (mother): Muqiat suffered too. And Parasat. Parasat experienced the hardships there. I heard him screaming when they beat him up. Akikat: Parasat's voice? Venera: I thought I would die. I fainted that day. They put heart medication down my throat and took me to my room there, dragging me by the shoulders, and then left. I spent the entire night lying like that. I couldn't come to myself. I wanted to talk, but my tongue wouldn't move. My son, this is the kind of hardship we've experienced. I've told you this today, and so I might disappear tomorrow for having done so. I don't care, even if I do disappear. They are putting pressure on Qaliolla, and he's being falsely accused. They are taking revenge on him. They've illegally taken him to the educational training center and locked him up in a solitary room, beating him until he fainted. He was taken back [to his cell] afterwards, with his injuries. We heard about all this. The people who stayed with him saw it, and told me about it. That's it. This is how terrible our situation is now. My son, stay strong. You’re looking for us, and don't stop looking for your dad. This is what our life is like, this is the kind of pressure we're living under. That's all, my son.
(second video)
Venera: Today, I told my son Akikat of all the hardships that we've been through. This isn't some state secret - all of us were wronged. So, today the three of us have put our lives into Akikat's hands. Son, we are in your hands. We have been wronged. Muqyiat (older brother): If we suddenly disappear, you have to look for us. Who knows what they might do to us... Parasat (younger brother): Everything we've gone through is the genuine truth. The criminals must be imprisoned.
Video: https://shahit.biz/supp/misc_164.mp4 Source: https://twitter.com/Akikatkaliolla/status/1308127117863944198, https://twitter.com/babussokutan/status/1339491059433410561
Victims among relatives
Qaliolla Tursyn (167), Venera Muqatai (166), Muqyiat Qaliolla (165)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8k-5Hl9XRw Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v07V2AWXFQI Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_VmCqhQ4Tg Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5h6Csf-wO8 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wJzyJnyg6o Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EG9Z39EaB8 Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqfgzYia0MI Testimony 8: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/adoi.ka.1/posts/17833978 6474596&width=450 Testimony 12: https://twitter.com/Akikatkaliolla/status/1308127117863944198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/164_10.jpg
Entry created: 2018-10-23 Last updated: 2021-05-08 Latest status update: 2021-01-07 165. Muqyiat Qaliolla (穆合亚提·哈力尤拉)
Chinese ID: 654221198511270031 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): relative(s)|--- Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Berikbol Muqatai, a Kazakhstan citizen since 2008. (uncle)
Testimony 2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9: Akikat Kaliolla, a musician from Dorbiljin County, now a Kazakhstan citizen. (brother)
Testimony 10: Akikat Kaliolla, as reported by Agence France-Presse. (brother)
Testimony 11: Akikat Kaliolla, as reported by Global Voices. (brother)
Testimony 12: Akikat Kaliolla, as reported by The Believer. (brother)
Testimony 13: Muqyiat Qaliolla, from Dorbiljin County, is a son of Qaliolla Tursyn. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent around nine months in a camp. (the victim)
Testimony 14: Akikat Kaliolla, as reported by Radio Free Asia Mandarin. (brother)
About the victim
Muqyiat Qaliolla.
Address: 007820 South Progress Road, Dorbiljin Municipality, Dorbiljin County, Xinjiang (新疆额敏县额敏镇前进南路007820号).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
He is reported as being detained on March 15, 2018, together with his brother and soon after their father.
Akikat initially heard that he was sentenced to 8 years. However, he was ultimately released at the end of 2018 together with his brother and mother. Akikat was able to talk to them on the phone - in a conversation that seemed monitored and coerced - on January 27, 2019. While one source told Akikat that the family was detained again after the call, it would appear that they ultimately were allowed to remain under some sort of soft detention.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
His father, Qaliolla Tursyn, had written a complaint to the authorities in Beijing following the beating to death of Zhumakeldi Aqai {2841} by local police. This complaint was intercepted and resulted in Qaliolla's detention (soon followed by the detention of his entire family).
Victim's status
Released but monitored, with cameras installed in the family's home.
Sometime in/before August 2020, the victim, together with his mother and brother, made a video statement from their home, in which they said that they had been wronged, adding that they were leaving their fates in Akikat's hands, and asking that he look for them if they vanished. Akikat has not been able to contact them since August 16, 2020.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Akikat heard about the arrest through different channels that he keeps anonymous. His sister in Urumqi was able to confirm the detention through relatives in the region.
That the victim was released and let out into a type of soft detention Akikat was able to partially confirm through the phone conversation that they had on January 27, 2019.
Various news also came in from people who came to Kazakhstan after having been to Dorbiljin.
The victim's video statement is an eyewitness testimony.
Additional information
Muqyiat's mobile-phone store: https://archive.vn/j4cat
This family's story has been featured in AFP: https://www.yahoo.com/news/kazakh-families-torn-apart-chinas-xinjiang-crackdown-032511957.html
Global Voices has also covered Akikat's story: https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/09/i-wont-stop-kazakh-man-seeks-justice-for-family-caught-in-chinas-xin jiang-crackdown/
Radio Free Asia coverage: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-01072021075222.html
Akikat's story in The Believer: https://believermag.com/weather-reports-voices-from-xinjiang/
Miscellaneous media evidence Context: Kazakhstan-based musician Akikat Kaliolla's parents and two brothers were all disappeared in March 2018, soon after his father sent a formal letter of complaint to Beijing over the local authorities' alleged murder of a young man critical of the mass incarcerations and local corruption. While the father was allegedly sentenced to 20 years, the mother and two brothers were sent to camp and later released, to remain under close surveillance. In 2020, Akikat's mother video-chatted with him and told him what had happened. Later, she and her two sons also made a short video where, holding up their ID cards, they spoke about their situation frankly. Translation as follows.
(first video)
Venera (mother): Muqiat suffered too. And Parasat. Parasat experienced the hardships there. I heard him screaming when they beat him up. Akikat: Parasat's voice? Venera: I thought I would die. I fainted that day. They put heart medication down my throat and took me to my room there, dragging me by the shoulders, and then left. I spent the entire night lying like that. I couldn't come to myself. I wanted to talk, but my tongue wouldn't move. My son, this is the kind of hardship we've experienced. I've told you this today, and so I might disappear tomorrow for having done so. I don't care, even if I do disappear. They are putting pressure on Qaliolla, and he's being falsely accused. They are taking revenge on him. They've illegally taken him to the educational training center and locked him up in a solitary room, beating him until he fainted. He was taken back [to his cell] afterwards, with his injuries. We heard about all this. The people who stayed with him saw it, and told me about it. That's it. This is how terrible our situation is now. My son, stay strong. You’re looking for us, and don't stop looking for your dad. This is what our life is like, this is the kind of pressure we're living under. That's all, my son.
(second video)
Venera: Today, I told my son Akikat of all the hardships that we've been through. This isn't some state secret - all of us were wronged. So, today the three of us have put our lives into Akikat's hands. Son, we are in your hands. We have been wronged. Muqyiat (older brother): If we suddenly disappear, you have to look for us. Who knows what they might do to us... Parasat (younger brother): Everything we've gone through is the genuine truth. The criminals must be imprisoned.
Video: https://shahit.biz/supp/misc_165.mp4 Source: https://twitter.com/Akikatkaliolla/status/1308127117863944198, https://twitter.com/babussokutan/status/1339491059433410561
Victims among relatives
Qaliolla Tursyn (167), Venera Muqatai (166), Parasat Qaliolla (164)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8k-5Hl9XRw Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v07V2AWXFQI Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_VmCqhQ4Tg Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5h6Csf-wO8 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wJzyJnyg6o Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EG9Z39EaB8 Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSHAwvqGb94 Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqfgzYia0MI Testimony 9: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/adoi.ka.1/posts/17833978 6474596&width=450 Testimony 13: https://twitter.com/Akikatkaliolla/status/1308127117863944198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/165_11.jpg
Entry created: 2018-10-23 Last updated: 2021-05-08 Latest status update: 2021-01-07 166. Venera Muqatai (维丽娜·木哈太)
Chinese ID: 654221195910010081 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 61 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): challenging authority|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1: Berikbol Muqatai, a Kazakhstan citizen since 2008. (brother)
Testimony 2|3|4|5|6|7|8|13: Akikat Kaliolla, a musician from Dorbiljin County, now a Kazakhstan citizen. (son)
Testimony 9*: Akikat Kaliolla, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (son)
Testimony 10: Akikat Kaliolla, as reported by Agence France-Presse. (son)
Testimony 11: Akikat Kaliolla, as reported by Global Voices. (son)
Testimony 12: Akikat Kaliolla, as reported by The Believer. (son)
Testimony 14: Venera Muqatai, a Party member from Dorbiljin County, and wife of Qaliolla Tursyn. She is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent around nine months in a camp. (the victim)
Testimony 15: Akikat Kaliolla, as reported by National Public Radio. (son)
Testimony 16: Akikat Kaliolla, as reported by Radio Free Asia Mandarin. (son)
About the victim
Venera Muqatai was a Party member.
Address: 003 Second East Alley, South Progress Road, Dorbiljin Municipality, Dorbiljin County, Xinjiang (新疆额敏县额敏镇前进南路东二巷003号).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained She was arrested in mid-March 2018, not long after the arrest of her husband on March 15. According to Akikat, his mother was detained after going to the local authorities to ask the reason for her husband's and sons' detentions.
She was first taken to a concentration camp in Turgun Village, then transferred to the thirteenth floor of the People's Hospital in Dorbiljin County because of her high blood pressure, and then transferred to a heating company (热力公司) that had been converted into a camp. She was released from camp at the end of 2018, as partially confirmed by the phone call she and her two other sons had with Akikat on January 27, 2019.
While there was a report from someone who had been in the region that they were once more detained after that, it seems that, in general, they have been released to some sort of house arrest or community surveillance, but have been unable to come to Kazakhstan to see Akikat.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
The family appears to have been targeted following Venera's husband, Qaliolla Tursyn, writing an appeal to the authorities in Beijing (with regard to the local authorities beating a man to death).
More concretely, her son believes that she was detained for demanding why her husband and sons were arrested.
Victim's status
Appears to be under some sort of residential/community surveillance, and is unable to leave the country to see her son in Kazakhstan.
Sometime in/before August 2020, the victim, together with her two sons, made a video statement from their home, in which they said that they had been wronged, adding that they were leaving their fates in Akikat's hands, and asking that he look for them if they vanished. Akikat has had no contact with them since August 16, 2020.
She suffers from high blood pressure and may have suffered some injuries from the time spent in camp.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Akikat heard the news from several sources, some of which cannot be revealed but have been validated by shahit.biz.
On January 27, 2019, Akikat was able to partially confirm their situation via a direct phone call.
A lot of the news Akikat has obtained from people who had been in Dorbiljin County during this time and were later able to come to Kazakhstan.
The victim's video statement is an eyewitness testimony.
Additional information
According to what Akikat heard, his mother was considered a "dangerous person" while in camp, with people not allowed to talk to her. In a mid-2020 call to Akikat, Venera told him that internet regulators had come to their home with an official notice, allowing her and her sons Parasat and Muqyiat to call Akikat via the internet. Venera said that a government official also gave the family three scripts [one for each] that they were supposed to read from. She told Akikat that she was scared, under pressure, and that she deviated from her script. She reportedly told Akikat: "I was supposed to say: my child, you're very worried about us, but no matter what you do, think twice. If you have a complaint, take it up with China. You must trust the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party."
The family's story has been featured in several media outlets: https://www.yahoo.com/news/kazakh-families-torn-apart-chinas-xinjiang-crackdown-032511957.html https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/09/i-wont-stop-kazakh-man-seeks-justice-for-family-caught-in-chinas-xin jiang-crackdown/ https://www.npr.org/2021/03/03/973198171/family-disappears-amid-chinas-detention-of-mostly-ethnic-u yghurs https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-01072021075222.html
Akikat has also given a detailed interview to The Believer: https://believermag.com/weather-reports-voices-from-xinjiang/
Miscellaneous media evidence
Context: Kazakhstan-based musician Akikat Kaliolla's parents and two brothers were all disappeared in March 2018, soon after his father sent a formal letter of complaint to Beijing over the local authorities' alleged murder of a young man critical of the mass incarcerations and local corruption. While the father was allegedly sentenced to 20 years, the mother and two brothers were sent to camp and later released, to remain under close surveillance. In 2020, Akikat's mother video-chatted with him and told him what had happened. Later, she and her two sons also made a short video where, holding up their ID cards, they spoke about their situation frankly. Translation as follows.
(first video)
Venera (mother): Muqiat suffered too. And Parasat. Parasat experienced the hardships there. I heard him screaming when they beat him up. Akikat: Parasat's voice? Venera: I thought I would die. I fainted that day. They put heart medication down my throat and took me to my room there, dragging me by the shoulders, and then left. I spent the entire night lying like that. I couldn't come to myself. I wanted to talk, but my tongue wouldn't move. My son, this is the kind of hardship we've experienced. I've told you this today, and so I might disappear tomorrow for having done so. I don't care, even if I do disappear. They are putting pressure on Qaliolla, and he's being falsely accused. They are taking revenge on him. They've illegally taken him to the educational training center and locked him up in a solitary room, beating him until he fainted. He was taken back [to his cell] afterwards, with his injuries. We heard about all this. The people who stayed with him saw it, and told me about it. That's it. This is how terrible our situation is now. My son, stay strong. You’re looking for us, and don't stop looking for your dad. This is what our life is like, this is the kind of pressure we're living under. That's all, my son.
(second video)
Venera: Today, I told my son Akikat of all the hardships that we've been through. This isn't some state secret - all of us were wronged. So, today the three of us have put our lives into Akikat's hands. Son, we are in your hands. We have been wronged. Muqyiat (older brother): If we suddenly disappear, you have to look for us. Who knows what they might do to us... Parasat (younger brother): Everything we've gone through is the genuine truth. The criminals must be imprisoned.
Video: https://shahit.biz/supp/misc_166.mp4 Source: https://twitter.com/Akikatkaliolla/status/1308127117863944198, https://twitter.com/babussokutan/status/1339491059433410561
Victims among relatives
Qaliolla Tursyn (167), Parasat Qaliolla (164), Muqyiat Qaliolla (165)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8k-5Hl9XRw Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v07V2AWXFQI Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_VmCqhQ4Tg Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5h6Csf-wO8 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wJzyJnyg6o Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EG9Z39EaB8 Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSHAwvqGb94 Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqfgzYia0MI Testimony 13: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/adoi.ka.1/posts/17833978 6474596&width=450 Testimony 14: https://twitter.com/Akikatkaliolla/status/1308127117863944198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw permission to travel: https://twitter.com/Akikatkaliolla/status/1309360673193955329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/166_11.jpg
Entry created: 2018-10-23 Last updated: 2021-05-08 Latest status update: 2021-01-07 169. Zhenisgul Chonish
Chinese ID: 652522196805052824 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 50 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Gulzat Berqanqyzy is a Chinese citizen.
Testimony 2: Dina Maiylhan was born on August 4, 1994.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: aunt
Testimony 2: mother
About the victim
Zhenisgul Chonishqyzy went to China on October 18, 2017, to resolve her personal matters.
Victim's location
Dorbiljin(Emin) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained right after her arrival in China, presumably in October 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention frequently visiting Kazakhstan
Victim's status
Testimony 2: released in November 2018, now under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz5YiABPogk video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh41UfaY2Lg
Entry created: 2018-10-23 Last updated: 2018-10-23 Latest status update: 2019-01-23 172. Meulin Qaly (毛兰·哈力)
Chinese ID: 654025199608085034 (Kunes)
Basic info
Age: 22 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: documents withheld When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Qahar Qaly, born May 10, 1993 in China, later immigrated to Kazakhstan. ID number: 043196711.
Victim's relation to testifier
Younger brother
About the victim
Meulin Qaly (Maunen Hali) born August 8, 1996 in 20 Nongtian Heping South Road, Gongnaisi Pasture (巩乃斯种羊场), Xinyuan county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture. Chinese ID: 654025199608085034
Victim's location
At home in Xinyuan county.
When victim was detained
May/June 2018 (testimonies differ)
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Not given
Victim's status
Update: the victim was released from camp on November 22, 2018. He's now at home, but has not received his documents yet.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unknown Additional information
None
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GVwtQKbcpM video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9b75T0Aqag Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/172_3.png
Entry created: 2018-10-24 Last updated: 2020-10-10 Latest status update: 2018-11-26 196. Muhtar Qasym (木合塔尔·合斯木)
Chinese ID: 654223197105134016 (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 47 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"two-faced" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Aqerke Muhtar is a Kazakhstan citizen.; Bagdat Qasymuly is a Kazakhstan citizen. [Testimony 3]; Gulymkhan Nazarkhan, born on December 20, 1973 in China, now a Kazakhstani citizen. Gulymkhan’s daughter Agerke Mukhtar lives in Almaty with Gulymkhan with no economic income. [Testimony 4]
Victim's relation to testifier father; brother [Testimony 3]; husband [Testimony 4]
About the victim
Muhtar Qasymuly, born in 1970. Went to China on December 12, 2017.; Muhtar Qasymuly, born on June 13, 1971, is a Chinese citizen. He holds a Kazakhstan Permanent Resident card and went to China in December 2017 to resolve some personal matters. [Testimony 3]; Muhtar Qasymuly (木合塔尔*合斯木), born on May 13, 1971. (correct date, shown on passport) Chinese passport no. E38430517, had a Kazakh visa valid until March 25, 2017. [Testimony 4]
Victim's location
Sauan (Shawan) County, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
December 27, 2017; On August 2017, the Shawan county government required Mukhtar to come back to China to cancel his Communist Party membership. He went back to do so in September. He was arrested on December 12, 2017 [Testimony 4]
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Accused of being two-faced [Testimony 4]
Victim's status Previously in camp. Released on November 26, 2018. There are contradicting statements as to what happened after this. Testimony 5 states that he's become a teacher in the camp now, while Testimony 6 says he's under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? unclear
Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJCnZ3qA80Q video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Cnt_R4yx8 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4chO5A9SuOA video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnrhvkbyzWA video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD5HQFnGJ4I video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxjYEM6QUic Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/196_7.png
Entry created: 2018-10-25 Last updated: 2018-10-25 Latest status update: 2018-12-03 198. Zhalyn Muqiat
Chinese ID: 65422319950625??O? (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 25 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: has problems Profession: manual work
Testifying party
Testimony 1|4: Gulbarshyn Muqiat, born in 2006, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (sister)
Testimony 2|5: Baqytgul Aqan, born in 1971, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (mother)
Testimony 3|6: Muqiat Abiken, born in 1971, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (father)
Testimony 7: Zhalyn Muqiat, born in 1995, is now a citizen of Kazakhstan. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent 11 months at a camp in Shawan County. (the victim)
About the victim
Zhalyn Muqiat is a naturalized Kazakhstan citizen. He appears to have done manual labor for a living, and was working loading goods at the Korgas International Center for Boundary Cooperation at the time of his arrest.
Address in China: Aqzhar Village, Bortungi Livestock Farm, Shawan County, Tacheng Prefecture (塔城地区沙湾县博尔通古牧场阿克加尔村).
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
Early testimonies from his sister and parents conflict only slightly with Zhalyn's own account, saying that he went to China in June-July 2017 and had his documents confiscated. He had already applied for Kazakhstan citizenship by then (with the application approved as of October 2018). According to his relatives, he was arrested on November 27-28, 2017 and sent to camp.
According to Zhalyn himself, the arrest actually took place about 10 days later, as on December 6, 2017 he was contacted by local officials from his village while working at the Korgas International Center for Boundary Cooperation. They told him that they had arrived in Korgas and wanted to see him the next day. Upon meeting, they told him that they needed him to return to the village (Aqzhar) with them, and that doing so would help him get his passport returned to him, eventually allowing him to go back to Kazakhstan. However, upon returning to the village in the evening on December 7, he was taken to a police station, where he was made to sign a form and was then taken for a medical examination, before being put in the camp on the edge of the Shawan municipality [presumably Sandaohezi], which he said used to be a "prison", with a sign saying as much. He was taken to a room on the third floor. [Judging by his description, this is almost certainly the camp just to the west of the pre-trial and administrative detention centers on the western side of Old Shawan Road.]
He would be there until August or September of 2018, when he was transferred to a new converted camp that had previously been part of the Shawan No. 1 Middle School [now the No. 5 middle school]. On November 23, 2018, he would be released and transferred to his village for village surveillance, which would last 6 months, at which point they told him that he could go look for work.
On May 15, 2019, he was suddenly contacted by the head of the village, who summoned him and told him to go to the Bortungi Farm police station. He was told to pack his clothes and was then put into a car with someone else who had been summoned the same way he had. Both men were taken to Korgas and allowed to leave for Kazakhstan.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
According to Zhalyn, the authorities focused mostly on his having gone to Kazakhstan, and had told him and others who had that they had been to one of the "26 dangerous countries".
Victim's status
Released and back in Kazakhstan.
He has been having kidney problems ever since being kicked in the kidney by a soldier at the second camp he was at, and has said that doctors in Kazahkstan have told him that he needs surgery, as both kidneys now have issues. He cannot strain his body very much physically, and cannot do heavy labor.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The original information regarding Zhalyn's disappearance was obtained from acquaintances.
Zhalyn's testimony is an eyewitness account.
Additional information
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Eyewitness account
[The following is a translated transcript of the interview between Bekzat Maqsuthan from the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization and Zhalyn Muqiat, who spent 11 months at a camp in Shawan County. It was done in Kazakhstan in the fall of 2020.]
Bekzat Maqsuthan: When did you arrive in Kazakhstan? Zhalyn Muqiat: May 15, 2019. Originally, I was born in Shawan County of the Tacheng Region, in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. The first time [when the police contacted me], I was working in Korgas. It was in the winter.
B: At the Cooperation Trade Zone?
Z: Yes. The heads of the village and the [Party] secretaries contacted me. “Where are you working?” they asked. “What are you doing? Where are you?” I told them that I was working in Korgas, loading goods. Then one night they called and said: “We’re here in Korgas, where are you?” Then, they asked: “We wanted to meet you in the morning. Do you have time? We want to have an interview with you.” They told me that they wanted to ask about my wellbeing.
…
They called me in the early morning and told me to come to a certain place. I went there. Then, the work group, who were travelling in a car, told me to take them to my place – they said that they wanted to take pictures there and to send it to the upper-level officials. I agreed and took them to the apartment I was renting. They asked about my situation and told me that I would go with them to Shawan County to sign a document. I was having difficulties getting my passport, and they said that they would return it to me, step by step, and would then see me off to Kazakhstan. I agreed. I didn't think more of it and went there, on December 7, 2017.
We set out in the morning and arrived in the evening, with them bringing me directly to the police station, where they asked me to sign a paper. After signing the first page, I started to wonder what it was and why I was signing it, and asked to have a look at the second page. “Don't look at it, just sign!” they shouted. I signed, never suspecting that I would be taken to a camp. They then told me to get into a car. It was around 11 at night.
They proceeded to take me to a local hospital in the county, examining me to see if I had any diseases. Before putting someone in camp, they would get the paperwork from the hospital to make sure if the person was healthy or not, and whether they could transmit any diseases. They would assign people to different rooms based on the medical results.
So they took me to the hospital, and got the results of the blood test. The village police took me there. I wouldn’t think anything of it until I ended up at the camp.
I was healthy. They had checked everything. We arrived at the camp, and I got out of the car. They handcuffed me. I asked them why they were handcuffing me, to which they told me that I’d know soon. That’s what the policeman from our village said. He was Kazakh. I asked him why I was being taken to that place, to which he said that I shouldn’t talk too much and just follow him. I then realized that the place used to be prison [presumably, pre-trial detention center]. It was written on there. It’s located at the edge of the Shawan municipality. It used to be a prison.
Once we entered, they immediately took off my clothes and did an inspection. They took my phone and any other belongings in my pockets, and gave me slippers. Took off the buttons and other things from my clothes, then gave me slippers and took me inside. The village police left without saying anything, while I was taken to a room on the third floor, as there was space there.
I couldn’t sleep at all. There was one guy who was standing, and I asked him why he was standing. “I’m guarding you,” he said. I didn’t say anything. At 6 o’clock in the morning, the guy next to me told me to guard. I didn't know anything, and asked how long I’d need to guard for. For an hour, he said. This was in the room where we slept. They were afraid that the people there might try to do something.
All of us had breakfast in that same room. It was less than 20 square meters, maybe. There were 9 people at the beginning.
They started calling people [for questioning, presumably]. There weren’t so many of us. For 2-3 days, nobody questioned me. I asked the others why they ended up there and why they were detained. There was a young guy who was 18, an Uyghur guy, who ended up there for reading the Quran as a kid, and for being a “wild imam” [an imam not sanctioned by the government].
Only after a week did they come and ask me if I knew the reason for my detention. They asked me. How would I know? I hadn’t committed any crime, so why was I detained? They told me that I had visited Kazakhstan.
I had visited Kazakhstan, a maximum of 7-8 times, going back and forth.
Yes, that’s what I was guilty of. I said that all of my family lived in Kazakhstan and that I didn't have a house there in Xinjiang. They told me that I would be released soon. After that, a Kazakh guy – a policeman – came. His name was Ualihan. He hates people who have been to Kazakhstan.
B: What does he do?
Z: He’s a policeman. He asked me if there were any Kazakhs [in my cell]. I was the only Kazakh back then. I said so. Then he asked me to stand up. When I stood up, he asked: “Do you know why you are here?” I said I knew… [correcting himself] No, I said, I didn't know. Then he asked me where I had been. I said that I had been to Kazakhstan. He said that my brain needed cleaning, adding: “We don't know if you’ve been in contact with terrorists there. That’s why we need to investigate.”
Days passed. A few other guys were brought into my room. The number of people in the room increased, reaching 25. There were triple bunk beds, six in total. Five people would have to stand, and we would take turns sleeping. [Because of the shortage of beds,] three people would have to stand guard each time. After three months, they said that our brains needed cleaning and that we needed to study. They said we needed to know the law and discipline. They said that we didn't know anything, and started by teaching us the lessons intended for first graders.
B: What did they teach?
Z: Chinese characters. Later, they’d keep us in a room and teach us there.
B: Did you learn anything?
Z: There was no choice but to learn. At the beginning, they said that if we abided by the rules, we would be released once our knowledge and level were higher. We learned characters every day. They taught us 20 characters a day.
For breakfast there, we had a steamed bun and vegetables. For lunch, we’d have rice.
B: Just rice? Was there anything else?
Z: There was. It wasn’t just rice. We were there for about 8 months. No, 9 months. B: About how many people were there?
Z: About three thousand, if I had to guess. Numbers-wise, Han were the fewest, with the majority being Uyghur and Hui. Kazakhs were the third largest group.
B: There is a mix of ethnicities in Shawan, right?
Z: There are lots of Uyghurs. We were there for 8-9 months.
There were no other ethnicities [other than the ones mentioned above]. Just the three main ethnicities, and a few Han. We were there for about 9 months. In one prison. Later, because of the lack of space, we were transferred to the former No. 1 middle school, which had been transformed into a prison [camp]. It used to be a Han school. We were all transferred there in a single day. All the soldiers were mobilized, and they put black bags over our heads. Our hands were shackled. There was a policeman next to each one of us, and would take us up into the bus.
B: You didn’t know where you were?
Z: We didn’t. We only saw the place we had arrived at once we were taken inside and the hoods were removed. They didn't tell us [where we were]. There was a 5-story building for men, and a 4-story building for women. Opposite to each other.
B: Was it bigger than that other one?
Z: Yes, it was bigger.
B: Bigger than the 3000 one?
Z: That place had gotten too crowded, so we were moved to the second place. There hadn’t been any vocational skills training. They said at first that there would be vocational training, but there wasn’t anything like that there. That would only be prepared at the No. 1 middle school.
B: Was this in August-September 2018?
Z: Yes, August-September.
B: ….. What did they teach?
Z: They said that we would learn until we gradually reached the stage of learning vocational skills. Again we were taught Chinese. They didn't teach us anything else.
B: But they told you that they would teach [the vocational skills]?
Z: Yes. When you reach that level, you’ll be able to start training, they said. They also said that we would get a salary once that started. We stayed there for two months, and then they started questioning us.
B: In October?
Z: Around October. They would question each of us individually. They would ask: “How are your studies? Are you against studying at this school? We’re opening up your mind. What’s your opinion of the government?” And we’d answer. Then they’d ask if I would leave to go to Kazakhstan. I’d say that I absolutely would leave.
B: You said that you would leave?
Z: Yes. My parents were there. Why couldn’t I go? They would ask such questions and then let you go. This would happen two or three times.
B: Would they say that some people were appealing?
Z: No, they wouldn’t. We heard about it only after being released. At the camp, if you misbehaved, they would shackle you and take you downstairs, to beat you up.
B: Did that happen to you?
Z: It did. They would tie your legs and hands to the chair.
B: Would they use hanging [to torture you] after taking you to the underground place?
Z: Yes. They also wouldn’t give you anything to eat. You would be there for 24 hours. They would tie you to the tiger chair.
B: They would tie your hands, lower back, and legs, and you would sit there?
Z: Yes.
B: One day and one night?
Z: One day and one night. It happened not long after we were taken to the new school. We were on our way to the classroom, walking inside the lines. You couldn’t be outside the lines.
B: Was there a line leading to the place where you studied?
Z: Yes. We studied on the third floor. The classroom was at the end. 20-25 students would be in there studying. That was the largest number they would teach. We were walking. We weren’t allowed to talk in the hall, but I was careless and talked, and they made me sit. They told me to put my hands on my head and sit.
B: Can you show how?
Z: I sat like this. [demonstrates]
B: Did they tell you to sit like this?
Z: Yes. I sat facing the wall. During that time, someone kicked me where my kidney was. It was a soldier. He was from the army.
B: What kinds of clothes was he wearing?
Z: His uniform was different from what the other people at the camp were wearing. He was from the army. A special person. B: Not a policeman?
Z: No, he was from the army. They’re said to have bad characters. He kicked me and I fell.
B: Kicked you where your kidney was?
Z: Yes. He also said to take me downstairs. So, I was taken downstairs. It didn't hurt then.
B: To the underground floor?
Z: Yes. Again, I was seated, in a chair. 10 or 15 minutes later, it started to hurt. The place where my kidney was started to hurt a lot. There was a policeman next to me, and I told him. He said that they would call a doctor to come. Then the doctor arrived.
B: Which kidney?
Z: The one on the right side. They then gave me some round-shaped medicine, and told me to take it so that the pain stopped. I took it and it worked for about 10 minutes, but then it started hurting again. I couldn't bear the pain and told them. There was an official who told them to take me to the bigger county hospital immediately for a check-up. So they put a black bag over my head, shackled my legs, handcuffed me, and took me to the hospital by car. I had an X-ray.
They were whispering something. Then they told me to stand farther away, outside the line. I stayed there and then they told me to go back with them. They said that it was nothing, and I would just need to take some medicine. They administered me the medicine once or twice, then took me back to the chair, where I would remain despite being sick.
B: You were seated in the tiger chair again?
Z: Yes. I sat there until next morning. They took me back to my room in the morning. Whenever I did something difficult or stretched, I felt the pain in that part. I would tell the doctor.
B: The inner part, or…?
Z: The inner part would hurt.
There were different people there, both old and young. Some of them would be sick.
B: How old were the oldest ones?
Z: I stayed with men who were as old as 80.
B: What were their transgressions?
Z: Mullahs… without a certificate.
B: Mullahs? Maybe they had read the Quran after someone passed away?
Z: Yes, and they had taught some students. They [camp staff] would bring some medicine to them. Old people rely on medicine, as without it they would have headaches and other problems. They need them to be safe there. Who would take the responsibility if they died? I told the guys in charge of bringing medicine that my kidney was hurting. Somebody kicked me and now it’s like this, I said. To which they said that they didn’t have the authority, and that I would heal gradually. They gave me some medicine daily, but stopped giving it after a week. There were days when they tortured me, using different methods. They electrocuted me.
B: Why did they beat you?
Z: “Did you go to a mosque while you were in Kazakhstan? What do your relatives do?”
B: They beat you for that? To answer these questions?
Z: They told me to answer. If you said that you had gone to a mosque, you’d be given a year there. So I told them that I hadn't been to a mosque. I said I was a sheep herder. In October, they started questioning all the Kazakhs at the camp. Those who visited Kazakhstan were questioned separately. Mullahs were questioned separately.
B: In October 2018, right?
Z: Yes. Alcoholics and drug addicts were also questioned separately. Step by step. They locked up the people who had visited Kazakhstan in one place. Mullahs were locked up in another place. That’s how they locked us up. Then later they asked us: after handing out a sheet of paper, they asked if we knew that we were being detained because of certain articles [of the penal code].
When we had just been detained, the Chinese told us that we had visited the 26 sensitive countries.
B: 26 dangerous countries?
Z: Dangerous countries.
B: One of the dangerous countries?
Z: One of them.
B: Kazakhstan was listed as a dangerous country?
Z: Yes. But later they didn't say that. That term disappeared. “Just check what you did while you were in Kazakhstan,” they said. “We need to know the details.”
B: So at the end, they stopped saying that Kazakhstan was one of the dangerous 26 terrorist countries?
Z: Yes. At the camp, there were lots of people who had visited Kazakhstan. So they said so. “You didn't come back to China on time.” We had a green card, so for how long… They hadn't told us, in the beginning, for how long we could or could not stay. How many months we could stay, in which month we should return. They didn't even give us such papers. They said that we didn't come back on time as a means of evasion.
At around the end of October, they questioned us individually: “What have you learned in this learning environment? What have you learned? Politics?” We answered. Then they asked if I wanted to go back to Kazakhstan again. I said I did. So they said: “You’ll need to keep what happened here a secret. Don't go public about it. Everything will stay here.” B: They told you not to say anything about the camps?
Z: Yes. “You’ll be released soon,” they said. We were happy. We thought we’d never leave.
B: That’s what you thought in the beginning, right?
Z: Yes. In the beginning, they said it would be 5 to 10 years.
B: You thought you were being given a long prison term?
Z: Yes. Nobody asked [questions about it]. “You’ll be released,” they said, “but you’ll have to control what you say. Don't tell anyone what you’ve seen and heard here. You’ll be monitored after going there.”
B: Did they say who would be monitoring you? They said that they’d be monitoring you in Kazakhstan?
Z: No, in our village. I was released on November 23. A person came from the village. One of my relatives came. They came and took me to the village directly. I was under village monitoring after going to the village.
B: By officials in the village?
Z: Yes, I stayed with them. I wasn’t allowed to go anywhere else. “You’ll be monitored for three months,” they said. “If you fail, we’ll take you back [to detention].” That’s how they intimidated us. “You’ll be working here,” they said. “You can't go anywhere.” We said okay. We obeyed. County-level officials would also come during this time. Whenever they came, they’d ask us about our wellbeing.
B: Did they ask about your health?
Z: No. At one point, my kidney started to hurt again. It was extremely painful. The village secretary was there and got scared. There was a farm there, and he immediately said that he would take me to the farm to get examined [presumably the Bortungi Livestock Farm, a township-level administrative unit]. He took me to the hospital that was at the village exit. There, the doctor told me that my diaphragm was damaged. He just checked it with his hands and said that this part might have been damaged. Gave me a patch for pain relief. Two days later, they called my uncle and told him that they should take me to the county hospital.
We went to the county hospital and had an examination. They said that everything was normal. When we showed our ID, they could tell that we had “studied”. There is a “dot” in the document of those who had [unclear if a physical dot or a digital marker].
B: So they just lied?
Z: Yes. Many people weren’t treated. It would hurt on and off. I stayed under village surveillance for about 6 months. Then after about 6 months they told me I could work. The head of the village said: “You can work and earn money.” One day, while I was in the county seat looking for a job, I received a phone call. They ordered me to return to the village immediately.
I got scared again. They told me to come to the farm’s police station. I got scared, wondering what I had done wrong this time. I was living in fear, and you’d be afraid whenever you traveled somewhere. When I got there, they said: “Get your clothes ready.” They said it in exactly the same way as they had the first time. The time I got detained.
I asked if everything was ok. They told me to pack my clothes and have them with me. I went to my grandparents’ house and packed up my clothes. I was taken into a car, where there was another man who had been asked to do the same. I asked him what was going on and he replied that he didn't know. We realized only once we arrived at Korgas that we were going to Kazakhstan. It was May 15, 2019.
B: They took you there?
Z: Yes. They took us to the border and watched us as we crossed. On the Chinese side of the border, our passports were taken away and we waited for about an hour and a half. When we asked for our passports, they told us that they would return them soon. Later, a Kazakh guy came and returned our passports. “I hope you understand even without my saying anything,” he said to us.
B: How did you understand that?
Z: It meant to keep our mouth shut after we crossed the border. We crossed the Chinese side and came to the Kazakh border. I arrived in Kazakhstan on May 15, 2019.
B: Were all the Kazakhs released at the same time that you were? Are there new detainees? What do you think?
Z: There were lots of detainees in 2017. In 2018, too. After all the appeals from here, the Kazakhs started being released.
B: Those who were appealed for got released, right? Did someone appeal on your behalf?
Z: My parents.
B: Is there anyone still in detention?
Z: I heard that the mullahs are still in camps. I heard that mullahs hadn't been released while I was there. Then I came here. My health started deteriorating. Whenever I do heavier work that’s particularly physically demanding.
B: Related to your kidney?
Z: Yes.
B: Did you have a check-up?
Z: I did. I was told that both sides were swollen and needed an operation.
B: Both kidneys?
Z: Both.
B: What happened? You were assaulted on one side.
Z: Yes, kicked on one side. I think that, because the place where we slept was damp, it might have also had an effect. We also don't know what we ate. B: Did you have any injections?
Z: No, I wasn’t injected with anything, unless they did it while I was unconscious.
B: Pills?
Z: We would be given painkillers.
B: Nothing except the medicine for your kidney?
Z: Don't know.
B: They might have added something to your meals?
Z: Maybe.
B: How is your health now?
Z: My two kidneys hurt very much. I can't do heavy labor. I’m not in a good state. I’ve lost a year of my life. I’ve lost my health. I want to ask the international [organizations] if there will be any compensation from China. That’s what I ask for.
B: You want compensation for your health?
Z: Yes.
B: We hope that international human rights organizations will help. What else do you want to say? Have you witnessed anyone else being beaten up or tortured? Could you hear such things?
Z: There were such incidents when I was taken underground. I could hear different voices. You didn’t know what was going on. They would be kept in small rooms but the doors would be open. You couldn’t see other people, but you could hear their voices.
B: Voices of those who were beaten up?
Z: Yes.
B: Screams?
Z: Yes.
B: Voices of those being tortured?
Z: Yes. You could hear it. It wasn’t shown to you.
B: So those so-called “study centers” are, in fact, torture centers?
Z: Yes. They call them “learning centers”, so why torture and shackle people there? You’re supposed to be free there. But we would get up at 6 in the morning, finish our meals by 7, and then sit until the evening. B: In your rooms?
Z: In our rooms.
B: How would you sit?
Z: We would have to sit straight, without moving, with our hands on our knees. On a stool. If you moved, you’d be ordered to stand. They could see it through the cameras. They could hear your voice. We weren’t allowed to speak Kazakh.
B: Only Chinese?
Z: Chinese. You’d be taken downstairs if spoke Kazakh.
B: To be beaten?
Z: Yes. Old men would just keep silent as they could not speak [Chinese]. We experienced various hardships.
B: Were you at the camp for 11 months?
Z: Yes, 11 months.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKqW6uM82kQ
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzlepzWFhiA Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZtPPyqLO3g Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvnDrEpQRm4 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhKVbH8KAkA Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjBW1qIzkMc Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm53nm00XiY Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKqW6uM82kQ
Entry created: 2018-10-25 Last updated: 2021-08-06 Latest status update: 2020-09-20 209. Erzhan Qaqan
Chinese ID: 65422319901128??O? (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: religion
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4: Farida Muqai, a Kazakhstan citizen. She moved to Kazakhstan in 2004. (aunt)
About the victim
Erzhan Qaqanuly had worked as an accountant in a mosque.
Victim's location
Sauan(Shawan) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
February 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention probably for working in a mosque
Victim's status
Previously in re-education camp. Released in November 2018, but now under town arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Victims among relatives Serik Muqai (208), Qabai Muqai (212), Qazhet Qyzyr (210), Murat Baiashbai (851), Aqytzhan Batyr (217), Qairolla Muqai (8075)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu2ic-lKDiM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGFWR_eD1Nc Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGsBaUM28Q4 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TOBJgMGtPM
Entry created: 2018-10-26 Last updated: 2018-10-26 Latest status update: 2019-01-11 210. Qazhet Qyzyr
Chinese ID: 65422319891209??O? (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 29 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+4: Farida Muqaiqyzy moved to Kazakhstan in 2004. Now she is a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+4: nephew
About the victim
Qazhet Qyzyruly, born in 1989.
Victim's location
Sauan(Shawan) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained earlier: February 2018
Testimony 4: 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unknown
Victim's status
G. A. Bunin: released from camp sometime in the fall-winter of 2018
Testimony 4: released in 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Serik Muqai (208), Qabai Muqai (212), Erzhan Qaqan (209), Murat Baiashbai (851), Aqytzhan Batyr (217), Qairolla Muqai (8075)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu2ic-lKDiM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGFWR_eD1Nc Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGsBaUM28Q4 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TOBJgMGtPM
Entry created: 2018-10-26 Last updated: 2018-10-26 Latest status update: 2019-01-11 211. Dildash Erzhan (迪勒娜拉什·叶尔坚)
Chinese ID: 652325198502132621 (Qitai)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Changji Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Shalqar Qurymbaiuly is a Kazakhstan citizen, born on June 10, 1981. His Kazakhstan green card number is 044229388.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: wife
About the victim
Dildash Erzhanqyzy (迪勒娜拉什*叶尔坚), born on February 13, 1985. Her two underage children are in Kazakhstan. Her Chinese ID number is 652325198502132621.
Address: No. 26-1, Husbandry Village no. 2, Wumachang township (五马场乡), Qitai county, Changji Hui autonomous prefecture
Victim's location
Fukang city, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
When victim was detained earlier: November 24, 2017
Testimony 3: went to China on November 18, 2018 [should be 2017] and was detained 5 days later.
Likely (or given) reason for detention not stated
Victim's status Testimony 3: Released on January 12, 2019 and put under house arrest (this sentence is to last for 6 months, according to Chinese officials).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu2ic-lKDiM video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD9HPDqPGKM video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfilV026JIw Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/211_4.png
Entry created: 2018-10-26 Last updated: 2018-10-26 Latest status update: 2019-02-08 212. Qabai Muqai
Chinese ID: 65422319621009??O? (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 56 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: security/police
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Farida Muqaiqyzy moved to Kazakhstan in 2004. Now she is a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: brother
About the victim
Qabai Muqaiuly is a Chinese citizen. He worked in a Military Command for 20 years in China. He visited Kazakhstan with his whole family in 2016. DOB: October 9, 1962.
Victim's location
Sauan(Shawan) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
December 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unknown
Victim's status
Previously in re-education camp. He was released in November 2018, but isn't allowed to go home to Urumqi, because he's under town arrest and has to stay in his relatives' home in Shawan county (also his place of birth).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Serik Muqai (208), Erzhan Qaqan (209), Qazhet Qyzyr (210), Murat Baiashbai (851), Aqytzhan Batyr (217), Qairolla Muqai (8075)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu2ic-lKDiM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGFWR_eD1Nc Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGsBaUM28Q4
Entry created: 2018-10-26 Last updated: 2019-05-29 Latest status update: 2018-12-03 213. Amantai Alimgazy (阿曼台·阿力木哈孜)
Chinese ID: 654223198010093439 (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: religion
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4: Gullatipa Alimgazy, born in 1985, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (sister)
About the victim
Amantai Alimgazyuly, born on October 9, 1980, came to Kazakhstan in November 2016 and submitted documents for obtaining a Kazakhstan Permanent Resident card. On his arrival in China after visiting Kazakhstan the local police seized his passport and never return. He had worked as an imam between 2002 and 2010.
Chinese ID: 654223198010093439. Address: Sixth street House no. 33 Zholsai village (交勒萨依村), Niuquanzi pasture (牛圈子牧场), Shawan county, Tacheng prefecture
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
March 2, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 4: possibly because he was an imam
Victim's status
Testimony 3-4: released from camp to house arrest on January 21, 2019
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Alimgazy Ramazan (2712), Maria Qusain (2713)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPn1WBr__p8 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63ZKPIge2d8 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HwwFWmdf4U Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ob4KIyCVBk Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/213_5.png
Entry created: 2018-10-26 Last updated: 2021-01-04 Latest status update: 2019-02-09 215. Qabdulami Qusmanbek
Chinese ID: 65422319????????O? (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Abdigali Qusmanbekuly, born on August 1, 1986, is a Kazakhstan citizen. Now he resides in Rudnik village of Tekeli County in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: brother
About the victim
Qabdulami Qusmanbekuly
Victim's location
Sauan(Shawan) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: August 31, 2017
Testimony 2: August 31, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention no reason
Victim's status
Testimony 2: released on December 25, 2018 from the prison (must mean "camp") to house arrest
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olVOXQHAHfE video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPWYkF-LZ30
Entry created: 2018-10-26 Last updated: 2018-10-26 Latest status update: 2019-02-03 216. Qalymbek Saira
Chinese ID: 65422319880506??O? (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Mural Narmanuly is from Talgar, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan
Testimony 2-4: Gulbaqyt Qali is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: cousin
Testimony 2-4: relative
About the victim
Qalymbek Sairauly, born on May 6, 1988 in China, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. He went to Shawan county in Xinjiang in 2017 to hold a wedding ceremony.
Victim's location
Sauan (Shawan) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: March 2018
Testimony 2: January 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention not stated
Victim's status Testimony 3: Released from re-education camp in February 4-5, 2019 in an unhealthy state and put under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVk8OvPoHp8 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAPQjQrB8_0 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kovaMZEXWYg Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oNhLy4Vx0A
Entry created: 2018-10-26 Last updated: 2018-10-26 Latest status update: 2019-02-07 228. Mantai Shaker
Chinese ID: 6542??19500806??E? (place of origin unclear)
Basic info
Age: 68 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: documents withheld When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: education
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Altyngul Erezhepbaiqyzy
Testimony 2: Qalelbek Zhalynuly is a Kazakhstan citizen
Testimony 3: Merei Qalelbekuly Sydyq
Testimony 4-7: Malike Pazyl, born on October 8, 1979.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: aunt-in-law
Testimony 2-3: mother
Testimony 4-7: mother-in-law
About the victim
Mantai Shaker is a Kazakh citizen. She worked as a teacher in China and went to China on April 10, 2017, as she was summoned by her old work unit.
DOB: August 6, 1950. Kazakhstan ID: 033464813. Kazakhstan PIN: 500806401932.
Victim's location
Testimony 1: Sauan(Shawan) County, Tarbagatai(Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Testimony 2: Wusu city, Tacheng Region, Xinjiang, China [Testimony 2]
When victim was detained Testimony 2+7: May 2018 (probably sent to camp then)
Testimony 2+3: April 10, 2017, as her documents were confiscated upon her arrival in China
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 1: unclear, presumably for visiting Kazakhstan
Victim's status
Testimony 5: She was released from re-education camp in November 2018, but had her passport seized by local police and was prevented from going abroad.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOSjJsNJaCs Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZxcehk2ZKU Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qbr4NvDE3s Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6l2MKk5tQ4 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d7r_7QvKac Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_O3e75DSmI Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQYm3zWD_Ms
Entry created: 2018-10-28 Last updated: 2018-10-28 Latest status update: 2019-01-22 234. Muralbek Sugir
Chinese ID: 6542231982??????O? (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 36-37 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: She is a Kazakhstan citizen.
Testimony 2: Gulbaqyt Qali, born on February 20, 1969.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: neighbour
Testimony 2: unclear
About the victim
Muralbek Sugiruly was born in 1982.
Victim's location
Sauan (Shawan) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained not stated
Likely (or given) reason for detention not stated
Victim's status
Testimony 2: Released from re-education camp in January 2019 in an unhealthy state and put under house arrest. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPzjN3_mGR0 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kovaMZEXWYg
Entry created: 2018-10-28 Last updated: 2018-10-28 Latest status update: 2019-02-07 235. Temirbek Qusaiynbek
Chinese ID: 65422319900105??O? (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 29 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: has problems Profession: art & literature
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: She is a Kazakhstan citizen.
Testimony 2-4: Gulbaqyt Qali
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: cousin
Testimony 2-4: neighbor
About the victim
Temirbek Qusaiynbekuly (Qusein), born in 1991 (first testimony), visited Kazakhstan in 2017. He was a wedding singer.
DOB: January 5, 1990.
Victim's location
Ushbulaq Village, Sauan (Shawan) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
April 20, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 1: probably for visiting Kazakhstan
Testimony 2: possibly because the victim sings in Kazakh Victim's status
Testimony 3: Released from re-education camp in January 2019 in an unhealthy state and put under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPzjN3_mGR0 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTtBaGK4eJ4 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kovaMZEXWYg Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oNhLy4Vx0A
Entry created: 2018-10-28 Last updated: 2018-10-28 Latest status update: 2019-02-08 236. Nurgali Muqatai
Chinese ID: 6542231981??????O? (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 37-38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Gulbaqyt Qali lives in Qarabulaq Village of Almaty Region in Kazakhstan.
Testimony 3: Kauash Mukatai, born on February 13, 1966.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: cousin
Testimony 3: brother
About the victim
Nurgali Muqataiuly was born in 1981. Has a wife and two children.
Address: Ush Bulaq village (三个泉子村), Niuquanzi farm (牛圈子牧场), Shawan county, Tacheng
Victim's location
In Tacheng, presumably.
When victim was detained
February 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention visiting Kazakhstan
Victim's status
Testimony 2: Released from re-education camp in January 2019 in an unhealthy state and put under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE06CmGJtEc Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kovaMZEXWYg Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qQO7_BMtUg
Entry created: 2018-10-28 Last updated: 2018-10-28 Latest status update: 2019-02-08 238. Muqiat Qabidolla (木合亚提·哈比都拉)
Chinese ID: 654223197802013455 (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 43 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: has problems Profession: religion
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Gulbaqyt Qali, a resident of Kazakhstan. (sister-in-law)
Testimony 3: Nurlan Orazbek, a citizen of Kazakhstan. (brother-in-law)
Testimony 4: Nurgul Zeinolla, a citizen of Kazakhstan. (relation unclear)
About the victim
Muqiat Qabidollauly, born on February 1, 1978, worked as an Imam.
Chinese ID: 654223197802013455.
ID address: 18 First Alley, Dongshan Village, Xigebi Municipality, Shawan County, Xinjiang (新疆沙湾县西戈壁镇东山村1巷18号).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
Testimony 1-2: August 2017
Testimony 3-4: taken to a reeducation camp on August 27, 2017 for praying five times a day. Released on January 7, 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 1-2: working as an Imam
Testimony 3-4: praying 5 times a day. Victim's status
Testimony 2: Released from re-education camp in January 2019 in an unhealthy state and put under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Qaharman Aqman (237), Gulsim Bordigan (2854), Shyngys Qaharman (2853), Magzhan Qaharman (2855)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE06CmGJtEc Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kovaMZEXWYg Testimony 3-4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghidPuA_xro Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/238_3.png
Entry created: 2018-10-28 Last updated: 2021-08-10 Latest status update: 2021-02-27 260. Dolqyn Tursyn
Chinese ID: 65402719671018??O? (Tekes)
Basic info
Age: 51 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: has problems Profession: government
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Gulnur Beikut, a citizen of Kazakhstan. (wife)
Testimony 2: Marzhan Dolqyn, a resident of Kazakhstan. (daughter)
Testimony 3: Gulnur Beikut, as reported by Tortoise Media. (wife)
About the victim
Dolqyn Tursynuly is a Chinese citizen and a member of the Communist Party. He holds a Kazakhstan Permanent Resident card and is a well-educated person. He started his working career in 1987 and had worked as a math teacher, a secretary at the local government office and since 2007 he had worked in an Industrial and commercial bureau till his retirement in 2011. He moved to Kazakhstan with his family in 2011. In March 2017 his old work unit summoned him, but all his documents were taken on his arrival being told that he was a government official and member of the communist party.
DOB: October 18, 1967. Passport no. G39337491.
Victim's location
Tekes(Tekesi)County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
In March 2017, Yining city government required Dolkyn to return and register his passport. His passport was then confiscated. Then he was arrested and sent to re-education camp on October.
Likely (or given) reason for detention making contact with Kazakhstani people too many times and installing WhatsApp on his phone
Victim's status Tortoise Media article: after 14 months in camp, he was released to de facto house arrest in December 2018.
He has heart disease and arthritis.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? through WeChat
Additional information
Also covered in Tortoise Media (https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2019/04/15/uighurs/content.html?sig=INMNBA7zzH4bl8chVk3Ko5p xAGqxAmFjLMkq3mwRMcY) (Testimony 3):
"Dolkun Tursun was in his apartment in Gulja late one night, video chatting with his two adult daughters, when he heard loud knocking. “Now they are here to take me away,” were the last words his daughters heard. Then the screen went black. This was in October 2017. Since then, the then 51-year-old has been detained. “We don’t know how he is doing,” says his wife, Gülnur Beikut, at our first meeting. She wears a blue dress; a simple gold necklace hangs around her neck. The interview with her and with all other family members of camp inmates has to take place at an unnamed location outside China. Anyone who talks to a foreigner in Xinjiang – or even just makes a call abroad – risks being arrested immediately and disappearing into a camp.
Tursun is a member of the Chinese Communist Party who worked his way up from maths teacher to deputy director of city markets in Gulja, an administrative post. Like tens of thousands of ethnic Kazakhs, he moved to neighbouring Kazakhstan in 2011 after retiring – and because life there is cheaper. The family kept an apartment in Gulja. Last March he received a call from his previous employer who had questions about his pension. He should come to Xinjiang for two days to discuss them. “He thought it was just a formality,” his wife explains. But when he arrived in Gulja, authorities immediately took his passport. Officials accused him of having WhatsApp installed on his phone. Tursun had to spend 14 months in a in re-education camp. Since December he has been under de facto house arrest in Gulja. His family is hoping he will be allowed to return home."
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lni5Ok5c9U0 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btaVyetIn6s
Entry created: 2018-10-30 Last updated: 2020-06-13 Latest status update: 2018-12-21 262. Daulethan Mungulzhan
Chinese ID: 654126198510051052 (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Kenzhegul Mungulzhanqyzy
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: older brother
About the victim
Daulethan Mungulzhanuly, born on October 5, 1985, is a Chinese citizen. His Chinese ID number is 654126198510051052. He visited Kazakhstan in 2014. He was sent to the political re-education camp in March 2018 and his wife (Tursyngul Tursynbai) has been attending the political courses during the day. His 65-year-old mother cannot even ask for the detention reason as she was warned of being sent to the camp as well. There is a Han government worker who visits their family on a daily basis to check if they have any contacts with Kazakhstan and teaches their youngest daughter Chinese.
Victim's location
Zhuantobe Village, Aqdala Township, Mongulkure(Zhaosu) County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
March 5, 2018 (re-education camp)
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 3: released from camp on November 12, 2018 How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
This victim is included in the list of Mongolkure victims provided to Qazaq Uni (https://qazaquni.kz/2018/09/28/90575.html) by Lezzat Belqozha, also available at: https://shahit.biz/supp/list_005.pdf
Victims among relatives
Tursyngul Tursynbai (362)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLZlDztq5-w video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xyyxzn6nsI video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69tg5672fkQ
Entry created: 2018-10-30 Last updated: 2018-10-30 Latest status update: 2018-11-20 266. Abdigaim Kumar
Chinese ID: 6540261982??????O? (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 36-37 Gender: M Ethnicity: Tatar Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: religion
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4: Munira Qumar, an ethnic Tatar from China, was born in 1975. She is now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (brother)
About the victim
Abdigaim Kumar was a licensed imam in Ili who had previously studied at a religious school in Tatarstan, Russia. In January 2017, he became an assistant to an imam in a local mosque in Lower (Ayagh) Qarasu Village.
Address: Ayagh Qarasu Village, Qarasu Municipality, Mongolkure County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (伊犁哈萨克自治州昭苏县喀拉苏镇阿亚克喀拉苏村).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
Abdigaim was detained in March 2018 and reportedly released on December 28, 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear. [Although the testifier spoke at length about her brother's experience studying in Tatarstan.]
Victim's status
Released from detention.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not stated. Additional information
The testifier also mentioned in passing a relative named "Turqin" [name not completely clear], who she believes was arrested for studying in Tatarstan. She claimed to know many people whose relatives were arrested for this reason.
Case mentioned in: https://centralasiaprogram.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Kasikci-CAP-Paper-219-June-2019.pdf
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0vq9H9ZmCo Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBasCSeZVrA Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBC5XKtWupw Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgbgqgvL2cI
Entry created: 2018-10-30 Last updated: 2021-01-11 Latest status update: 2019-01-25 267. Hamit Shyngys
Chinese ID: 6540261968??????O? (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 50-51 Gender: M Ethnicity: Tatar Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-4: The testifier Munira Kumar is a citizen of Khazakstan, originally of Chinese Tatar descent.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-4: Cousin
About the victim
The cousin of the testifier, Hamit Shyngys, Tatar, was an ordinary farmer and the father of three children. His wife passed away after his detention, leaving the children without care. He was arrested in Yili in March 2017 for no obvious reason. He's 50 years old.
Address: Baskarasu village, Zhaosu county, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture.
Victim's location
Probably Yili
When victim was detained
March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 2: praying
Victim's status
Testimony 3: released on January 24, 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? Unclear
Additional information
Case mentioned in: https://centralasiaprogram.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Kasikci-CAP-Paper-219-June-2019.pdf
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0vq9H9ZmCo Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBasCSeZVrA Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgbgqgvL2cI Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcBF9qxe-g4
Entry created: 2018-10-30 Last updated: 2019-07-02 Latest status update: 2019-01-25 272. Esqat Bekinur
Chinese ID: 654126199102051015 (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: documents withheld When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: other
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+3: The testifier Gulpash Bekinur acquired Khazakstan citizenship in 2014 and currently resides in Khazakstan.
Testimony 2: unclear
Testimony 4: Qurmangul Madinam Islamqyzy and others (group testimony video)
Testimony 5: Beginur Naqysbek.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+3: Brother
Testimony 2: Son
Testimony 4: unclear
Testimony 5: unclear
About the victim
Testimony 1: The victim Esqat Bekinur was detained in a reeducation camp since March 2018.
Testimony 2: Esqat Bekinur, the only son in the family, born on February 5, 1991. Lives in Zhaosu County, has a job in construction business. On October 2017, the Chinese customs refused him entry into Kazakhstan.
Address: Upper Qyzylmoinaq Village, Aqdala Township, Mongolkure (Zhaosu) County.
Victim's location
No information since detention, but presumably in the Mongolkure area. When victim was detained
March 8, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 3: visiting Kazakhstan
Victims list (https://shahit.biz/supp/list_006.pdf): having relatives who are Kazakhstan citizens.
Victim's status
Testimony 4: released from camp to house arrest on December 26, 2018.
Testimony 5: He cannot get his passport back to visit his parents in Kazakhstan. The village administration demand him to waive his farmland in order to get it.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
The testifier's elderly parents live in Khazakstan with no financial support. [Testimony 1]
This victim is included in the lists of Mongolkure victims provided to Qazaq Uni (https://qazaquni.kz/2018/09/28/90575.html) by Lezzat Belqozha, also available at: https://shahit.biz/supp/list_005.pdf and https://shahit.biz/supp/list_006.pdf
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGwU5STne8U Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ydJbeEDN_c Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ameBI78WYBQ Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaucz5HOGko Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00yVudYaEck
Entry created: 2018-10-30 Last updated: 2019-05-24 Latest status update: 2019-04-16 278. Qalchan Amet (哈力恰木·阿买提)
Chinese ID: 654221195304271820 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 67 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1|2|3|4|5|7|8|9|11|17|18: Oralqan Aben, originally from Emin County but now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (daughter)
Testimony 6|10: Abdolla Aben, born in 1976, originally from Emin County but now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (son)
Testimony 12: Anonymous, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (from same town/region)
Testimony 13*: Gene A. Bunin, independent scholar and curator of shahit.biz.
Testimony 14: Tursynbek Qabi, as reported by Eurasianet. (son-in-law)
Testimony 15: Oralqan Aben, as reported by Institute for War and Peace Reporting. (daughter)
Testimony 16: Oralqan Aben, as reported by Radio Free Asia Mandarin. (daughter)
About the victim
Qalchan Amet.
Address: House No. 000204, Kurty Village, Kurty Township, Dorbiljin County, Xinjiang (新疆额敏县二道桥乡库尔特村000204号).
Chinese passport: E58552090. Kazakhstan PIN: 530427000161.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
There are contradictions in the testimonies with regard to her initial detention time, even though they essentially come from the same source (her daughter).
In one testimony, her daughter says that she returned to China in 2017 and was sent to a camp in February 2018. Earlier, the detention date had been reported as April 2, 2018. Yet another testimony says that she was detained on March 18, 2017, along with over 20 other women. [It is hard to make sense of this at the moment.]
She was reported to have undergone gallbladder surgery on June 10, 2018, being transferred from camp to a hospital. In September of the same year, following her son's suicide, she was allowed to attend his funeral under escort and had to return to the camp in two hours, though one testimony mentions that she was also taken to the hospital at that time as well.
In December 2018, she was released from camp, with two male police officers staying with her for a week following her release. At some point in 2019, she was able to return to Kazakhstan.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Probably for having traveled to Kazakhstan, and for praying.
Victim's status
Released and back in Kazakhstan.
Her daughter writes that she's developed a fear of phones and cameras now, and is afraid of saying anything about her ill-treatment at the camp.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Oralqan, her daughter, may have learned about the victim's initial detention and eventual release through relatives in the region. Tursynbek, Oralqan's husband, had first-hand knowledge of the matter as he was in Xinjiang at the time.
Multiple people in Kazakhstan have confirmed her return to the country.
Additional information
Media mention: https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-after-xinjiang-the-long-road-to-recovery https://iwpr.net/global-voices/ethnic-kazaks-flee-chinese-crackdown
Victims among relatives
Tursynbek Qabi (277), Erbolat Aben (279)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_0XJH97Hdk Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWoUMUnLGlg Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_vvMuPWQc0 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InRn2461jYg Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Wt4CCNJho Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTaKdE1An7A Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwbFk9wAhc Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O0Iaij36N0 Testimony 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rTcN7NCJDc Testimony 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLlDOw1R7VE Testimony 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAx6F30vt0k Testimony 17: https://twitter.com/Akikatkaliolla/status/1251970186783195139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Testimony 18: https://twitter.com/Akikatkaliolla/status/1262214594514354177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Entry created: 2018-10-31 Last updated: 2020-08-29 Latest status update: 2020-05-18 293. Shakura Adilzhan
Chinese ID: 652421195912291226 (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 59 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"registration issues" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Bazarbai Adilzhanuly moved to Kazakhstan from China in 2008 and he has already obtained Kazakhstan citizenship.
Testimony 2: Gabdihamit Arshynbek
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: older sister
Testimony 2: unclear
About the victim
Shakura Adilzhanqyzy is a Chinese citizen now. She has married twice, the first time she was registered in Qaragash Township as her husband was from there, after his death, she married for the second time to the resident of Dardamty Township of Qulzha city and reregistered there forgetting to deregister from the first.
DOB: December 29, 1959. Chinese ID: 652421195912291224.
Victim's location
Qulzha (Yining) County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
March 3, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention dual household registration Victim's status
Testimony 2: released in November 2018 and under house arrest now.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWoUMUnLGlg video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b37HYvz1os video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuRwBKahJHA Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/293_4.png
Entry created: 2018-10-31 Last updated: 2020-10-15 Latest status update: 2019-01-24 300. Dakei Zhunishan
Chinese ID: 65402119760515??O? (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 42 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4|5: Sara Zhyenbai, originally from China but residing in Kazakhstan since 2015. (wife)
Testimony 6: Dakei Zhunishan, originally from Yining County but now a resident of Kazakhstan. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang. (the victim)
Testimony 7: Sara Zhyenbai, as reported by Financial Times. (wife)
Testimony 8: Dakei Zhunishan, as reported by Globe and Mail. (the victim)
About the victim
Dakei Zhunishan is married and has three children.
Address in China: Qaragash/Samiuz Township, Ghulja County (伊宁县喀拉亚尕奇乡/萨木于孜乡). [Both Qaragash and Samiuz are townships, so it is not clear which the victim is from.]
Victim's location
Back in Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
From the victim's own account, he went to China in March 20, 2017, and would be taken in for 15 days of "education" in April 2017. Afterwards, he would live without documents until July 2017, then allowed to return to Kazakhstan for a month (with four people left as guarantors in Xinjiang).
He again went to China after a month as promised, this time having everything confiscated (including his ID) and having to remain under de facto house arrest for about 6 months. In February 2018, he was taken to a camp, but two months later would be transferred to a Party school, which was basically a camp but with better conditions. He'd be released on October 8, 2018, prior to being allowed to return to Kazakhstan on January 16, 2019. A Financial Times report that includes a comment from his wife mentions that he was transferred to a factory in October 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released and back in Kazakhstan.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Sara likely knows some of the details from the victim himself, since he was allowed to return to Kazakhstan at one point. According to the Financial Times, he was also allowed a 2-minute phone call with her in October to tell her that he was being transferred to a factory.
Dakei's testimony is an eyewitness account.
Additional information
His wife's testimony on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/338669169840118/permalink/677660639274301/
Financial Times coverage: https://www.ft.com/content/eb2239aa-fc4f-11e8-aebf-99e208d3e521
Mention in the Globe and Mail (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-i-felt-like-a-slave-inside-chinas-complex-system-of-incar ceration/):
Dakei Zhunishan, 43, also spent six months in a Party school, a place he described as “almost free.” Rooms were equipped with televisions, guards did not require permission to use the toilet and “relatives could come to visit whenever they wanted,” Mr. Zhunishan said. Detainees could not, however, exit the compound without authorization.
Eyewitness account
[The following is an abridged summary, based on the victim’s interview at the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization in Almaty, Kazakhstan.]
Leaving his wife and three children in Kazakhstan, Dakei Zhunishan went to China to visit his mother on March 20, 2017.
On April 10, 2017, he was detained and “educated” for 15 days. He says that the rules were not very strict, and that they were allowed to converse and move around relatively freely. The study consisted of learning Mandarin and memorizing red songs. He “graduated” and obtained a diploma.
After being released, he was not returned his passport and instead had to make frequent visits to the police station as part of the process to get it back. It was only at the end of July 2017 that the authorities gave him permission to go to Kazakhstan for a month, but only with 4 guarantors – two relatives and two cadres – remaining behind in Xinjiang. He thus spent 27 days in Kazakhstan and then returned to China on August 30, 2017.
Upon arriving back in his hometown in Xinjiang, he had all of his documents – including his Chinese ID – confiscated, making it impossible to go anywhere. He would remain under this sort of town arrest for the coming 6 months, until being put into a “re-education” camp in February 2018.
This camp was in the building of the former No. 3 Middle School in Yining County, with the rooms having barred windows and 16 inmates per room. Because of overcrowding, 10 would sleep in the beds and the rest would have to sleep on the floor. Dakei was the only Kazakh in his room – 9 of the others were Hui and 6 were Uyghur.
Breakfast in the camp consisted of porridge and a steamed bun. There was no standard toilet in the room – a bucket was used, which they were only allowed to empty once a day. According to Dakei, complaining that the bucket was full and asking to have it emptied resulted in being put into a tiger chair for 14 hours. There were four cameras in the room.
Though the inmates were originally told that they were there to learn Chinese, the classroom would not be ready until April (two months after the initial internment). However, Dakei was told that he was being transferred to another camp not long before he was scheduled to attend his first Chinese class. Fortunately, this new camp was actually a Party school (党校), which also served as a study center for 200 cadres and 27 non-cadres, the latter all being inmates with links to Kazakhstan. The authorities explained this preferential treatment as stemming from China-Kazakhstan friendship. Six of the 27 were Uyghurs with family in Kazakhstan, while the rest were Kazakh.
There, the rooms had TV sets, showers, bathrooms, and phones, and the inmates were completely free apart from not being allowed outside the compound. There was a hospital in the compound as well. Contact with outside China was forbidden, and despite Dakei writing several letters requesting permission to contact his wife in Kazakhstan, he was always refused.
Around April 11 or 12, the cadres came and asked everyone if anyone wanted to go to Kazakhstan. The inmates were given 5 minutes to decide. Amazingly, only Dakei said that he did, while everyone else said “no”. Dakei insisted, and after two days would start being invited to “talks“ (谈话). These went on for a week but didn’t result in any progress, and he would ultimately only be released on October 7, 2018.
Back in Xinjiang society with his documents still confiscated, he would be allowed to make international phone calls with the permission of the village administration. However, there would always be people accompanying him while he called his wife, with one of the people taking notes. The phone calls lasted only 5 minutes.
He was finally able to get his documents and return to Kazakhstan on January 16, 2019.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AOQ2KaS_0Y
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUGasc7XXuo Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk8RnWkXmOo Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCAcoWkQw9o Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KERdahujEh0 Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AOQ2KaS_0Y Testimony 2: https://shahit.biz/supp/300_6.mp4
Entry created: 2018-11-01 Last updated: 2020-04-21 Latest status update: 2019-02-17 304. Zhalgasbek Suleimen (加勒哈斯别克·苏莱曼)
Chinese ID: 654121196601154275 (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 53 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: has problems Profession: security/police
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Abdikerim Nurlan, a resident of Kazakhstan. (cousin)
Testimony 2|3: Berik Zhalgasbek, a resident of Kazakhstan. (son)
Testimony 4: Alipbek Zhumaqan, born in 1980, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Zhalgasbek Suleimen (Testimony 4: Sarsen) was a policeman.
Address: Lower Borbosyn Village, Mazar Township, Qulzha (Yining) County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
Testimony 2: taken to a camp on March 20, 2017 and released to house arrest on October 20, 2018 (however, the initial date may be March 20, 2018 since the testifier says the victim spent 7 month in camp)
Likely (or given) reason for detention being against pulling down the mosque
Victim's status
Testimony 2: under house arrest. He has third-degree disabilities.
Testimony 3: He's also developed health issues. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Kamash Aqyn (3552)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egY2TAx1y9o Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDeCl7UrFzQ Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OtpA1ynFw8 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39wjpt8b8FY Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/304_4.png
Entry created: 2018-11-01 Last updated: 2020-09-07 Latest status update: 2020-01-04 306. Turysbek Toleu
Chinese ID: 65402119????????O? (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: unclear (a woman)
Testimony 2: Qurmanzhan Turysbek, born on July 12, 1985, is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: father
Testimony 2: unclear
About the victim
Turysbek Toleu
Victim's location
Qulzha (Yining) County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
March 8, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 2: released recently (as of January 2019), but is under house arrest since.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtErBPop4Eo video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptzv80cFGf4
Entry created: 2018-11-01 Last updated: 2018-11-01 Latest status update: 2019-01-24 309. Alimbai Akimzhan (阿力木拜·阿克木江)
Chinese ID: 654121197602162511 (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 42 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+4+5: Sha’kir A’kimzhan, born on February 9, 1981. He came to Kazakhstan in 2004, now is a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+4+5: older brother
About the victim
Alimbai Akimzhanuly (阿力木拜*阿克木江),
Address: Fourth group (4组), Aule township (阿乌利亚乡/阿吾利亚乡), Yining county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture.
Victim's location
Qulzha (Yining) County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: April 2017
Testimony 4: May 1, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention visiting Kazakhstan
Victim's status
Testimony 5: released (from camp, presumably) on December 26, 2018. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
May not be the same person, but an individual with the same name in the same county runs a trade company specializing in tomato products: https://xin.baidu.com/detail/compinfo?pid=xlTM-TogKuTwytxfzDGI*sYrkksQsdLeWgmd&from=ps
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy1vMs07WEU Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3WzdCdcjus Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soPm1rnTmFU Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX_9rJXHsXo Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNsFCMaQjU Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/309_6.png
Entry created: 2018-11-01 Last updated: 2020-10-16 Latest status update: 2018-12-27 312. Bauyrzhan Amantai
Chinese ID: 65402619????????O? (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 18-35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: forced job placement When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: student
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Tolganai Mahabat
Victim's relation to testifier cousin
About the victim
Bauyrzhan Amantaiuly, from Zhaosu County, was a second-year student at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
Victim's location
Qulzha (Yining) County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status detained
[according to a source familiar with the case, as relayed to G. A. Bunin: the victim was in a camp and was released in early 2019, then given a job]
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? via WeChat
Additional information
Included in the list at https://qazaquni.kz/2018/04/25/83951.html.
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egY2TAx1y9o
Entry created: 2018-11-01 Last updated: 2019-06-17 Latest status update: 2019-06-17 320. Gulsimqan Bazarbek (古丽斯木汗·巴扎尔别克)
Chinese ID: 652522194005100024 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 78 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"registration issues" Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|3|4: Bolatbek Raqymbai, born in 1976, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (son)
Testimony 2: Gulsimqan Bazarbek, a citizen of Kazakhstan, originally from Tacheng's Dorbiljin County. She is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent over 8 months in a camp. (the victim)
Testimony 5: Xinjiang Public Security, the government office in charge of public security and arrests.
Testimony 6: Gulsimqan Bazarbek, as reported by "Azat Erkin". (the victim)
About the victim
Gulsimqan Bazarbek is originally from Tacheng's Dorbiljin County, but has been a Kazakhstan citizen since 2009.
Kazakhstan passport number: N06196204. Kazakhstan ID: 026758650.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
She went to China on December 14, 2017, to go through the deregistration process. When she went to the police to cancel her registration the next day, they took her passport and said that she would get it back soon. This did not happen, however, and in late February 2018 she would be taken to a camp - on the thirteenth floor of a People's Hospital - instead.
In October 2018, she was transferred to the heating company (热力公司) camp.
She was released at the end of November 2018, and would return to Kazakhstan on January 25, 2019. Likely (or given) reason for detention
Believed to have been detained for "dual citizenship".
An official notice from the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau, while not addressing her detention, does say that her deregistration case is "currently being looked at" (目前正在审查).
Victim's status
Allowed to return to Kazakhstan.
She is elderly and was found to suffer from heart disease and hypertension.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Her son learned about her status from fellow villagers visiting Kazakhstan. According to Gulsimqan, she was also allowed a phone call with her family soon after her a delegation visited the camp to tell her that her children in Kazakhstan were looking for her.
Gulsimqan's is an eyewitness account.
Additional information
Eyewitness account given to Azat Erkin (likely machine-translated from Kazakh): https://erkinazat2018.medium.com/interview-with-a-witness-of-the-chinese-concentrated-camp-555d7a7 aaa32
ChinaAid coverage: https://www.chinaaid.net/2019/12/blog-post_19.html
Eyewitness account
[The following is an abridged summary, based on the victim’s interview with Orynbek Koksebek, another ex-detainee who is now back in Kazakhstan.]
After being detained, Gulsimqan stayed on the thirteenth floor of a People's Hospital in Dorbiljin County. There were six old ladies in her cell, with 12-13 similar cells. The old ladies were forced to learn “red songs” and the Chinese language, which they found really hard, and would only be able to sing together with the other, younger, inmates, as they could not remember the words.
Although they were not beaten or tortured physically, they did suffer a lot psychologically. They couldn't understand what the government wanted from them.
During a medical check-up, Gulsimqan found that she had heart disease and hypertension. Her relatives would bring her meals from home everyday.
Once, a delegation of three people came to visit them: two Han and a Mongol, together with a Kazakh translator. They told her that her children in Kazakhstan were looking for her, after which she was allowed to talk to them on the phone for ten minutes. She kept asking the authorities why she was there. She was neither receiving pension from the Chinese government nor was she in debt. She just wanted to cancel her household registration so as not to hold two citizenships simultaneously, but they wouldn't give her an answer.
The old ladies weren't allowed to wear headscarfs, Gulsimqan mentions, which for them was really shameful.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmlJ7hnFoDU
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFzzc8Bf3mg Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmlJ7hnFoDU Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rshkx0Yl_dM Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EwizxeCVgk PSB notice (Testimony 5): https://shahit.biz/supp/320_5.png registration cancellation: https://shahit.biz/supp/320_6.jpeg temporary visa: https://shahit.biz/supp/320_7.jpeg exit stamp: https://shahit.biz/supp/320_8.jpeg
Entry created: 2018-11-02 Last updated: 2021-05-03 Latest status update: 2019-02-28 333. Adia Murat (阿地亚·木拉提)
Chinese ID: 654221195908200062 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 59 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: education
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-5: Dana Nurashqyzy
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-5: mother
About the victim
Adia Muratqyzy (阿地亚*木拉提), Kazakh. Born August 20, 1959, Chinese ID no. 654221195908200062. Kazakhstan Green card no. 042075818. Hukou address: Arshat Road (阿尔夏特路) 676, Emin town, Emin county, Tacheng Prefecture. Worked as a teacher of the Chinese language at the Emin No. 5 Primary School, has since retired. Went back to China by request of her former school on August 21, 2017.
Victim's location
Originally from Dorbiljin (Emin) County in the Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, but now back in Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
Documents were confiscated in August 2017. Detained on March 4, 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Three months since the detention, the family received information that the victim has become disabled in the re-education camp and now uses a wheelchair, and that she was also hospitalized during June-July. [G.A. Bunin, from meeting with testifier: On July 5, she was transferred from the local Emin township hospital to a hospital in Tacheng, where she would stay around two months before being transferred back to camp.]
Testimony 3: Released to house arrest on November 23, 2018.
Testimony 5: Under house arrest in her sister's home.
[G. A. Bunin: on June 3, 2019, the testifier informed me that her mother has passed customs and is now in Kazakhstan.]
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Through contacts in China.
Additional information
The victim's husband’s health worsened after he heard the news about the disability.
Testimony 4: the victim's daughter saw a photo of her holding a wine glass (even though she had never drunk alcohol before).
[G. A. Bunin: according to the testifier, she could still stay in touch with her mother during the first week of detention.]
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdu-X227C8 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe6M2X8h6xU Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPl1bCFvaWA Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaucz5HOGko Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzN5g9L0f1A Before and after camp: https://shahit.biz/supp/333_4.png Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/333_7.jpg marriage certificate: https://shahit.biz/supp/333_8.jpg letter of appeal: https://shahit.biz/supp/333_9.jpg Kazakhstan ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/333_10.jpg family photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/333_11.jpeg July 2018: https://shahit.biz/supp/333_12.jpeg Nov. 23, 2018 (after release): https://shahit.biz/supp/333_13.jpeg photos before and after detention: https://shahit.biz/supp/beforeafter_333.png
Entry created: 2018-11-02 Last updated: 2019-06-03 Latest status update: 2019-06-03 370. Serdiqan Sharipqan (赛尔德汗·恰尔甫汗)
Chinese ID: 652522196205041478 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 56 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: medicine
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Nuripa Serikqanqyzy, born in China on April 6, 1995, is a third year student in Kazakhstan. She came to Kazakhstan in 2014 and her parents moved to Kazakhstan from China in 2015. Her PIN is 950406000174.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: father
About the victim
Serdiqan Sharipqanuly is a Kazakh traditional healer. He went to China on November 1, 2017, to visit his daughter. However, he had his documents confiscated on his arrival and after 10 days the local police started questioning him, asking for information about his family in Kazakhstan, even including his neighbors.
Passport number: G27298667.
Victim's location
Emin county, Tacheng Region, Xinjiang, China.
When victim was detained
December 14, 2017.
Likely (or given) reason for detention attending annual conference of Traditional Kazakh Medicine in Turkey.
Victim's status Testimony 2: Released from camp on November 23, 2018, and is now under house arrest. He called his wife on January 2, 2019 and told her that he was well.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information video testimony: https://www.facebook.com/100012165582182/videos/500212450394270/
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXHzm41Oy7Y video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWeSKH0cm6M Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/370_3.png Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/370_4.png
Entry created: 2018-11-04 Last updated: 2018-11-04 Latest status update: 2019-01-23 390. Zhenisnur Murzali (杰恩斯奴尔·木尔扎阿里)
Chinese ID: 65402819720501??O? (Nilka)
Basic info
Age: 46 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Nursadan Zhengisnur, born on January 1, 1992, immigrated to Kazakhstan in 2012
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: Father
About the victim
Zhengisnur Murzali (杰恩斯奴尔 木尔扎阿里), a nomadic herdsman born on 1st of May 1972. Expired Chinese passport no. G26470714. Lives at Qoytas village (阔依塔斯村), Kelen township (克令乡), Nileke county (尼勒克县), Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture. Received Kazakhstan green card in 2013.
Victim's location
Nileke county
When victim was detained earlier: May 15, 2018
Testimony 3: May 11, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Donation of more than 40.000 RMB for a construction of a mosque in his village
Victim's status earlier: Released on November 6, 2018.
Testimony 3: Released in October and put under house arrest. He is not allowed to use his phone and to attend meetings of more than 5 people.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Presumably from his brother in China. His brother refuses to answer specific questions about their father’s status, though.
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWfDRh1FiPo Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-tp7PRwFxc Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdhmuM-cfm4 Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/390_4.png
Entry created: 2018-11-06 Last updated: 2019-05-21 Latest status update: 2018-12-13 400. Anargul Muhtarhan (阿那日古丽·木克达日汗)
Chinese ID: 654221198511050629 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 34 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Unknown, but with a verified identity. (acquaintance)
Testimony 2|3|4: Zhalgas Erbergen, born in 2005, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (son)
Testimony 5: Orynbek Koksebek, Kazakhstan citizen, a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang. (detained together)
Testimony 6: Erbaqyt Otarbai, a truck driver and Kazakhstan citizen, who spent about 2 years in Xinjiang after returning there in 2017. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations. (detained together)
About the victim
Anargul Muhtarhan (阿纳尔古丽*木克达尔汗) received her Kazakhstan citizenship on September 18, 2013. She went to China in May 2017. Her husband passed away after she went to China and she might not know her husband is dead.
DOB: November 5, 1985. Chinese ID: 654221198511050628. Kazakhstan PIN: 851105403229.
Address in China: Shaueshek (Tacheng) City, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
Testimony 6: in Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
On March 25, 2017, her Kazakh passport was confiscated at Bakhty border crossing and she was put into re-education camp.
Testimony 4: She's allegedly been released from the camp on January 6, 2019, with another source indicating that she had to renounce her Kazakhstan citizenship. Testimony 6: she returned to Kazakhstan at some point [in 2019, presumably]. She was previously held in the same camp as Erbaqyt and Orynbek Koksebek [presumably in the former retirement home].
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Released and back in Kazakhstan.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 1: from her ex-husband
Testimony 2: from Orynbek Koksebek, who was in the same camp.
Testimony 5-6: they were detained together.
Additional information
Testimony 4: her husband died in July 2017 (she still has not received the news).
Supplementary materials
Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-38p7nqfEM Testimony 4-5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7OWM4a1TMg Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGrvnnp3SDc Testimony 1: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/100012011741023/videos /442893772787677/&show_text=1&width=450 Testimony 2: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/100012011741023/videos /518564805220573/&show_text=1&width=450
Entry created: 2018-11-08 Last updated: 2020-06-20 Latest status update: 2020-02-18 402. Gulnar Shokei
Chinese ID: 6542211963??????E? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 56-57 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Nurban Qaliasqar, born in 1974 in Wusu City. She immigrated to Kazakhstan in 2004 and received Kazakhstan citizenship a year later. (relative)
Testimony 2|5|7|10: Kaiyrgul Akan, born in 1977, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (sister-in-law)
Testimony 3|4|9: Almagul Mudatbek, born in 1987 in Emin County. She's been a citizen of Kazakhstan since 2012. (niece-in-law)
Testimony 6: Hanlihan Pulanbek, born in 1991, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (nephew-in-law)
Testimony 8: Semei Aqan, born in 1978, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (brother-in-law)
About the victim
Gulnar Shokei, lives in Qurta village, 库尔特村, Erdaoqiao township / 二道桥乡, Emin County, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained earlier: March 2018
Testimony 10: detained on September 2017 and released on January 5, 2019
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unknown Victim's status
Testimony 9: Released in January 2019 and put under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
Husband Kuatbek Aqan and son Quwanshbek Kuatbek were also in detention
Victims among relatives
Quatbek Aqan (401), Quanyshbek Kuatbek (403), Haidigul Zhada (1296)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ7Ms4zhv_s Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4chO5A9SuOA Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynk_LXNXIrc Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXzBJdic2Rg Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9qFdb93GMY Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLPpYAj5kdU Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwbFk9wAhc Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHhA1vg4Xxc Testimony 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pleHxEXNTD4 Testimony 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_-TP0WwJ_0
Entry created: 2018-11-08 Last updated: 2020-03-30 Latest status update: 2020-02-03 403. Quanyshbek Kuatbek
Chinese ID: 65422119891214??O? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Nurban Qaliasqar, born in 1974 in Wusu City. She immigrated to Kazakhstan in 2004 and received Kazakhstan citizenship a year later. (relative)
Testimony 2|5|7|10: Kaiyrgul Akan, born in 1977, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (aunt)
Testimony 3|4|9: Almagul Mudatbek, born in 1987 in Emin County. She's been a citizen of Kazakhstan since 2012. (cousin)
Testimony 6: Hanlihan Pulanbek, born in 1991, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (cousin)
Testimony 8: Semei Aqan, born in 1978, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (uncle)
About the victim
Quwanshbek Kuatbek, born on December 14, 1989, lived in Qurta village / 库尔特村, Erdaoqiao township / 二道桥乡, Emin County, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture.
Parents' address: 000232 Qurta village / 库尔特村, Erdaoqiao township / 二道桥乡, Emin County, Tacheng prefecture
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
Testimony 1+6: September 2017
Testimony 2: September 1, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention Testimony 10: going to a madrasa
Victim's status
Testimony 9: Released in January 2019 and put under house arrest.
Testimony 10: released on January 5, 2019
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
Parents Kuatbek Aqan and Gulnar Shokei were also in detention
Victims among relatives
Quatbek Aqan (401), Gulnar Shokei (402), Haidigul Zhada (1296)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ7Ms4zhv_s Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4chO5A9SuOA Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynk_LXNXIrc Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXzBJdic2Rg Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9qFdb93GMY Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLPpYAj5kdU Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwbFk9wAhc Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHhA1vg4Xxc Testimony 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pleHxEXNTD4 Testimony 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_-TP0WwJ_0
Entry created: 2018-11-08 Last updated: 2019-12-16 Latest status update: 2020-02-03 453. Erbaqyt Otarbai
Chinese ID: 65432419????????O? (Kaba)
Basic info
Age: 35-55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|phone/computer, "registration issues" Health status: has problems Profession: driver
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1: Amanzhan Seiit, a businessman from Tacheng City and a citizen of Kazakhstan since 2002. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent 2 months in a camp despite being a foreign citizen. (detained together)
Testimony 2*: Gene A. Bunin, independent scholar and curator of shahit.biz. (friend)
Testimony 3*: Erbaqyt Otarbai, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (the victim)
Testimony 4: Erbaqyt Otarbai, a truck driver and Kazakhstan citizen, who spent about 2 years in Xinjiang after returning there in 2017. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations. (the victim)
Testimony 5*: Amanzhan Seiit, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (detained together)
Testimony 6: Erbaqyt Otarbai, as reported by The New Yorker. (the victim)
About the victim
Erbaqyt Otarbai is originally from Qaba County in Altay. He first came to Kazakhstan in 2009, prior to moving there in 2014, and obtaining citizenship in 2017. After being dismissed from a Chinese oil company in 2014, he started working as a businessman and a driver (driving taxis and trucks).
Victim's location
Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
He went to China on May 23, 2017, crossing the border at Qorghas and having his passport confiscated. He was originally told that he could have it back when he went back to Kazakhstan, but this turned out to not be the case when Erbaqyt asked for it a few days later. As a result, he found a truck-driving job in Xinjiang while he stayed at his parents' house. On August 16-17, 2017, he got a phone call telling him to come to the Koktogai police station. After a relatively short interrogation about his links to Kazakhstan, he was let go and started a delivery from Koktogai to Urumqi that evening. The next day, policemen who had been to Koktogai and followed him to Urumqi arrested him and took him to Tacheng City, where he would be interrogated at the Xincheng police station.
Following the interrogation, he was taken to the county hospital and underwent a series of tests, before being taken to a detention center, where he would spend over 3 months.
On November 22, 2017, he was transferred to a camp [the former rural home for the aged]. On January 2, 2018, he would be taken to a hospital and have his appendix removed, before being taken back to camp on January 17, 2018.
In mid-March 2018, he was interrogated by people from State Security and the Political and Legal Affairs Commission. On March 17, he and over 100 inmates were transferred to another camp, which Erbaqyt refers to as a "prison" [the facility on Horse Racetrack Road, which effectively resembles a typical detention center more than a camp/prison].
On April 17, 2018, he was taken for an interrogation, where he'd be asked if he had family in Kazakhstan (people with strong links to Kazakhstan were being released then). However, instead of being released, he would be transferred to yet another facility, which appears to have been another camp but essentially prison-like in appearance (Erbaqyt does not refer to it as a "camp").
On September 3, 2018, he was transferred to yet another prison-like facility, where he'd be held with many religious people (imams and others detained for religious reasons). In October 2018, they started to hold court hearings, with him being summoned and sentenced to 7 years in prison. However, instead of being sent to a real prison, he was transferred back to the original camp on November 23, 2018.
Here, they would be divided into vocational classes, with Erbaqyt opting for the clothes making course, as he thought it would be freer as they'd be in a factory [the factory was a recently constructed building in the southwestern corner of the compound]. On December 22-23, he was released from the camp altogether, with the local neighborhood administration having him live in its dormitory building while the procedures for him to return to Kazakhstan were being completed (his parents-in-law refused to take him in).
During the next half-year, he would live there and work as a cook for the work brigade next door, later taking a job as a driver, delivering noodles to various clients. He also worked for a few days as a truck driver.
In May 2019, he obtained permission to visit his parents in Altay, but after spending one day there would be told that he could now return to Kazakhstan. On May 23, he finally left China.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
In the trial that took place while he was in extrajudicial detention, he was sentenced to 7 years for using WhatsApp (as indicated by IJOP).
During the initial arrest, a police officer also told him that there was some problem with his household registration. Victim's status
Released and back in Kazakhstan, where he is undergoing treatment for certain health issues.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Amanzhan was cellmates with Erbaqyt for a brief period of time, and knows about him from there.
Erbaqyt's is an eyewitness account.
Additional information
Mention in the Prospect: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/big-brother-vs-chinas-uighurs
New Yorker feature: https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/china-xinjiang-prison-state-uighur-detention-camp s-prisoner-testimony
Eyewitness account
[The following is an adapted first-person account, based on the victim’s interview at the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization in Almaty, Kazakhstan.]
In the beginning, I thought I might keep silent. However, after thinking about how they’ve destroyed my family, I decided to speak up.
I'm from Qaba County in the Altay region and my wife is from Tarbagatai. We got married in 2009, and I also moved my household registration from Altay to Tarbagatai that year, buying a house there. In 2011, we divorced because of some problems with her family. For the sake of our children, we got remarried in 2013.
At the time, I was travelling back and forth between the two countries, working for a Chinese oil company. My salary was over 270000 tenge and the job wasn't that hard, but the locals got only 40000-80000, depending on the kind of work. Seeing this, I pointed out that it was unfair and was dismissed. That was in November 2014. Then I started doing various odd jobs – things like driving a taxi and petty trading.
In May 2017, my father got sick. I had applied for Kazakhstan citizenship at the end of 2016, and by January 2017 it was ready – the only thing I had left to do was sign some paper. However, I wanted to go back to China to see my father first. When I crossed the Korgas border on May 23, 2017, two Kazakh guys – one of them was named Zharqyn – came and asked me to hand in my Chinese passport and my Kazakhstan green card. When I told them that I wasn’t planning to stay long, they told me that I could fill out an application form and get the documents back when it came time to return to Kazakhstan. They also asked why I was crossing at Korgas, after seeing my passport and seeing that I had crossed at the Bakhty border before.
I then went to Urumqi so as to fly to Altai and get there quicker. There (in Urumqi), the police checked my documents and my mobile phone.
After visiting my father, I called the police again and asked for my passport back. They told me that I could come to the local police office to pick it up. When I got there, however, they said that I could not get my passport back just then, even after my explaining to them that my house was in Kazakhstan and that I didn't have a house in China. So, I went back to my father's house in Altai the next morning, and ended up taking a job as a truck driver for an ore mining company.
On August 17, I got a phone call telling me to come to the police station in Koktogai. When I got there, they took away my phone, after which an Uyghur guy came in and starting speaking to me in Chinese. It was an underground room with the walls made of some soft material. There was a tiger chair in the room. They started interrogating me. One of the interrogators was Han and one was Uyghur.
The first question was why I had gone to Kazakhstan. They also asked if I prayed. I told them that I wasn't a devout Muslim, as I drank and used profanity from time to time. The whole thing lasted about an hour, after which they said that I could go. When I asked for my phone back, they said that they couldn’t return it to me that day, and would contact me the day after.
I then returned to the truck area and started the trip I was supposed to make. It was around ten in the evening, and there were two other trucks. When we were about 20 kilometers from Urumqi City, my truck got a flat tire and we pulled over. While we were changing the tire, a car stopped by, with the person inside telling me that I needed to wait at the yard where the ore was unloaded. When it was my turn to unload the cargo, the guard there told me that a few policemen were looking for me.
They asked me why I had a household registration both in Buryltogai (Altai) and in Tarbagatai. I told them that my hukou had been in Buryltogai before I moved to Tarbagatai. They asked me to file an application to have my Buryltogai registration cancelled, and asked that I come with them. When I said that my phone was still in Koktogai, they told me that they had brought it with them – they had visited Koktogai and then went to Urumqi to look for me.
They took me to Tacheng City, and we got to the New City police station (新城派出所) at around midnight. There was a tiger chair in the room there, too, and this time I’d be seated in it, with my ankles and wrists shackled. A Kazakh guy there told me that, since there were cameras inside, I couldn’t really ask him whatever I wanted to. Then they started the interrogation, saying that I had installed WhatsApp on my phone. I explained that it was normal to have that in Kazakhstan and that it didn't work in China anyway. They then asked if I had visited other countries and with whom I had been in contact while in Kazakhstan.
After this, I was handcuffed, shackled, and hooded and taken to the Tarbagatai Regional People's Hospital. It was about two in the morning then. I was taken to a room and had a check-up, which required my going to a number of other rooms. Being hooded, I couldn't see the places I was taken to. From there, I’d be taken back to the police station, where they told me that I would be taken to a prison. They took my blood sample before transferring me.
When we got to the prison [pre-trial detention center], the armed staff member there said that they couldn’t just receive everyone and that they only took criminals – the two sides then had a quarrel. The Kazakh guy asked me to wait outside while they discussed – I would hear them mention the “political and legal affairs commission” (政法委) and the “national security team” (国保队). Afterwards, they brought me inside.
One of the staff at the prison was a Kyrgyz guy. He asked me if I knew where I was, then said that it was a prison and hit me over the head with a (metal) stick, leading to bleeding and, later, a scar. As my face was covered in blood, they shackled me with 7-kilo fetters. The people in the cell were real criminals of different ethnic groups – Han Chinese, Uyghur, Hui, and a Kazakh. A cruel Han criminal, the “boss”, asked me some questions. Later, the Kyrgyz guy would take me to the washroom and ask me to wash off my blood stains. A prison doctor sprinkled some powder on the injuries I had suffered. Then, they gave me a steamed bun and fried carrots and transferred me to Cell No. 12 (the one before was No. 15).
Here, there were Uyghurs, Hui, and Kazakhs. Some were shackled – mainly the Hui but also a few Uyghurs. One Uyghur guy, Dilshat, had been imprisoned years earlier for taking drugs, and now found himself here anew. Another Uyghur guy was there for buying a ticket to Turkey. A Kazakh was imprisoned for studying in Kazakhstan. When they heard that I was there for using WhatsApp, they told me that I wouldn’t be released. At that point, I was still thinking that they wouldn’t hold me any longer than three days.
We were given carrot leaves, potato peels, and other grassy stuff as our meals, together with a steamed bun that was only half cooked. I refused to eat it. They saw this through the camera and were ready to punish all of us, but I told them that it was just me who refused.
The next day, I was summoned to an interrogation room. My passport, green card, phone, wallet, and bank card were on the table, and they asked me if they were mine. They asked for the password to the phone. I pleaded with them to let me wire some money to my wife's account through WeChat and they let me. When I asked about when I would be released, they said that they didn’t know.
At one point, I was so hungry that, at around four in the morning, I shouted and asked for bread, which resulted in the guard calling some other guards and me being beaten with an artificial-leather stick. Those guys were Kazakh. They said that Ma [a guard’s surname] would come soon and I’d be beaten up. I told them I was hungry. One of them, a guy named Zhalyn, said that I should be more submissive. Again I’d be in the washroom, with them using their electric prods to hit the water as I was washing my face, which resulted in me getting electrocuted and being taken back to the cell. The guys in the cell also told me that I should be more submissive and just always say "yes", or I’d end up hurting myself.
On November 22, 2017, after I had spent 98 days there, they told us during lunchtime that we would have our lunch at a re-education camp. There were 21 of us – Kazakhs and a few Uyghurs. They called our names and we lined up in the hall. We were hooded, handcuffed with our hands behind our backs, and fettered. There were two auxiliary police officers (协警) holding each of us, and you’d have two people put into each police minivan with four auxiliary police officers. One of them was a Kazakh guy whose name I forget (my memory is not good now, as I was given injections twice). He told me that the camp was better than the prison. At the prison, I had been wearing a yellow uniform, the blue uniforms intended for the real criminals.
At the camp, they took off our hoods and unlocked the fetters, then handed out spoons, dishes, and slippers, before bringing us T-shirts and pants. I was taken to Room No. 8 on the second floor. It was warm there, and there were four beds inside. After some time, two Kazakh guys came in, one eating a steamed bun and the other eating something pickled. I was given some steamed buns and some food. I had weighed 97 kilos before being taken to that prison, but, as I learned from a medical exam, was down to 71 when I got to the camp.
For the first ten days, they’d turn the lights off at midnight, switching them on at around 6:30-7 in the morning, at which point you’d get up. Each day, we would study for 4 hours in the morning, 4 hours in the afternoon, and then do another 2 hours of review in the evening. We learned Chinese pinyin and how to count. Some of the people there were in their eighties, with the youngest being nineteen. Ninety percent of them were Kazakh and a few were Uyghur. I started having classes after about ten days of my arrival there. The women would sit in the middle row of the classroom, while the older male inmates would sit in the front, together with handicapped people who had problems with their hearing or sight, for example. At night, we had some opportunities for idle chatter, and so I’d learn what they were there for. Some had either visited or moved to Kazakhstan, while others had used WhatsApp, had used their ID cards to help their Kazakhstani clients get a Chinese SIM card, had visited mosques, had prayed, had their marriages officiated in a mosque… There was one Kazakh guy – he’s in Kazakhstan now and I don't want to say his name – who had ended up there for buying a house for his child in Kazakhstan. We couldn’t really look at each other when we talked. Instead, we’d talk while looking at our books.
They told us that the number of people at the “school” would increase, and that we would start [taking turns] guarding each other at night. They told us that there’d be a new wave of inmates – people who had done business in Kazakhstan or with Kazakhstan, in Turkey or with Turkey. They said that all Kazakhs in Tacheng City might be detained.
We were allowed to shower once a week – a hot shower – and the room was clean. However, starting from the end of November and beginning of December 2017, they would bring at least 20 people, all Kazakhs, to the facility each day. We started hearing that the neighboring rooms were being filled with people and, about six days later, they brought six new people to our room, which until then had been shared by four of us. They told us that we would have to share our beds or sleep on the floor. It was tile flooring, but warm since the heating was just underneath. As there were a lot of old people, I ended up sleeping under the bed. (Those old people are in Kazakhstan now.) We didn't have enough blankets and pillows, though. Later, they changed the beds to bunk beds, and I would sleep on the top bunk. They stopped switching the light off at night, and we started taking turns guarding each other.
At noon, we’d be given two hours to sleep, after which we’d have to make our beds like they do in the army: square-shaped. If you failed to do so, you would be punished. The food there was better than in the prison. Because 10 people would be staying in a room of 20 square meters, they had us get anti-flu shots.
There was one guy named Tursyn, who was sent to the camp for missing a Monday-morning flag raising ceremony. He was in his late forties. He died in the camp. It was said that he died of a heart problem, but I think that he was beaten to death.
In the prison [the detention center prior to the camp, likely], there was a woman who is in Kazakhstan now. She had to wear 3-kilo manacles. There was a woman named Anargul, who is in Kazakhstan now. We were in the same prison [unclear if he means the camp or the detention center]. Anargul Muhtarhan. She lives in Urzhar, East Kazakhstan. She was a Kazakhstan citizen when she was detained. We were in the same class.
There was another woman, Ainur, who was a Kazakhstan citizen as well.
Orynbek Koksebek, with whom I’d share a room, came in December (2017). He said that he had come to China to visit his hometown. He was a Kazakhstan citizen, and would say that he’d be out of there soon, on Monday, because he just needed to get one final stamp (on some document). I also thought he’d be released, being a Kazakhstan citizen, and so told him to get in touch with my family after he was and to tell them what was actually happening. He promised to do so.
They divided us into three different categories. I was put into “puban” (普班, “the standard class”). They gave us vests of three different colors – yellow for the lightest group, red for the strictest. The other one was sky blue. Let me return to the classroom. The old men and women sat in the front row. There were about 40 people in our class. Most of them were young – those who were educated, including some teachers. There were those who had worked for the government, even the deputy head of the county. They divided us into three levels – the highest, the middle, and the illiterate (文盲). Orynbek was in the illiterate class. There were bars that separated us from the teachers.
On January 1 (2018), I felt a pain on the right side of my stomach, told the teacher, and then went to the doctor on the second floor. There were Kazakh doctors in the camp. I explained to them how I felt, and they gave me pills. However, the next morning, on the way to the classroom, I felt a stabbing pain in that same area and collapsed. They dragged me into the classroom and called the doctor. A Han doctor came and asked me to leave the room, but I couldn't walk from the pain. He thought that I was faking it. I explained that no, it was real. Two auxiliary police officers then helped me. Again they’d give me some pills and take me back to my room. I wouldn't have any appetite for lunch that day.
In the evening, it started to hurt again, and I called the guard so that he could summon the doctor. One came, from the county-level hospital, and asked that I be taken to the hospital immediately. As I was walking down the stairs, I again started to feel unbearable pain. Later, in the hospital, they would tell me that my appendix had ruptured.
I was brought to the hospital by ambulance. Actually, when I was electrocuted and had water poured on me on October 12, 2017 [in the detention center], I remember being taken by ambulance also. When I came to (that time), I was already on my fourth infusion bottle, and would learn that I had been brought there in shackles. I just remembered this – that’s why I thought I’d mention it. Anyway, let me continue with the appendicitis thing.
In the hospital, they decided to do an operation immediately. I got an anesthetic, but it didn’t seem to work, and I could feel the pain. There was something like a mirror on the ceiling there, and I could actually see my internal organs while they were operating on me. I’d be there for five days. They were shocked upon seeing that my intestine had become so thin, and said that I wasn't eating well. I’d then be fed through a tube in my nose.
My sister, who was living in Shanghai, came to visit me. As it turned out, this was her fourth attempt to do so, and she had been refused all previous times. She then signed a document to get permission to look after me at the hospital. Cadres from the neighborhood administration would also take turns guarding me. All in all, my sister would end up staying with me for about ten days. I was in the hospital from January 2 to January 17, 2018.
A woman from the neighborhood administration was charged with taking me back to the camp. It was called the “Tacheng Prefecture Vocational Education Training Center” in Chinese (塔城地区职业教育培训中心). On our way, I was allowed to buy some candy and cookies, as we were taking a taxi to the camp, although these things wouldn't be allowed inside. The woman was actually surprised, saying that she didn't know it was so strict there.
After entering, I’d need to place my feet on this special footprint thing on the floor, standing on it while placing my hands on the analogous handprint things on the wall, while the authorities did a body search. Then they ordered to have me taken away (to my room). That’s when I said goodbye to the woman who had brought me over. I could feel that she was confused, not having really understood the kind of place that she was taking me to. I asked her to take those things (candy, cookies) with her. Without letting me finish, the guards took me to my room, and there I’d see Orynbek and the others. They told me that they had thought I was released. I then lay on the bed, while Orynbek massaged my arms and legs. Then, they would reshuffle us, and I’d be taken to another room. Here, I had Uyghur and Hui roommates.
Because I had undergone the operation, they would bring me soup with pieces of meat in it – really red meat. I didn’t feel comfortable having soup with meat while everyone else was eating vegetables and steamed buns. So, I asked for a bigger portion, intending to share it with the others. Although I was scolded by the auxiliary police for asking, they ultimately agreed to provide a big portion of soup every day.
After a while, we started to attend classes again and I was once more transferred to another room. That’s where I saw Amanzhan Seiit. There were 10 beds and 16 people, and Aman would sleep on the floor under the bed. He wasn’t the only one who slept on the floor. Luckily, they offered me a top bunk because of my operation. The guy who offered it was an Uyghur man named Away, who had been in the same prison [detention center] as I was before the camp. He told me that he had heard a lot about me and had wanted to meet me. He was the designated person in charge for that room.
At the beginning of March 2018, I was told that a few people from State Security and the Political and Legal Affairs Commission had come to question me. So I was handcuffed and taken to a room where two young people – a man and a woman, both ethnic minorities – were waiting for me. The woman was Kazakh. They ordered me to only answer their questions.
“When did you move to Kazakhstan?” the man asked.
“I first came to Kazakhstan in 2009,” I answered.
“When did you *move* to Kazakhstan?” the woman repeated.
“In 2014.”
Then they asked me where my wife and children were, if they had obtained Kazakh citizenship, and other things along that line. How could I know about those things when I wasn’t even allowed to contact them, I asked? To which the man warned me once more to just give exact answers to his questions.
Then two guards came in and were ordered to handcuff me, with the male interrogator telling me that my wife would be sent to camp as well. I said that there were certain questions I had the right to not answer. He said that I didn't have any such rights and that he was the law there.
The next day, they suddenly read out a list of names that had both me and Aman on it. We were given black bags that we put our belongings into, including the textbooks. Then our hands were handcuffed behind our backs and our legs were fettered, with each person’s leg chained to another’s. We were hooded and made to kneel, with the auxiliary police greatly outnumbering the detainees – two officers for every one of us. From what I was able to see, there were over ten police minivans and some buses. We were then transferred to another place. It was March 17. There were over a hundred people transferred.
It was really cold in the new place, as the construction had not been completed yet. There, there were only two classes. Arman Duman was there – he was our class head (学习委员). He had been living in Astana and was already a Kazakhstan citizen when they detained him. He’s back in Astana now. Arman and I were in the same class but not in the same room.
The room there housed 40 people, and the beds were triple-bunk, the oldest inmates sleeping on the bottom and the youngest on the very top. There were seven sets of bunk beds in total. The toilet was in the room and, since it was open, we could always smell the stink. There was a TV set, and we would watch Xi Jinping propaganda daily. We were given small plastic stools to sit on. Because there were only two classrooms, the classes there weren’t daily and we would take turns attending.
On April 12, we started hearing rumors that the Kazakhstan citizens would be released. That turned out to be true and they were. On April 17, they suddenly asked me if my family was in Kazakhstan, taking me to the room where we usually got water. We were afraid of being taken to that room because there weren’t any cameras there – that’s where the police would beat you.
Another Kazakh guy, Turdybek, whose wife and kids were living in Kazakhstan, was brought to that room as well. He had moved to Kazakhstan with his family after retirement, and would come back to China to sort out some land issues. A Han official who worked in the camp, Pan, asked him if he needed to go back to Kazakhstan. When Turdybek said yes, Pan slapped him and ordered the auxiliary police officers to take him away. Then it was my turn.
I was expecting the same, but instead he said that he had talked to my sister living in Shanghai when she visited me at the hospital, and asked me if my wife and children really were in Kazakhstan. I said yes, and then explained my situation. He let me return to my room, which woke up the people from their lunchtime nap.
After leaving our room (that day), I was ordered to stand facing the wall. Outside, a car arrived, and I was handcuffed and fettered, with both my hands and ankles chained. I counted the links – there were 7 for the (horizontal) chain linking my ankles and 11 for the (vertical) chain linking the handcuffs to the fetters. I was then transferred to another place, where the people with connections to Kazakhstan had all been gathered in the same room. I remember Erkin Qaidarbek and Erkin Qami, who had been living in Kazakhstan. I was in Cell No. 7. Later, I learned that Turdybek was also brought to that facility. There was also a young guy, 19 years old, named Ekibat. The classes we attended there were similar to the ones in the previous facility.
On September 3 (2018), Ekibat told me to look out the window – there were many cars driving into the compound. As we were watching them, my name was called and they gave me a black bag for all my things. I then went to the classroom to get my textbooks and saw Turdybek. Ultimately, about 80 of us were being taken to prison [still a detention center, most likely]. After having been transferred to and from so many places, I was now being taken to the No. 10 prison cell.
That room was full of people who had ended up there for such reasons as being imams, being religious, or having officiated marriages in a mosque. Later, around October (2018), they started to hold court hearings and to give out prison terms. I was called to a court hearing also. Inside, there were desks arranged in a U shape, with two representatives from the neighborhood administration and police station on the left, two representatives from the Political and Legal Affairs Commission and from State Security in the middle, and with the court representatives on the right. The inmate, handcuffed, would sit on the stool in the middle. And then the process began.
They started by turning on the camera. Then, the neighborhood-administration representative stood up and said: “Erbaqyt Otarbai is from the such-and-such neighborhood and, according to the IJOP platform (一体化系统), has been confirmed to have used WhatsApp, and is thus given a 7-year sentence.” After that, a person sitting in the middle section said that, thanks to the Party, the punishment given was a relatively light one, and then asked me to sign a document. I signed without even looking at what I was signing. They even asked me to have a look, but I just told them it was pointless (“看了有撒用？”). Then, the representative from the Political and Legal Affairs Commission stood up and read the verdict out loud, before informing me that one copy of the document would be sent to my family.
While being taken back to my room by two auxiliary police officers, I was suddenly called by one of the cadres, who told me that my family had come to see me. They had called my parents for the court hearing. My mom wasn’t wearing a headscarf – she told me that she wasn't allowed to. She was crying, and I calmed her down, saying that 7 years would pass as if they were 7 days. I told her to bring things like socks and clothes next time. Everything would continue without change, however, up until November 23.
On that day, all of the people in our room were taken back to the camp again. Again we were handcuffed and had black hoods put over our heads while they transferred us. This time, I would see major changes in the camp.
There were two new buildings – a three-story teaching building and a 4-story dormitory. The main gate was now at the back of the compound. The rooms were new, with eight people per room. The bunk beds, enough for the eight, were new too. However, the toilet was inside the room and open.
One of my roommates was a guy named Dauren. He had studied in Astana. Another guy's name was Ertis – he had travelled to Kazakhstan. An older guy, Erzhan, who might have been in his sixties, had been a teacher at a Party school. There was a Hui guy as well. Eight of us in total.
Again we’d have to take turns guarding each other in two-hour shifts every night. For sitting, they gave us small square-shaped plastic stools – red, blue, and yellow in color. There was a TV set that would play Xi Jinping's speeches. The food was really different this time around, as it wasn’t just the daily congee from before. Now there would sometimes be pilau (抓饭) and other better dishes. We were given (real) clothes. There wasn’t really any Hui there anymore – the majority was Kazakh, with some Uyghurs.
At one point, a tall and skinny Han man introduced himself to us, saying that he was our teacher and telling us to listen to him carefully, so that he wouldn’t have to repeat himself. He then said that they had started six different training courses: in bread baking, pastry making, hairdressing, electrode welding, clothes making, and singing and dancing. We would have to sing Communist songs too, which is something I was quite good at. I applied for the clothes making ones since I figured that it’d be freer there, as it was in a factory.
We were divided into these training classes at the end of November 2018. In my class, there were many women, and the maximum age was capped at 45 (all the classes had certain age restrictions). I couldn't count all of the equipment, but I think there were about 300 sewing machines, if I'm not mistaken. They were made in Japan and had been brought over from factories that had gone bankrupt. The hall we worked in was very big (about 100 meters by 200 meters), and had been erected really quickly, as evidenced by the metal structuring. The machines were arranged in four long rows. The materials we used were cheap ones.
There were two teachers, one young and one middle-aged. Both Han. They showed us how to sew, which for me was difficult as I was a truck driver and as the instructions on the machine were written in Japanese. One day, the teacher told us that journalists might come to visit soon, and that we needed to tell them that we had come there voluntarily. First, we sewed laces for pants and later were assigned to sew different components of pants for school uniforms.
Sometime later, we were again told that there’d be a “yanpan” (严判, “strict sentencing”). As I had already been given 7 years, that made me really scared. There were rumors that those who hadn’t been called to attend that court hearing for the “yanpan” would be taken to prison, and so I was worried, since I hadn’t been called to attend one.
One day, however, I was suddenly released, together with 11 other people. Among them was a guy whose nickname was “Ding Dan”. His real name was Lü Jian – he was an ethnic Russian and a Chinese citizen. His wife was a Kazakhstani, named Gulnar. There was also Qozharqan, who’s in East Kazakhstan now, and a guy named Erbol. We all had to write a pledge (保证书) that day, promising that we wouldn't disclose any information (about our experiences). They usually released 20 people a day, though on some days that number could get as high as 100.
It was on December 23, at 3 in the morning, that I was brought to the neighborhood administration for the neighborhood where I used to own an apartment. They took me to a room on the third floor. The head of the administration office showed me which bed to sleep in and told me that they’d bring me other necessities the following day. There weren’t any bars on the windows, and there wasn’t anyone caring when I went to the toilet or anything like that. There were two guards at the gate of the administration building. I couldn't believe that I had been freed. I couldn't sleep, thinking about it.
The next day, a Han woman named Wang Yixiang, who was in charge of several neighborhood-administration offices, had a meeting with us. I’d see many other Kazakhs who had been released there also. She said we needed to thank the Communist Party. She also mentioned that we would go back to Kazakhstan as that’s where our families were, but that it could take months to a year, and that we would be free during this time. In reality, however, a cadre from the neighborhood administration would (usually) accompany us.
On the same day, I learned from others that they were being allowed to stay at their relatives' homes in Tacheng. I then asked the deputy head of the neighborhood administration why I had to stay in the administration dormitory, to which she said that they had tried to convince my parents-in-law to take me in – trying some “ideological work” (思想工作) on them – but that my parents-in-law refused. She even showed me a video of them criticizing me for having violated the law. In the video, they said that I was a criminal who had deceived their daughter, making her leave her job and taking her to Kazakhstan.
So I would stay alone in that room. One room over was the work brigade (工作队), who would monitor around the clock all the cameras installed from the city to the border. My parents helped me financially during this time, sending money whenever I needed it. My phone had been delivered to my parents after I was first taken to prison [detention center], and my dad destroyed it soon after receiving it. And actually, the reason why I ultimately didn’t get a real 7-year prison term was because they couldn’t find that phone, in order to prove that I had sermons stored on there, as well as in my WhatsApp.
After my release, I wouldn’t be allowed to have a phone for the first three months. I also had to prepare food for the five people in the work brigade, as I was ordered to do so. In the beginning, I just helped the cook who was there, but later he left and the cook was now me. After three months, I told the neighborhood administration that I needed a job in order to support myself, and found one as a driver, delivering thin dried noodles (挂面) to different places.
I drove a minivan and the salary was supposed to be 3000RMB per month, though in the end I’d only get 1500RMB. They justified the cut by saying that what I collected from the clients was less than what I should have received, with the losses totaling 1500. Although, at the same time, they also found that it hadn't been my mistake – they just hadn’t considered that some clients had special discounts.
One day when I needed to enter a park, I learned that my ID card had been blacklisted, but the neighborhood-administration cadres would get it sorted out for me when I explained the issue. I had my status changed from “untrustworthy” (不放心人员) to “trustworthy” (放心人员). I quit the delivery job. Wanting to go to Kazakhstan, I went to the Bakhty border crossing, about 15 kilometers from Tacheng, having learned that there was a company importing sunflower seeds from Kazakhstan who needed a driver. So I went to meet the employer, whose nickname was “big-headed fish” (大头鱼), and he hired me for 6000RMB. I then got acquainted with a driver from Kazakhstan and asked if it was possible to sneak across the border in their truck. He told me that a Russian named Dima had tried something like that and had been found by border control – actually, that guy had been in the same prison as me.
I worked for a few days, got the pay, and quit, and then finally decided to go to Buryltogai – to my parents' house – after the neighborhood-administration cadres finally gave me permission. I flew there, with the help of my sister. After spending a night at the parents’, I got a phone call from the Tacheng neighborhood administration at lunchtime the next day. They asked me if I wanted to go back to Kazakhstan, saying that they had received the documents that would allow me to do so. I flew back to Tacheng, this time staying at my friend's house. I ended up staying for a few days – another stressful experience – with the neighborhood administration requiring me to stay at a hotel on the last day.
The next morning, I was brought to the border with Saltanat and Baqyt – elderly ladies who had also been in camp. They used to be teachers at the No. 2 middle school. After we crossed the border on the Kazakh side and were about to get on the bus there, the Han authorities again warned us not to say anything (about our experiences). As we entered Kazakhstan territory, we saw a crowd welcoming us with flowers. These were relatives of the other inmates.
After a stop at Urzhar, I finally went home. My son Nurtal didn’t recognize me. “Who’s this uncle who’s come to our house?” he asked my wife. I told him that I was his dad.
A human rights organization in Almaty is helping me with getting my health examined now. The doctors said that they found microbes in my blood.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGrvnnp3SDc
Supplementary materials
Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGrvnnp3SDc New Yorker 3D rendition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGUyo5dxke8 Testimony 1: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/100012011741023/videos /442893772787677/&show_text=1&width=450 back in Kazakhstan: https://shahit.biz/supp/453_2.jpeg
Entry created: 2018-11-12 Last updated: 2021-04-30 Latest status update: 2021-02-26 454. Saulet Uanbay (扫吾列提·王拜)
Chinese ID: 654225196212070917 (Chaghantokay)
Basic info
Age: 55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Keneshan Sauletuly is a Kazakhstan citizen. [Testimony 1]; Nurgul Seitqazyqyzy [Testimony 2]
Victim's relation to testifier father [Testimony 1]; brother-in-law [Testimony 2]
About the victim
Saulet Uanbai went to China on December 15, 2017. He holds a Kazakhstan Permanent Resident card. [Testimony 1]; Saulet Uanbai went to China on December 15, 2017. After three days he had his passport confiscated then was sent to the re-education camp. [Testimony 2]; born in 1964 [Testimony 3]; Saulet Uanbay (扫吾列提*王拜), Kazakh, born on December 7, 1962. Chinese ID: 654225196212070917. Kazakhstan green card number: 026803019. Address: 0014 Qarasay village (喀拉萨依村or 哈拉塞村), Jiyeke township (吉也克乡), Yumin county, Tacheng prefecture [Testimony 4]
Victim's location
Shagantogai County, Tarbagatai Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained at the beginning of 2018 [Testimony 1]; December, 2017 [Testimony 2]; December 18, 2017, three days after coming back from Kazakhstan [Testimony 4]
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Previously in a re-education camp. On December 26, 2018, scholar Mehmet Volkan reported to G. A. Bunin in a private correspondence that he has been able to confirm that the victim has been released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
Is a shareholder in Mayile Farming and Animal Husbandry Professional Cooperative in Yumin County (裕民县马依勒种养殖农民专业合作社). The cooperative has twice (on 2015-07-08 and 2017-11-15) published financial reports without following the proper timing guidelines: https://xin.baidu.com/detail/compinfo?pid=3aLNxukkR6wMFAugSEpC0KIAvBIVxvFW1ACz&tab=basic [Testimony 4]
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR_CmSf8paA video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgPl9rygw3w : https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/100012011741023/videos /442893772787677/&show_text=1&width=450 Letter of appeal: https://shahit.biz/supp/454_4.jpg Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/454_5.jpg Photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/454_6.jpg
Entry created: 2018-11-12 Last updated: 2018-11-12 Latest status update: 2018-11-11 460. Raqyzhan Zeinolla (热合江·再努拉)
Chinese ID: 652723630122033 (Arishang)
Basic info
Age: 51 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: before 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"espionage" Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1|2|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|12|14|15|18|20: Parida Qabylbek, born in 1963, a citizen of Kazakhstan since 2004. (wife)
Testimony 3: Orazbek Alimbek, born in 1983, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (relation unclear)
Testimony 11|13: Galym Raqyzhan, a volunteer at the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization, citizen of Kazakhstan. (son)
Testimony 16*: Galym Raqyzhan, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (son)
Testimony 17: Foreign Policy, an American news publication, founded in 1970 and focused on global affairs, current events, and domestic and international policy.
Testimony 19|21: Parida Qabylbek, as reported by Radio Azattyq. (wife)
Testimony 22: Abai.kz, a Kazakhstan news portal.
About the victim
Raqyzhan Zeinolla was a small-scale trader/businessman, and a married father of two. He emigrated to Kazakhstan and was later granted citizenship there in 2005.
Address in China: Harbuh Municipality, Arishang County, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture.
Kazakhstan residence number: 010113875. Chinese passport number: 149013264 (expired in 2005).
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained Raqyzhan left Kazakhstan and traveled to China with his wife and two children in 2004 to visit relatives. He was then taken away by Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture's security bureau and given a 13-year prison sentence, accused of spying on China for Kazakhstan.
Having served his prison sentence, he was released on September 7, 2017, only to be transferred directly to a re-education camp. He remained in camp until his release on December 24, 2018, at which point he was placed under house arrest.
On September 9, 2019, Parida reported that he had been staying at his relatives' home for 8 months. According to her, Raqyzhan was blaming her for not getting his passport back, as he thought the local authorities were not returning it because she was appealing for him in Kazakhstan. In a later testimony, Parida said that her husband was blaming her for being a member of an illegal organization. He told her that "China is doing really well" and asked her to stop what she was doing in Kazakhstan. When she'd contact him, he would refuse to talk about anything else, other than the standard few words that "everything is great".
On April 9, 2021, he was finally able to return to Kazakhstan.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Originally accused of spying for Kazakhstan (in 2004).
Parida says he didn't work for the government in either China or Kazakhstan. He had only helped around 20 young people who wanted to study in Kazakhstan to get some documents and cross the border.
[The recent incarceration in camp is likely due to his having been in prison, as many were sent to camp for this reason.]
Victim's status
Reunited with his family in Kazakhstan.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The victim's wife and son were able to video chat with Raqyzhan after his release in late 2018, and it appears that they were able to maintain [likely sporadic] contact since.
In April 2021, they met him at the airport in Almaty.
Additional information
Mentioned in Foreign Policy: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/18/detainees-are-trickling-out-of-xinjiangs-camps/
Featured in Hola News [link no longer working]: https://holanews.kz/view/news/28285
Radio Azattyq report: https://rus.azattyq.org/a/kazakhstan-xinjiang-husband/30379103.html
Abai.kz report: https://abai.kz/post/131521 Parida holds two people, named Bazyr and Monka, accountable for falsely accusing her husband.
At one point in 2020, she met with one of the embassy personnel in front of the Chinese Embassy in Astana. He told her she would get an answer in three weeks, while mentioning that her husband might have remarried or committed a crime. A staff member at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Margulan, told Parida that the Kazakh government has sent a note to China concerning his case. However, a person from the embassy said that they hadn't heard of his case.
The document given by the immigration office in reply to Parida's inquiry in 2013 states that her husband, Raqyzhan Zeinolla, had become a Kazakhstan citizen in 2005, in accordance with the President's N1302 Decree of March 12, 2004. The National Security Bureau of Kazakhstan also confirmed, in 2009, that her husband is a Kazakhstan citizen.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMXMfBUSrrI Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NKA4mpS1vU Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4sQIAgeYTc Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hmz5UI6YgY Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvYkBti0Oc0 Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgFxmD0CIP4 Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdBL8Ay9m6c Testimony 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9wYvkvC0x8 Testimony 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEcxpzuGVv0 Testimony 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygiwFznIAMg Testimony 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNsFCMaQjU Testimony 13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoggRziW4Ds Testimony 14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P94lPSxqeXY Testimony 15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUjzlOsyO1c Testimony 18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA3cgUX-R1c Testimony 19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvQ6Sd8KZ0k Testimony 20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEUPbAx5iYw Testimony 1: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/100012011741023/videos /442893772787677/&show_text=1&width=450 confirmation of KZ citizenship: https://shahit.biz/supp/460_19.jpg Chinese passport (blurry): https://shahit.biz/supp/460_20.png after return: https://shahit.biz/supp/460_21.jpg
Entry created: 2018-11-12 Last updated: 2021-04-09 Latest status update: 2021-04-09 466. Rahman Rahembai (热合曼·热合木拜)
Chinese ID: 654224196804270019 (Toli)
Basic info
Age: 51 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: documents withheld When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: has problems Profession: education
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Gulbanu Rakym (古丽波奴*热合木), born in China in 1968 on July 18, now lives in Almaty with Kazakhstani citizenship with no income
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: Husband
About the victim
Rahman Rahembay, born in China on 27 April, 1968. Address on ID: Kapuqike Road 4-536 (喀普其克路4居536号), Tuoli town, Tuoli county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture. Chinese ID no. 654224196804270019. Passport no. G49955006. Kazakh resident card: 026429288. Married Gulbanu on 24 March of 2011. For 31 years, he worked in the 2nd primary school (第二小学) in Toli County, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture. Then he immigrated to Kazakhstan with his family. Went back to China in July 2017 when his school asked him to come back for his pension documents. Has a disability certificate due to eye injury. Has two children: Gulina Rahman, born in 1996. Finished university in Almaty, has Kazakhstani citizenship, and Ahjul Rahman, born in 2002, now studying in a school in Almaty, has Kazakhstani citizenship.
Victim's location
Re-education camp
When victim was detained
February 16, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having an Islamic name “Rahman” and his frequent visits to Kazakhstan. Additionally, every governmental unit is given a quota to inform about at least one person and therefore his arrest. Victim's status
Previously in detention. Released from the camp on November 24, 2018, yet has not been able to get his passport back.
Radio Azattyq article (https://rus.azattyq.org/a/29966761.html): Gulbanu went to China to search for him on February 20, 2019. The police did not allow them to meet at their family’s home, so they had to arrange for a meeting at a hotel. There, Rahman told his wife that “everything is okay” and that “you have to go back to Kazakhstan”.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
Article from the official page of Toli County, confirming Rahman’s retirement application has been submitted (now removed): http://www.xjtl.gov.cn/gongshigonggao-1/20859/
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsZlr2pBXlY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvnDrEpQRm4 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgwX_Mxg_4k Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/466_4.png Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/466_5.png
Entry created: 2018-11-13 Last updated: 2020-10-19 Latest status update: 2019-05-28 467. Gulmanat Qyzyr (古丽玛娜提·合孜尔)
Chinese ID: 652526196001050028 (Chaghantokay)
Basic info
Age: 59 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+2+5+6+7+8: Ainur Muqash, born on August 12, 1987, is a Kazakhstan citizen. Her ID number is 043427507.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+5+6+7+8: Mother
About the victim
Gulmanat Qyzyr (古丽玛娜提*合孜尔), born in China on January 5, 1960. Kazakhstan ID: 026686130. Chinese passport: G49955977. Immigrated to Kazakhstan in 2006 and obtained the Kazakhstan green card. In 20th November of 2017, she went back to Yumin county in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture. Has problems with health – cerebral thombrus, gastric ulcer, cholecystitis.
She is a widow, and used live alone in China, but used to come and go between China and Kazakhstan.
Victim's location
Shagantogai (Yumin) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng)
When victim was detained
Arrested by Yumin county police on December 24, 2017 [December 22 according to another testimony]. She was released on January 22, 2018 [January 25, according to Testimony 6], then arrested again on January 25 [February 23, according to another testimony]. The family has had no communication with her since.
Testimony 8: Went to China on November 23, 2017. Arrested and sent to re-education camp on December 23. Released on January 22, 2018 and then sent to a camp again on February 23.
Likely (or given) reason for detention WhatsApp installed on the phone according to one testimony. Having a Kazakh residence permit according to another. [testimonies by the same person, however]
Victim's status
Released on December 26, 2018. However, she is still under house arrest and hasn't talked to her daughter in Kazakhstan yet.
Testimony 7: During a video call with Ainur, Gulmanat said she regrets visiting Kazakhstan and is very happy in her motherland, China. She also said her health situation is very good.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
China Aid article on Gulmanat and Ainur: http://www.chinaaid.net/2018/10/14.html
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXxPhpnY6uM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evk-SuUjPOQ Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwbFk9wAhc Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGIhoGvYN-4 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwbzVhAE4HQ Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5ZctQCGo4 Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl9VtNt1gYk Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GizyXvxO2v4 photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/467_2.png Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/467_3.png Chinese passport (better quality): https://shahit.biz/supp/467_11.png
Entry created: 2018-11-13 Last updated: 2018-11-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-03 468. Araibek Zeinelgabiden (阿拉依别克·再尼尔哈比旦)
Chinese ID: 654301198907182214 (Altay)
Basic info
Age: 29 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Almagül Zeynerkabiden, got Kaz citizenship in 2007, was going back and forth over the border for trade for years. DOB: September 8, 1980. Kazakhstan ID: 036822755.
Testimony 4: Bazarbek Masgut.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: brother
Testimony 4: unclear
About the victim
Aghaibek (Araibek) Zeynerkabiden, born on July 18, 1989, arrested on March/April 2, 2018 by Chinese officials.
Victim's location
Altai City, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (previously detained in former no. 16 Hospital in Altai now to re-education camp).
When victim was detained
Either March 2 or April 2, 2018 (two testimonies differ, however the official letter of appeal says March)
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 3: having WhatsApp
Victim's status Testimony 4: released from camp on December 23, 2018.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? unclear
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e211rUofP0Q Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxStu_rFr4k Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmuf-61BpRM Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHE1rArTLNs Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/468_5.png
Entry created: 2018-11-13 Last updated: 2018-11-13 Latest status update: 2018-12-25 471. Zharqyn Asanqadyr
Chinese ID: 654126197712104314 (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: education
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Nurbakit Kanashov
Testimony 2-3: Ershat Asanqadyr. He was born on December 8, 1982. His Kazakhstan PIN is 821208399102. He has been employed at the China National Logging Corporation's branch in Kazakhstan for over 10 years now. Kazakhstan phone number: 87016974238.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: relative (says brother, but don't share same last name)
Testimony 2-3: brother
About the victim
Zharqyn Asanqadyr used to work at No. 1 Middle School, part of the No. 76 Military Corps (Bingtuan) located in the Ili Prefecture's Zhaosu County. He finished his Bachelor's at Ili University, with honors, and had been working at the school as a math teacher since 2000. He has certification to teach advanced mathematics and a second-level national certification in computers. The Xinjiang Ili Press has published many of Kazakh-language scientific articles and literary works, with him considered a young poet and writer. He has also taken part in numerous cultural events and has acted as a host to countless weddings. He and his wife have three underage children together.
Address: No. 11, Alley 7, 76 Tuanzhongxin Road (团中新路), Tu'ergenbulake City (吐尔根布拉克镇), Zhaosu County.
DOB: December 10, 1977. Chinese ID: 654126197712104314. Chinese passport: G464332973.
Victim's location
Presumably in Zhaosu County, of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. When victim was detained
Testimony 3: In January 2018, local Bingtuan officials and police came to the school and threatened Zharqyn, trying to get him to sign a confession that he was religious. He refused to, and was allowed to return home. On March 23, 2018, the testifier received news that Zharqyn had been taken away to an "education camp", without any reason given, and would return after 15 days.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 3: Not clear. Ershat reports hearing that it was because Zharqyn was a good organizer. According to his letter, the officials originally tried to get him on religious grounds.
Victim's status
Testimony 3: Still in camp, it would appear. The 76th Bingtuan leader would console the family on several occasions, and even brought them a form to sign in November 2018, after which Zharqyn was supposed to be freed three days later. However, this has not happened, and the testifier believes that the leader lacks any good intentions, with the contents of the signed formed unclear (according to his letter, his family "was so happy that they signed it without even reading what it said").
Update from G. A. Bunin: on February 4, 2019, Ershat Asanqadyr confirmed to me that Zharqyn was released on February 3 and now appears to be under house arrest, as the two voice chatted on Feb. 3 via QQ (in Kazakh). He said that they haven't chatted since and that it doesn't seem convenient as there seem to be people at Zharqyn's home watching him.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 3: From Ershat's letter, it seems that he kept in touch with his family over WeChat, and learned about his brother's situation from them. However, on December 8, 2018, the local police threatened his family, saying that they would take them to camps if they contacted Ershat, thereby forcing Ershat to cut his ties with them electronically.
Additional information
Testimony 3: Despite the wife and three children relying on Zharqyn for support, his wife suddenly left the family, leaving the kids to Zharqyn's sick mother.
Ershat, Zharqyn's brother, says that he heard that this was all a plot by the local leaders and officials to get rid of Zharqyn because of his organizational skills.
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO4i3fp5BmY video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inzbMiA0VR8 appeal letter: https://shahit.biz/supp/471_3.pdf Zharqyn's poems (Kazakh): https://shahit.biz/supp/471_4.pdf Letter of appeal to UN (English): https://shahit.biz/supp/471_5.pdf Photos of Zharqyn: https://shahit.biz/supp/471_6.pdf Entry created: 2018-11-13 Last updated: 2018-11-13 Latest status update: 2019-02-04 472. Akinur Qazybai
Chinese ID: 65402619????????O? (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Nurbakit Kanashov
Victim's relation to testifier relative (says brother, but don't share same last name)
About the victim
Akemnur Kazibay, working at no. 10 military corps company of no. 76 military corps regiment of Jiaosu County, detained together with his wife Lazali (no last name mentioned)
Victim's location not clear
When victim was detained
March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention not clear
Victim's status
G. A. Bunin: on February 4, 2019, Ershat Asanqadyr, whose brother Zharqyn (also from the No. 76 Military Corps) was released from camp recently, confirmed to me that the victim has also been released from camp.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not clear
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO4i3fp5BmY
Entry created: 2018-11-13 Last updated: 2018-11-13 Latest status update: 2018-10-10 473. Estai Ramazan
Chinese ID: 65412619840727443? (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 34 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Nurbakit Kanashov
Testimony 2-3: Ermadi Ramazan
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: relative (says brother, but don't share same last name)
Testimony 2-3: probably brother
About the victim
Ermad Ramazan worked at no. 10 military corps company of no. 76 military corps regiment of Zhaosu County
Address: Turgenbulaq village, 76th Production Corps, Zhaosu
[G.A. Bunin: his name was reported to me as Estai]
Victim's location
In Zhaosu, presumably.
When victim was detained
March 23, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention not clear Victim's status
G. A. Bunin: on February 4, 2019, Ershat Asanqadyr, whose brother Zharqyn (also from the No. 76 Military Corps) was released from camp recently, confirmed to me that the victim has also been released from camp.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not clear
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO4i3fp5BmY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82of5Q8HgQw Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OSdfWu-f6M
Entry created: 2018-11-13 Last updated: 2019-05-20 Latest status update: 2019-02-04 474. Baqyt Dauitbek (巴合提·道务提别克)
Chinese ID: 654126197601234351 (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 43 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: education
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Nurbakit Kanashov
Testimony 2-4: Aqiqat Dauitbek. She was born on October 11, 1970. ID number is 030284471.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: relative (says brother, but don't share same last name)
Testimony 2-4: brother
About the victim
Bakit Dawutbek, worked as a teacher at the no. 1 middle school in no. 76 military corps Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Jiaosu County
Chinese citizen.
Victim's location not clear
When victim was detained
March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention not clear
Victim's status G. A. Bunin: on February 4, 2019, Ershat Asanqadyr, whose brother Zharqyn (also from the No. 76 Military Corps) was released from camp recently, confirmed to me that the victim has also been released from camp.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not clear
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO4i3fp5BmY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD0vVYoxdiY Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls5XpuX9vMs Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akc0ZhF8f9Q Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/474_5.png
Entry created: 2018-11-13 Last updated: 2018-11-13 Latest status update: 2019-01-25 481. Aniqan Zakish
Chinese ID: 65422119560301??E? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 62 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+3+4: Nurgali Serikuly, born on November 30, 1983, moved to Kazakhstan in 2007.
Testimony 5: Gulnar Valihan, born on July 31, 1985, has acquired Kazakhstan citizenship. Her Kazakhstan ID number is 030447149.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+3+4: mother
Testimony 5: unclear
About the victim
Aniqan Zakishqyzy.
DOB: March 1, 1956.
Victim's location
Dorbiljin (Emin) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
Chinese officials threatened her relatives with hukou cancellation should she not return, so she went back from Kazakhstan to China on 25 February, 2018.
Detained in March 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
--- Victim's status
Testimony 4: released from camp to house arrest in January 2019.
Testimony 5: released from camp at the beginning of December 2018.
She has problems walking, her hips are damaged.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
The whereabouts of Serik’s sister Gulnaz Nurg’ali, born on July 26, 1984, Chinese ID: 654221198407260423, and his father, Nurg’ali Tynyshtykbai, born on 1956, are unknown.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpnYLkOP26Q Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcLdjBVEhoM Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkM1eQFeVcc Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfl9C6F-Kgs Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGD0WiKO_U
Entry created: 2018-11-14 Last updated: 2018-11-14 Latest status update: 2019-02-07 506. Qainizat Adil (哈尼匝提·阿得儿)
Chinese ID: 65252219420409064X (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 76 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Aidyn Alenhanuly is a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: mother
About the victim
Qainizat Adil (哈尼匝提*阿得儿) is a Chinese citizen. Came back to China for health reasons on October 2017.
Address: House 33 of East Qargala village (喀尔尕勒东村), Zhelagash township (杰勒阿尕什乡), Emin county, Tacheng prefecture.
Kazakhstan green card: 420409499036.
Victim's location
Emin County, Tacheng Region, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
Testimony 1-2: February 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention no reason
Victim's status
Testimony 3: released from the camp in November 2018. Testimony 2: she has some sort of disability.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4chO5A9SuOA Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq33eDrG7lQ Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68CpIvD_0j0 Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/506_4.png
Entry created: 2018-11-14 Last updated: 2020-10-21 Latest status update: 2019-01-12 513. Aigul Maken (阿依古丽·马看)
Chinese ID: 652523196512244722 (Wusu)
Basic info
Age: 53 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Gulden Mural
Testimony 2-4: Mural Tusipzhan, born on October 5, 1961. Stays in Kazakhstan with a Green Card.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: mother
Testimony 2-4: wife
About the victim
Aigul Makenqyzy (阿依古丽*马看) went to China on November 4, 2017, to resolve some personal matters.
Address: Qyzylzhar village (克孜加尔村) 061, Gortu town (古尔图镇), Wusu municipality, Tacheng prefecture
Passport: G52125028. Kazakhstan green card: 040143188. Kazakhstan Green Card IIN: 651224000195.
Victim's location
Wusu, Tacheng Region, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
November 5, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Because her family members immigrated to Kazakhstan Victim's status
She was released from the camp on November 24, 2018, but has not yet received her passport.
She has a kidney problem and has been suffering from hyperglyceria.
Testimony 4: she remains under house arrest with her documents taken.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcLdjBVEhoM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pz5n-drSQI Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV_Oh08BSes Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBRIO_lnmBg Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/513_5.png
Entry created: 2018-11-15 Last updated: 2018-11-15 Latest status update: 2019-04-03 514. Ulzhan Zhenisnur (乌俄勒江·金恩斯努尔)
Chinese ID: 654221198807012138 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: documents withheld When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Qurmet Zhumagazy, a Kazakhstan citizen. (cousin)
Testimony 2|4|5: Madengul Manap, born in 1967, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (mother)
Testimony 3: Aiytkamal Zhumagazy, born in 1973, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (aunt)
Testimony 6: Madengul Manap, as reported by The Believer. (mother)
About the victim
Ulzhan Zhenisnur, born on July 1, 1988, is a Chinese citizen. He holds a Kazakhstan Permanent Resident card. He had an operation on his kidney and had an operation for appendicitis. He and his wife owned a barbershop in China.
Address: Maitas village, (玛依塔斯村), Lamazhao township (喇嘛昭乡), Emin county, Tacheng prefecture.
Chinese passport: E62051641.
Victim's location
[In Tacheng, presumably.]
When victim was detained earlier: November 19, 2017
Testimony 3: December 24, 2017.
Testimony 4: December 19, 2017 (put into a camp)
Testimony 6: Victim and his wife were interrogated at the border (no date given), asked the mother to send photos + proof that the son was going to kindergarten in Kazakhstan. Two days later, the mother received info from relatives in China that her son had been taken to 'study', six months passed withour any news, in June 2018, the mother received a photo showing her son in hospital, his head shaved and nurses helping him to stand. He was taken back to camp after 20 days in hospital. Silence until November 2018, when he was released. Since Nov 2018, the son has only called twice (from the phone of a police office). He said that this was the only way he could communicate with them and told them not to worry and that they were OK. his now 5 year old son has been in the care of the grandmother for about two years now.
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 3: Released from camp on November 20, 2018, but documents still confiscated.
Testimony 4: released on November 25, 2018, no news since then.
Testimony 5: he phoned his mother on January 23, 2019 and February 19, 2019, from the police office, and asked her to stop appealing and said that he was well.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
During his detention in the re-education camp, he had an operation to his kidney.
Testimony 6: the victim's mother's interview to The Believer (https://believermag.com/weather-reports-voices-from-xinjiang/):
I’ve been complaining since last January. A year and a half. But I’m sharing this picture of my son in the hospital for the first time. I’ve been afraid they would find out who sent it. There are many, many Kazakhs who haven’t complained yet, who haven’t told their story. They’re afraid. I had to make a decision for myself. What do I have left to be afraid of?
The living conditions in Kure village, when I was still living there, were free at the time, but there were rumors. We heard they were detaining mullahs. Our village had two mullahs, and one day both disappeared. Word got around. Then we heard that Uighurs were being detained. Then they started sending police officers to our ceremonies. At a wedding, there would be policemen at the door checking guests’ citizenship. I didn’t think much about it at the time. Ordinary people weren’t being detained; not yet.
I moved to Kazakhstan, and in 2016 my youngest son joined me. He bought land and built a house in a village called Batashtuu. His intention was to move here for good. After he built his home, he and his wife went to China. They owned a barbershop there and wanted to sell it. They left their son in my care. It was supposed to be only a short trip. When they got to China, their transit visas were taken away.
The day they crossed, he called me at the border. I’m being interrogated, he said. Please send my son’s photos. I need proof he’s in kindergarten. I sent the photos by phone, but I’m not sure he got them. Two hours later, the phone was switched off. Two days later, my daughter-in-law wrote to my eldest son, who lives in Kazakhstan. Your brother was taken to study, she told him.
That was it for six months. Until June 2018, we heard nothing from him or anyone else. The first news we heard came in June, and it was this photo from the hospital. His wife had been called there to visit him. He’d had an operation. I don’t know what the operation was, or even what organ was operated on. We don’t know anything and our daughter-in-law can’t tell us. I don’t even want to tell you who sent me this photo.
After twenty days in the hospital, he was taken back to the camp. More silence. Months passed. Then, in November, he was released. Now he’s out of the camp, but we have no direct communication with them. Since November, my son has called us only twice, both times from a police officer’s phone. It’s the only way I can communicate with you, he told me. Don’t worry about us. We are OK, he says. Everything is OK.
But it seems he can’t get back his passport. It’s been almost two years now. My grandson is five and I’m still taking care of him. I need help. I want my youngest son back in Kazakhstan. He was supposed to take care of us, his parents. That’s the custom. Now my husband and I are alone in this big house and working odd jobs. Our son built this house for all of us. It’s ready; it’s a lovely house. But now it’s empty.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcLdjBVEhoM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GRb1NWNepk Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-ZJSm0cehU Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYt8HtPO_DU Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLRMho0Fi_U Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/514_6.png
Entry created: 2018-11-15 Last updated: 2020-04-14 Latest status update: 2019-04-20 516. Kulan Esetai (库兰·叶斯叶台)
Chinese ID: 654326197603070048 (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: 44 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (hard) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): phone/computer|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4|6: Gulpan Esetai, born in 1961, now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (sister)
Testimony 5: Tabysqan Magrupqan, originally from Jeminey County but now residing in Kazakhstan. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent around nine months in a camp. (detained together)
About the victim
Kulan Esetaiqyzy (库兰•叶斯叶台), born in 1976.
Address: Address: Guangming Road 40, Qarzhal township (喀尔交乡) of Jeminay county.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Altay.]
When victim was detained
April 2018 in one testimony. March 2018 in another.
Testimony 4: End of March 2018.
Testimony 5: she was released before the testifier (who was released in late December 2018). However, he says that he heard she was detained again later.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 3+5: phone-related
Victim's status earlier: in the re-education camp Testimony 5: detained after being released [but unclear if she has since been let go again, or if still detained]
Testimony 6: still in detention
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 1-4: She went to China in 2018 to attend her sister's funeral and learned about her another sister's detention there. The next day of the funeral her mother's (Zelika Nurgazy) heart stopped beating hearing one of her daughters' death and the latter one's detention in the camp. The victim was not allowed to attend her sister's funeral. The police gave her three hours to attend her mother's funeral after her relatives insisted that they should let her attend her mother's funeral.
Testimony 5: they were detained together.
Additional information
Younger sister died on June 19, 2018. Kulan’s mother then died a day later – on June 20th.
Victims among relatives
Zelika Nurgazy (1570)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcLdjBVEhoM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv96f8jG24k Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYsz9z8XIqs Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVDBK8ml-94 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8CHjUu4Ye8 Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NkVn7EBoY Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/516_6.png
Entry created: 2018-11-15 Last updated: 2021-08-10 Latest status update: 2020-10-26 518. Baqash Musatai
Chinese ID: 65422119270620??E? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 91 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2018 - Dec. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Ardaq Emilgazyqyzy is a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier mother
About the victim
Baqash Musataiqyzy was born on June 20, 1927. On September 27, 2017, she went to China for treatment. However, she had her passport confiscated.
Victim's location
Emin County, Tacheng Region, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
October 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
G. A. Bunin: at the beginning of January 2019, I was able to confirm through a source who knows the testifier that the victim has been transferred from camp to what is presumably house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRSMsLHgh7Y
Entry created: 2018-11-15 Last updated: 2018-11-15 Latest status update: 2018-11-08 519. Baqytgul Muqatan (巴合提古丽·木哈特尼)
Chinese ID: 654226196804270628 (Kobuksar)
Basic info
Age: 50 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: education
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Arshyn Turysbekuly, born on November 22, 1971, is a Kazakhstan citizen.
Testimony 2+12+13+14: Ersin Arshy was born on May 5, 1991. His Kazakhstan ID number is 032299935. Phone number: +77077581631
Testimony 10+11+12+14: Aqnar Arshyn, born on August 10, 2000. Phone number: +77007622077
Testimony 15: Umithan Turysbekqyzy, born on January 10, 1956.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: wife
Testimony 2+10+11+12+13+14: mother
Testimony 15: sister-in-law
About the victim
Baqytgul Muqatanqyzy (巴合提古丽*木哈特尼) is a Chinese citizen. She retired from her teaching position and immigrated to Kazakhstan in 2007. Her husband, Arshyn Turysbek, is a Kazakhstan citizen. They have two children and two granddaughters in Kazakhstan.
Address: Wenhua Road 27, Tiebukenwusan village (铁布肯乌散村), Tiebukenwusan township, Hoboksar Mongol autonomous county, Tacheng prefecture
DOB: April 27, 1968. Chinese ID: 654226196804270628. Chinese passport: G30857315. Kazakhstan green card: 026428864. Kazakhstan green card IIN: 580427499057.
Victim's location
Qobyqsary County, Tacheng Region, Xinjiang, China When victim was detained earlier: She went to China on February 17, 2017, and was taken to re-education camp.
Testimony 12: went to China on February 27, 2018, arrested and sent to re-education camp on March 1, 2018
Testimony 15: March 1, 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 14: Unknown. Having a residence permit in Kazakhstan is the probable reason.
Victim's status
Testimony 10: released on December 27, 2018.
Testimony 13: the victim was told to find a guarantor if she is to go abroad.
Testimony 14: released to house arrest on December 26, 2018.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4El01dYwbL4 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si6Sdrm1B58 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0WXVeUFO0k Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF6fmHVP-Yc Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIoZ-m3lwoM Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsZITcTTSng Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al2OwxlbJrc Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUKHRxkgp-o Testimony 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwbFk9wAhc Testimony 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND5urvcpJ7Y Testimony 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP67-tCb15o Testimony 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aalVCnSoSvQ Testimony 13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3cqJS6bvAU Testimony 14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e3ks8GbsHk Testimony 15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9oUZo4woDM Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/519_16.png
Entry created: 2018-11-15 Last updated: 2018-11-15 Latest status update: 2019-02-23 532. Turan Muhamethan (吐然·木哈买提汗)
Chinese ID: 652222197602040020 (Barkol)
Basic info
Age: 44 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Hami Status: documents withheld When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: has problems Profession: art & literature
Testifying party
Testimony 1|3|8|11: Oral Zhanabil, born in 1949, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (mother)
Testimony 2|4|5|6|9|10|12: Yusuphan Aqmethan, born in 1980, immigrated to Kazakhstan in 2003 and is now a citizen there. (husband)
Testimony 7|13: Al-Farabi Turan, born in 2003, is a resident of Kazakhstan. (son)
About the victim
Turan Muhamethanqyzy (吐然*木哈买提汗), born on February 4, 1976, retired in January 2018. She is a Chinese citizen.
ID address: No 3, Unit 1, Northwestern Alley Middle School for Nationalities household, Han area, Balikun county-level city, Qumul prefecture (巴里坤哈萨克自治县城镇汉城西北巷民族中学家属楼1单元03号)
Chinese passport: G26471459. Green card: 760204499140.
Victim's location
In Balikun county, Qumul, presumably.
When victim was detained earlier: When Turan visited her birthplace in Balikun county, Qumul prefecture on February 24, 2018, she was arrested.
Testimony 6: her documents had already been confiscated on October 22, 2017
Testimony 8: went to China in October 2017 (Testimony 11: September) to see her father (Testimony 10: father-in-law) as he was in hospital in Urumqi and to sell her house in Barkol county. She was put into a camp in February 2018 and released on January 14, 2019, yet is under house arrest, a Han Chinese cadre lives with her. She called her mother three days ago(as of January 28, 2019) and told her that the Chinese government is is taking good care of her, everything is great. She also said she was going to have a surgery to her kidney and wants her husband to accompany her.
Testimony 12: March 8, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention sending her son to Kazakhstan.
Victim's status
Previously in a re-education camp in Shirenzi (石人子) township, Balikun county.
Testimony 4: Released on December 24, 2018 and now under house arrest.
Testimony 9: In January 2019, she was assigned to forced labour as a dancing teacher. Government officials are currently living at her house.
Testimony 11: is currently teaching dance and Chinese language in the camp. She will have another kidney operation soon.
Testimony 13: as of July 2020, it isn't clear if she is still being forced to work or teach, but her son does say that they're not able to reunite.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
Aqmethan’s father has cancer and is being treated in a Chinese hospital, when Aqmethan and Turan visited him on October 22, 2017. As Turan got arrested, Aqmethan stayed next to his father’s bed until he went back to Kazakhstan on March 8, 2018. On March 30, his father died, but Aqmethan was afraid to return for the funeral.
Turan is mentioned in a Chinese academic article as a dance artist, an heir of Kazakh dance traditions: https://archive.vn/FFD10
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR_CmSf8paA Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQn-y6MM4qU Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LY3nUTTen4 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CblcDftRPss Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5b4DlughEw Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-tXLWX5B24 Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En5s7iViBO0 Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0SXuu78io Testimony 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pea57ONOdh0 Testimony 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Okhp88QiI Testimony 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fPZ_QLA5xo Testimony 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IujNuVpMS-4 Testimony 13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDXCmtp9oug Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/532_13.png
Entry created: 2018-11-16 Last updated: 2021-03-05 Latest status update: 2020-07-15 534. Adilbek Kaken
Chinese ID: 650203196808280710 (Karamay)
Basic info
Age: 50 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Karamay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-5: Bikamal Kaken, born on July 8, 1976, is a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-5: brother
About the victim
Adilbek Kaken (阿迪里别克*克坎).
Victim's location
Karamay District, Karamay, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
July 17, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 3: released from camp on December 25, 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information Testimony 5: His relatives were allowed to visit him once a month while he was at camp, and on those days the authorities would give him good food. The testifier's relatives would stop her from asking too many questions about his situation.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR_CmSf8paA Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZr_XjF4888 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qak4ormoXGM Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JHryWiOo14 Testimony 5: https://shahit.biz/supp/534_5.mp3 appeal to UNHRC: https://shahit.biz/supp/534_7.png photo with wife: https://shahit.biz/supp/534_8.png
Entry created: 2018-11-16 Last updated: 2019-09-20 Latest status update: 2019-01-22 543. Zhenishan Bagdal (介恩斯汉·巴合达力)
Chinese ID: 650121196811052812 (Urumqi)
Basic info
Age: 50 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Urumqi Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: --- Profession: media/journalism
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*|9*: Mehmet Volkan Kaşıkçı, a Turkish citizen, PhD student in Soviet history, and a volunteer for the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization.
Testimony 2|3|6|7|8: Sapila Taqash, born in 1949, is now a citizen of Kazakhstan, having immigrated from China in 2002. (mother)
Testimony 4: Gulsim Bagdal, a resident of Kazakhstan. (sister)
Testimony 5: Zhenis Bagdal, born in 1969, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (brother)
Testimony 10: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Zheniskhan Baghdal, born on November 5, 1968. He has a Kazakhstan residence permit (what Kazakhs call "half citizenship"), but returned to China in late January 2017. He used to work as a broadcaster ("diktor") at the Xinjiang TV in Urumqi, but some time ago started to work at another studio (a kind of independent media organ, by Chinese standards). He lived in Urumqi and has two sons.
Address: road number 9, Akadir village, Miquan county, Urumqi city, Xinjiang, China.
Kazakhstan green card: 042071168.
Victim's location
In the Urumqi area, presumably.
Testimony 8: previously held in Qishan political camp located in Urumqi (according to what testifier heard).
When victim was detained On May 2, 2017, he was detained by police, all his documents were taken, and he was sent to a prison in Shishan village [Kazakh name] outside Urumqi.
Testimony 10: police records from Urumqi show his phone being checked on three occasions on July 9-10, 2017, with the GPS location at all three instances being at the Xinjiang Agricultural University campus in the Xishan Subdistrict. [It is not clear what this means and whether or not he had the phone at the time, but it is partially consistent with his being taken to Xishan.]
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Visiting the website of the Atazhurt volunteer organization in Kazakhstan. His family also believes that it is because he had a residence permit in Kazakhstan.
Victim's status
M. Volkan on January 15, 2019 (Testimony 9): Released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear.
Additional information
His wife, who also works as a reporter, is a party member, and as far as is known she is free and living with their two children.
Testimony 7: His two children (Beibars Zheniskhan and Saiyn Zheniskhan) were without care during his time in camp. He also has a blind father and aged mother - they are also in tough circumstances.
Mentioned in the CECC report: https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20181011 _1424.pdf
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvnDrEpQRm4 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4Z6aFX7HEg Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlHOhy8bCxQ Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or6UQS6ZEtk Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsX-q4ys47U Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkF30ma21GQ Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt_XG5gQbDE Kazakhstan residence ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/543_3.png Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/543_9.png
Entry created: 2018-11-16 Last updated: 2021-05-26 Latest status update: 2019-01-15 546. Mahsut Kulimqan (马合苏提·库力木汗)
Chinese ID: 65262719640625301X (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: 54 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: has problems Profession: medicine
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-6: Shugyla Mahsutqyzy, born on December 22, 1993. Her ID number is 043399515.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-6: father
About the victim
Mahsut Kulimqanuly (马合苏提*库力木汗) had been working as Chief Orthopedic Surgeon in Toste township’s Health Center (托斯特乡中心卫生院) in Jimunai county.
Address on ID: Altay city, Tuanjie 2 Road, No. 19, Building 5, Entrance 4, Apt. 602.
Chinese passport number: G38334082.
Victim's location
Jimunai county, Altai Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
When victim was detained
Went to China on January 25, 2018. Detained on February 25, 2018. On March 3, he was resent to camp despite being seriously ill.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
He was detained because his son, who went to China, used his phone and installed a WhatsApp client.
Victim's status
Testimony 5: he contacted the testifier on December 24, 2018 to tell her that he has been released. He has been suffering from cerebral hemorrhage.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
On March 2, his son Nurzhul went to China to inquire about his status. The local officials promised to release him in two days. The next day, Mahsut’s health deteriorated and he was taken from camp to a hospital in an ambulance. A day later, he was sent back to camp again.
The following list includes Mahsut’s name among those who received their medical qualifications in 2012: http://www.51gaoji.com/xinjiang/201301/6538.html
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvnDrEpQRm4 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SreccSIlLy0 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1XXf7hUW1A Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYsz9z8XIqs Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv8CVDfVK34 Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYNeSYb68vo Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/546_7.png
Entry created: 2018-11-16 Last updated: 2018-11-16 Latest status update: 2018-12-24 547. Muratzhan Baidaulet
Chinese ID: 65402219820914??O? (Chapchal)
Basic info
Age: 36 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: driver
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Zhaina Yembergenqyzy is a Kazakhstan citizen. She came to Kazakhstan in 2008.
Testimony 4+6+8: Anarhan Izbasar, born on February 20, 1976
Testimony 5: Gulmahan Koksubai, born on November 17, 1982; ID number is 033276429
Testimony 7: Tursynbek Quzhyrbek, ID number is 037200317.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: brother
Testimony 4+6+8: unclear
Testimony 5: unclear
Testimony 7: former classmate
About the victim
Muratzhan Baidauletuly, born on September 14, 1982, is a Chinese citizen. He used to work as a tractor driver.
Address: Seventh company of the 67th Bingtuan regiment, Qapqal Xibe autonomous county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture.
Victim's location
In Ili, presumably.
When victim was detained March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Previously in a re-education camp.
Testimony 8: under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvnDrEpQRm4 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-9OXmfJWWw video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlfWQZeZGL4 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RyHRq1Bt60 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDDd3SQMrpo video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz4kxh0-m54
Entry created: 2018-11-16 Last updated: 2018-11-16 Latest status update: 2019-01-15 650. Nuriden Beisen
Chinese ID: 65232819900211??O? (Mori)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Changji Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3: Shamsidin Beisen, a resident of Kazakhstan. (brother)
About the victim
Nuriden Beisenuly is a Kazakhstan citizen (obtained in July 2013). He had been living in Almaty Region in Kazakhstan. He went to China on January 16, 2017 to visit his relatives with his wife and daughter.
Address: Danangou Uzbek township (大南沟乌孜别克乡), Mori Kazakh autonomous county, Changji Region, Xinjiang, China
Kazakhstan ID number: 026703032.
Victim's location
[At his home in Changji, presumably.]
When victim was detained
Detained on June 5, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention not stated
Victim's status
Testimony 3: released from the camp on December 26, 2018, now is under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wawf49Arps0 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfPG_no3mWw Testimony 1: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/100012011741023/videos /449695642107490/&show_text=1&width=450
Entry created: 2018-11-19 Last updated: 2021-02-14 Latest status update: 2019-01-12 699. Token Shaimurat
Chinese ID: 652328196711131932 (Mori)
Basic info
Age: 51 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Changji Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Batylbek Baigazy, citizen of Kazakhstan, born in Shoryn township, (雀仁乡), Mulei county (木垒县), Changji Hui autonomous prefecture. Immigrated to Kazakhstan in 2006.
Testimony 2: Madengul Token, Kulpashqan Kamalbek
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: Uncle
Testimony 2: father and husband, respectively
About the victim
Token Shaimurat, from Mulei County in Changji, immigrated to Kazakhstan in 2005. Attended his daughter’s wedding in July 2017, then went to China.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Changji.]
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: Police confiscated documents.
Testimony 2: Put into a camp on April 3, 2018. His wife and daughter received information that he was going to be released on December 24, 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unknown Victim's status
Testimony 2: Presumably released from camp, but current status unclear.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7boBsZ6wEc Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv8CVDfVK34
Entry created: 2018-11-21 Last updated: 2021-01-25 Latest status update: 2018-12-24 736. Kulshat Aqan (库力夏提·阿汗)
Chinese ID: 654224196007200042 (Toli)
Basic info
Age: 58 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Qadir Mardan, born in 1985.
Victim's relation to testifier
The victim is the testifier's mother.
About the victim
Aqan Külshat, born on July 7, 1960. Ethnic Kazakh. Chinese citizen with ID 654224196007200042.
Victim's location
Unclear, but likely in the Tuoli County of the Tacheng Prefecture, as that's where her ID puts her.
When victim was detained
Taken to a camp on May 3, 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear.
Victim's status
Previously in a concentration camp. According to scholar Mehmet Volkan on December 2, 2018 (through his contacts in Kazakhstan), she has been released from camp now.
She is diagnosed with cancer.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? Unclear.
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/736_1.png
Entry created: 2018-11-22 Last updated: 2018-11-22 Latest status update: 2018-12-02 738. Zhenis Orazqan
Chinese ID: 65420119660812??O? (Chochek)
Basic info
Age: 52 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: media/journalism
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Zhenis Akzhan (born in 1996), migrated to Kazakhstan in 2009 and became a Kazakh citizen in 2016.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: The victim is the testifier's father.
About the victim
Zhenis Orazqanuly (DOB: August 12, 1966), Chinese citizen, has residence permit in Kazakhstan since 2016. He entered China in August 2017, and his passport was taken. After 2-3 months he was taken to a concentration camp, and there was no further communication. According to what his son heard, he was first in a camp in Urumchi, then sent to a camp in Tarbagatai (Tacheng), but they had no idea about his situation. He had retired in 2009 due to health problems. [Testimony 2: In 2008, he retired from work at Emin county’s TV station.]
Victim's location
Possibly in the Tacheng Prefecture.
When victim was detained
Passport confiscated in August 2017 (taken to camp 2-3 months later).
Testimony 2: Passport confiscated on August 20, 2017, when he was coming back to China to organize a second wedding. Arrested on November 25, 2017. He was first detained at Tacheng city, later sent to Urumqi, and sent back to Tacheng 6 months after that.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear. Victim's status
November 22, 2018: Turkish scholar Mehmet Volkan reports hearing from victim's friends/relatives that he has been released.
November 25, 2018: M. Volkan says that he hasn't actually been released.
December 2, 2018: M. Volkan confirms he has been released and is at home.
May 20, 2018: returned to Kazakhstan on May 18, according to a local source, has two months before having to return to China.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Presumably through friends/relatives.
Additional information
From Mehmet Volkan: "On November 15, I gave an interview in Turkish and mentioned their names. Then they [friends/relatives of detained] sent me their stories and I have translated into Turkish and told them I was going to contact international authorities. If you understand Kazakh, this is what they said: "I have sent this (the post) to my relatives and told them Volkan is going to internationalize the issue. After that we heard the happy news"."
Turkish blog mention: https://falancamesele.wordpress.com/2018/11/22/kazak-arkadasimin-toplama-kamplarina-alinan-akrabal ari-icin-yardim-cagrisi/
Victims among relatives
Kenzhegul Zhumazhan (739)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLeCwygJwxs photo with wife: https://shahit.biz/supp/738_2.jpg
Entry created: 2018-11-23 Last updated: 2019-05-20 Latest status update: 2019-05-20 739. Kenzhegul Zhumazhan
Chinese ID: 65????19660826??E? (place of origin unclear)
Basic info
Age: 52 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: --- Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Zhenis Akzhan (born in 1996), migrated to Kazakhstan in 2009 and became a Kazakh citizen in 2016.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: The victim is the testifier's mother.
About the victim
Kenzhegül Zhumazhan (DOB: August 26, 1966), Chinese citizen, has residence permit in Kazakhstan since 2017. Had her passport confiscated upon returning to China in August 2017. She had health and lung problems, and had an operation (presumably, this happened in China). Her husband was taking care of her when he was detained. Her children had the opportunity to contact her a few times during this process. She had told them that she was going to be taken to a camp after she was to be released from the hospital, after which she was detained on April 25 of this year. As far as her son knows, she was allowed to stay in the hospital for five days (unclear when exactly) because of her worsening health in the camp, but was sent back after the 5 days. At that point they [friends/relatives] lost track of her.
Kazakhstan Residence Permit no. 024172746
Victim's location
Unclear.
When victim was detained
Passport confiscated in August 2017. Taken to camp April 25, 2018.
Testimony 2: Passport confiscated on August 20, 2017, when she was coming back to China to organize a second wedding. She was arrested on April 25, 2018. Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear.
Victim's status
November 22, 2018: Turkey-based scholar Mehmet Volkan reports hearing from victim's friends/relatives that she has been released.
November 25, 2018: M. Volkan says that she hasn't actually been released.
December 2, 2018: M. Volkan confirms she has been released and is at home.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Presumably through friends/relatives.
Additional information
From Mehmet Volkan: "On November 15, I gave an interview in Turkish and mentioned their names. Then they [friends/relatives of detained] sent me their stories and I have translated into Turkish and told them I was going to contact international authorities. If you understand Kazakh, this is what they said: "I have sent this (the post) to my relatives and told them Volkan is going to internationalize the issue. After that we heard the happy news"."
Turkish blog mention: https://falancamesele.wordpress.com/2018/11/22/kazak-arkadasimin-toplama-kamplarina-alinan-akrabal ari-icin-yardim-cagrisi/
Victims among relatives
Zhenis Orazqan (738)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLeCwygJwxs photo with husband: https://shahit.biz/supp/739_2.jpg
Entry created: 2018-11-23 Last updated: 2018-11-23 Latest status update: 2018-12-10 813. Nazila Meulen (娜孜拉·毛吾兰)
Chinese ID: 654101198803133521 (Ghulja City)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+2+4: Qairat Meulen, born April 20, 1982, Kazakhstani citizen
Testimony 3: Omarali Sagymbek, born on November 26, 1962. His ID number is 038182841.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+4: Sister
Testimony 3: unclear
About the victim
Nazila Meulen (娜孜拉·毛吾兰), born on March 13, 1988. Chinese ID no. 654101198803133521. Lives in 15 Jieliangzi pasture (界梁子牧场), Yingye'er township (英也尔乡), Yining municipality, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture. On June 2017, she arrived in Kazakhstan to attend Expo 2017 Astana with her company.
Victim's location
She lives alone now in Yining since her father Meulen Shagenbek passed away on 25 December, 2016
When victim was detained
She was arrested at Khorgos customs on September 2017 on the way back to China.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear
Victim's status
She was released from re-education camp in Yining on September 2018. Testimony 3: released in October 2018.
Testimony 4: placed under house arrest following release.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
Qairat Meulen has asked the Chinese government to issue Nazila a passport in order to come to Kazakhstan, but so far to no avail.
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKU_N9Og9Go video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrG-AuATjns video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A10UYZVTh18 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2CfvOr26e0 Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/813_5.png
Entry created: 2018-11-25 Last updated: 2018-11-25 Latest status update: 2019-02-07 851. Murat Baiashbai
Chinese ID: 6542231970??????O? (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 48-49 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Jamila Mukhay, citizen of Kazakhstan, born in Shawan County, Tacheng Prefecture
Testimony 2-3: Parida Muqai, born on April 17, 1983.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: Brother-in-law
About the victim
Murat Bayashbay, born in 1970.
Lived in Jiacaozi village (夹槽子村), Xigebi town (西戈壁镇) Shawan county, Tacheng Prefecture.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: Arrested on February 2018
Testimony 2: arrested in 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unknown
Victim's status
Testimony 2: Released from camp in December 2018. Testimony 3: released in November 2018.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Serik Muqai (208), Qabai Muqai (212), Erzhan Qaqan (209), Qazhet Qyzyr (210), Aqytzhan Batyr (217), Qairolla Muqai (8075)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGFWR_eD1Nc Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TOBJgMGtPM Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGsBaUM28Q4
Entry created: 2018-11-25 Last updated: 2019-11-24 Latest status update: 2019-01-11 854. Memeteli Atawulla
Chinese ID: 65322119????????O? (Hotan County)
Basic info
Age: 18-35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: forced job placement When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4|5: Memettohti Atawulla, originally from Hotan, but living in Turkey since 2016. He recently completed a political-science master's program at the Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi. (brother)
About the victim
Memet'eli Atawulla is married and has two children.
Address: No. 1 Neighborhood, Urnush Village, Seghizkol Township, Hotan County, Hotan Prefecture.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Hotan.]
When victim was detained
Testimonies conflict with regard to the victim's initial detention, with one saying that he was detained in August 2017 and another July 2018. He was reportedly held at the Jiya concentration camp in Lop County during this time.
On one occasion, he was transferred to a hospital, with his mother, Beyshihan, being called to pay the hospital fee. Authorities initially prevented her from seeing her son in person, but a police officer would allow her to visit him for ten minutes later. The officer told her that she was "lucky" that her son was not in prison.
According to news received in April-May 2019, Memet'eli was released from the camp and sent to work at a factory in the village.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
For "political" reasons, according to his brother. Victim's status
Working at a factory. [He presumably still has some health problems.]
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
In May 2019, local police contacted Memet'eli's brother, Memettohti, via WeChat and allowed him to speak with some of his non-detained relatives. During these conversations, Memettohti was able to learn of his brother's status. (The local police also warned Memettohti to "not make noise" if he wanted to stay in contact with his family.)
Additional information
The testifier's piece published by the Uyghur Human Rights Project: http://chineseblog.uhrp.org/?p=437
The testifier's piece published by Uyghur Times: https://uighurtimes.com/index.php/china-stillnoinfo-campaign-is-not-a-rumor-i-am-just-a-student-where- is-my-mother/
Victims among relatives
Rozimemet Atawulla (853), Beyshihan Hoshur (856), Memettursun Islam (855), Memetabla Salamet (10992)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tui2R58dD38 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR4ZkNFTu1c Testimony 2: https://twitter.com/Uyghur_0903/status/1094972277811277824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Entry created: 2018-11-25 Last updated: 2020-11-21 Latest status update: 2020-01-07 917. Gazezhan Shaqan
Chinese ID: 654224195804170072 (Toli)
Basic info
Age: 60 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Gaini Shaqan moved to Kazakhstan in 2006 and a Kazakhstan citizen now.
Victim's relation to testifier brother
About the victim
Gazezhan Shaqan, a father of three, is a Chinese citizen. He was born on April 17, 1958. His Chinese ID number is 654224195804170072. He holds Kazakhstan Permanent resident car, the card number is 043046442. He was summoned by the local authorities in China to sign a document in January 2017, but he had his documents confiscated on his arrival.
Address: Tuoli County, Tarbagatai Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
February 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Previously in camp [Testimony 1], but allegedly released on November 23, 2018 [Testimony 2] How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-9OXmfJWWw : https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/100012011741023/videos /503121503431570/&show_text=1&width=450
Entry created: 2018-11-29 Last updated: 2021-01-26 Latest status update: 2018-11-28 918. Ashen Qurmanseit
Chinese ID: 654224195103120064 (Toli)
Basic info
Age: 67 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Gaini Shaqan moved to Kazakhstan in 2006 and a Kazakhstan citizen now.
Victim's relation to testifier sister-in-law
About the victim
Ashen Qurmanseit, born on March 12, 1951, was summoned by the local Chinese authorities in 2017, yet she had her passport seized on her arrival. Her Chinese ID umber is 654224195103120064.
Address: Tuoli County, Tarbagatai Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
February 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Previously in camp [Testimony 1], but allegedly released on November 23, 2018 [Testimony 2]
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-9OXmfJWWw : https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/100012011741023/videos /503121503431570/&show_text=1&width=450
Entry created: 2018-11-29 Last updated: 2021-01-26 Latest status update: 2018-11-25 960. Shalqar Zhenishan (恰勒哈尔·金恩斯汗)
Chinese ID: 654324199703261518 (Kaba)
Basic info
Age: 21 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: --- When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+2+4+5: Gulbaqyt Zhen’ishan, born on March 20, 1999, citizen of Kazakhstan.
Testimony 3: Beisen Temirhan.
Testimony 4: Nurbaqyt Kelgenbaiqyzy, born on December 30, 1982, citizen of Kazakhstan.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+5: brother
Testimony 3: unclear
Testimony 4: cousin
About the victim
Shalqar Zhenishanuly (恰勒哈尔*金恩斯汗) came to Kazakhstan in 2014 and he went back to China in November 2017 for a gall-stone operation. Both his parents passed away when he was young. While he was in a hospital he used WhatsApp messenger to contact his uncle in Kazakhstan, this was the reason for his detention.
Address: Baisholaq village (拜乔拉克村) 20, Qiba’er township (齐巴尔乡), Habahe county
Chinese passport: E28613956. Kazakhstan registration no. 210720180751.
Victim's location
Habahe County, Aletai Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
Testimony 4: His documents and phone were confiscated on December 2017 in the hospital. After the operation, he went back to his brother’s house in Baisholaq, where he was arrested in February 2018.
Testimony 5: Went to China on November 22, 2017. On January 2018, he had gallbladder and pancreatitis operations. Was sent to a concentration camp a week after his operation.
Likely (or given) reason for detention using WhatsApp
Victim's status
M. Volkan on January 15, 2019: Released on December 25, 2018. Recently contacted his family via WeChat to tell them not to petition for him. They heard from someone that he might have been sent to a factory.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
His Kazakhstan citizenship appeal had been accepted in November 2017.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcnvKzQfNJY Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCL06qdEjV0 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TxaywZ7a7M Testimony 1: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/100012011741023/videos /508854026191651/&show_text=1&width=300 Testimony 2: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php%3Fstory_fb id%3D511306922613028%26id%3D100012011741023&width=300 Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/960_6.png
Entry created: 2018-12-02 Last updated: 2018-12-02 Latest status update: 2019-02-12 991. Malik Masmakun
Chinese ID: 65302319????????O? (Akchi)
Basic info
Age: 55+ Gender: M Ethnicity: Kyrgyz Likely current location: Kizilsu Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1|2|3: Jusup Malik, an ethnic Kyrgyz from China and now citizen of Kyrgyzstan. (son)
Testimony 4: Bubuazhar Orozobai, originally from Akchi Township in Kizilsu Prefecture, but now a citizen of Kyrgyzstan. (daughter-in-law)
Testimony 5*|6*: Jusup Malik, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (son)
About the victim
Malik Masmakun, born sometime in 1946-1950, is a farmer and an imam from Kizilsu's Aqchi County.
Address: Pichan Village, Akchi Municipality, Akchi County, Kizilsu.
Victim's location
At his home in Aqchi.
When victim was detained
According to Jusup in a video testimony, he was taken to camp in September 2018. However, Bubuazhar says that he was released at the end of 2018 after spending a year in camp, making it likely that Jusup misspoke, with the detention actually having taken place in September 2017.
On December 18, 2018, Jusup received a message from Bubuazhar saying that his father had allegedly just come home.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status Now under house arrest. His relatives are worried about his health as he is elderly and has had health issues in the past.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Jusup had originally learned about his father's detention from his sister-in-law, over WeChat (before she was also detained).
Additional information
Mentioned in Foreign Policy: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/18/detainees-are-trickling-out-of-xinjiangs-camps/
His case has been mentioned in a Radio Azattyq article: https://rus.azattyk.org/a/защитите-нас-китайские-кыргызы-обратились-к-властям-кыргызстана-/2962 9611.html
This victim is also included in the list provided by the Committee in Support of the Chinese Kyrgyz: http://shahit.biz/supp/list_001.pdf
Victims among relatives
Nurmambet Osmon (984), Sulaiman Orozobai (995), Oruunqan Osmon (3863), Gulshaiyr Sultan (992), Amantur Malik (901), Aidarbek Osmon (997), Orozobai Mamaizhuma (3864), Almambet Kadyrkul (998)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_XRt_feBTY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwU_gTJUSlo Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b0Ri46SrTQ Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXrT3IfvL7A
Entry created: 2018-12-04 Last updated: 2020-08-02 Latest status update: 2019-06-16 992. Gulshaiyr Sultan
Chinese ID: 65302319910918??E? (Akchi)
Basic info
Age: 27 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kyrgyz Likely current location: Kizilsu Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Most of the testimonies are delivered by Jusup Malik uulu, a Chinese Kyrgyz who originally came to Kyrgyzstan in 2013 as a student. He is now a Kyrgyz citizen. One testimony is delivered by his wife, Bubuazhar Orozobai.
Victim's relation to testifier
The victim is Jusup's sister-in-law, the wife of his brother Amantur (901). For Bubuazhar, she is the wife of her brother-in-law.
About the victim
Gulshaiyr Sultan kyzy is from Kizilsu's Aqchi County. She is married to victim Amantur Malik uulu (901).
Victim's location
At her home in Aqchi, presumably.
When victim was detained
Jusup reports that she was detained in September 2018, but this is likely an error, seeing as this is rather late and given the information in other testimonies. It is more likely that she was detained in September 2017.
At some point in late 2018 or early 2019, she was released from camp and (presumably) transferred to house arrest.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
According to Jusup, for wearing a hijab.
Victim's status From the sound of it, under some sort of house arrest, but this has not been explicitly confirmed with the testifier.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
It isn't clear. The victim was the one who told Jusup of his brother's and father's arrests, but it is not clear who told him about her own.
Additional information
Her case has been mentioned in a Radio Azattyq article (https://rus.azattyk.org/a/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5-%D0%B D%D0%B0%D1%81-%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D 0%BA%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%8B-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82 %D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8C-%D0%BA-%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1 %8F%D0%BC-%D0%BA%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD %D0%B0-/29629611.html):
"Присутствовавший на встрече Жусуп Малик уулу принес фотографии своих родственников, рассказал, что уже больше года не может связаться с ними. По его словам, в одном из лагерей Китая находятся его отец Малик, брат Амантур и супруга брата. Изначально задержаны были отец и брат Жусупа, но потом забрали и его невестку:
- Мой отец сейчас там. Сам он родился в Китае, сейчас ему 72 года. В лагере также находятся мой родной брат Амантур, 1988 года рождения, и его жена, 1991 года рождения. В последний раз я связывался с ней через WeChat. Она рассказала, что их забрали в лагерь, но по какой причине это случилось и когда они выйдут, мы не знаем, не можем с ними связаться.
Мои родственники - простые, рядовые граждане. Отец занимался сельским хозяйством, а брат работал водителем, его супруга была домохозяйкой. Я читал в Интернете, что сначала задерживали тех, кто выезжал за пределы страны, имеет отношение к религии. Мы всегда придерживались мусульманства, наши аксакалы читают намаз. Но ни к чему другому мы отношения не имеем.
Жусуп в 2013 году приехал в Бишкек получать высшее образование, в 2016 году он решил остаться на исторической родине и получил гражданство КР. Он говорит, что пока жил в деревеньке Пычанкент близ села Ак-Чий в Кызыл-Суйском автономном районе КНР, то на кыргызов не оказывалось никакого давления и ни о каких лагерях политического перевоспитания он не слышал. Теперь же, по его словам, под стражу заключаются родственники большинства тех, кто приехал в Кыргызстан и получил здесь гражданство:
- Почти у всех кыргызов, приехавших сюда, родственники находятся в заключении. Много здесь и тех, кто боится говорить об этом. Боятся, что если скажут об отце, который содержится в лагере, то заберут мать, оставшуюся на свободе. Я почти полтора года молчал. Надеялся, что моих близких отпустят. Хотя родители сразу открыто заявили бы, если задержали бы, например, меня… Но в итоге сердце не выдержало, соскучился по папе, тоска замучила… Хоть и уехал, чтобы быть на исторической родине, но родители есть родители...
Жусуп говорит, что не может найти себе места, когда думает о том, каково сейчас его отцу и родственникам, находящимся в заключении, а также его престарелой маме, которая осталась в одиночестве. Поэтому он привел на встречу в Бишкеке своих соотечественников, которые оказались в такой же ситуации, чтобы рассказать об этой проблеме."
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This victim is also included in the list provided by the Committee in Support of the Chinese Kyrgyz: http://shahit.biz/supp/list_001.pdf
Victims among relatives
Nurmambet Osmon (984), Sulaiman Orozobai (995), Oruunqan Osmon (3863), Malik Masmakun (991), Amantur Malik (901), Aidarbek Osmon (997), Orozobai Mamaizhuma (3864), Almambet Kadyrkul (998)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_XRt_feBTY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwU_gTJUSlo Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b0Ri46SrTQ Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXrT3IfvL7A
Entry created: 2018-12-04 Last updated: 2019-07-04 Latest status update: 2019-06-16 999. Sanat Aryngazy (赛乃提·阿勒恩阿孜)
Chinese ID: 652723198005171610 (Arishang)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Bortala Status: other When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: critical Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+2+4: Orazbek Alimbek, born on July 24, 1983, has obtained Kazakhstan citizenship. His PIN is 830724000258.
Testimony 5-6: Zha’nibek A’limbek, born on February 2, 1986 in China, now a citizen of Kazakhstan.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+4+5+6: cousin
About the victim
Sanat Aryngazy (赛乃提*阿勒恩阿孜) is a herdsman. Medical examinations show that his health condition after his detention deteriorated and now he is almost dead as he was bitten and tortured in the camp. He is suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage.
Address: 4th village, Kundelun pasture (昆得仑牧场), Arasan (Wenquan) County, Boertala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Chinese passport: EQ6460669.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Bortala.]
When victim was detained
May 1, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear Victim's status
Testimony 5: Released from re-education camp on January 5, 2019. Health condition – poor, he can’t remember basic facts. Currently at hospital.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
The victim's relatives are prohibited from leaving China.
It is possible that he is the "Sanat Arun Hajj" mentioned in the CECC report: https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20181011 _1424.pdf
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHIyOzY7LcY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NKA4mpS1vU video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hmz5UI6YgY Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct35-q-SMos video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqGAHEBb5b0
Entry created: 2018-12-04 Last updated: 2020-11-09 Latest status update: 2019-02-08 1074. Amangazy Suleimen (阿曼哈孜·苏来曼)
Chinese ID: 654226196402191011 (Kobuksar)
Basic info
Age: 55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Qauria Amangazyqyzy is a Chinese-born Kazakh and now lives in East Kazakhstan.
Testimony 3: Medal Rysqan
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: father
Testimony 3: uncle
About the victim
Amangazy Suleimenuly went to China on March 10, 2018, as he was summoned by the local authorities in China.
DOB: February 19, 1964. Chinese ID: 654226196402191011.
Victim's location
Qobyqsary County, Tarbagatai Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained presumably in March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status Testimony 2: Released from the camp on January 6, 2019.
Testimony 3: released to house arrest on November 25, 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFtaKqyGXSs video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDDd3SQMrpo video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-FIO5Aw6RQ Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1074_4.png
Entry created: 2018-12-07 Last updated: 2018-12-07 Latest status update: 2019-03-03 1106. Oraz Daulet (奥拉孜·代吾来提)
Chinese ID: 652723197909222818 (Arishang)
Basic info
Age: 39 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Bortala Status: forced job placement When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Orazbek Alimbek, born on July 24, 1983, is a Kazakhstan citizen. His PIN is 830724000258.
Testimony 2: Dauletqyzy
Testimony 3-5: Zhan’ylhan Da’ulet, born on February 3, 1977, citizen of Kazakhstan.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: relative
Testimony 2: unclear
Testimony 3-5: brother
About the victim
Oraz Dauletuly (奥拉孜*代吾来提).
Address: Bure West Road 46, Bure village (布热村) Zalymty township (扎勒木特乡), Wenquan county, Bortala Mongol autonomous prefecture [Testimony 5 gives the village as "First Village"]
DOB: September 22, 1979.
Victim's location
In Wenquan County, presumably.
When victim was detained
Went to see his daughter, who studies in Kazakhstan, but was detained at Alashankou border crossing in October 2017. Taken to a camp on October 23, 2017.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 4: attempting to visit Kazakhstan.
Victim's status
Testimony 2: Released on December 24, 2018.
Testimony 3: He seems to be sick.
Testimony 4: Released on December 24, 2018 and forcefully employed as a guard.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 3: Saw him/ talked to him on Wechat after his release.
Additional information
Testimony 3: At midnight on December 24, 2018, Chinese officials called Zhan’ylhan saying her brother had been released and required her to send her Kazakhstan’s ID card copy. She obliged. This happened on the same day she went to the Atajurt office.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NKA4mpS1vU Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHS5DJGO0tk Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-GrqkoxUNw Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0a2dfCNu-U Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hDSCkZyNKs
Entry created: 2018-12-07 Last updated: 2018-12-07 Latest status update: 2019-02-08 1121. Gulqyz Turganbai (古丽克孜·吐尔哈依)
Chinese ID: 652722198009050027 (Jing)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Bortala Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-5: Dilmurat Aitbai, born on December 5,1974, is a Kazakhstan citizen. His Kazakh ID number is 042443119.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-5: spouse
About the victim
Gulqyz Turganbai, born on September 5, 1980, and a mother of two, went to China on November 23, 2017, to visit her sick mother. She had applied for Kazakhstan citizenship before going to China and her documents are ready to obtain according to her husband. Her Chinese ID number is 652722198009050027.
Victim's location
Jinghe County, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
March 20, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 5: released from the camp on December 26, 2018.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
The victim's children, Dilnar Dilmurat (daughter) and Ershat Dilmurat (son), are struggling without their mother.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX26Ucswark Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9knhev5Aoc Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfGIgMGybSQ Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65UkvVjNxwU Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt_XG5gQbDE Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1121_6.png
Entry created: 2018-12-08 Last updated: 2018-12-08 Latest status update: 2019-01-12 1152. Qadyrbek Tampek (卡德尔白克·坦别克)
Chinese ID: 65422219690625501X (Wusu)
Basic info
Age: 51 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|5|6: Maulide Abdirahman, born in 1975, is now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (wife)
Testimony 4: Zhaqsybek Beisen, born in 1980, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (nephew)
Testimony 7: Qadyrbek Tampek, as reported by Buzzfeed News. (the victim)
About the victim
Ka’dirbek Ta’mpek (卡德尔白克*坦别克) is a livestock farmer from the Tacheng region.
Lives at No.16, First Husbandry Unit, Sarkat pasture (赛力克提牧场), Wusu municipality, Tacheng prefecture.
DOB: June 25, 1969. Chinese ID: 65422219690625501x. Chinese passport: E30545389. Kazakhstan Residence Permit IIN: 690625000447.
Victim's location
Testimony 7: in Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
Testimony 6: Documents confiscated by Chinese officials on his way back from Kazakhstan in August 2017. Then, he was sent to re-education camp on December 20, 2017, released on November 20, 2018 and employed forcefully as a security guard in Wusu.
Testimony 7: able to return to Kazakhstan eventually [presumably sometime in 2019].
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 7: During his initial interrogation before being taken to the concentration camp, the victim was given a full medical checkup (including blood and urine samples) and was asked whether or not he was a practicing Muslim, and whether or not he prayed. The victim responded that he "had faith" but "doesn't pray". Police officers later confiscated the victim's phone [presumably before sending him to the concentration camp].
Victim's status
Previously in detention. The testifier heard that her husband was released on November 20, 2018, although he never contacted her.
Testimony 3: Kadyrbek is allegedly in some sort of forced labor.
Testimony 4+6: Released on November 20, 2018 and is in forced labour now.
Testimony 7: back in Kazakhstan.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 7: this is an eyewitness account.
Additional information
With Meulinde, he has two children: daughter Guldana Kadyrbek (born in 2004) , son Eren Kadyrbek (born in 2010) His name is on a government subsidy list, which has him owning 12616 mu of land, for which he received a government development subsidy of 20,000 yuan: https://archive.vn/v3oK0
Buzzfeed coverage (Testimony 7): https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alison_killing/china-ex-prisoners-horrors-xinjiang-camps-uighurs
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXfTsE4GUkk Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcmPzByt-TM Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe-Pv3-p-9Q Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCuh_PNqyA Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlgTS6mO3QQ Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMr_ghsFekI Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1152_7.png
Entry created: 2018-12-09 Last updated: 2020-09-15 Latest status update: 2020-08-27 1159. Qusan Birikbai
Chinese ID: 6523281963??????O? (Mori)
Basic info
Age: 54-55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Changji Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Zhumabek Ulyqpan, born on December 15, 1976, has obtained Kazakhstan citizenship. His Kazakh ID number is 042503443.
Victim's relation to testifier uncle
About the victim
Qusan Birikbai, born in 1963, is a Chinese citizen.
Address: Muli Kazakh Autonomous County, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[Presumably in Changji.]
When victim was detained probably March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
He was released from the camp after several months and now is under town arrest. He has to wear a special GPS wrist band.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwcQrfFEd5o
Entry created: 2018-12-09 Last updated: 2021-01-27 Latest status update: 2018-11-26 1183. Kulzia Asen (库力孜亚·艾山)
Chinese ID: 652623196207130724 (Koktokay)
Basic info
Age: 56 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Aiqynben Bodan, born on August 11, 1983, is a Kazakhstan citizen now. His Kazakhstan ID number is 041636129.
Testimony 2: Minalghazy Zholban, born on May 20, 1987.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: mother
Testimony 2: sister-in-law
About the victim
Kulzia Asen, born on July 13, is a Chinese citizen. Her passport number is G30841637; Her Kazakhstan green card number is 036816548. She went to China on February 23, 2018, to get a third generation ID card.
Victim's location
Koktogay (可可托海镇), Fuyun county, Altay prefecture, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: April 1, 2018
Testimony 2: February 2, 2018 (contradicts Testimony 1)
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear Victim's status
Testimony 2: released from camp on December 22, 2018.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
Her other family members are all Kazakhstan citizens.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BXbdy_XPJ8 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujl5sk2Q2EU Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1183_3.png
Entry created: 2018-12-10 Last updated: 2018-12-10 Latest status update: 2018-12-11 1192. Siat Nurystan
Chinese ID: 6540251963??????O? (Kunes)
Basic info
Age: 55-56 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+2+3+5+6: Baqytzhan Nurdaulet, born on March 30, 1966, moved to Kazakhstan in 2004 and now is a Kazakhstan citizen. His Kazakhstan ID number is 032610095.
Testimony 4+7: Aqzholtai Baqytzhanuly, born on December 26, 1987, is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+3+5+6: cousin
Testimony 4+7: relative
About the victim
Siat Nurystanuly, born in 1963, is a Chinese citizen.
Address: XInyuan County, Yili Kazakh AUtonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
Testimony 4: put into a camp on July 25, 2018 in Xinyuan county and was sentenced to 20 years.
Testimony 5: July 2018
Testimony 6: 2017
Testimony 7: July 2017 Likely (or given) reason for detention visiting Kazakhstan several times
Victim's status previously reported as in prison serving a 20-year sentence
Testimony 4: put into a camp on July 25, 2018 in Xinyuan county and was sentenced to 20 years. Howerver, he was released on January 1, 2019 and now is under house arrest.
Testimony 5: released in December 2018, now is under house arrest
Testimony 7: Released to house arrest on January 1, 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-LgrB7iCn0 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HueWMl9XGpo Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ZGyM-lMSk Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLdqKGwkJVY Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jctgbWZaslA Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX6UkDN13oI Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLGgDW12ZyI
Entry created: 2018-12-10 Last updated: 2021-01-28 Latest status update: 2019-01-13 1209. Aitam Syrai
Chinese ID: 65402119????????O? (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Baqytzhan Nurdaulet was born on March 30, 1966, moved to Kazakhstan in 2004, and is now a Kazakhstan citizen. His Kazakhstan ID number is 032610095.
Testimony 2: Qualbek Ashim.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: The victim is from the same village as the testifier.
Testimony 2: Unclear.
About the victim
Aitam Syraiuly.
Address: Yining County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
Not stated.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status Testimony 2: The victim has been released (from camp, presumably), but it is unclear what he is doing now.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not stated.
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-LgrB7iCn0 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElaqiXcDekE
Entry created: 2018-12-10 Last updated: 2018-12-10 Latest status update: 2019-02-03 1215. Dilmurat Muqash
Chinese ID: 654021??????????O? (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: religion
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Baqytzhan Nurdaulet, born in 1966, has been a Kazakhstan citizen since 2004. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Shakir Akimqan, born in 1981, came to Kazakhstan in 2004 and is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (relation unclear)
Testimony 3: Qualbek Ashim, a resident of Kazakhstan. (relation unclear)
About the victim
Dilmurat Muqash, an imam.
Address: Fourth group (4组), Aule township (阿乌利亚乡/阿吾利亚乡)
Victim's location
Yining County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained not stated
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 3: released (from camp, presumably) to house arrest in early 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-LgrB7iCn0 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX_9rJXHsXo Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElaqiXcDekE
Entry created: 2018-12-10 Last updated: 2018-12-10 Latest status update: 2019-02-03 1216. Abdiqaim Pazyl
Chinese ID: 654021??????????O? (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: religion
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Baqytzhan Nurdaulet, born in 1966, has been a Kazakhstan citizen since 2004. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Shakir Akimqan, born in 1981, came to Kazakhstan in 2004 and is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (relation unclear)
Testimony 3: Qualbek Ashim, a resident of Kazakhstan. (relation unclear)
About the victim
Abdiqaim Pazyl, an imam.
Address: Fourth group (4组), Aule township (阿乌利亚乡/阿吾利亚乡)
Victim's location
Yining County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained not stated
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 3: released (from camp, presumably) to house arrest in early 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-LgrB7iCn0 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX_9rJXHsXo Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElaqiXcDekE
Entry created: 2018-12-10 Last updated: 2018-12-10 Latest status update: 2019-02-03 1217. Dilshat Zhaqsybai
Chinese ID: 654021??????????O? (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: religion
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Baqytzhan Nurdaulet, born in 1966, has been a Kazakhstan citizen since 2004. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Shakir Akimqan, born in 1981, came to Kazakhstan in 2004 and is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (relation unclear)
Testimony 3: Qualbek Ashim, a resident of Kazakhstan. (relation unclear)
About the victim
Dilshat Zhaqsybai, an imam.
Address: Fourth group (4组), Aule township (阿乌利亚乡/阿吾利亚乡)
Victim's location
Yining County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained not stated
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 3: released (from camp, presumably) to house arrest in early 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-LgrB7iCn0 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX_9rJXHsXo Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElaqiXcDekE
Entry created: 2018-12-10 Last updated: 2018-12-10 Latest status update: 2019-02-03 1220. Baqtiar Nurbai
Chinese ID: 65402119????????O? (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Baqytzhan Nurdaulet, born on March 30, 1966, moved to Kazakhstan in 2004 and now is a Kazakhstan citizen. His Kazakhstan ID number is 032610095.
Testimony 3: Qualbek Ashim
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: fellow-villager
Testimony 3: unclear
About the victim
Baqtiar Nurbai
Address: Yining County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained not stated
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status Testimony 3: released (from camp, presumably)
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-LgrB7iCn0 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX6UkDN13oI video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElaqiXcDekE
Entry created: 2018-12-10 Last updated: 2021-01-28 Latest status update: 2019-02-03 1225. Aitugan Turlan (艾托安·托尔兰)
Chinese ID: 654126197510251914 (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 45 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (hard) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: government
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Kulan Turlan, born in 1977, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (sister)
Testimony 2|3|4|8|9: Aitalim Beisenbai, born in 1980, now resides in Kazakhstan. (cousin)
Testimony 5|6|10|11|12: Aqan Turlan, born in 1980, now resides in Kazakhstan. (brother)
Testimony 7: Sakem Bolpan, born in 1962, is now a resident of Kazakhstan. (uncle)
Testimony 13: Ershat Asanqadyr, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (from same town/region)
Testimony 14: Aitalim Beisenbai, as reported by National Public Radio. (cousin)
About the victim
Aitugan Turlan is a Chinese citizen from the 76th production corps in Mongolkure County. He worked in the Qarasu village government office and was responsible for the village's religious affairs from 2011 to March 2018. He's a graduate of Tarim University, and had worked for the government for a total of 18 years.
Residential address: 32 Liberation Road, Tasarna Village, Qarasu Township, Mongolkure County, Xinjiang (新疆昭苏县喀拉苏乡塔什尔那解放路32号).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
He was detained by police on March 5, 2018 at around 1 (not clear if afternoon or night), in front of his wife and child.
On October 10, 2018, he was transferred to another camp, where - according to what the testifier's heard - he's been [forced to work as] an instructor/teacher.
There are some reports that he may have been sentenced since.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
The testifiers have heard of a number of accusations against him, all of which essentially relate to his work in the religious affairs office.
According to one accusation, he had allocated more land than was required for the construction of a local mosque, adding 20 square meters above the quota. According to another accusation, he was guilty of having appointed an imam who would, at one point, officiate the marriage of a 16-year-old girl at a mosque.
Victim's status
He appears to still be in detention, though it's not clear what type exactly, as there have been some reports of him being sentenced to 2-3 years.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not stated, though it is mentioned that Aitugan's father frequently relays messages through others, telling the testifiers to stop appealing.
Additional information
Mentioned in National Public Radio report: https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/764153179/china-has-begun-moving-xinjiang-muslim-detainees-to-form al-prisons-relatives-say
Mentioned in Voices on Central Asia: https://voicesoncentralasia.org/between-hope-and-fear-stories-of-uyghur-and-kazakh-muslim-minorities-i n-the-xinjiang-province/
The phone number of the village administration office where the victim used to work: 869996238003.
On January 24, 2019, at 4:02 in the afternoon, Aitalim got a phone call from the Chinese consulate in Almaty, with the caller introducing himself as Erbolat and asking if Aitalim had appealed for his relatives. Aitalim was invited to come to the consulate, but refused, saying that they could answer his request through the Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5V6tQxNoRI Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKZWnJq2q1I Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ld5WNBTVok Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rh2bAC762I Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnkRDptGvSE Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COUFL9zUFDE Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdWA_cmZOMA Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjo3smtNal4 Testimony 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tnUuCynmRw Testimony 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSc0gkVfqyE Testimony 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIRMNwamGOE Testimony 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAcqlyPHhQ4 Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1225_11.png relatives with victim's photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/1225_14.jpg
Entry created: 2018-12-11 Last updated: 2020-02-10 Latest status update: 2021-02-27 1227. Zhumadil Toqtasyn
Chinese ID: 65402119781005??O? (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 40 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-4: Kinazhan Toqtasyn, born on September 20, 1957, moved to Kazakhstan with her two children in 2013 and now is a Kazakhstan citizen. Her Kazakhstan ID number is 043211519.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-4: son
About the victim
Zhumadil Toqtasyn (主玛地力) is a Chinese citizen. Visited Kazakhstan in May 2014 with his wife and three sons and stayed for a year. Went back to China on March 18, 2015.
Address: 2nd Batallion (二大队), Sholakai township (曲鲁海乡), Yining county.
DOB: October 5, 1978 (earlier), November 16, 1978 (Testimony 3).
Victim's location
Yining County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: in 2017 he was arrested for 15 days and released, yet he was rearrested in 2018
Testimony 3: Arrested in October 2017. Released after 15 days and put under house arrest. Then arrested again in February 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 3: Visiting Kazakhstan Victim's status
Previously in a re-education camp. He was released from camp at the beginning of December 2018, but is now under house arrest.
Testimony 4: clarifies that he was released "two months ago" (as of December 2018), so in early October, approximately. Testifier adds that she can't contact him as he seems to be under strict surveillance.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 3: Unclear, but Kina’zqan received news only in September 2018, since her daughter in China has cut off all contacts with her in fear of arrest.
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra1DTSGfdAg Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTaKdE1An7A Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCCL-pVFDa8 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nerYTKCnfw4
Entry created: 2018-12-11 Last updated: 2018-12-11 Latest status update: 2018-12-08 1228. Gulnar Imanbek (古丽娜尔·伊曼别克)
Chinese ID: 654323198308280021 (Burultokay)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: documents withheld When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3: Gaziz Orynhan, born in 1980, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (husband)
About the victim
Gulnar Imanbek, born on August 28, 1983, is a Chinese citizen. Her Chinese ID number is 654323198308280021. Her passport number is G32384790; Her Kazakhstan green card number is 024173259.
Address: Fuhai county, Altai region ,Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
In Fuhai.
When victim was detained
She had been working in Shule county in Kashi, Xinjiang since March 2017 as the local authorities recuired her to work there for a year. However, on March 25, 2018 the police from Fukang county went to Kashi and took her directly to the re-education camp in Fuhai. The reason is that her husband is a foreigner and they found some content on her phone, though they couldn't prove it what it is.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Two reasons are suspected:
1) getting married to a foreign citizen, 2) using a phone bought in Kazakhstan.
Victim's status
She was released on December 23, 2018 and now is in her mother's home as she wasn't able to get her passport. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2zPupu-PyM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl8wv-EOPE0 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4R_so-Am8I Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1228_4.png Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/1228_5.png judgments enforcement record: https://shahit.biz/supp/1228_6.png
Entry created: 2018-12-11 Last updated: 2020-04-12 Latest status update: 2018-12-30 1231. Silambek Sultan
Chinese ID: 65432519820415033? (Chinggil)
Basic info
Age: 36 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Asygatbek Ulanbek, born on December 4, 1989, is a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: brother-in-law
About the victim
Silambek Sultan, born on April 15, 1982, is a Chinese citizen. His Chinese ID number is 65432519820415033 [incomplete/incorrect].
Victim's location
Qinghe County, Aletai Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
April 11, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention fasting and praying
Victim's status
Testimony 2: released from the prison on December 27, 2018. He used the word "prison", not "education camp". However he said "political concentration camp" in his previous video.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wYjuBo2eZ0 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBvZ45RQk90
Entry created: 2018-12-11 Last updated: 2018-12-11 Latest status update: 2018-12-27 1232. Saira Qaden (沙依拉·哈旦)
Chinese ID: 652623195809240723 (Koktokay)
Basic info
Age: 60 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+3: Gulnar Valihan, born on July 31, 1985, has acquired Kazakhstan citizenship. Her Kazakhstan ID number is 030447149.
Testimony 2: Ua’liza Ua’lihan, born on December 27, 1989, citizen of Kazakhstan
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: mother
About the victim
Saira Qaden (沙依拉*哈旦) is a Chinese citizen. Her Kazakhstan Permanent Resident card number is 026686930. She has been suffering from heart disease and high blood pressure.
Chinese passport no. G51431042. She immigrated to Kazakhstan back in 2003. She went to China in February 2018 because the officials called her back.
Address: Jianshe Road (建设路) 400, Kok Togai town (可可托海镇), Fuyun county
Victim's location
In Altay, presumably.
When victim was detained
April 1, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear Victim's status
Testimony 3: was released from camp to house arrest on December 23, 2018, but has yet to get her passport back.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGHPNzhMdcA Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTtXuPObG3g Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGD0WiKO_U Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1232_4.png
Entry created: 2018-12-11 Last updated: 2018-12-11 Latest status update: 2019-01-12 1233. Nuria Abilqasym (努丽娅·阿布勒卡生)
Chinese ID: 654128196803290026 (Nilka)
Basic info
Age: 50 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: other When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-7: Rufia Abilqasym, born on September 27, 1987, is a Kazakhstan citizen. Her Kazakhstan ID number is 038914073.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-7: aunt
About the victim
Nuria Abilqasym is a Chinese citizen, a graduate of Xinjiang University. She's retired.
Address: Wenhua Road 7-1, Nileke town (尼勒克镇), Nileke county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture.
She has a Kazakhstan residence permit. Tax no: 680329499084.
Victim's location
Nileke County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
Testimony 2: Detained on October 27, 2017.
Testimony 4: October 23, 2017.
Testimony 5: October 3, 2017 (October 21 according to translator)
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 3: having Instagram and WhatsApp on her phone Victim's status
Released from camp on October 3, 2018. Now under house arrest.
Had freedom to connect with relatives in Kazakhstan for a few days, but then she told relatives she has to go to a hospital and contact has been lost. Her documents are still confiscated. A health check in a Chinese hospital diagnosed cervical spondylosis and bronchitis.
Testimony 6: she has to attend day-time Chinese languages classes after being released from the camp.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
Testimony 3: she was forced to give up her Kazakhstan residence permit.
Testimony 4: On New Year’s Eve, Nuriya called Rufiya and told her Chinese police will soon call Rufiya. Her aunt said that when they do, Rufiya has to apologize to the police for publishing petitions and giving interviews to foreign media. Rufiya refused to do so.
Victims among relatives
Omirali Abilqasym (1234)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ENiZR4XJGM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSsCECc7uXE Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB4_kc_hMpY Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoOnLeHkN0s Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t96-L7smqTY Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ4_F0DBSkM Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMPhZT_1oP0 Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1233_8.png
Entry created: 2018-12-11 Last updated: 2019-06-05 Latest status update: 2019-01-21 1234. Omirali Abilqasym (吾玛艾力·阿不勒卡生)
Chinese ID: 652428196102270019 (Nilka)
Basic info
Age: 57 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: July 2018 - Sep. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-5: Rufia Abilqasym, born on September 27, 1987, is a Kazakhstan citizen. Her Kazakhstan ID number is 038914073.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-5: father
About the victim
Abilqasym Omirali is a Chinese citizen.
Address: Wenhua Road 7-1, Nileke town (尼勒克镇), Nileke county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture.
Victim's location
Nileke County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
He was sent to a re-education camp on July 21, 2018 and was released to house arrest on November 26, 2018 (Testimony 5: November 28). He is now working as a security guard (unclear if coerced).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 2: praying in an Islamic way
Victim's status under house arrest / working as security guard
Testimony 5: he has health issues. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Rufiya hasn’t heard from her father for 3 years already, and receives all news from her aunt, who is under house arrest.
Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Nuria Abilqasym (1233)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ENiZR4XJGM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSsCECc7uXE Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB4_kc_hMpY Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoOnLeHkN0s Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t96-L7smqTY Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1234_6.png
Entry created: 2018-12-11 Last updated: 2019-05-22 Latest status update: 2019-01-21 1235. Nurolla Rahmetolla
Chinese ID: 6542211992??????O? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 25-26 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Qainar Rahmetolla, born in 1996, is a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier brother
About the victim
Nurolla Rahmetolla, born in 1992, is a Chinese citizen.
Victim's location
Emin County, Tacheng Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
He was detained in March 2018 and released on November 25, 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status at home
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information ---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Ylg6xlxEk
Entry created: 2018-12-11 Last updated: 2018-12-11 Latest status update: 2018-11-27 1246. Qabidolla Qaliakbar (哈比都拉·哈力亚特巴尔)
Chinese ID: 65420119620820??O? (Chochek)
Basic info
Age: 56 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: documents withheld When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: religion
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Munira Alihan, born in 1985, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (acquaintance)
Testimony 2: Qalima Dauit, born in 2011, is now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (granddaughter)
Testimony 3|4|5: Barbolsyn Aitzhan, born in 1952, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (relation unclear)
About the victim
Qaliakbar Qabidolla is a muezzin. He owns a house in Kazakhstan.
DOB: August 20, 1962. Chinese passport: E39900301. Kazakhstan green card: 041805248. Kazakhstan PIN: 620820000236.
Victim's location
Tacheng city, Tacheng Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: presumably in January 2018
Testimony 2: December 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear, may be because he was an Imam.
Victim's status
Testimony 4: released (from camp) on January 24, 2019
Testimony 5: released, but not allowed to return to Kazakhstan. He also has health issues. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Barshagul Toqan (2235)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Seo3MUfd6gY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVgVYlHNz_Y Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv8WF4svv8E Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Qw72bdOwM Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKe6Mj0ljZ8 Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/1246_5.png civil lawsuit: https://shahit.biz/supp/1246_7.pdf
Entry created: 2018-12-12 Last updated: 2019-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-07-22 1247. Gulchekre Telet (古丽杰克热木·塔来提)
Chinese ID: 654002198001090305 (Ghulja City)
Basic info
Age: 40 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: education
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*|2: Arafat Erkin, originally from Ghulja, but now living in the United States. (nephew)
Testimony 3*: Arafat Erkin, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (nephew)
About the victim
Gulchekre Telet Computer teacher of Yining Nurtay Haji Orphan School
Victim's location unknown
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
June 5, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status released on December 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? from Chinese friends Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Erkin Tursun (179), Gulnar Telet (1387), Abdushukur Abliz (1388), Halide Zordon (1389), Halit Abdushukur (5170), Mewjudem Abdushukur (5171), Hebibulla Tohti (1492), Ilzat Gheni (4340), Eset Telet (5652), Gheni Abdushukur (5654), Gulzar Nizamidin (5653), Turmemet Nurmemet (5655)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-6x_IbeBKQ photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/1247_1.jpg
Entry created: 2018-12-12 Last updated: 2020-05-02 Latest status update: 2020-05-02 1251. Amantai Abyl
Chinese ID: 652722198102100914 (Jing)
Basic info
Age: 37 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+2+3+4+6: Gainigul Aitqali, born on January 31, 1982.
Testimony 5: Tursyngazy Seithan
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+3+4+6: The victim is the testifier's husband.
Testimony 5: unclear
About the victim
Amantai Abyl. Born in Külerten in Zhyn region of the Bortala prefecture on February 10, 1980. According to his wife, he was tricked by the Zhyn regional police - they told him that he had to return to China in order to register his "statement of purpose" (that is the literal translation of the Kazakh word for the document, used to enter Kazakhstan without a visa). On June 17, 2017, he arrived in the Zhyn region and his documents were taken. On October 15, 2017, he was taken to a concentration camp. After more than 5 months, his wife got a phone call from someone in China, and she was told that she could talk to her husband once every two weeks through that number. She says she recognized that her husband was losing his capacity to remember (he was asking his children's names, ages etc. - he has 4 children). On the second day of this month, he was allowed to see his father. He told his father that he was working at a textile factory, that his work was too difficult, and that he had very little time for rest, and earned 650 yuan per month.
It is not clear whether he was "released" from a camp and then sent to a factory. It's possible that the factories are within the camp facilities themselves. On December 9, 2018, his wife wanted to talk to him as was allowed by the rules, but found that the number was not in use anymore.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan. When victim was detained
Started on June 17, 2017, when documents were confiscated. Sent to camp on October 15, 2017. Later sent to a textile factory, where he was employed for 650 yuan/month and could not be reached by phone by his wife.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear.
Victim's status
From past conversations, it appears he's having memory issues and is very fatigued.
On January 2, 2019, Turkish scholar Mehmet Volkan reported (in a private conversation) that he heard of the victim being released and allowed to return to Kazakhstan.
On January 8, Mehmet Volkan further confirmed that he has returned to Kazakhstan but must not talk about the situation in Xinjiang as he has guarantors there who will suffer if he does.
Testimony 6: He returned home to Kazakhstan in January 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Through different phone conversations once every two weeks and through the victim's father (who was able to see the victim in person).
Additional information
His story has since been featured in the Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/eb2239aa-fc4f-11e8-aebf-99e208d3e521?fbclid=IwAR3kf2aZxiOqPw3lgyRQf1J k-t0WVWokt8GFdTSpN2wOTt_zZd0_WP3WV4c
The New York Times has also written about his case: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/16/world/asia/xinjiang-china-forced-labor-camps-uighurs.html
Victims among relatives
Quanyshbek Abyl (1261)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzyuJUiz6d8 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNGooAhQUeI video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQiS_qGCsY video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpEEOf6JRY0 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-BDUu2v9gA video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH-s_tXf8KU photo with wife: https://shahit.biz/supp/1251_1.png notarized Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1251_2.png KZ residence permit: https://shahit.biz/supp/1251_3.png marriage certificate: https://shahit.biz/supp/1251_4.png
Entry created: 2018-12-13 Last updated: 2018-12-13 Latest status update: 2019-01-19 1296. Haidigul Zhada
Chinese ID: 65422119610401??E? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 58 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|5: Almagul Mudatbek, born in 1987 in Emin County. She's been a citizen of Kazakhstan since 2012. (daughter)
Testimony 2|4: Kaiyrgul Akan, born in 1977, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (sister-in-law)
Testimony 3: Hanlihan Pulanbek, born in 1991, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (nephew)
Testimony 6: Anonymous, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (relative)
Testimony 7: Semei Aqan, born in 1978, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (brother-in-law)
About the victim
Haidigul Zhada, born on April 1, 1961. Chinese passport no. G51334710. Lives in Erdaoqiao township (二道桥乡), Emin county, Tacheng prefecture*
Victim's location
Unknown
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: April 2018
Testimony 2: March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Visiting Kazakhstan repeatedly, including in 2016
Victim's status [G. A. Bunin (Testimony 6): On January 3, 2019, someone who was familiar with this case confirmed to me that the victim has been released from camp (to presumably be put under house arrest).]
Testimony 5: Released on December 27, 2018 and put under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
*The exact village in Erdaoqiao county is likely Qurta (库尔特村), since that is the address of Almagul’s uncle’s family, three of which are in detention
Victims among relatives
Quatbek Aqan (401), Gulnar Shokei (402), Quanyshbek Kuatbek (403)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXzBJdic2Rg Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9qFdb93GMY Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLPpYAj5kdU Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwbFk9wAhc Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pleHxEXNTD4 Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNO5CDD8wVU
Entry created: 2018-12-15 Last updated: 2020-03-30 Latest status update: 2020-02-03 1370. Altynai Erbolat
Chinese ID: 654022??????????E? (Chapchal)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Meiramgul Erbolat, born on June 1, 1990, is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier sister
About the victim
Altynai Erbolat.
Address: Seventh company of the 67th Bingtuan regiment, Qapqal Xibe autonomous county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture.
Victim's location
Chabuchaer county, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
February 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 1: Released in September 2018.
Testimony 2: Released in October 2018. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGOKMvtwCjY video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5HEJyz_JRU
Entry created: 2018-12-17 Last updated: 2018-12-17 Latest status update: 2018-11-29 1387. Gulnar Telet (古丽娜尔·塔拉提)
Chinese ID: 652401197007150021 (Ghulja City)
Basic info
Age: 49 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): relative(s)|--- Health status: has problems Profession: education
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*|3|4*|5: Arafat Erkin, originally from Ghulja, but now living in the United States. (son)
Testimony 2: Arafat Erkin, as reported by Uyghur Human Rights Project. (son)
Testimony 6: Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, one of the thematic special procedures overseen by the United Nations Human Rights Council.
About the victim
Gulnar Telet was a mathematics teacher at the Ghulja No. 5 Elementary School. She speaks fluent Chinese.
Victim's location
Previously in a camp not far from the electric power plant, but now appears to have been released. [Presumably at home.]
When victim was detained
Taken to camp in December 2017. In September 2019, her son learned that she had been released in early 2019, but had to undergo a major surgery.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
No reason given, to the best of her son's knowledge. May be because of his studying in the US.
Victim's status
Presumably at home, but had to undergo a major surgery after her release in early 2019. The person who told Arafat the news waited until recently (September 2019), possibly because the surgery was life-threatening. This person told him that "right now she can walk". On November 9, 2019, she was cited in a local propaganda piece by the Global Times as stating that she was never in a camp and that Arafat's father had harmed society. In the piece, she also told Arafat not to lie and to leave the World Uyghur Congress (of which he had never been a part). A week later, she appeared in a Global Times propaganda video (https://archive.vn/rOpoZ), in which she looked weak and pale, blinked frequently, and relied on a TV stand for support. (The Chinese state media claims that Gulnar was in a hospital because of "some ailment in her spine".)
Two days after that, Arafat finally got a reply from the Chinese side via the UN's Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances - to whom he had submitted his mother's case in January 2019. It said that his mother was "now" living an ordinary life, which appears to contradict the earlier statement in the propaganda (that she had never been detained).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
News about her detention came to Arafat from a Kazakh family friend who fled to Kazakhstan. [The recent news may have come from a different source.]
That she was in terrible health was also confirmed by the state-media TV report.
Additional information
An UHRP report (https://docs.uhrp.org/pdf/Detained-and-Disappeared-Intellectuals-Under-Assault-in-the-Uyghur-Homela nd.pdf) notes that communications between the victim and her son became coded in the years leading up to the arrest, and she would occasionally praise the Communist Party in their phone calls.
Media coverage: https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/2019/08/chinas-missing-million-search-disappeared-uyghurs
Chinese media response: http://archive.is/hK2X0
Victims among relatives
Erkin Tursun (179), Abdushukur Abliz (1388), Halide Zordon (1389), Halit Abdushukur (5170), Mewjudem Abdushukur (5171), Hebibulla Tohti (1492), Ilzat Gheni (4340), Gulchekre Telet (1247), Eset Telet (5652), Gheni Abdushukur (5654), Gulzar Nizamidin (5653), Turmemet Nurmemet (5655)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVIW3MQWKwA NBC coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI6cFiJ8A8w Testimony 5: https://twitter.com/Alfred_Uyghur/status/1196533530286841858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw photo (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/1387_1.jpg photo (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/1387_3.png Global Times propaganda feature: https://shahit.biz/supp/1387_5.mp4 Testimony 6: https://shahit.biz/supp/1387_7.png photos before and after detention: https://shahit.biz/supp/beforeafter_1387.png
Entry created: 2018-12-17 Last updated: 2020-04-16 Latest status update: 2020-02-07 1389. Halide Zordon
Chinese ID: 65410119660402??E? (Ghulja City)
Basic info
Age: 53 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*|2: Arafat Erkin, originally from Ghulja, but now living in the United States. (nephew)
Testimony 3: Arafat Erkin, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (nephew)
About the victim
Halide Zordon Retiree
[additional from testifier (Testimony 3): name in Chinese - Halida Zuoerdun address: No.6, 9th avenue, Xinhua xi Road. Ghulja, Uyghur Autonomous Region]
Victim's location
Ghulja
When victim was detained
2018 March
Likely (or given) reason for detention
No reason given
Victim's status
[update from testifier (Testimony 3): released from camp in early 2019]
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? From a Kazakh family friend who fled to Kazakhstan
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives
Erkin Tursun (179), Gulnar Telet (1387), Abdushukur Abliz (1388), Halit Abdushukur (5170), Mewjudem Abdushukur (5171), Hebibulla Tohti (1492), Ilzat Gheni (4340), Gulchekre Telet (1247), Eset Telet (5652), Gheni Abdushukur (5654), Gulzar Nizamidin (5653), Turmemet Nurmemet (5655)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-6x_IbeBKQ photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/1389_1.png
Entry created: 2018-12-17 Last updated: 2020-02-14 Latest status update: 2020-01-07 1391. Rysgul Qurmanali (肉斯古丽·库里满阿里)
Chinese ID: 65412319920819180X (Korghas)
Basic info
Age: 26 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-5: Nurbaydy Nyg’men, born on December 3 1989, immigrated to Kazakhstan from China in 2010, received citizenship in 2013
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-5: Wife
About the victim
Zhurmana’ly Rysgu’l (Chinese 肉斯古丽*库里满阿里), already an immigrant to Kazakhstan, her repatriation certificate number - 4737.
Chinese address: Qingshui Animal Husbandry village (清水牧业村), Qingshuihe town (清水河镇), Huocheng county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture.
Chinese passport: E62910567. Kazakhstan green card: 026898309.
Victim's location
In Huocheng county.
When victim was detained
Went back to China on October 11, 2017, arrested two days later on October 13 and put in camp on the same day.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 4: picture of a mosque on her phone
Testimony 5: crossing the border too many times, in addition to the photo Victim's status
Testimony 2: released on November 6, a day after the video petition, yet under house arrest now.
Testimony 4: police officers have informed Rysgul that she will not be allowed to Kazakhstan because of her husband’s petitioning
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
The couple have a son, Baqytali Nygmet (KZ passport: N11226338), who was born on August 6, 2016 in Esik, Almaty oblast. He’s a Kazakh citizen, but was left to live in China with his grandfather following his mother's detention.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qphunbSQoU8 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaTJs7AHEDA Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPUBdpslhSA Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbEPttJGmZo Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IqqLboImRU Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/1391_6.png Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1391_7.png
Entry created: 2018-12-18 Last updated: 2020-11-22 Latest status update: 2019-02-23 1396. Kunikei Zhanibek (古妮开·加尼别克)
Chinese ID: 65422319860805002X (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: forced job placement When problems started: July 2018 - Sep. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1|2|3|4: Aibota Zhanibek, born in 1984, now a Kazakhstan citizen. (sister)
Testimony 5*: Aibota Zhanibek, as reported by Mehmet Volkan Kaşıkçı. (sister)
Testimony 6*: Aibota Zhanibek, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (sister)
Testimony 7: Aibota Zhanibek, as reported by National Public Radio. (sister)
Testimony 8: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Kunikei Zhanibek is a graduate of Xinjiang University, where she studied English language and literature. She also speaks Arabic.
ID address: 61-211 West Tacheng Road, Shawan County, Xinjiang (新疆沙湾县塔城西路61-211号).
Chinese passport: G60454753.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
Kunikei was put in a camp around July-August 2018. She was released from the camp on December 25, 2018; however, she was sent to a factory not long afterwards, following a period of house arrest. Kunikei first worked at a carpet factory, then at a factory that produced airplane towels. She was later given an administrative job in her locality.
(Urumqi police records note that Kunikei's phone was checked on March 20, 2018, in the Shuimogou District and not far from the Liudaowan Pre-Trial Detention Center.) Likely (or given) reason for detention
Kunikei was detained for visiting Malaysia, Turkey, and Kazakhstan.
Victim's status
No longer in detention [but apparently still in some form of forced job placement].
She recently got married, but had to ask for state permission to do so.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not stated, though Aibota has had some direct contact with her (both Kunikei and their father have been contacting Aibota recently to tell her to stop her video appeals).
Additional information
National Public Radio coverage: https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/764153179/china-has-begun-moving-xinjiang-muslim-detainees-to-form al-prisons-relatives-say
Victims among relatives
Nurzada Zhumaqan (1395)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=welZPGQrayo Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yAaRXd7oWw Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNU4Xt54s7w Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAkMOYOuNBs Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/1396_5.png Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1396_6.png
Entry created: 2018-12-18 Last updated: 2021-06-22 Latest status update: 2019-10-08 1453. Zharas Botabai
Chinese ID: 654122198405200030 (Chapchal)
Basic info
Age: 34 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+3+5: Erzhigit, born on January 15, 1977, is a Kazakhstan citizen.
Testimony 2: Nurhat Adilhan
Testimony 4+6: Nurgisa Bekbolatovich Saparbaev, born on March 11, 1982.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+3+5: brother
Testimony 4+6: unclear
About the victim
Zharas Botabai, born on May 20, 1984, is a Chinese citizen.
Address: Chabuchaer county, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
February 28, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status Testimony 6: released from camp on December 25, 2018 and put under house arrest
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrt1_Flf5rw Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv4Az0QBZ7s Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIUWMQjgvdU Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhMHClfbUAE Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve6vqzYe6mQ Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcdjVlBAvzo
Entry created: 2018-12-20 Last updated: 2021-01-30 Latest status update: 2018-12-28 1461. Nurbaqyt Nasihat
Chinese ID: 652328198307140035 (Mori)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Changji Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: before 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): challenging authority|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-6: Maria Nasihat was born in 1955.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-6: brother
About the victim
Nurbaqyt Nasihat was born on July 14, 1983. His Kazakhstan PIN is 830714399083. He was imprisoned for going to Beijing, China to appeal for farmland disputes in Mulei county in Xinjiang as a representative of 14000 people during Xinjingping's "Crackdown on corruptions" campaign in 2013.
Testimony 6: the testifier says that he's a Kazakhstan citizen.
Address: Mulei county, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[Presumably in Changji.]
When victim was detained
On July 3 2013 he was sent to Xinjiang from Beijing where he spent 8 months in jail in Mulei county, Changji. Then he was summoned to court, where he was given a 2 year 8 month sentence. He was released on November 16, 2016. After one month, in December, he was arrested again and sent to re-education camp, where he taught Chinese.
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear Victim's status
The testifier has recently received a phone call from a foreign journalist that her brother was released from the camp on December 24, 2018, yet no information about his whereabouts now.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? through relatives
Additional information
The police from Mulei Kazakh Autonomous county went to Beijing and brought him back in a black hood and imprisoned him. Some 300 hundred ethnic Kazakhs were imprisoned together with him. Some of them have become disabled after being beaten by the police.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqzpPOx73zs Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2PurxfAW8A Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBC5XKtWupw Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJufl_Uhcq4 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cKnL1ev86E appeal letter: https://shahit.biz/supp/1461_6.png Testimony 6: https://shahit.biz/supp/1461_7.mp3
Entry created: 2018-12-20 Last updated: 2019-09-21 Latest status update: 2019-06-19 1471. Bagdat Qazabek
Chinese ID: 65270119????????E? (Bortala)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Bortala Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Sabit Qaben, born on September 18, 1989, is a Kazakhstan citizen. His ID number is 044162028.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: mother
About the victim
Bagdat Qazabekqyzy
Victim's location
Bortala
When victim was detained put into a camp on March 10, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention for installing Skype on her phone
Victim's status
Testimony 2: released from camp in December 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzyuJUiz6d8 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0AuMoVkhbM
Entry created: 2018-12-20 Last updated: 2018-12-20 Latest status update: 2019-01-10 1473. Damu Bolat
Chinese ID: 652722199610082139 (Jing)
Basic info
Age: 22 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Bortala Status: forced job placement When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-4: Musa Imamadiuly, born on April 8, 1985, is a Kazakhstan citizen. His ID number is 036456881.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-4: brother-in-law
About the victim
Damu Bolatuly, born on October 8, 1996, is a Chinese citizen. His ID number is 65272219961008213 [presumably 652722199610082139, if we assume that the last digit is missing].
Address: Ushbulak village (乌什布拉克村), Takia township (大河沿子镇), Zheng county, Boertala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Bortala.]
When victim was detained
October 13, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 4: released from camp on December 21, 2018 and forced to work at a factory since How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKUQVgHwI50 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL-PMcm9UoI video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_5LHcMc8lc video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0si-8h7McPE
Entry created: 2018-12-21 Last updated: 2020-11-26 Latest status update: 2019-02-03 1483. Nurbai Qunapia (努尔拜·库拉比亚)
Chinese ID: 652524197503090021 (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 44 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: no news for over a year When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Qusaingazy Qunapia, a Kazakhstan citizen. (brother)
Testimony 3: Gulshan Suleimen, born in 1964, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (sister-in-law)
Testimony 4|5: Orazhan Qunapia, born in 1962, is originally from Tacheng's Shawan County but is now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (sister)
About the victim
Nurbai Qunapia is a mother of three (Diliara, 22; Dilmira, 18; Ansar, 8). She owned a private culinary business.
Address: 46 Shiping Alley, West Urumqi Road, Shawan County, Xinjiang (新疆沙湾县乌鲁木齐西路十坪巷46号).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
Nurbai was detained in March 2018.
In December 2018, she was released, but would be subsequently detained 3-4 days afterwards, to be taken back to either a camp or a factory. There have been no news since.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
For praying.
Victim's status No news since being re-detained.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
It's not clear how her relatives learned about her initial detention.
She had a WeChat video call with her sister in Kazakhstan after her release (and before being re-detained).
Additional information
The whereabouts of her children are unknown.
Victims among relatives
Mahmutjan Abla (2696)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MONByG9nw1Q Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_EWVCBAoZs Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExCTKRaqVjQ Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGOMtVjOU-M Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MLgN7MvleQ Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1483_6.png
Entry created: 2018-12-21 Last updated: 2020-08-22 Latest status update: 2020-01-17 1506. Dauletbek Saulethan (达吾列提别克·沙吾勒提汗)
Chinese ID: 652302199408204318 (Fukang)
Basic info
Age: 24 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Changji Status: --- When problems started: before 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: student
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-7: Alima Karabotayeva, born on February 8, 1992, is a Kazakhstan citizen. Her ID number is 035881335.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-7: friend
About the victim
Dauletbek Saulethan (达吾列提别克*沙吾勒提汗) is a Chinese citizen. He came to Kazakhstan in 2015 and studied a year of foundation course at Karagandy university.
Address: Dongcaozi (东槽子) 7, Huangshan village (黄山村), Shanghugou township (上户沟乡) Fukang municipality
Kazakhstan PIN: 940820000311
Victim's location
Presumably in Changji.
When victim was detained earlier: July 15, 2017
Testimony 3: Documents first confiscated in 2016, then arrested and sent to re-education camp in September 2017.
Testimony 4: Documents confiscated when he returned to China in September 2016. Released from camp in February 2018, but then sent to camp again in the beginning of August. No contact since.
Testimony 6: First released from camp on January 20, 2018, then sent to prison in May or June, 2018. Testimony 7: First released on January 2018, but then arrested on May 2018 again.
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear, probably for studying in Kazakhstan
Victim's status
Testimony 5: Released from camp on January 6, 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4FyJLmKsrY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofYzcQ5bWlQ Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2ege_Urn_Y Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R__EehIOdTA Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuMoEE62zCM Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opUzb-50pKA Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhkLFlTteQo Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1506_8.png
Entry created: 2018-12-22 Last updated: 2018-12-22 Latest status update: 2019-01-11 1566. Nurdana Qabden
Chinese ID: 654224198106151249 (Toli)
Basic info
Age: 37 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Karamay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+2+3+5: Bikamal Kaken, born on July 8, 1976, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. Her ID number is 042104503.
Testimony 4: not stated
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+3+5: sister-in-law
Testimony 4: unclear
About the victim
Nurdana Qabden (努尔达娜*哈布旦) was born in 1981. SHe was first sent to a re-education camp and later allegedly imprisoned for 5 years for wearing hijab.
Address: Karamay District, Karamay, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[Presumably in Karamay.]
When victim was detained
March 30, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention wearing hijab
Victim's status Testimony 2: released on December 27, 2018
Testimony 5: released on December 25, 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? from relatives
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives
Adilgazy Muqai (1565)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZr_XjF4888 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qak4ormoXGM Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JHryWiOo14 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Dw8kxCSRY Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TqrIVdVp5w appeal to UNHRC: https://shahit.biz/supp/1566_6.png photo with husband: https://shahit.biz/supp/1566_7.png
Entry created: 2018-12-23 Last updated: 2021-01-30 Latest status update: 2019-01-22 1574. Maulida Tursynbai (玛吾里达·吐尔逊巴依)
Chinese ID: 652701199508012220 (Bortala)
Basic info
Age: 23 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Bortala Status: documents withheld When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Baqyt Shaimuratqyzy, born on January 1, 1971, is a native Kazakhstan citizen. Her ID number is 039468969.
Testimony 2-4: Kulaihan Bekbolat, Kazakhstani citizen, born on June 3, 1975 in Xinjiang
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: relative
Testimony 2-4: son's girlfriend
About the victim
Maulida Tursynbaiqyzy (玛吾里达•吐尔逊巴依) is a Chinese citizen. Came to Kazakhstan on June 3, 2017, received the Green Card in September. Then she worked in the Khorgos free trade zone.
Address: Jianshe Road 18, Third Husbandry Team, Araltoghai pasture (阿热勒托海牧场), Bortala municipality
DOB: August 1, 1995. Chinese ID: 652701199508012220.
Victim's location
Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
On February 2018, she was prevented from returning to Kazakhstan by Chinese authorities, then arrested on March 13.
Likely (or given) reason for detention using WhatsApp
Victim's status
Testimony 4: Released from camp on January 14, 2019. Not under house arrest, but still hasn’t got her passport back.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz8qrBSJEZE video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV75-gMDo9k video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13gV77mI47M video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwAE6lqRo7A Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1574_5.png
Entry created: 2018-12-24 Last updated: 2018-12-24 Latest status update: 2019-02-07 1577. Gulbahar Haitiwaji (古力巴哈尔·买哈木提江)
Chinese ID: 650103196612022327 (Urumqi)
Basic info
Age: 53 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: before 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"disturbing public order" Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1|2|3|4|6: Gulhumar Haitiwaji, originally from Xinjiang but now a citizen of France. (daughter)
Testimony 5: Gulhumar Haitiwaji, as reported by Le Point. (daughter)
Testimony 7*: Gulhumar Haitiwaji, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (daughter)
Testimony 8: Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the ministry of the Government of France that handles France's foreign relations.
Testimony 9: Anonymous, as reported by Slate. (daughter)
Testimony 10: Elijan Anayit, a spokesperson for the XUAR People's Government Information Office.
About the victim
Gulbahar Haitiwaji is an ethnic Uyghur woman who had been living in France with her husband and two daughters since 2006. She is the only one in the family who has not received French citizenship, but nevertheless holds a 10-year residence permit.
Victim's location
In France.
When victim was detained
On November 25, 2016, Gulbahar received a call from her former employer in Xinjiang, asking her to return to China in order to sign pension documents. She was immediately taken into custody upon her arrival at the office in Karamay, with her passport confiscated and with her being forbidden from leaving the region.
She was officially arrested on January 29, 2017 at the Karamay airport, as she was returning from Urumqi, after which her family in France would no longer be able to contact Gulbahar directly. A letter from the French Foreign Ministry, which Gulbahar’s family in France received on November 13, 2017, states that Gulbahar was officially arrested on January 29, 2017 and remained in custody until June 5, 2017, when she was released on bail. According to some media sources, she was then put into a “re-education” camp (on June 9, according to one source) for the time of the investigation. It was unclear what kind of investigation was being carried out or how long it would take. The victim herself also confirmed that she was transferred to a camp after half a year in pre-trial detention.
On December 27, 2018, Gulbahar's daughter, Gulhumar, publicly posted that the family had learned that her mother had been sentenced to 7 years in prison.
In March 2019, Gulhumar suddenly started receiving phone calls from her mother, with the latter telling her that she had been released to house arrest and that Gulhumar should delete all of her public posts about the case if she "ever wanted to see her alive again".
In August 2019, the victim was able to return to France.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
According to her daughter Gulhumar, Gulbahar was sentenced to prison for “disturbing public order”. However, it is unclear what formal weight this had, given how she was supposedly released to house arrest just months later. [Many ex-detainees have reported being sentenced in late 2018 while at camp, in sham trials, only to be released later.]
Victim's status
Back in France.
She has high blood pressure and needs to take medication daily.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
It appears that most of the information that Gulhumar and other family members initially got they got through the victim's mother, who was allowed to visit the victim once a month. However, Gulbahar’s mother stopped contacting the family in France in May 2018, when she was pressured by the Chinese police to stop calling abroad.
Information from the foreign affairs ministry was almost certainly obtained through dialogue with Chinese diplomats/authorities.
Later specifics regarding the victim's detention came from the victim herself and constitute an eyewitness account.
Additional information
Press coverage: https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/les-pieds-sur-terre/la-repression-des-ouighours-comment-vivre-s ous-lintimidation-chinoise https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/comment-ma-mere-a-ete-internee-dans-un-camp-de-reeducation-en-chine -30-11-2018-2275592_24.php http://m.rfi.fr/emission/20190528-chine-ouighours-france-surveillance-totalitaire-harcelements-menaces- disparitions http://www.slate.fr/story/192531/temoignages-ouighours-chine-surveillance-camps-arrestations-interne ment-repression
Gulhumar's change.org petition: https://www.change.org/p/free-my-mother-from-the-concentration-camp-in-china
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Partial eyewitness account of Gulbahar's detention, as reported by her daughter to Slate [it is not clear which portions come from pre-trial detention and which come from camp]:
The victim had her feet shackled for 24 hours a day while locked up in a cell with over 30 women. The sanitary conditions were horrible, and sometimes it was only possible to take a shower once every two months, without any privacy.
The most difficult for the victim were the cold temperatures, which dropped to -30°C in the winter. Every morning, the detainees would have to go in the courtyard, surrounded by walls but without a ceiling, for an hour. To get warm, they would jump continuously. The AC [presumably heating] would be turned on upon their return to the cell.
One day, for reasons the victim knows not, one of her feet was shackled to a bed and would remain so for 14 days, with her having to relieve herself in a bucket. She could sometimes hear screaming in the camp hallways.
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Xinjiang officials have commented on Gulbahar's case (https://archive.vn/CI303) following the publication of her book, saying that the public security bureau began an investigation on January 29, 2017 and arrested Gulbahar on that day. The authorities then claim that Gulbahar herself said that she realized the seriousness of her criminal acts and pleaded guilty, with the judicial department deciding not to "sue" her, given her "repentance". The authorities claim that after that, Gulbahar lived a "normal life" in Xinjiang, and even wrote a letter of repentance to her family. The government later allowed Gulbahar to leave China "on humanitarian grounds", as her elder daughter was about to have a child.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/konbininews/videos/2211 67622138993/&show_text=1&width=450 Testimony 2: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/helena.haitiwaji/posts/101 57060182569244&width=450 family photo (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/1577_1.png family photo (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/1577_2.png France residence permit: https://shahit.biz/supp/1577_3.png Testimony 8 (MFA letter): https://shahit.biz/supp/1577_6.jpg Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/1577_7.jpg Testimony 6: https://shahit.biz/supp/1577_8.mp3 Entry created: 2018-12-25 Last updated: 2021-05-30 Latest status update: 2020-07-19 1620. Dolanhan Qalelhan
Chinese ID: 6542211949??????O? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 69-70 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Qagylez Nurbekuly was born on January 10, 1994.
Testimony 4-5: Nuken Muqatay, born on May 8, 1958 in Altai prefecture, China, now citizen of Kazakhstan.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: grandfather
Testimony 4-5: father-in-law
About the victim
Dolanhan Qalelhanuly, born in 1949, is a Chinese citizen.
Address: Marelsu township (玛热勒苏), Emin county, Tacheng prefecture
Victim's location
【In Emin County, presumably.】
When victim was detained
April 3, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 5: made a pilgrimage to Mecca
Victim's status
Testimony 4: Released (from camp) on January 12, 2019. Staying under house arrest. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Berikhan Dolanhan (1621)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTaKdE1An7A Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n58mgXVX-xU Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7U8YjW6gb8 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv3ZBklVBaY Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtcwe9EE308
Entry created: 2018-12-27 Last updated: 2021-01-30 Latest status update: 2019-02-07 1632. Yehi Nurlan
Chinese ID: 65422119970929??O? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 21 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-4: Nurlan Ramazanuly, born on May 25, 1965, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. His ID number is 044455528.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-4: son
About the victim
Yehi Nurlan, born on September 29, 1997.
Victim's location
Emin county, Tacheng region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
December 27, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 4: testifier heard that he was released from camp on January 10, 2019, but cannot contact him.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_VmCqhQ4Tg Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOgR61jHjvo Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyhdm0stido Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_q0Y7a4uKc
Entry created: 2018-12-27 Last updated: 2019-05-25 Latest status update: 2019-04-20 1671. Seyitniyaz Ghopur
Chinese ID: 65210119????????O? (Turpan)
Basic info
Age: 55+ Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: government
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Halmurat Uyghur, as reported by Le Temps. (son)
Testimony 2: Halmurat Uyghur, as reported by Hong Kong Free Press. (son)
Testimony 3|4: Halmurat Uyghur, a Finland-based activist, originally from Turpan but now a citizen of Finland. (son)
About the victim
Seyitniyaz Ghopur, a retired government worker from Turpan.
Victim's location
At his home in Turpan's Qiquanhu Municipality (七泉湖镇).
When victim was detained
Taken to a "re-education" camp (probably the No. 36 Camp) in January 2018. Released to town arrest on December 24, 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Now under "town arrest", where his movements are restricted, his passport remains confiscated, and he cannot use the internet.
He has type-2 diabetes and requires insulin. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Halmurat was able to communicate with his parents on several occasions following their release.
Additional information
Media coverage: https://www.letemps.ch/monde/chine-incarcere-ouigours-masse https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/02/information-black-hole-exiled-muslim-uighurs-fear-loved-ones -back-home-china-tightens-grip-xinjiang/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/world/asia/uighurs-china-internment-camps.html https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/18/detainees-are-trickling-out-of-xinjiangs-camps/ https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/china-uighur-muslim-detention-camps-xinjiang-escape-a9220436. html
Victims among relatives
Goherhan Tomur (1672), Adil Abdurazaq (8086), Sajidigul Tomur (740)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmhFAKtO7aE family photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/1671_1.jpg
Entry created: 2018-12-29 Last updated: 2020-07-08 Latest status update: 2019-09-07 1672. Goherhan Tomur
Chinese ID: 652101196???????E? (Turpan)
Basic info
Age: 55+ Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: government
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Halmurat Uyghur, as reported by Le Temps. (son)
Testimony 2: Halmurat Uyghur, as reported by Hong Kong Free Press. (son)
Testimony 3: Halmurat Uyghur, a Finland-based activist, originally from Turpan but now a citizen of Finland. (son)
About the victim
Goherhan Tomur, 56 (as of 2017), is a retired government official who used to work for the "Turpan Daily" newspaper. She is fluent in Mandarin.
Chinese passport: G52120362.
Victim's location
At her home in Turpan's Qiquanhu Municipality (七泉湖镇).
When victim was detained
She was taken to camp (probably the No. 36 camp) in April 2017. She was released to town arrest on December 24, 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Now under "town arrest", where her movements are restricted, her passport remains confiscated, and she cannot use the internet. She previously had a tumor removed and was recovering from chemotherapy at the time of her arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Halmurat learned of his mother's detention after she didn't call him on his birthday, prompting him to try to call her (only to find that her phone was turned off). He later learned from his father that she had been taken to "study".
Additional information
Media coverage: https://www.letemps.ch/monde/chine-incarcere-ouigours-masse https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/02/information-black-hole-exiled-muslim-uighurs-fear-loved-ones -back-home-china-tightens-grip-xinjiang/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/world/asia/uighurs-china-internment-camps.html https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/18/detainees-are-trickling-out-of-xinjiangs-camps/
The victim is also mentioned in an UHRP report: https://docs.uhrp.org/pdf/Detained-and-Disappeared-Intellectuals-Under-Assault-in-the-Uyghur-Homelan d.pdf
Victims among relatives
Seyitniyaz Ghopur (1671), Adil Abdurazaq (8086), Sajidigul Tomur (740)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmhFAKtO7aE family photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/1672_1.jpg
Entry created: 2018-12-29 Last updated: 2020-03-31 Latest status update: 2019-09-07 1673. Umurbek Qazybai (吾木尔别克·哈孜巴依)
Chinese ID: 652522197010280211 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: --- Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Nurbek Qazybai, born on October 30, 1979 in China, now citizen of Kazakhstan
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: Elder brother
About the victim
Umurbek Qazybai
DOB: October 28, 1970. Chinese ID: 652522197010280211.
Victim's location
Unknown
When victim was detained
February 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unknown
Victim's status
Testimony 1: Serving a 1.5 year sentence in re-education camp because the authorities expect an international investigation to arrive in Xinjiang
Testimony 2: released from the camp to house arrest on November 22, 2018. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
Testimony 3: in order to be released, the local police required him to get the copies of his relatives' documents
Victims among relatives
Zhanhangul Qazybai (1674), Madengul Qazybai (1675), Askat Askar (1676), Qabul Qazybai (1677), Abutalip Qazybai (1678), Kulash Qasymbai (1679), Hamit Qasymbai (1680)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQtWJDPQ3vk video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztKiSVA2hYs video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g86D3dJn1I Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1673_4.png
Entry created: 2018-12-30 Last updated: 2018-12-30 Latest status update: 2019-01-30 1685. Shariphan Aqan
Chinese ID: 65422119630503??O? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: documents withheld When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: government
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+2+3+6+7: Qabilhan Sha’riphan, born in China on August 22, 1988, now a citizen of Kazakhstan
Testimony 4: Mamyrbek Orazhan, born on January 10, 1978, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. His ID number is 043639184.
Testimony 5: Aiymqan Quatqan
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+3+6+7: Father
Testimony 4: brother-in-law
Testimony 5: cousin
About the victim
Sha’riphan Aqan was deputy governor of Urimzhi Village in Emin County.
DOB: May 3, 1963. Chinese passport: G32394410.
Victim's location
Unknown
When victim was detained
Arrested on May 2, 2017 in Emin county, Tacheng prefecture
Likely (or given) reason for detention Testimony 7: two Quran books were found in his home.
Victim's status
Released from camp on December 22, 2018 but hasn't got his passport yet.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Qausar Kemenqan (1689), Bagdangul Kemenqan (1688), Aizada Qalysbek (8084), Arystanbek Zaken (2694), Zhezira Shariphan (1687), Qyzyrbek Asilbek (1686), Anihan Orazhan (2037), Kadika Kapas (2034), Uisin Baban (876), Qalysbek Baban (8083), Ernar Zaken (2695)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE-kaicztcE video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS9AtK7l2l8 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeTPT9pgeqA video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oamr2-kQT90 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yv2Oe8-A7Q video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am4IQnfufWc video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81-VmGY1Zok
Entry created: 2018-12-30 Last updated: 2018-12-30 Latest status update: 2019-03-03 1687. Zhezira Shariphan (加孜拉·夏热甫汗)
Chinese ID: 654221199008070029 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): relative(s)|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+2+3+6+7: Qabilhan Sha’riphan, born in China on August 22, 1988, now a citizen of Kazakhstan
Testimony 4: Mamyrbek Orazhan, born on January 10, 1978, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. His ID number is 043639184.
Testimony 5: Aiymqan Quatqan
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+3+6+7: Sister
Testimony 4: relative
Testimony 5: unclear
About the victim
Zhezira Sha’riphan (加孜拉*夏热甫汗), born on August 7, 1990. Chinese ID 654221199008070029. Registered at 53 Wushi pasture, Emin county-level city, Emin county, Tacheng prefecture.
Victim's location
Unclear
When victim was detained
May-June 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Because her husband Qyzyrbek Asilbek was sentenced 4 years ago Victim's status
Testimony 6: has been released from camp (January-February 2019)
Testimony 7: released from camp in January 2019 and placed under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
Testimony 7: Her two children have been sent to an orphanage.
Victims among relatives
Qausar Kemenqan (1689), Bagdangul Kemenqan (1688), Aizada Qalysbek (8084), Arystanbek Zaken (2694), Qyzyrbek Asilbek (1686), Anihan Orazhan (2037), Shariphan Aqan (1685), Kadika Kapas (2034), Uisin Baban (876), Qalysbek Baban (8083), Ernar Zaken (2695)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE-kaicztcE video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS9AtK7l2l8 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeTPT9pgeqA video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oamr2-kQT90 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yv2Oe8-A7Q video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHPp7nrCA_A video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEFVmf4kamo Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1687_8.png
Entry created: 2018-12-30 Last updated: 2018-12-30 Latest status update: 2019-01-09 1688. Bagdangul Kemenqan
Chinese ID: 6542211987??????E? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 32-33 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Urumqi Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|3|5|7: Qabilhan Shariphan, born in 1988, is now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (relative)
Testimony 2|4: Uisin Baban, born in 1978, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. He had applied for citizenship and was ready to get it when he went to China and was kept under house arrest for 9 months, before being allowed to return. (brother-in-law)
Testimony 6: Mamyrbek Orazhan, born in 1978, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (uncle)
Testimony 8|9: Kumishan Baban, born in 1984, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (sister-in-law)
Testimony 10|11|12: Zhanat Zaken, born in 1986 in the Tarbagatai region. She is now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (sister-in-law)
About the victim
Bagdangul Gemanqan, lives in Emin county, Tacheng prefecture. She and Qalysbek Baban have a daughter, Aizada, who is 3 years old (as of February 2020). from Testimony 10-12:
Address: Urumqi street 57, Emin town, Emin county, Tacheng prefecture.
Has a Kazakhstan residence permit.
Born in 1986 (other testimonies say 1987).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Urumqi, as that's where her husband was living and working, presumably with her and their daughter.]
When victim was detained earlier: Arrested on May 6, 2018
Testimony 8: detained in July 2018 and released to house arrest after 6 months.
Testimony 10: August 2018
Testimony 11: September 2018
Testimony 12: January 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 8: praying
Victim's status
Testimony 7: has been released from camp (January-February 2019)
Testimony 9: at home, but cannot contact her relatives in Kazakhstan.
Testimony 10: Released from camp in January 2019
Testimony 11: in camp (does not mention the release) [however, this is an old testimony compared to Testimony 7]
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Qausar Kemenqan (1689), Aizada Qalysbek (8084), Arystanbek Zaken (2694), Zhezira Shariphan (1687), Qyzyrbek Asilbek (1686), Anihan Orazhan (2037), Shariphan Aqan (1685), Kadika Kapas (2034), Uisin Baban (876), Qalysbek Baban (8083), Ernar Zaken (2695)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE-kaicztcE Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFGr7FGIXwM Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS9AtK7l2l8 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXcB4g6SebY Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeTPT9pgeqA Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oamr2-kQT90 Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHPp7nrCA_A Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmhNa_QCJg4 Testimony 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yka-RkiTFGk Testimony 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG7YDOxs04Y Testimony 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91PdkeFJBH0 Testimony 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAULPzX3-Wo
Entry created: 2018-12-30 Last updated: 2020-08-08 Latest status update: 2020-02-25 1699. Adiba Qairat (阿迪巴·海拉提)
Chinese ID: 654224199003010261 (Toli)
Basic info
Age: 29 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4|5: Gulzhanat Baisyan, a Kazakhstan citizen. (mother-in-law)
Testimony 6: CNN, an American news-based pay television channel.
Testimony 7: Anonymous, as reported by Gene A. Bunin.
Testimony 8: Gulzhanat Baisyan, as reported by The Believer. (mother-in-law)
About the victim
Adiba Qairat is a mother of three.
Address: House No. 370, No. 1 Neighborhood, Qaragaibastau Road, Toli Municipality, Toli County, Xinjiang (新疆托里县托里镇喀拉盖巴斯陶路1居370号).
Kazakhstan residence permit: 900301000243. Chinese passport: G52130285.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
She was taken to a concentration camp at the end of November 2017. In November 2018, she was released but was then taken to work at a factory. While there, she would be allowed to go home once a week, leaving the factory housing and being shuttled by bus with the other detainees, staying one night and being shuttled back the next day.
In the spring 2019, CNN reporters interviewed her relatives in Kazakhstan and then attempted to find her in Xinjiang, but were not allowed to enter Toli County. The victim's mother-in-law also uploaded a video appeal on April 26, 2019, in which she talked about this, prompting Adiba to contact her relatives in Kazakhstan the next day, under police supervision, so as to tell them to stop appealing and claiming that she and her children were fine. Two days after this, Adiba contacted her mother-in-law again to say that she would divorce her son.
Adiba was ultimately allowed to return to Kazakhstan in late June 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released and back in Kazakhstan.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Her family in Kazakhstan learned about her detention through relatives in the region [presumably via WeChat].
Limited communication appears to also have taken place when Adiba contacted them herself following the media exposure.
Additional information
Account in The Believer (https://believermag.com/weather-reports-voices-from-xinjiang/):
Nurmylan is wearing an orange vest with yellow polka dots. He sits in his grandmother’s lap, whacking her phone against the desk. “For the first time in two years, just the day before yesterday, we got a video call from our daughter-in-law,” the grandmother, Gulzhanat Baisyan, says. Her daughter-in-law, Adiba Kairat, had called and asked to see her three-year-old son. Gulzhanat had turned the phone camera to Nurmylan. “She cried,” Gulzhanat says. “We were all crying.”
Adiba vanished into China two years ago. She had taken her two daughters, Ansila and Nursila, and left Nurmylan, who had just turned one, with his grandparents. It was meant to be a short trip. Adiba was going to visit her parents. The authorities took her passport and put her in a camp for a year. Now she is working in a factory somewhere, and the two daughters have been left with distant relatives in the village. No one watches them closely. Once, they caught lice. Gulzhanat places a photograph on the desk between us. She received the photo from Adiba’s relatives. The girls in the photo are bald and very thin.
“I think they let her call us so that she would tell us to stay quiet,” Gulzhanat says. “She just kept saying, ‘Our situation is good. Please don’t complain.’ We’d been talking to reporters, posting videos online. I think she was being forced to say this. I didn’t play along. I told her to come home. I told her we couldn’t care for her son by ourselves. She was just crying. She didn’t reply. ‘Do not complain,’ she finally said. ‘It will not do me any good.’”
Victims among relatives
Ansila Esten (1700), Nursila Esten (1701)
Supplementary materials Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyRm07VooRg Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS5lX6vuFNg Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULaJVWOr4ko Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4SXQ_gKr40 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dafSZfkIB1w Testimony 1: https://shahit.biz/supp/1699_1.mp3 Kazakhstan ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1699_2.jpg photo with youngest son: https://shahit.biz/supp/1699_3.jpg Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/1699_4.jpg Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1699_10.png
Entry created: 2018-12-30 Last updated: 2020-09-12 Latest status update: 2019-06-27 1711. Gulbagy Toqtasyn (古丽巴黑·吐克塔生)
Chinese ID: 654126198601132528 (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 32 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: private business
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Tursynbek Sarbas, a citizen of Kazakhstan. (cousin)
Testimony 2|3: Gulbarshyn Sarbas, born in 1980, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (cousin)
Testimony 4: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Gulbagy Toqtasynqyz (古丽巴黑·吐克塔生). Home address: 87-1, Third District of Husongtuhaersun Mongol Autonomous Township, Zhaosu County, Xinjiang. She had two businesses (a massage center and a beauty parlor), one of which has been closed and one of which is going to be [as of late December 2018].
Victim's location
At her home address in Zhaosu.
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: In February of 2018, before the Spring Festival. She was detained for 10 months and then released on December 28, 2018.
Testimony 2: February 6, 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
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Victim's status
She is not in camp but in a very difficult financial situation, seeing as she no longer has either of her two sources of income. The testifier also believes that she may be subject to 3 months of house arrest, as this has been the general situation for many who've been released.
Testimony 3: the victim has problems with her health.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
They conversed directly on WeChat on the morning of December 29, 2018.
Additional information
Testimony 2: She is a businesswoman who owns (or used to own) a deparment store located in Jingdian Huayuan (经典花园) 20, Jiefang West Road 223, Ghulja city: https://www.qichacha.com/firm_848792f23f3effc33ea3cfa2a7d61dde Also, a hairdressing business in Store 2, Building 2 of Jiefang West Road 229 in Ghulja is also registered under her name. These two businesses were her two sources of income before camp: https://www.zdao.com/company/6311d59e-51f7-4ff6-bb9b-9683f1f964ad
Her Qichacha profile: https://archive.ph/syWxB
Her business listing: https://archive.ph/tWio6
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1bnILmzmHk Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43hitNIuT38 Testimony 1: https://shahit.biz/supp/1711_1.mp3 photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/1711_4.png Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1711_5.png
Entry created: 2018-12-30 Last updated: 2021-05-20 Latest status update: 2018-12-30 1723. Gulzira Auelhan (古孜拉·阿瓦尔汗)
Chinese ID: 654124197906202286 (Tokkuztara)
Basic info
Age: 39 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: has problems Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4|5: Tursynzhan Isanali, born in 1974, now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (husband)
Testimony 6|7: Gulzira Auelhan, a concentration camp survivor, now in Kazakhstan. (the victim)
Testimony 8: Gulzira Auelhan, as reported by Agence France-Presse. (the victim)
Testimony 9: Gulzira Auelhan, as reported by Globe and Mail. (the victim)
Testimony 10: Gulzira Auelhan, as reported by Apple Daily. (the victim)
Testimony 11: Gulzira Auelhan, as reported by Center for Strategic and International Studies. (the victim)
Testimony 12: Gulzira Auelhan, as reported by The Believer. (the victim)
About the victim
Gulzira Auelhan is originally from Xinjiang's Ghulja County, coming from a family of cattle breeders. She moved to Kazakhstan with her family in 2014, where she and her husband would also do farmwork and herding, and is now a legal Kazakhstan resident.
Address in China: House No. 4-169, Group No. 4, Dolan Farm, Ghulja County, Xinjiang (新疆伊宁县多浪农场四队4-169号).
Kazakhstan ID: 790620000450.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
Gulzira was taken to a re-education camp a few days after her return to China in mid-late 2017 - according to her husband, she was going back to bring her two [step-]daughters over to Kazakhstan, though in her interview to the Globe and Mail (and The Believer) she says it was to visit her ill father. Testimonies differ on when she actually returned, with her husband's initial testimony saying that she went back on July 15, 2017, while in her interview with the Globe and Mail the victim appears to report this as October 16, 2017. Most interviews with her, including her own eyewitness accounts, seem to suggest July 2017 as the correct time, however.
After being detained, she was first taken to a detention facility for 15 days of education. This would drag out into over a year, as she would be kept in various facilities - spending July-November of 2017 in one re-education camp, then being transfer to a former medical facility turned into a camp until July 2018, then spending July-August in a school converted to hold camp detainees, and then another few months at a fourth camp facility.
She was released on October 7, 2018 and allowed to spend about a week with her family, before being transferred to a factory. Again, there is some confusion about the actual date - both her husband and the victim to the Globe and Mail say that she spent about a week with her family before being sent to a factory, but both also say that the transfer took place in mid-late November.
According to her husband, she was allegedly forced to work for 600RMB/month (of which she only received 300) during her time at the factory. In a later account from Gulzira herself, she says that they could also be paid by efficiency, receiving 0.10RMB per pair of gloves sewed (with 600RMB as a guaranteed minimum). In late December, she and eight other women would be told to sign a one-year contract in late December, with the threat of being sent back to re-education if they did not. As a result, Gulzira contacted her husband in Kazakhstan, who then proceeded to go public about this [something that resulted in Radio Free Asia covering the story and at least one major Western outlet calling the factory to inquire].
On December 29, 2018, she was taken by police for interrogation in a dark room [likely as a result of her husband's actions], staying there overnight and being released to her father's house the next day. On January 5, 2019, she was allowed to return to Kazakhstan.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
According to the victim as reported by both CSIS and The Believer, the police at the first detention facility where she was held accused her of having visited one of the "26 sensitive countries" and of having been exposed to "foreign thought".
Victim's status
She is now back in Kazakhstan and reunited with her husband and daughter.
She has been suffering from various health issues as a result of her detention.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Gulzira's is an eyewitness account.
Some of the information that her husband relayed earlier he also obtained directly from Gulzira, being in direct contact with her while she was at the factory. Additional information
The victim's brother-in-law (her husband's brother) had previously spent three months in camp in 2018, and was released to go work as a security guard (保安) for 1600RMB/month (though, as of December 2018, they still hadn't paid him).
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A short summary of Gulzira's eyewitness account:
She spent a year and 7 months in the camp and a factory.
She started having medical check-ups two days ago (as of January 30, 2019), because she's been having headaches and nausea. The result showed that she has pancreatitis and kidney problems. According to her, the inmates in the camp were given only two minutes for going to the toilet. If you spent more than that, they hit you on the head with an electric baton.
They had to study Chinese the whole day [another interview with her alleges that inmates had to learn 3000 Chinese characters], and the inmates were handcuffed when they did something wrong and when they were transferred from one building to the other.
They originally stayed at the No. 4 High School in Yining County, then were transferred to another building at the Yining County's Zhongyi [中医, traditional Chinese medicine] Hospital.
In the beginning, the inmates were given books in their languages, but later all these were taken away, leaving only the Chinese-language books. They were required to speak Chinese with each other and to read only in Chinese.
There was a "strange" policy allowing married inmates to meet their spouses for two hours in a separate room, without interruption. However, the husband had to pay 20 RMB and needed to bring a clean bedsheet with him. The woman had to take a pill before entering the room.
When Gulzira was in a factory, they were told that they would be paid according to their efficiency, or ten Chinese cents (角) per pair of gloves produced. The most skilled worker could sew 60 pairs a day, which would total to 6RMB/day. Gulzira tried her best but could only sew 13 pairs.
She also mentioned the camps as being split into 4 levels - she was in the lightest.
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A summary of Gulzira's longer eyewitness account:
They wore uniforms in camp. When she said she was living in Kazakhstan and her husband and children are in Kazakhstan, the head of the camp told her off, saying they hadn't told her to go there, that she had gone herself and was a Chinese citizen, and should never say "Kazakhstan" again. There was a military discipline in the camp. Inmates couldn't cry. If you did you'd be considered to be infected with wrong thoughts and have to sit on a hard chair for 14 hours (7:00-21:00), or you could be transfered to another camp where the rules were even stricter.
There was no freedom at all in the camp. They put you in different cells, where the number of inmates varied from 18 to 60. They tried to not let two Kazakhs be in the same cell. So, she usually stayed with Uyghurs and also had to stay with 17 Han, who were detained for their beliefs (possibly, they were Christians or Falungong). When entering the camp, they had to have their hair cut short, in addition to having an anti-flu injection that cost 250RMB. After two months, they also had a blood test, for reasons unknown.
Gulzira was supposedly detained because she had visited one of the 26 dangerous countries and had watched foreign movies where people wore hijabs, especially in Turkish TV series. She later found out that she ended up there because the head of the Dadui in her village, Hamit, had signed a contract with the re-education camp that she would be educated from July 18, 2017 to July 18, 2018 and was awarded 5000RMB for his "contribution".
After being released from the camp she was forcefully sent to a factory. Although they promised to pay 600RMB per month, she only got paid 300RMB upon her release after a month and half. There was Chinese study in both the camp and the factory. "Workers" who spoke fluent Chinese were encouraged to go to the factories in inner China, which is where one of her relatives ended up going. The ages of inmates in the camps ranged from 17 to 72. After being in a camp, your ID card would ring whenever you went through metal detectors and they'd take you to the police station to be interrogated, making it impossible to be free after being released from camp because of the omnipresent surveillance.
All Kazakhs' passports were taken by the local authorities, and in some villages even the bank cards of retirees have now been confiscated by the local government bodies. You need to go to their office to get your pension, where you tell them your password and they withdraw the money for you without giving you your card. Upon her release from the factory, Gulzira asked the head of the village why they did this. They weren't paid, though they were promised at least 600 RMB or 10 Chinese cents per each pay of gloves they could sew.
Gulzira arrived in Kazakhstan on January 5, 2019.
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Her feature in AFP (https://sg.news.yahoo.com/camps-factories-muslim-detainees-china-using-forced-labour-041047367.ht ml):
As Gulzira Auelkhan toiled stitching gloves in a factory in China's troubled Xinjiang region, her managers made no secret of where her production would be sold.
"They told us openly that the gloves will be sold abroad, so we should do a good job," Auelkhan recalled of a labour stint she says was enforced by Chinese "re-education" officials.
Auelkhan, a 39-year-old Chinese citizen of Kazakh descent, says she was part of a network of mostly Muslim minorities in Xinjiang who pass from what China calls "vocational training centres" to factories where they are forced to work for far less than the local minimum wage.
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Auelkhan says she was transferred to the glove factory at the Jiafang industrial estate in Xinjiang's Yining county after spending 15 months in two different "re-education" facilities.
... Auelkhan has residency rights in Kazakhstan but had travelled to China to see family when she was detained and put into a re-education centre.
She said life in the camps was brutal, with residents struck over the head with electrified batons for spending more than two minutes in the bathroom.
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So even though they were not free to leave, it was an improvement when she and hundreds of other camp inmates were transferred to work at the factory, Auelkhan told AFP in Kazakhstan's biggest city Almaty.
"Every day we were taken to and from a dormitory three kilometres from the factory," she said, hugging the five-year-old daughter she didn't see for nearly two years.
"When we were studying at the camp they told us we would be taught a trade and work for three months," Auelkhan said.
Auelkhan said she was paid only 320 yuan ($48/42 euros) for close to two months' work before her time at the factory was curtailed in December and she was allowed to return to her family in Kazakhstan.
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Auelkhan believes she was only released from forced labour because of a public campaign launched by her husband and supported by a Xinjiang-focused rights group in Almaty.
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Her feature in the Globe and Mail (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-i-felt-like-a-slave-inside-chinas-complex-system-of-incar ceration/):
Before she was shocked with a stun gun to the head for spending more than the allotted two minutes in the toilet, and before she was handcuffed for 24 hours because guards accused her of letting another woman participate in religious washing, and before she was forced to make winter gloves for two pennies a piece − before all of that, Gulzira Auelhan remembers a Chinese police officer telling her she needed to be educated.
The classes would only last 15 days, the officer told her in mid-October, 2017. “You will be released very soon,” Ms. Auelhan, 38, remembers hearing. An ethnic Kazakh who was born in China but had been living in Kazakhstan, she had returned to China’s far western Xinjiang region to visit her father, who was ill.
Instead, over the course of 437 days, she was detained in five different facilities, including a factory and a middle school converted into a centre for political indoctrination and technical instruction, with several interludes of a form of house arrest with relatives. The Chinese government has said it offers free vocational education and skills training to people such as Ms. Auelhan. But over more than 14 months, “that training lasted one week,” she said, not including the time she spent forced to work in a factory.
The remainder of the time, she spent inside a complex system of incarceration and control that has been built in a region where Chinese authorities say they are combatting extremism through education. Early this year, she was released back to Kazakhstan, where she recounted her experience in a lengthy interview with The Globe and Mail. What she experienced, she said, “is really cruel.”
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Ms. Auelhan, like most of the people interviewed for this article, is a Chinese-born ethnic Kazakh, a mother of three who says her main ambition in life has been to raise her children well.
She moved to Kazakhstan in 2014, but returned to China for a visit on Oct. 16, 2017. Chinese border officials seized her passport and ordered her to wait until the arrival of police, who escorted her to her hometown in Duolang Village.
They told Ms. Auelhan she could not go to see her father.
Instead, they told her she needed to get some schooling. She offered to pack her clothes and collect some money for expenses. No need, they replied. Everything would be free of charge. She was confused. “I said, ‘Okay, what kind of place is it, if you don’t even need to spend money or wear clothes?’ ”
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Ms. Auelhan discovered what kind of place she was being taken to almost as soon as she arrived. The sign read “Yining County Vocational School,” but it was surrounded by high walls and guard towers. It was ”completely like a prison,” she said. Inside, staff ordered her to change into a uniform − red shirt, black track pants − and cut short her hair, saying it was for hygienic purposes. They locked her in a cell with 32 other women, each with their own bunk bed.
It was the first of four centres where she would be incarcerated over the following year − her own personal journey through the complex assemblage of internment in Xinjiang. She stayed at a converted hospital, a middle school and a new mid-rise facility that seemed purpose-built for what China calls vocational training.
“They told us, ‘You are here to be educated because you were infected with evil thoughts of religion,’ ” she recalled.
Soon after arriving at the first centre, Ms. Auelhan began to learn the rules of her new life. Each night, she and the others took two-hour shifts to watch each other. “Even if you wanted to kill yourself, there was no possibility, because you are being monitored everywhere,” she said.
“We couldn’t even cry because if you cry, they say you have evil thoughts in your mind.”
Trips to the toilet had to be done in pairs, so one woman could keep an eye on the other, in part to prevent forbidden religious expression, including ablution. Once, Ms. Auelhan accompanied to the toilet an older lady who accidentally splashed urine on her own feet. When guards noticed that the woman had rinsed herself clean, they saw it as ritual washing, and punished Ms. Auelhan by handcuffing her hands behind her back for 24 hours.
In April, 2018, she said, prison staff brought out buckets of prayer mats and ordered the detainees to set them on fire.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond to detailed questions sent about her account. But for Ms. Auelhan, who calls herself Muslim but does not pray, one of the chief hardships was use of the toilet, because women were restricted to two minutes each time. Detainees frequently experienced constipation − she’s not certain whether it was the infrequency of bathroom access or the daily diet of steamed buns, rice, potatoes and maize. But if they spent more than 120 seconds on the toilet, “you can expect you will be electric shocked,” she said. Stun guns would typically be applied to the head. “They explained that if they did it on the body, it might leave a mark,” Ms. Auelhan said.
Guards told detainees that they were “under military discipline,” with cameras constantly watching − including in bathrooms and during weekly showers. Even so, monthly conjugal visits were allowed, she said, for a fee of $4; another detainee confirmed the existence of such visits.
Yet such allowances were a rare break from days filled with Chinese language classes and lectures on health, politics and law. Instructors regularly ordered the writing of confession letters, which included thanks “to the Communist Party for the education it provided,” and for “giving us this opportunity to clear our evil thoughts.”
Ms. Auelhan found herself experiencing flashes of agreement, reflecting as she wrote on the happiness she had felt growing up in Xinjiang.
But the feeling did not last, because “everything else they did to us was a complete lie,” she said. That extended to appearance: When her hair began to go grey, she was given dye to make it black when dignitaries visited, and told to smile.
But Ms. Auelhan could not stop thinking about the gap between what she was being told and what she saw unfolding around her. “They say all of the ethnic groups in China are together in peace and love,” she said. Why, then, she wondered, were Muslims virtually the only ones in detention?
In nearly a year spent in various indoctrination centres, she received a single week of instruction on a sewing machine, before being released Oct. 7, 2018.
But she was not yet free. Instead, after a week spent with family, the next chapter of her detention was about to begin, in a factory. The indoctrination wasn’t over, either.
In late November of 2018, the village secretary in Ms. Auelhan’s hometown arrived with a document. It said she needed to report for work to a glove-making factory. “You need money,” the official told her.
At the factory, her superiors told her the gloves, whose brands she could not recall, would be sold abroad, “so we needed to try our best,” she said. She was taken to work at the Yining County Home Textile and Clothing Industrial Park where, according to a government website, the Yili Zhuowan Clothing Manufacturing Co. produces US$15-million a year in gloves for export to the United States, Russia, the European Union and Japan. A person who answered a phone at the company said he knew nothing about its hiring practices.
Ms. Auelhan was promised pay of $119 a month, in a region where the local minimum wage is $290, until the factory’s owners, citing the cost of feeding her and ferrying her home for weekly Sunday family visits, switched to a piecemeal system, paying two cents a completed pair. On her best day, she completed 11 pairs.
While at the factory, Ms. Auelhan lived in a dormitory roughly three kilometres away, where she could leave her room but not the compound. Here, too, education continued. Workers received readings in the factory before work and, at day’s end, 45-minute Chinese lessons in the dormitory, where they were watched at night by an official.
Then, on Dec. 29, police took her for interrogation and held her overnight in a dark room. The next day, officials bought her a lunch of besbarmak, a Kazakh dish with horse meat and noodles. “They told me, ‘You must miss meat,’” she said. After lunch, they released her to her father’s house. She was paid $45.50 for her factory labours.
On Jan. 5, officials escorted her to the Kazakhstan border. “Remember that you are not allowed to say anything about the camps or what you have been through while you were in China,” she recalled them saying.
“If you do, then remember that it’s very easy for the Chinese government to find you.”
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Ms. Auelhan’s family has also struggled. She has a daughter still in Xinjiang, while in Kazakhstan, her husband struggles to believe that she vanished into detention centres for so long. He “is very good to me,” she said.
“But sometimes he asks, ‘Did you really spend that time there? You weren’t with another man?’ ”
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Additional coverage: https://www.twreporter.org/a/xinjiang-re-education-camps-truth https://uat-xinjiangcamps.appledaily.com/受害者/古孜拉-阿瓦爾汗 https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/lager-shahit-10222019172818.html https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/les-ouigours-parias-de-la-nouvelle-chine-12-10-2019-2340852_24.php https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/Lehr_ConnectingDotsXinjiang_interior_v3_FU LL_WEB.pdf [anonymous]
The official Xinjiang spokespeople have also tried to discredit Gulzira following her appearance in a PBS documentary (https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1187107.shtml). Specifically, the Global Times wrote:
"Another interviewee, Gulzila Awarkhan, is a 'dishonest and unscrupulous woman.' She was put on blacklist by her bank because she intentionally delayed paying off her loans and still hasn't paid back the interest after it came due, Eljiang said.
In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Gulzila said that her aim and dream was to bring up her children, but she has never had any children. According to her two ex-husbands, Gulzila was unfaithful, and continually cheated on them during their marriages.
'Since we know what Gulzila is like, should we believe what she said?' the spokesperson asked."
Eyewitness account
[The following is the victim's first-person account to The Believer magazine, as reported by Ben Mauk.]
I saw enough while I was there. I want to speak. I want what happened to be published. The thing is, my relatives are against me. They’re my enemies now. They tell me not to talk about these things. Even my stepdaughter is against me.
I remember my parents telling me that in Mao Zedong’s time, there were activists and political events where things got violent. During Mao’s time, they burned Korans and other religious books. They silenced you. We were cut off from family in the Soviet Union. But then Deng came to power and things calmed down. I remember when I was young, at some ceremonies there might be a Chinese state flag, but that was the sum of my political awareness.
In fact, thinking back to my childhood days, I didn’t care about anything. Then I got married. I grew up. Ours was a traditional Kazakh wedding. My father paid a dowry. My face was covered. I was wearing a traditional dress. Now they’re gone, all those clothes. When I think back to these times, I think of how good they were. I can’t understand how all this happened. In 2014, they started taking away schoolteachers. We knew something was happening — it was quiet, but something was changing. That was the year my daughter was born. We got our Chinese passports and went to Kazakhstan to visit my husband’s mother’s family. The three of us came: my husband, my daughter, and I. We came here and decided to stay.
The only problem was my father. Back in Ghulja, we’d been farming corn. My parents had been cattle breeders until the party made them give it up for farming. I can still picture the summer herding pasture from my childhood. But they became farmers, and then when my father turned fifty, he lost the will to walk. Doctors couldn’t find any reason for it. He just stopped. He became an invalid. Eight years later, my mother died, and he was alone.
For years, my husband and I looked after my father. We ran the farm. We would get a loan in the spring, use it to farm in the summer, then we’d collect the harvest in the fall and repay the loan to the bank. It was hard work. We certainly weren’t getting rich. When we came to Kazakhstan, we gave up all that and became hired hands, milking and herding someone else’s cattle. At last we got our permanent residence permits. After that, I would go to China to check on my father. We tried to support him from afar. My brother looked after him.
In 2017, I heard from my brother that our father was dying. No treatment was possible. [Starts to cry] I went back to see him. I was still breastfeeding my daughter at the time, but I decided to wean her and leave her with my husband. Yes, I was still breastfeeding her at three years. [Laughs and shakes her head] What can I say? My life is strange. I took an overnight bus. At Khorgos, the Chinese authorities stopped me. They checked my papers. Something was wrong. They notified the police in Ghulja, and soon enough the local police came to Khorgos and interrogated me. They were stern. They told me I would never return to Kazakhstan, then took me to my village in a police car. It’s fifty miles to the village, and — let me tell you — it was the longest drive of my life. I was thinking to myself, Shit, and I was crying. Stop crying, they said.
They took me to my brother-in-law’s house. The next morning, I went to the local police station. I went to see the head of the Fourth Unit of the Dolan Farm, in Ghulja County. I asked him to give me back my passport. He refused. You’re going to study for fifteen days, he said. The man is himself Uighur. Everyone’s caught up in it.
I still hadn’t seen my dying father. I asked them to let me visit him. Don’t worry, the mayor said. It’s only fifteen days. At the time, I thought they were probably right. Why would they lie to me? My father would live for at least another two weeks. So I asked permission — I was still in the mayor’s office — to get my clothes and things from my brother-in-law’s. He refused. They drove me straight from the mayor’s office to the camp. At the camp, I was given a uniform: a red T-shirt, black trousers, Adidas trainers, and some Chinese-style slippers. That was all. They also gave me a shot. They said it was a flu shot. Then, after a month in the camp, they took a blood sample. After that, they would take a blood sample every once in a while. You never knew when it might happen. I don’t know what they were doing, what sort of experiments…
I saw many Kazakhs brought into the camp while I was there. When I asked them what they’d done, they told me they’d visited family members in Kazakhstan, made phone calls to other countries, things like that. As for me, we had some security officials in the camp who told me that Kazakhstan was on a list of the twenty-six most dangerous countries, not to be visited. As a result of your visit, they said, you will be reeducated for a year — that’s when I learned the truth. Not fifteen days but a year! I tried to tell them about my travel permit. They didn’t care. You are a Chinese citizen, they said, so we will reeducate you, as is our right. Do what we tell you and write what we tell you. The interrogations began. They asked for my full biography, including all of my relatives’ names, especially any relatives in prison or abroad. My brother’s name is Samedin, and they wanted to know why he had been given a religious name. When you’re in a camp, they’ll keep asking you the same questions, over and over, all throughout your stay. Nineteen times: I counted. They interrogated me nineteen times.
From July to November I was living in one reeducation facility, the first of several. There were eight hundred women there. I didn’t see any men except for some of the security officers. We were about fifty women in a classroom, plus three teachers and two security guards. There were cameras in the classroom, and in every other room, 360-degree cameras running twenty-four hours a day and filming everything. The classes were what you’ve heard. We were made to say things like “I like China” and “I like Xi Jinping.” We were told our first priority should be to learn Chinese. Then we could work for the government or get a job in mainland China. Even then, we knew this was ridiculous. I saw disabled old women in the camp. Deaf girls. Were they to get a factory job? I remember two women who had no legs. How could they work? But the instructor would say that even without legs, your eyes are healthy. Your heart is healthy. You’ll be fit for work anyway.
When we weren’t in class, we lived together in a long hall, a kind of shed. Each shed housed thirty-three women. We were obliged to make our beds every morning, just like soldiers in the army, not a wrinkle. Once, the inspector didn’t like how I’d made my bed. He took my bedsheets over to the toilet in the corner and threw them in. It was the same if we were too slow — we had only three minutes to make our beds in the morning. Otherwise, into the toilet.
Should I be saying all this? I don’t know. In any case, my name is everywhere. I’ve said it all before. I’m not trying to visit China anymore, not even to see my family. Most likely I’ll die here.
In November, they took me to a new camp, a medical facility — it looked like it had once been a hospital, a new one — but they’d turned it into a camp. From the outside, it looked good. Once in a while, when some inspector from the Central Committee — or, anyway, from outside Xinjiang — came, they tried to spruce it up. If you looked close, you could see barbed wire on the fences outside, which they tried to disguise by also adding fake vines, and they put fake flowers in every window to hide the fact that they were barred. As soon as the inspector left, they removed these decorations. This was one of the Professional Reeducation Centers of the Ghulja region.
In the second camp, they let me talk to my relatives. Once a week you could talk to them on the phone. And once a month they could visit. We would be brought into a room with our relatives on the other side, beyond a wall of wire mesh. The guards would remove my handcuffs. We spoke through the screen.
Mostly we ate only rice and steamed buns — plain, empty buns — at every meal. Probably they put some additives into the dough for nutrition, I don’t know. We never, ever felt full. Once, there was a Chinese holiday and they made us eat pig meat. I mean, they forced us to eat pork. If you refused to eat, as I did once or twice, they put you in cuffs and locked you up. You are not mentally correct, they would explain. Your ideology is wrong. You people are going to become friends with Chinese people, they said. First we are going to destroy your religion, then we will destroy your extremist nationalist feelings, then you will become relatives of China. We will visit your weddings, and you will visit ours. And at our weddings, you will eat pork. They would handcuff you to a chair and reprimand you.
Why are you refusing to eat this food provided to you by the Communist Party? You would sit for twenty-four hours in that chair. They called it the black chair or the lion [tiger] chair. After the first refusal, you got a warning; after the second, you got the chair. The third time you refused, they took you to another facility, one where it was said conditions were harsher. I didn’t refuse a third time.
I was lodged with mostly Uighur women. I think they didn’t want me to be able to communicate with other Kazakhs. There was only one kind of interaction they encouraged. My husband was in Kazakhstan, but for those women who had husbands available, they could meet them once a month for two hours at the camp for marital visits. A room was provided. They were left alone. The husbands were told to bring bedsheets. Before seeing the husbands, the women were given a pill. A tablet, I mean. And sometimes, at night, the single women, taken… [trails off].
I shouldn’t even say “encouraged.” They were forcing every woman who had a husband to meet with him. Even an old woman had to lie in bed for two hours with her husband. They would shame the old women. Don’t you miss your husband? And afterward, they would take the women to bathe. As for the pill they received, I think it was a birth control pill. They didn’t want any births. If you were pregnant when you came to the camp, they performed an abortion. If you refused, they took you to a stricter place, one without visits with relatives. That’s what I heard.
From November until July, I was in the hospital-turned-camp. I remember one time they made us burn a pile of prayer rugs they had collected from people’s homes. While we worked, they asked us questions: Why does your brother have a religious name? Do you have a Koran at home?
In July, they transferred me to a third camp. This was an ordinary school they had turned into a reeducation camp. What I remember most about this camp was that there were no toilets. We had to use a bucket. And, as I said, there were fifty people in a class. Here, too, they would interrogate us, asking us about our husbands and children. Sometimes they would take away three or four women at a time. These women would never come back. Other women would soon arrive to replace them.
In August, I went to a fourth and final facility — we were transferred overnight — where I lived for the remainder of my detention. They kept promising to release us eventually. If you behave, they said, in a month we will teach you a vocation. If your ideas improve. They never did teach us a vocation, but on October 6, 2018, some ethnic Kazakh officials came to the camp. One of them said that good news was coming, and the next day, about 250 women were released. Of these, 150 or so were Kazakh. I know because they separated the Kazakhs from the others and counted us. While we were separated, they told us we had to keep our mouths shut. They said: We have to make our two countries friends. You will be treated in a friendly way, but dangerous ideas are coming from Kazakhstan, so once you’re back in Kazakhstan, say only good things about the camp. There was a threat implied here. When one member of a family is taken for reeducation, others often follow. My husband’s younger brother was taken. It was a spiderweb. They are taking everyone inside.
When I was released, I was taken back to Ghulja, my husband’s village, where the authorities held a ceremony for me and some of the other women from the village. There was a Chinese flag, a podium. They made each of us speak. We had to say nice things about the camp. They told the local population about my achievements. You see, they said, Gulzira is now well educated. She will now work as a teacher for you.
I went to my father’s village at last. I was able to see him. But even here, my sister-in-law was made to spy on me. The authorities asked her to watch me and listen to what I said. I spent five nights at my father’s house. Then they gathered all the women in the area who came from Kazakhstan and told us we were going to work at a factory.
While all this was happening, my husband was working toward my release. Together with Atajurt, he was uploading videos about my detention in China. But I wasn’t aware. I was taken back to my husband’s village and was forced to begin work at a factory. I’d thought I would be sent back to Kazakhstan, but the people I asked were saying contradictory things, and in the end, I was sent to the factory, a kind of sweatshop, I suppose, making gloves. I was told the factory made handbags and some clothes as well, but I only ever worked on gloves. The products were exported abroad, we were told, and sold to foreigners. You made some money, but if you stopped working, they sent you back to the camp. So there wasn’t much of a choice. They told me to sign a contract agreeing to work at this factory for a year. In the end, I worked there for a month and a half. It was piecework. I earned one jiao [10 Chinese cents] for every glove I finished. All told, I made more than two thousand gloves and earned 220 yuan. So, you see, it was like slavery.
One good thing, maybe the only good thing, about the factory was that we were allowed to have our phones again. We could call our loved ones. After more than a year, I finally got to hear my husband’s voice. One day I took a photo of the factory on my phone and sent it to my husband. He showed it to Serikzhan, who published it. They took away my phone. Then they interrogated me. They asked all the same questions they’d asked me many times, and more, all night long. But it worked. They let me go. They took me back to my husband’s village. His relatives were angry with me because of what my husband had done. What have you done? they asked. You’re international news! My relatives wrote messages to my husband. Stop complaining, they told him. You should praise the country! You should thank the government and the party!
I was taken back to my father’s place in January. I saw my father again, probably for the last time. Now he needs care like a child. The police told my father and the relatives that I’d better not speak about the camp, or else my father would be arrested. They took photos of us all drinking tea together. Back at the mayor’s office, I had to write a letter thanking the party for reeducating me for a year and a half. Then, at the border, they interrogated me for another four hours. Finally, they let me cross.
Probably this is a lasting consequence of the camp: I always feel tired. I have no energy anymore. Doctors say I have kidney problems. I’m just happy my husband was here. It’s because of him I was released. There were women in the camp who didn’t have anyone outside China to help them. They were taken to the mainland to work in factories. What has become of them?
I think until Xi Jinping dies, life for Kazakhs in Xinjiang will not change. It’s like it was in Mao’s time. But I will dedicate my life to helping them. Even if it means my family has turned against me. Even my stepdaughter, who was herself detained in the camps, tells me to stop complaining. But I won’t. You can come talk to me anytime. But I don’t know my phone number. My memory is bad. It’s gotten bad since I was in the camps. My focus. And I forgot one other thing: We were allocated only two minutes for going to the toilet in the camps. If we couldn’t do it in time, they beat us with a stick. I suffered five or six beatings because sometimes I was slow. Only in the head. They always targeted our heads.
Source: https://believermag.com/weather-reports-voices-from-xinjiang/ Victims among relatives
Qundyz Tursynzhan (1724), Zhadira Tursynzhan (2542)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa0GQMW0w-I Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xpSJxacCmQ Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR1DRkXjmLo Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFFOfvIEYGQ Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypRvu4Se50U Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR6P5DVNEnQ at Astana press club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsM6LU8i9BE Testimony 1: https://shahit.biz/supp/1723_1.mp3 Kazakhstan ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1723_2.jpg Marriage certificate: https://shahit.biz/supp/1723_3.jpg Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1723_4.jpg Photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/1723_5.jpg state media report on Jiafang: https://shahit.biz/supp/1723_9.mp4 portrait (Globe and Mail): https://shahit.biz/supp/1723_13.jpg portrait (AFP): https://shahit.biz/supp/1723_14.jpg photo with daughter (RTS): https://shahit.biz/supp/1723_15.png photo at factory dining hall: https://shahit.biz/supp/1723_16.jpg propaganda video attacking victim: https://shahit.biz/supp/1723_18.mp4
Entry created: 2018-12-31 Last updated: 2020-08-10 Latest status update: 2019-05-01 1724. Qundyz Tursynzhan (库尼都孜·吐尔逊江)
Chinese ID: 654121199704203328 (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 23 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1|2|3|4: Tursynzhan Isanali, born in 1974, now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (father)
Testimony 5*: "Azat Erkin", as reported by Gene A. Bunin.
About the victim
Qundyz Tursynzhan.
Victim's location
Ghulja County.
When victim was detained
Qundyz was sent to work at a factory for three months.
After her stepmother's story made international press at the end of December 2018, Qundyz was allegedly released from the factory; however, while her stepmother was allowed to return to Kazakhstan in early January 2019, Qundyz was not allowed to go with her.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released from the factory.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Through WeChat. Additional information
She is briefly mentioned during a local press conference (https://archive.vn/eOLHg), where the spokesman aims to discredit Gulzira Auelhan, claiming that Gulzira did not care for her stepdaughter and had asked her to repay her (Gulzira's) alleged loans.
Victims among relatives
Gulzira Auelhan (1723), Zhadira Tursynzhan (2542)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa0GQMW0w-I Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xpSJxacCmQ Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR1DRkXjmLo Testimony 4: https://shahit.biz/supp/1724_1.mp3 photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/1724_2.jpg propaganda still: https://shahit.biz/supp/1724_6.png appearance in propaganda video: https://shahit.biz/supp/1724_7.mp4
Entry created: 2018-12-31 Last updated: 2021-06-02 Latest status update: 2021-03-19 1751. Aytulla Razaq (阿依吐拉·热扎克)
Chinese ID: 652101196409151325 (Turpan)
Basic info
Age: 54 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Muqtar Murat, from Turpan. Now a Kazakhstan citizen. DOB: May 11, 1995. Kazakhstan PIN: 950511000066.
Testimony 4: Erezhep Aqan.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: The victim is the testifier's mother.
Testimony 4: Unclear.
About the victim
Aytulla Razaq (阿依吐拉·热扎克), an ethnic Uyghur from the city of Turpan.
Home address: No. 13, Group 1, Gobi Village, Yar Township, Turpan City.
DOB: September 15, 1964. Chinese ID: 652101196409151325.
Victim's location
In Turpan.
When victim was detained
She was taken to a concentration camp on April 24, 2017. In October 2018, she was sent to a textile factory.
Testimony 4: Released to house arrest on January 25, 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention ---
Victim's status
Currently under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Muqtar was in Turpan himself a few months after his mother was detained.
Additional information
Muqtar went to Turpan in July 2017, despite still being a Chinese citizen at the time. He only stayed two days, however, as his father warned him that he'd be better off going back to Kazakhstan and getting citizenship there first.
Victims among relatives
Murat Bisultan (1750), Mustafa Ahan (1775)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Von4Cg160 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7bJncMQb8M Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF-egphhdRc Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtPZBE7JDcc Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQNh5bVPgA0 : https://shahit.biz/supp/1751_1.mp3 Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1751_2.jpg Photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/1751_3.jpg Photo with husband: https://shahit.biz/supp/1751_4.jpg
Entry created: 2019-01-01 Last updated: 2020-04-05 Latest status update: 2019-01-29 1753. Saule Meltai (萨吾列·米勒太)
Chinese ID: 654325197211280023 (Chinggil)
Basic info
Age: 47 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: documents withheld When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): "two-faced"|"untrustworthy person" Health status: has problems Profession: medicine
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4|5|6|8|9|10|11|13|16|17: Zhenis Zarhan, a citizen of Kazakhstan as of 2018. (husband)
Testimony 7: Muqadys Zhengis, a resident of Kazakhstan. (son)
Testimony 12: Zhenis Zarhan, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (husband)
Testimony 14|18: Saule Meltai, a nurse from Qinghe County, is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang. (the victim)
Testimony 15: Zhenis Zarhan, as reported by Radio Free Asia Mandarin. (husband)
Testimony 19: Official detention notice, provided after the initial detention of a suspect in the People's Republic of China.
Testimony 20: Zhenis Zarhan, as reported by Eurasianet. (husband)
About the victim
Saule Meltai is a professional nurse, the wife of Kazakhstan citizen Zhenis Zarhan, and a mother of two. She has previously been awarded several times in her workplace and has co-authored at least one article in her field.
ID address: Apt. 301, Entrance No. 1, Building No. 2, Guangming Street, Chinggil Municipality, Chinggil County, Xinjiang (新疆青河县县青河镇光明街2号楼1单元301室).
Registration address: 7-4-802 Jindi Garden Residential Area, West Unity Road, Chinggil Municipality (青河镇团结西路金帝花园小区7-4-802).
Chinese passport number: G26467501. She obtained a Kazakhstan residence permit in 2008.
Victim's location Believed to be at her home address.
When victim was detained
She went from Kazakhstan to China on September 12, 2017 to sell her apartment, but had her documents confiscated after arrival. As a result, she ended up working for 4 months at a hospital in Chinggil as a nurse. According to materials found on local websites, it appears that she and her son, Muhtar, took part in the "becoming family" campaign during this time, both as the visitors (visiting an elderly lady) and the visited (being visited by a male Han cadre).
On January 10-11, 2018, she was arrested and later taken to a concentration camp, where she would spend about nine months. According to Saule, the interior was freezing cold and the guards would leave the windows open. Steamed buns would be thrown in through a hole in the door, if at all, and there was very little time allotted to use the washroom.
At one point, Saule was allegedly taken by wheelchair to what appeared to be a courtroom and told that she would be sentenced to 7 years.
She remained in camp until September/October 28, 2018 (testimonies differ on the month), at which point she needed to have an operation and was rushed to Urumqi - having metal implants inserted into her lower spine. While at the hospital, she was supervised by six people and had to pay for her own meals and accommodation (according to her husband, the hospital bill reached around 100000RMB). She was then released and allowed to stay with her mother, Sabila Merke, who would take care of her for the coming three months. She was essentially under house arrest during this time.
On February 14, 2019, she had to have a craniotomy, spending 17 days in the hospital, with costs totaling 80000RMB. According to the victim herself, people from state security visited her while she was at the hospital and not yet fully recovered, telling her to cooperate with them and silence her husband in exchange for them returning her passport and allowing her to go abroad. [It is not 100% clear if this happened during the first hospital stay or the second, although the latter is more likely given as her husband had already become much more vocal by then.]
Since then, Saule has remained under what essentially appears to be house-town arrest, unable to get her documents and rejoin her husband and other son in Kazakhstan. According to her husband, his petitions in Kazakhstan have led to some improvements for her, with the government paying some of the medical bills and giving Saule her full salary. However, judging by his continued campaigning and Saule's own desperation (as seen in her video testimony), things are still very dire.
In May 2020, Saule was approached by the head of the Chinggil county hospital, Yao Xinghong, as well as by the deputy head Perhat and the director Xia Ruili. They asked her to resume working at the hospital, in spite of the health problems and trauma that she's been dealing with. They said that she may be dismissed otherwise.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
In one testimony, the victim's husband says that she was taken to a camp for being "two-faced", as "evidenced" by her wearing a headscarf (which he says she doesn't), not drinking, not socializing with others, and visiting Kazakhstan too many times.
In a number of testimonies, Zhenis also blames Xia Ruili (夏瑞利), the director of the Chinggil People's Hospital (青河县人民医院), for having his wife detained. He believes that this was an act of revenge for a complaint that Saule had written about him three years earlier, in which she stated that he did not treat his employees well.
On her official detention slip, it says that she was detained for investigation because she had been "classified as belonging to other untrustworthy people who may influence stability".
Victim's status
She is under house-town arrest, and is required to have the local neighborhood authorities accompany her if she goes anywhere. She and her son, Muhtar, have not been returned their passports and are not being allowed to leave to join the other half of their family in Kazakhstan. In April 2020, her husband reported that the local authorities installed a camera in the house, which he believes is due to his meeting with Michael Pompeo in Kazakhstan.
Judging by the victim's own testimony, she is also under a lot of pressure from the authorities to silence her husband. No one there cares about her, she says, and no one is willing to help.
Even before her detention, Saule was already suffering from blood pressure, cerebral infarction, and myocardial infarction issues. While at camp, she started having incontinence issues, and would have to undergo the two major surgeries mentioned above. In her conversation with her husband, she says that her face is partially paralyzed. Overall, she does not appear to be in very good health, in addition to the psychological pressure she is under.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
From the sound of it, Zhenis was getting news about his wife's situation from a number of sources - his son in Xinjiang, direct contact with the police, and a friend in Urumqi.
At some point, it appears that he was now able to contact Saule directly.
Saule's own account, delivered as a recorded video call with her husband, is an eyewitness testimony.
Additional information
Zhenis also reports harassment and demands from the Chinese authorities, such as his pension being halted, his not being allowed to cancel his Chinese citizenship/registration, and his being demanded to come back to Chinggil.
Eurasianet feature: https://eurasianet.org/interview-kazakh-from-china-fights-to-free-his-family
Amnesty International case info: https://xinjiang.amnesty.org/#case-SR042
Saule's academic article on the role of nurses (full version attached below): http://archive.is/OhD3r
Xia Ruili’s phone number: 13565181286. Listed at: http://archive.is/OAm7N
A "becoming family" diary for her family: http://archive.is/5iaol
Another diary where she is the visitor: http://archive.is/E5R8U Eyewitness account
[The following is the translated transcript of a phone call between Zhenis Zarhan and his wife, Saule Meltai. Saule, a nurse from Altai’s Shingil County, was forced to spend nine months in a camp, prior to being released in late 2018, at which time she required two major surgeries. Afterwards, she would remain under town-house arrest, with the authorities refusing to give her and her son their passports, thereby making it impossible for them to reunite with their family in Kazakhstan. The phone call took place in January 2020. Judging by the context and content, Zhenis intended for it to be shared publicly for the world to see.]
Zhenis: It won't be long now. Say what you have to.
Saule: What?
Z: I'm working on going to the US so that we can bring you home. So that you can move here.
S: I'm tired of telling these people. Nobody listens to what I say now. Nobody.
Z: No need to tell them. No need to beg.
S: It's been three years now that you haven't seen your child.
Z: And your child [here in Kazakhstan] misses you too.
S: Do you think it's easy to stay in this empty house? I can't sleep. I cannot close my eyes, thinking of my child. And my health problems only make it worse. When you have a problem and ask or beg for help... I've gone to the political and legal affairs commission, to the police station... to your work unit. They just ignore me. Nobody wants me around. They threaten me instead. "If you don't make your husband shut up, you and your child will never be able to go abroad. You'll never see them again." That's what they tell me. They threaten me all the time.
Z: What else did they say?
S: [Unclear] all the time. I've missed my child so much. I can't bear it anymore. No official listens. You beg them for this and for that. I've endured so much. Nobody listens, nobody cares about you. And they threaten you. "If you continue talking about this, we'll make it so that you'll never be able to leave your house. We'll blacklist you and you'll never be able to go to Kazakhstan to see your husband and son. We won't let your family reunite." ...they threaten me.
Will I spend the rest of my life like this? Life's really become difficult. I can't take it anymore. Our family is torn apart. Is it easy for a mother to be separated from her child? For entire days and nights I cannot sleep. I need to take sleeping pills. This is the only way I can make this agony stop briefly. Every bit of what I've had to experience is etched in my memory. There's nothing they haven't done to torture me. And there's my health problems on top of that. Nobody is there to help.
I've gone everywhere to ask for help, but nothing. I've gone to the police, to state security, to the political and legal affairs commission... Nobody cares. My only hope is you, hoping that you could take me away from here. Here, they don't listen. They don't care. Z: It's been three years already.
S: How can one spend three years like this? The first year, they locked me up for nine months for nothing. I needed treatment and they wouldn't take me to the hospital. Only in the end did they take me to the operating room for a major surgery. After having my lower back nailed [metal implants], I'm suffering from partial paralysis on my face now, because of all the damage to my nerves.
They did another operation on my brain. Not long after the operation, while I was only starting to recover, a person from State Security, the head of the hospital, and several policemen came to me and shamelessly said to me: "your husband is looking for you - make him shut up!" They told me to cooperate with them and promised to issue me a passport and said "we'll sort out your husband's pension issues so that he'll be able to receive it again soon". But they lied… [unclear]… "We’ll let you go, we'll help your son get his passport", and so on... Those shameless people came to the hospital in Urumqi to tell me this. I thought they were humane, that they would solve my problems. I believed them and did everything as I was told to do.
After a month, I returned home [from the hospital] and asked them about their promises to reinstate your pension. I also mentioned how much money I had to spend on the two operations. But they just kept lying to me, saying they'd handle it “soon”. Then I asked them to just get my passport issues sorted, saying how much I missed my child and how it's been three years now that I've been living through this torture. I pleaded with them to give me my passport, but no one wants to take responsibility. The work unit says that state security should stamp it, who then says that no, someone else should… [unclear]
I didn't tell you this at the start, but I'm helpless now. What have I done to be treated like this? I haven't committed any crime. I had worked for 28 years, and was planning to spend the rest of my life in peace. I've really missed my son. It's been three years… Is this fair? Whom should I go to and plead for help? They threaten me. Still, I hope that there are some people with dignity.
I'm a mother. Mothers brought all of us into this world, and human beings should have respect for mothers. Are they so heartless that they would leave a mother in such a situation? It's been really difficult. I've been hiding from you all the time. I had been worried about you. But I can't bear it anymore. I think that my heart might stop at any time. I sometimes think that I might die while I'm sleeping. I'm worried that I may never see my family again. I think the people have changed, and I doubt that there are still kind people left here.
I've already gone through all this pain and I'm used to it, but I still can't control the feelings I have towards my child. Missing your children and being separated from them is far worse than any health problems you might have. Staying alone in a house like this for two years isn't easy either. I don't know where to go for help now. Nobody wants me around. If I talk, they don't listen. They just lie to me. To be a woman and go through all this sorrow for three years… I don't know who will help me. When you write something nice, I feel happy. The days drag by so slowly. It's so difficult, being stuck in the middle of all this. My heart breaks when I think of the children.
Z: I hear you, I hear you. Don't cry. God willing, I'll be going to America soon. And I won't stop until I get you back. There are people all around the world, Kazakhstani people, and all Kazakh people, countries that stand up for justice, like America, as well as human rights organizations. I will reach out to as many of them as I can. I won't stop my appeals until I get you and my son back to Kazakhstan.
China isn't God. They also signed international treaties that they're obligated to abide by. There is no law that gives permission to a country to separate families. There is international law, so why doesn't China abide by it? It's one of the UN member states. They say that Kazakhstan is their friend and neighbor. They should show their friendship, then. We're not enemies.
S: I'm a woman and they can see the sorrow I'm going through, but they have no sympathy. They were also brought into this world by mothers, so why do they torture a mother like this? Why don't they just decide and say: let's take pity on this woman and solve her problems? But no, it turns out that they don't care. I haven't been able to sleep for months. I don't even know whom to ask for help, and I just lie and I cry. My pillow has become soaked with tears.
It's so difficult to deal with something like this at this age. It's so hard to not be able to see your child. This hurts more than learning about him dying would, because at least then you'd know that he died. This, to miss your child and not be able to see him, is much harder. And I'm not healthy either, you know. Is there any suffering I still haven't been subjected to? I'm afraid that I will die before I get to see my son. I'm afraid of my heart stopping while I'm asleep.
Z: Don't cry. Hang in there. Hang in there, hang in there... I'm... I'm doing my best to help you. I'm continuing to appeal.
S: Officials like Chairman Xi are talking about all these great policies, but the local authorities aren't implementing them. They just threaten people. "If you continue doing this, you will never leave this country. You and your son will stay in China forever." That's how they threaten me. How am I supposed to bear all this?
Z: Look, those people just say whatever comes to mind. Don't be afraid of them. I'm continuing to appeal. I'm doing all I can.
S: I'll die thinking of my child.
Z: Don't say that. Just hang in there. It won't be long now. There are many people who support us. All the people in Kazakhstan support us. All the Kazakhs support us. In a month or so, I'll go to the US, God willing. I'll go to the UN, to the European Union... Everywhere. They'll have no choice but to let you go. There are international laws. They cannot just separate families for no reason. You're not a criminal. Please, don't cry.
S: I've had to endure so much. I was locked up for months for no reason. I've become sick and was incontinent, wetting my bed. But the hope to reunite with my family gave me the courage to overcome all of this. And now they keep lying. Our family has experienced so much misfortune. I think that I may die here like this, without ever seeing my child again.
Z: You'll see him soon, God willing. What about Muhtar? How is he?
S: He's also worried. He also misses his brother and father. He misses his family.
Z: It's all right, don't cr...
S: I wish... I wish they'd at least let him go, so you'd all be able to live there together.
Z: They're not letting either of you go, right?
S: If it meant you being able to reunite, I would endure anything. It's been so hard. I've asked everyone for help, but nobody listens. I've gone to state security, the police, your work unit, government offices, county officials... I spent the entire summer going to them with my application letters. I begged them, telling them that I'm a mother. Nobody cared... [unclear]
I was a good employee. I worked for 28 years. I accomplished all my duties with responsibility. I was loyal. I never did anything wrong. I don't know what they want from me now.
Z: It's all right, please don't cry. I'll bring you home soon. Only international organizations can help you. It doesn't look like the local authorities are planning to let you go. What was the name of that head police officer? Song Jian? He and Jian Tingwei, neither of them wants to let you go. I'm going to ask for help from international organizations. I met one of the high officials from the US today.
S: Human beings should protect mothers, not torture them. What have I done to end up like this?
Z: It's all right, don't cry.
S: Why shouldn't I cry?
Z: It's all rig...
S: I've been keeping it inside all this time. I'm taking pills now to calm my heart. I cannot sleep at night, thinking of my child. I can sleep only with the help of the pills. I'm counting the days now. One day, two days… as I long for that wonderful day when I can see my son. It's so hard. I can't take it anymore.
Z: Calm down, it'll be fine. Don't cry. I'll go to the US soon... to New York City, to the UN. I will meet with the US officials. You should know that I met a very high-level US official today. He said he would help us get you and our son on a list of protected people. He also gave me the names of the people I'd meet there. He also said he'd assist me with contacting some of them and then have them talk to the Chinese government. We've done something good today. It won't be long now…
You can be sure of that - I spent the entire day there today. I gave him your photos, ID numbers, my letters of appeal... all the important stuff. He said that he would help us because you were a nurse. He said that they would help get you here. Our worst days are behind us.
S: All of them were born from mothers...
Z: Do you think they understand this? They weren't born from mothers. They were born from stone.
S: I worked as a nurse... I've rescued many lives. And now when I'm in such a bad situation, why isn't there a single person kind enough and willing to help me? Shouldn't virtue have its rewards? Am I the only nurse who's going through this?
Z: It's all right, I...
S: Why are they torturing me like this?
Z: It's all right, don't be afraid. I will let the whole world know about you, about your tears. I will get this translated into English and show it to the officials from the US and the UN. I'll post it on their websites. I'll have them watch and see the state you're in.
They're saying that they're not doing anything to Kazakhs in China, that Kazakhs there are free... That they're being released and allowed to go to Kazakhstan, that there are no separated families... The Chinese government is saying this. S: I've been trying not to talk about all this. I didn't want it to worry you. I've kept it all hidden, but I won't endure it any longer. My heart is just a fist-sized chunk of flesh now. My heart cannot bear this anymore. The rest I can put up with, but not being separated from my son.
Z: It's all right, you'll come here soon. I've told you - I've been appealing. All the people in Kazakhstan are watching. The whole world knows about it. Everybody knows what you're going through. It's just five or six people in China saying they won't let you go. But there are other people too. There are international organizations.
Just be patient. Don't cry. The worst days are behind us. God willing, everything will get better soon. Everybody is making wishes and praying for you, including some who are coming back from their pilgrimage to Mecca. I'm sure their wishes will come true.
If it's true that China and Kazakhstan are friends, they'll have to release you. If they don't let you go, it means that they think of Kazakhstan as an enemy. This is what I want the Chinese to think about. Look at Kazakhstan's display of friendship. The Chinese come here in thousands, tens of thousands. Why can they come and my family cannot?
I will talk about this with the UN. I'll tell them many things there. They've trampled on the rights of the ethnic minorities and made us second- and third-class people. There are some Chinese like that in Shingil, headed by Xia Ruili. It's all right, don't cry. It'll be all right. Just hang in there. I've been working on this. Don't be afraid.
The international... International organizations are aware of your case. They're paying close attention to it. Some people ask me to always keep them posted.
S: The only thing I did wrong was try to defend the hospital...
Z: No point in bringing that up. They won't understand anyway. We'll have time to talk about it later. The most important thing right now is that you're not a criminal and you haven't committed any crime. You haven't violated any Chinese law. It's not like you work for state security, either. They're doing it intentionally. I've told the Chinese numerous times - if they let you go, we will stop appealing. But they don't understand. Now the only choice is to resolve this with the help of international organizations.
S: How many times have I begged them, breaking into tears and bowing to them? It hasn't stirred the least sympathy in their hearts.
Z: Their hearts aren't made of flesh and blood. They'll laugh and enjoy it if you cry. They'll get pleasure out of watching you go to them and cry and ask for help. Not even Hitler, during the Second World War, separated families the way that they're doing. What they're doing now is even worse than Hitler. They've become fascists, like Hitler. During the Second World War, separated families were able to reunite. Even Hitler said that families shouldn't be separated. Compared to these people, Hitler was humane.
Come on now, don't cry... I've told you - I'm working on this. I won't leave you like this. Everyone is helping me financially. Some people are helping get me a ticket. I told you - I met a prominent US official. He asked me not to disclose his name, but he's arranged everything there. People will meet me at the airport. China cannot live without the rest of the world. They cannot do everything alone. Our problem is so trivial. They could have just let the two of you go. I think they're worried that you might come here and start saying bad things about them. Who knows what they're thinking... S: I've no intention of badmouthing them. All I want is to reunite with my family. That's my only wish.
Z: It's all right, it's all right... Don't cry. I think you've said everything that needed to be said. Have you told everything that you wanted to tell? I've also told you that I'm doing all I can. Other people are helping as well.
S: I was worried about you and didn't tell you about this.
Z: Worrying isn't going to change things.
S: I thought the local officials would help me sort this out. I've pleaded for help numerous times.
Z: But they threaten you, don't they? Did the head of the police station, Song Jian, threaten you?
S: They say that they won't let me leave this place, and that I won't be able to see my family. I told them I was a mother and asked them how they feel when they don't see their kids for an hour, while I haven't seen mine for three years. I've gone through all these torments. I started having problems with my health, and I might die like this one day, still longing to see my son. My heart will just stop beating. I can't bear it all anymore. I begged them to let me go. They threatened me, saying that my son and I will stay in China forever.
Z: They can't make you stay in China. You belong to an international family, one that has been separated. You have a husband who's a Kazakhstan citizen. China doesn't have the right to split a family in two. They've signed treaties in the UN that say as much. They promised not to separate families when they signed those treaties. They promised to abide by international law and not split families into two.
All right, all right... Don't cry. We're done.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FogVc23vEiU
Official notice(s)
Original: https://shahit.biz/supp/notori_9.pdf Translation: https://shahit.biz/supp/nottran_9.pdf Side-by-side: https://shahit.biz/notview.php?no=9
Victims among relatives
Muhtar Zhenis (2254)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAdCdP3C4yI Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V8f4SwRu_U Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj0kod9zMb4 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkgQaxSr7vE Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7fIIJgDNW4 Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZu7wRrNwVA Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFGjgpti_sE Testimony 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiam1TX1yEY Testimony 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F-mhm2XE70 Testimony 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOWjxeUMtuE Testimony 13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYpPCSGdeok Testimony 14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKfEbs1BHgA Testimony 16: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD_f1KYLNlU Testimony 17: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unw7E7CMeFE Testimony 18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXgr1nsWrAU Testimony 1: https://shahit.biz/supp/1753_1.mp3 Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/1753_2.jpg Steel implant MRI: https://shahit.biz/supp/1753_3.jpg Medical bills: https://shahit.biz/supp/1753_4.jpg Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1753_5.jpg medical conditions document: https://shahit.biz/supp/1753_6.jpg marriage certificate: https://shahit.biz/supp/1753_7.jpg article by victim: https://shahit.biz/supp/1753_18.pdf w/ son visiting a "relative": https://shahit.biz/supp/1753_20.png letter from US ambassador: https://shahit.biz/supp/1753_22.jpg
Entry created: 2019-01-01 Last updated: 2021-04-11 Latest status update: 2020-09-24 1769. Ermek Nurahmet (叶尔买克·奴热合米提)
Chinese ID: 654221196212101431 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 56 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: government
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
One of the testifiers is the victim's wife, a citizen of Kazakhstan, Omirgul Elubai. Other testimonies are from the victim's relatives.
Victim's relation to testifier
The testifiers are the victim’s wife and relatives.
About the victim
Ermek Nurahmet was a village head of Sharbas Village in Emin County (another testimony says he was office manager at the Emin County administration).
Address: Apt. 303, Entrance No. 1, Building No. 2, Gonghshanglu Residential Area (工商路家属楼), South Qianjin Road (前进南路), Emin Municipality, Emin County, Tacheng Prefecture.
Passport number: G36158537. Phone number: +8613809970606.
Victim's location
In Tacheng, presumably.
When victim was detained
Taken to re-education camp (name: Zharbulaq Monsun Re-education Center) in March 2018. Released to house arrest in November 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Visiting Kazakhstan.
Victim's status Under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
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Additional information
One of the testifiers, Nazerke Erkebulan Nurahmetova, also mentions three other people: Altyn Pishai, born in 1942; Nurkamal Zhaqia, born in 1987; Zhibek Zhaqia. The testifier assumes that they might have been taken to a camp. They were keeping in touch with them regularly, but when she called Nurkamal for the last time in December 2018, a man answered the phone and said that she forgot her phone when she was a guest at his house, but he's believed to be a policeman in that village. They are from Manas County.
Ermek Nurahmet appears to own an agricultural business: http://www.11467.com/qiye/51052370.htm
Ermek Nurahmet also seems to have violated traffic laws and is due a ruling: http://www.jinciwei.cn/b438663.html
Victims among relatives
Erarys Ermek (1770)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMFoVxoP06U Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKaIrE7lNVc Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuTJEdFHOs0 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf8_qdbSOI0 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCa9C5VRGrk Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz31fC8yZYQ Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1769_7.png
Entry created: 2019-01-02 Last updated: 2019-06-04 Latest status update: 2019-06-19 1775. Mustafa Ahan
Chinese ID: 652325199110082615 (Qitai)
Basic info
Age: 27 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Changji Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: --- Profession: security/police
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3: Muhtar Murat, born in 1995, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (cousin)
Testimony 4: Erezhep Aqan, a resident of Kazakhstan. (cousin)
Testimony 5: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Mustafa Ahanuly is a Chinese citizen. He was a policeman.
Address: Wumachang township (五马场乡), Qitai county, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
Victim's location
Presumably in Changji.
When victim was detained
Originally detained on October 17, 2017 (camp, presumably), then transferred to a textile factory in October 2018. On January 12, 2019, he was released from the factory and put under house arrest.
Likely (or given) reason for detention for buying a SIM card for a relative visiting from Kazakhstan
Victim's status
Testimony 4: under house arrest since January 12, 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Murat Bisultan (1750), Aytulla Razaq (1751)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7bJncMQb8M Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF-egphhdRc Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Von4Cg160 Testimony 1: https://shahit.biz/supp/1775_1.mp3 photo (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/1775_2.jpg photo (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/1775_3.jpg
Entry created: 2019-01-02 Last updated: 2019-01-02 Latest status update: 2019-01-29 1781. Zhairbek Elemes (杰伊热拜克·艾力麦斯)
Chinese ID: 654121196803032831 (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 50 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: documents withheld When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"registration issues" Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+2+4: Ozat Toleubeiqyzy, born in 1968, shared through Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights.
Testimony 3: Yusup Zhairbek, born on July 28, 1991.
Testimony 5: Dilmurat Zhairbek, born on April 7, 1987, citizen of Kazakhstan.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+4: Husband
Testimony 3+5: father
About the victim
Zhairbek Elemesuly (杰依热拜克*艾力麦斯). He came to Kazakhstan with his family(3 children and wife) in 2014.
Has heart ailments, needed some sort of procedure related to the condition; had returned to Yining in 2015 to have the operation and to recover.
Registered at: Ablash village (阿布拉什村) 385, Yuqunweng (愉群翁) Hui autonomous township, Yining county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture
DOB: March 3, 1968. Chinese ID: 654121196803032831. Passport no. EA0689435.
Victim's location
Yining County Re-education Camp.
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: 26 December 2017. Testimony 2: He went to China on December 19, 2017 to get treatment. After 3 days, he was taken away at lunch time from relative's house.
Testimony 5: December 27, 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 1: Actual conviction reported as being possession of two hukou / residency registration books, sentenced to three years.
Victim's status
Testimony 2: Released after 10 months in camp. Documents still confiscated by local police.
Testimony 3: released in November 2018.
Testimony 4: he previously had a coronary bypass, but has no one to look after him now.
Testimony 5: released from prison on October 11 and put under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 1: Chinese officials from the Yining County Re-education camp reportedly made several request through intermediaries for money (2000 RMB each time) which was paid by his family in Kazakhstan. Nature of charges and length of sentences came from that same source.
Additional information
Details transcribed from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-ytEtHLigk
First rendering of his name at the beginning of the video is a Chinese rendering; Kazakh version comes later on. Atajurt has pictures of passport and ID cards, etc. Recommend direct contact with them if more info needed / desired.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-ytEtHLigk Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx1hgH2gPqE Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-WaeV2Gwik Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZWDgrY6D_s Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5fsRGFDsdk Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/1781_6.png
Entry created: 2019-01-02 Last updated: 2019-01-02 Latest status update: 2019-03-03 1811. Erzhan Rash (叶尔江·热阿西)
Chinese ID: 654125196708024214 (Kunes)
Basic info
Age: 51 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: forced job placement When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Gulbostan Rash, born on December 30, 1962, now citizen of Kazakhstan, lives in Almaty Region
Testimony 2: Serik Rashuly, born on September 15, 1965, is a Kazakhstan citizen; ID number is 032669102.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: Brother
About the victim
Erzhan Rash (叶尔江*热阿西), born on August 2, 1967. Address in China: 51 Liangzhan (粮站), Qarabula township, (喀拉布拉乡), Xinyuan county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture. Chinese ID no. 654125196708024214.
Victim's location
Unclear
When victim was detained
Arrested and sent to re-education camp on July 13, 2017.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 1: Released on September 9, 2018. Now he has been assigned to work as a security guard Testimony 2: Released in November 2018.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
His wife and children live in Kazakhstan
Victims among relatives
Rash Qazybek (1810)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79SgROVFCKc video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvzU2WtB9_s Chinese ID card: https://shahit.biz/supp/1811_3.png
Entry created: 2019-01-03 Last updated: 2019-01-03 Latest status update: 2019-01-08 1859. Ayturem Turdi
Chinese ID: 65290119????????E? (Aksu)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Aksu Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Erkin Turdi, Uyghur man from Aksu city. He came to Turkey with his family in September, 2016.
Victim's relation to testifier older sister
About the victim
Ayturem Turdi, Uyghur woman possibly from Aksu city. She was detained in 2017, recently released from concentration camp, but current condition is unknown.
Victim's location
Aksu City
When victim was detained
CECC report: November 1, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
CECC report: Unclear, but one of the relatives told RFA that some people in the family were detained in connection with growing beards, or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones.
Victim's status unknown
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? unclear
Additional information
Mentioned in the CECC report: https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20181011 _1424.pdf
Victims among relatives
Hornisahan Osman (1848), Erpan Abdureshit (1849), Ershat Abdureshit (1850), Abdureshit Turdi (1851), Tursun Turdi (1852), Ehmet Turdi (1853), Memetjan Yasinahun (1855), Amangul Aydek (1854), Abduleziz Yasinahun (1856), Abduqadir Mamut (1857), Yusupjan Tohsun (1858), Sheyide Emin (1861), Eltekin Emin (1860), Nurnisa Turdi (1862), Dilmurat Emer (1863), Dilshat Emer (1864)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAOHDptqk70
Entry created: 2019-01-03 Last updated: 2019-01-03 Latest status update: 2018-12-19 1864. Dilshat Emer
Chinese ID: 652901??????????O? (Aksu)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Aksu Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Erkin Turdi, Uyghur man from Aksu city. He came to Turkey with his family in September, 2016.
Victim's relation to testifier nephew
About the victim
Dilshat Emer. He was detained in 2017, and recently released from concentration camps. But current health status is unknown.
Victim's location unknown (possibly in Aksu)
When victim was detained
2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unknown
Victim's status unknown
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? unclear Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Hornisahan Osman (1848), Erpan Abdureshit (1849), Ershat Abdureshit (1850), Abdureshit Turdi (1851), Tursun Turdi (1852), Ehmet Turdi (1853), Memetjan Yasinahun (1855), Amangul Aydek (1854), Abduleziz Yasinahun (1856), Abduqadir Mamut (1857), Ayturem Turdi (1859), Yusupjan Tohsun (1858), Sheyide Emin (1861), Eltekin Emin (1860), Nurnisa Turdi (1862), Dilmurat Emer (1863)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAOHDptqk70
Entry created: 2019-01-03 Last updated: 2019-01-03 Latest status update: 2018-12-19 1878. Dina Yemberdi (迪娜·依根别尔德)
Chinese ID: 654226199310050020 (Kobuksar)
Basic info
Age: 25 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: art & literature
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Nurgazy Sergazy, born on May 12, 1996, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. His ID number is 040218269.
Testimony 2: name unclear, born on April 22, 1987.
Testimony 3: unclear
Testimony 4+6: Qusan Nauryzhan is now a Kazakhstan citizen. Her ID number is 016289442.
Testimony 5-6: Gulden Aiqyn.
Testimony 7+9: Nurgazy Toqtarqozhauly, born on February 4, 1973; ID number is 041855531.
Testimony 7+9+11: Gulzhamal Qairollaqyzy
Testimony 8-10: Gulbaqyt Sharapi, born on February 2, 1970.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: cousin
Testimony 2+7: sister
Testimony 3: niece
Testimony 4+6: niece
Testimony 5-6: cousin
Testimony 7+9+11: sister in law
Testimony 8-10: niece About the victim
Dina Yemberdi (迪娜*依根别尔德) is a Chinese citizen. She has graduated from the Xinjiang Arts Institute and is a well-known artist among Kazakh youth in China.
Address on ID: Tuanjie Road 78, Tianshan district, Urumqi.
Victim's location
Qobyqsaty county, Tacheng region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained earlier: April 2018
Testimony 9: February 2018
Testimony 11: testifier got news that she was put into a camp in February 2018 and later sentenced.
(Testimony 10: Arrested in Hoboksar county, Tacheng prefecture)
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status earlier: in a re-education camp;according to the another source of information she was sentenced to 3 years in prison.
Testimony 7: She called her relatives in Kazakhstan and told them that everything is good and that she is with her parents, though she hung up the phone when they asked to talk to her parents. She called from Urumqi, and the incoming call was from +869916711526. The call lasted for almost 6 minutes.
Testimony 8: released on January 19, 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
Another source of information claims that she started suffering mental disorder after being put into a re-education camp.
She owns a make-up business: https://www.zdao.com/company/5bcfa403-f76f-4358-8f6c-3c8b857c842f
Supplementary materials Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O586abC0cbw Testimonies 2 and 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDDd3SQMrpo Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJtqNKe60_4 Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hruc06IWLU Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z7PBLEKVaE Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVi8d5FIlWo Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD4VO18oZAU Testimony 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebInatyMYP4 Testimony 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdNYRelnbUE Testimony 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zhYWEU_sJA Dina's painting (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/1878_1.jpg Dina's painting (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/1878_2.jpg Dina's painting (3): https://shahit.biz/supp/1878_3.jpg Dina's painting (4): https://shahit.biz/supp/1878_4.jpg Dina's painting (5): https://shahit.biz/supp/1878_5.jpg Chinese ID card: https://shahit.biz/supp/1878_16.png
Entry created: 2019-01-03 Last updated: 2019-01-03 Latest status update: 2019-01-21 1893. Nigymet Abdikarim (尼哥买提)
Chinese ID: 65422519591220001X (Chaghantokay)
Basic info
Age: 59 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: documents withheld When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: education
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+5+6: Dariga Nygmet
Testimony 2-4: Marat Toqtaganov, native citizen of Kazakhstan.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+5+6: father
Testimony 2-4: relative
About the victim
Nygmet Abdikarim, a retired teacher, went to China in October 2017 (Testimony 6: November 2, 2017) to renew his passport.
Address: Shagantogai county, Tacheng region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained earlier: January 2018
Testimony 6: December 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear Victim's status released from the camp around December 23, 2018
Testimony 5: cannot get passport back
Testimony 6: victim doesn't have property in China
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 6: from relatives, but testifier has been unable to talk to the victim herself
Additional information
Testimony 6: both of the testifiers' parents (retired teachers) have had their pensions stopped.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBC5XKtWupw Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sSeje5MmJ0 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkexYzn8R6c Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma5rZtqgnKk Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt_XG5gQbDE photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/1893_6.png Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/1893_7.png marriage certificate: https://shahit.biz/supp/1893_8.png appeal to UNHRC: https://shahit.biz/supp/1893_9.png Testimony 6: https://shahit.biz/supp/1893_10.mp3
Entry created: 2019-01-04 Last updated: 2019-09-22 Latest status update: 2019-01-12 2021. Zhumahan Moldatia (朱玛汗·毛拉提亚)
Chinese ID: 654226195504080617 (Kobuksar)
Basic info
Age: 63 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+3+4: Ermek Myrzahan, born on March 5, 1977, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. His ID number is 042951441.
Testimony 2-3: Shynarbek Myrzahan, born on August 3, 1982, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. His ID number is 037598985.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+3+4: uncle
Testimony 2-3: unclear
About the victim
Zhumahan Moldatiauly is a Chinese citizen.
Victim's location
Hefeng county, Tacheng region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained earlier: March 2018
Testimony 4: put in camp in October 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status Testimony 3: released from re-education camp on January 10, 2019
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives
Myrzahan Moldatia (2020)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2lMHPDIPbY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUCC3AH0p_I Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL8DGIgE6DM Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyQwzWyUexM Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2021_5.png
Entry created: 2019-01-08 Last updated: 2019-01-08 Latest status update: 2019-01-14 2030. Asiya Ahmetnuh (阿斯亚·阿合买提努乎)
Chinese ID: 652501196711130420 (Chochek)
Basic info
Age: 51 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: forced job placement When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: education
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-7: Zhapar Zhamali’uly, born in China on August 11, 1966, now a Kazakhstani citizen. His hukou was cancelled in 2004 and his Chinese citizenship in 2005. ID number is 043424857. (phone number: +77754587811)
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-7: Wife
About the victim
Asiya Ahmetnuh (阿斯亚*阿合买提努乎). She married Zhapar in China on February 16, 1995, when Zhapar was already a citizen of Kazakhstan. Since October 1, 2016, she has retired from public work. She was an outstanding teacher and was awarded many times. She has published a thesis on Chinese-language teaching.
Registered at Weisheng Street 28, Tacheng city.
Chinese passport: G33760734. Phone number: +8613899380387.
Work unit: Tacheng District Second Secondary School (塔城地区第二中学)
Victim's location
In Tacheng.
When victim was detained earlier: Arrested after returning from Kazakhstan to Tacheng on December 6, 2017 and sent to re-education camp.
Testimony 4: Asiya went to China on August 22, 2017 to extend their visas and was detained Testimony 5: Arrested on December 8, 2017.
Testimony 7: Was planning to travel from Almaty to Urumqi to extend her visa, but was held in Tacheng on December 16, 2017 and got her documents confiscated.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 3-4: released from the camp on November 25, 2018, but now is under house arrest.
Testimony 6 (April 2019): seems to be employed by her former unit as a teacher in the re-education camp. Her phone is still confiscated. Has heart problems and high blood pressure.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
The couple have a daughter, Aizhan Zhapar, who is now separated from her parents in China
Victims among relatives
Aizhan Zhapar (2031)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbl32JKZMDY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08J9fcu8na4 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmSx51UGwPA Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuEB_WH6LVA Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZkODAGZnbc Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7AzHNRgmJE Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPqzKyMvLhk Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2030_8.png
Entry created: 2019-01-09 Last updated: 2019-01-09 Latest status update: 2019-04-03 2035. Nurzhuma Kadirhan
Chinese ID: 65422119750315??O? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 43 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Emilgul Aqysh, born on August 15, 1978, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. Her ID number is 044106976.
Victim's relation to testifier husband
About the victim
Nurzhuma Kadirhan, born on March 15, 1975, is a Chinese citizen. He went to China on September 18, 2017, to take her daughter to Kazakhstan and was put into a re-education camp on December 18, 2017. He was released from the camp on November 27, 2018, but still cannot get his passport back.
Victim's location
Emin county, Tacheng region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
December 18, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status released from the camp and now is under house arrest
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0A9eZ5FpHg
Entry created: 2019-01-09 Last updated: 2019-01-09 Latest status update: 2019-01-07 2095. Ablajan Abduwaqi
Chinese ID: 6531??19????????O? (place of origin unclear)
Basic info
Age: 55+ Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kashgar Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: education
Testifying party
I am the victim's daughter. Currently I am living in US with my husband and two little children. I have only one brother, who recently finished his Ph. D in Germany. We lost contact with all our relatives after my father's detention in October, 2017.
Victim's relation to testifier
The victim is the testifier's father.
About the victim
The victim's name: Ablajan Abduwaqi (Abulajiang Abuduwake in Chinese) He was an excellent and passionate math teacher in Kashi University, Xinjiang,China. He was teaching for more than 20 years and served as the head of the department of mathematics for more than 10 years. He was the member of the communist party, and hence, he did not get involved in any type of religious activity. Just because his daughter began to wear headscarf 8 years ago, which is considered a type of religious extremism in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, he was arrested for not stopping her from wearing a headscarf.
[presumably older than 55, as this is what the testifier tagged in her submission]
Victim's location
Kashi, Xinjiang,China
When victim was detained
October, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Just because his daughter began to wear headscarf 8 years ago, which is considered a type of religious extremism in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, he was arrested for not stopping her from wearing a headscarf.
Victim's status
House arrest currently.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Through Wechat messages from my cousin who is studying in a university in the mainland China.
Additional information
He was sent to the re-education camp in October,2017. He was released in February, 2019. Currently he is house arrest.
[This victim is included in the list of prominent detained Uyghurs, available at: shahit.biz/supp/list_003.pdf]
Supplementary materials photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/2095_1.jpg
Entry created: 2019-01-13 Last updated: 2019-09-20 Latest status update: 2019-09-20 2129. Zhanarbek Qudaibergen
Chinese ID: 6542261980??????O? (Kobuksar)
Basic info
Age: 38-39 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+2+4: Qusan Nauryzhan is now a Kazakhstan citizen. Her ID number is 016289442.
Testimony 3-4: Gulden Aiqyn.
Testimony 5-6: Gulbaqyt Sharapi
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+4: nephew
Testimony 3-6: cousin
About the victim
Zhanarbek Qudaibergenuly.
DOB: 1980.
Victim's location
Hefeng county, Tacheng region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status Testimony 5: released from re-education camp on January 26, 2019
Testimony 6: suffers from a goiter.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDDd3SQMrpo Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJtqNKe60_4 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hruc06IWLU Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z7PBLEKVaE Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIO929x_Pv4 Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSNvKsV8beo
Entry created: 2019-01-14 Last updated: 2019-06-02 Latest status update: 2019-01-27 2167. Tursynbek Boqan
Chinese ID: 65432319????????O? (Burultokay)
Basic info
Age: 35-55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: religion
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1|2: Gulzia Mogdun, originally from Altay's Burultokay County, now lives in Kazakhstan. (sister)
Testimony 3*: Gulzia Mogdun, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (sister)
About the victim
Tursynbek Boqan is a Chinese citizen. Worked as an imam in Quqagash township (阔克阿尕什乡), Fuhai county, Altai prefecture. Member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of Fuhai county.
DOB: 1979 (Testimony 1), 1980 (Testimony 2).
Victim's location
Fuhai county, Altai region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
January 27, 2017
[G. A. Bunin (Testimony 3): While Gulzia gives 2017 as the year in her testimony, I have interviewed her myself and am almost certain it should be 2018.]
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 1: Released from the camp on December 23, 2018.
Testimony 2: He has had an operation 2 years ago and suffers from a neurological disease. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
He called his sister(the testifier) through Wechat and told her he was released.
Additional information
Mentioned in the CECC report: https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20181011 _1424.pdf
Mention in Foreign Policy: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/12/uyghur-women-are-chinas-victims-and-resistance/
Victims among relatives
Gulzia Mogdun (2168)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydVIMPiyYZA Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-18PyoUG3M
Entry created: 2019-01-16 Last updated: 2021-05-04 Latest status update: 2019-01-13 2174. Esentai Nigmet
Chinese ID: 6523021971??????O? (Fukang)
Basic info
Age: 47-48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Changji Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Ahmet Qazhyqumar is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: nephew
About the victim
Esentai Nigmet, born in 1971, is a Chinese citizen.
Address: Fukang city, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[Presumably in Changji.]
When victim was detained put in a camp in May 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 1: Released on January 13, 2019 but out of touch since.
Testimony 2: The testifier heard that he was told by the local authorities not to contact any relatives in Kazakhstan. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsmRoe-QgIA Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFGdlv-Ly9M Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjkG0ZZDjcA
Entry created: 2019-01-16 Last updated: 2021-02-02 Latest status update: 2019-01-18 2175. Asylbek Aset
Chinese ID: 6523021987??????O? (Fukang)
Basic info
Age: 31-32 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Changji Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): "problematic" association|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Ahmet Qazhyqumar is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Testimony 4: Nurgul Nurahmet.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: cousin
Testimony 4: unclear
About the victim
Asylbek Asetuly, born in 1987, is a Chinese citizen.
Address: Fukang county, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[Presumably in Changji.]
When victim was detained put into a camp in May 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 4: attending a course given by an Uyghur molla.
Victim's status
Testimony 1: He's allegedly been released on January 13, 2019 but has been out of touch since. Testimony 2: The testifier's relatives contacted him on January 18, 2019 to stop petitioning, and asked him not to contact them any more.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmdCA0kkC1g Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkdYY2gvxX4 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjkG0ZZDjcA Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvTbXn5IiLw
Entry created: 2019-01-16 Last updated: 2021-02-02 Latest status update: 2019-01-18 2185. Sauletbek Beksultan
Chinese ID: 65402219951110??O? (Chapchal)
Basic info
Age: 25 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: other
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1: Aigul Turdaken, a Kazakhstan citizen who's been living in Kazakhstan since 2006. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Alia Beksultan, now a Kazakhstan citizen. She moved to Kazakhstan in 2015. (sister)
Testimony 3: Adilhan Izbasar, born in 1976, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (from same town/region)
Testimony 4*: Alia Beksultan, as reported by Mehmet Volkan Kaşıkçı. (sister)
About the victim
Sauletbek Beksultan worked at an iron foundry in Kunes County.
Address: No. 7 Company, No. 67 Bingtuan Corps, Chapchal Xibe Autonomous County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture.
Victim's location
[In Ili, presumably.]
When victim was detained
Sauletbek was taken from his workplace and sent to a camp in February-March 2018.
He was released after a year.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status Released from camp.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not stated.
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives
Zhanatbek Beksultan (437)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz4kxh0-m54 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRJRiegGGGE Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvp5d9a53Lg
Entry created: 2019-01-17 Last updated: 2021-01-15 Latest status update: 2020-12-20 2199. Mutellip Sidiq Qahiri
Chinese ID: 65312319????????O? (Yengisar)
Basic info
Age: 55+ Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kashgar Status: house/town arrest When problems started: before 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|"inciting ethnic hatred" Health status: has problems Profession: scholar
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear)
Testimony 2: Anonymous, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (relation unclear)
Testimony 3: Kashgar University staff member, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (colleague)
Testimony 4: Tahir Mutellip, as reported by Frankfurter Rundschau. (son)
Testimony 5: Tahir Mutellip, as reported by Epoch Times. (son)
Testimony 6|7|8|9|10|13: Tahir Mutellip, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Germany. (son)
Testimony 11: Tahir Mutellip, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (son)
Testimony 12: Deutsche Welle, a German state-owned public international broadcaster.
About the victim
Mutellip Sidiq Qahiri was a scholar of onomastics, working at Kashgar University prior to his retirement in 2010. He was a professor of the Uyghur language and had 20 publications to his name, in addition to being the editor of a university magazine. He had been a CCP member for over 30 years.
He has five children.
Address: Kashgar University.
Victim's location
At home in Kashgar.
When victim was detained His passport was confiscated in November 2016.
By 2017, his linguistic literature had been banned, and his son reports losing contact with him (and the rest of the family) on October 18, 2017. In May 2018, Tahir learned that his father had been fined 68000 RMB for his research on Uyghur names and had his salary cut. At the end of November 2018, Tahir learned that his father had been arrested by Xinjiang police (at some point in mid-2018), and allegedly received a 2-year suspended sentence with probation and fine.
On March 1, 2019, Tahir's family sent him a message saying that his father "had been in the hospital", but was now "out of the hospital" and wanted to talk to him. That day, Mutellip contacted him, telling him to apologize to the Party and to not "believe the rumors" about his arrest (Mutellip's head was seen to be shaved at the time of the conversation, suggesting recently having been in detention). He threatened to disown Tahir if the latter did not do as asked.
During the call, Tahir asked his father if he was still receiving his pension, which the latter said he was. However, Tahir knows that this isn't true, as a previous investigation by Radio Free Asia had been able to confirm that Mutellip's pension was stopped.
After this call, Tahir was allowed to contact his father for a few minutes once every two weeks. In early September 2019, he reported having lost touch with his parents again and made a public video stating this. A few days after the video, he was able to reach his father again, who then told him that he had forgotten his phone at home and hadn't been able to talk for this reason (an excuse Tahir does not believe).
In March 2020, Tahir learned from the Kashgar Intermediate People's Court that his father had been tried and sentenced in February 2020 to 30 months in prison, but that the judgment would not be carried out for another 4 years, during which time the victim is to remain under house arrest.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
The 2010 publication of an encyclopedia of Uyghur names, which at the time of publication was widely advertised. Recently, however, it started to be considered as propaganda for Islam and became the reason for Mutellip’s arrest.
Tahir also mentions that his father's writing of textbooks on the modern Arabic language contributed to the arrest.
According to Deutsche Welle, he was accused by the authorities of "spreading ethnic hatred".
Victim's status
He has been sentenced to 30 months, but this judgment is scheduled to be carried out in 4 years (from early 2020). In the meantime, he is under house arrest.
Mutellip and Tahir had a 40-second phone call in early August 2021, which was cut.
He is elderly and requires daily medication.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? It is not clear what Abduweli Ayup based the inclusion of the victim in his list on. However, the staff member at Kashgar University who confirmed the detention presumably had more direct knowledge of the case.
The "proof-of-life" phone call that Tahir Mutellip received from his father also provided direct confirmation of the latter's detention. Tahir Mutellip has also been able to call and talk to his father on a few occasions following his presumed release.
The news about his father's sentence Tahir got directly from the court in Kashgar, as well as from a Han Chinese acquaintance.
The Deutsche Welle reporter interacted with Tahir Mutellip and also tried to visit the victim in Kashgar.
Additional information
Tahir called the security department of Kashgar University on September 1, 2019 and asked about his father. The police officer who answered the initial call hung up immediately. He called again on the same day and was told by the police to come to Kashgar University and talk to them in person, as they would not disclose information about his father over the telephone. Tahir claims that the man responsible for the victim's arrest is the deputy chief of Kashgar University's security department.
A Deutsche Welle reporter asked about the works of Mutellip Sidiq Qahiri at Kashgar's two main bookstores. Employees at both book stores told him that the works were "sold out". When he tried to visit the victim at Kashgar University, police did not let him in and told him to delete what he had filmed.
A number of outlets have covered this case: http://www.fr.de/politik/uiguren-wo-ist-mein-vater-a-1652098 https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/qanun/uyghur-ziyaliy-11222018141657.html https://www.theepochtimes.com/uyghur-diaspora-receive-proof-of-life-calls-from-the-disappeared-in-xinji ang_2828189.html https://docs.uhrp.org/pdf/Detained-and-Disappeared-Intellectuals-Under-Assault-in-the-Uyghur-Homelan d.pdf https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/tahir-mutellip-09202019233234.html https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/mutellip-sidiq-03132020195222.html https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-campaign-against-uyghur-culture/av-56424211
This victim is also included in the list of prominent detained Uyghurs, available at: shahit.biz/supp/list_003.pdf
Victims among relatives
Abdusemi Abdusemet (5619), Sherinsahan Tohtash (836), Ayshemhan Tohtash (12769), Selimihan Tohtash (12770), Sabir Rozi (3750), Buhlichihan Tohtash (12771), Abdukerim Tohtash (12772), Ablikim Tohtash (12773), Abduweli Abdusemet (5618), Abduqewi Abdusemet (5620), Abdukebir Yasin (14984)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gis3H3iz04 Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkeG6lSXRdE Testimony 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBdS3haB4w8 tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Du26rkc6wo Testimony 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIGhA0tXfk0 Testimony 9: https://twitter.com/TQahiri/status/1277261874522980362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw event in Kashgar (2012): https://twitter.com/TQahiri/status/1337838366323257348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Testimony 13: https://twitter.com/TQahiri/status/1422515493647310857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/2199_1.png proof-of-life phone call: https://shahit.biz/supp/2199_5.mp4 photos before and after detention: https://shahit.biz/supp/beforeafter_2199.png
Entry created: 2019-01-18 Last updated: 2021-08-08 Latest status update: 2021-08-03 2205. Bolat Ospan
Chinese ID: 6542231972??????O? (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 46-47 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: religion
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Gulbaqyt Qali, a resident of Kazakhstan. (former neighbor)
About the victim
Bolat Ospan, born in 1972, is a Chinese citizen. He worked as an imam.
Address: Shumuldu village, Haiziwan township, Shawan county
Victim's location
Shawan county, Tacheng region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
August 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear
Victim's status
Testimony 2: Released from re-education camp in an unhealthy state and put under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
--- Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAPQjQrB8_0 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kovaMZEXWYg
Entry created: 2019-01-19 Last updated: 2019-01-19 Latest status update: 2019-02-08 2210. Dinara Kamil
Chinese ID: 65??????????????E? (place of origin unclear)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: F Ethnicity: Kyrgyz Likely current location: --- Status: forced job placement When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Adil Zhunus, as reported by New Survey of the Silk Road (丝路新观察). (uncle)
About the victim
Dinara Kamil is the niece of Kyrgyzstan member of parliament Adil Zhunus and Kyrgyz historian Asqar Zhunus.
Victim's location
---
When victim was detained
It is not clear when Dinara was first sent to "training", but according to her uncle she was recently released [probably at the end of 2018] after "completing her studies" (结业) in a "training center" (培训中心). The government then gave her a choice between working in the neighborhood administration (社区) or a kindergarten.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released from detention and working [presumably in forced job placement].
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not stated.
Additional information Original story in the Chinese state media: https://archive.vn/mhrtg
State-media report(s)
Source: https://archive.vn/dbQLS
KYRGYZSTAN MP: "XINJIANG VOCATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL TRAINING CENTERS ARE A GOOD MEANS OF PREVENTING EXTREMISM"
Lately, a number of fake videos and news have been circulating on social networks in Kyrgyzstan, creating rumors and distorting the nature of the vocational and educational training centers (hereafter referred to as “training centers”) in Xinjiang, presenting them as “re-education camps” and the like. Because of this, a reporter from the New Survey of the Silk Road interviewed Adil Zhunus, a Kyrgyzstan parliament member, to have him tell the readers, based on his own personal experience, what kind of place Xinjiang really is. The vocational and education training centers have brought Xinjiang happiness, not disaster.
XINJIANG IS CHINA'S MOST BEAUTIFUL PROVINCE, AND ONE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD TREASURE
An ethnic Kyrgyz, Adil Zhunus was born in Xinjiang’s city of Ghulja on May 15, 1963. His father, now retired, used to work as a teacher at the Ili Veterinary College. After graduating from Xinjiang University with a major in geography, Adil was appointed to the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Xinjiang Ecology and Geography Research Laboratory in 1987.
Adil went to Kyrgyzstan for the first time in 1991, to visit relatives and to travel. In 1993, he moved to Kyrgyzstan to study at Bishkek’s newly founded humanities university, where he taught Chinese and learned Russian. He later created his own company and started his career in commerce. He spent over ten years as the vice-president of Kyrgyzstan’s overseas-Chinese association, doing very much to help maintain good relations between the two countries.
Adil obtained Kyrgyz citizenship in February 2001. In 2015, he successfully ran for a seat in the country’s sixth parlimentary elections. He also served as the vice chairman of the China-Kyrgyzstan relations group, continuing to contribute to collaboration between China and Kyrgyzstan.
According to Adil, his parents, siblings, relatives, old classmates, and friends and colleagues are all in China, and he often comes to China to see family and travel despite already having gotten Kyrgyz citizenship. China, he says, is his favorite place. In his opinion, Xinjiang is China’s most beautiful province. As the people of Xinjiang themselves say: "Our Xinjiang is a great place – home to the Han, Uyghur, Kazakh, Hui, Kyrgyz, Mongol, and 47 other ethnic groups."
"There were people of 15 different ethnic groups living in the courtyard at the Ili Veterinary Hospital, where I was born and raised," Adil reminisces. "We lived harmoniously without paying attention to ethnicity or financial status. At that time, all of Xinjiang lived that way – everyone getting along peacefully."
He then adds, with sorrow:
"But later, terrorism, separatism, and extremism destroyed the original, harmonious Xinjiang. A lot of families were destroyed, and a lot of people started to go down criminal paths after being influenced by extremist demagoguery."
Adil expresses his heartfelt desire to see Xinjiang regain its initial tranquility. He doesn’t want to hear about or see those bad things anymore. He hopes for peace in China, peace in Kyrgyzstan, and especially peace in Xinjiang. He hopes that all ethnic groups can live harmoniously in Xinjiang, and cherish this wonderful place.
TRAINING CENTERS ARE AN INGENIOUS MEANS OF DERADICALIZATION
Faced with complex and severe circumstances, the Xinjiang authorities have chosen the principle of "strike hard but emphasize prevention", developing the vocational and educational training center system to prevent the appearance and spread of extremism, thereby protecting the most fundamental human right of the populace and safeguarding them from terrorism and extremism in the greatest way possible.
However, following the premeditated incitement of certain destructive forces, some people have started to have misgivings about Xinjiang’s vocational and educational training centers. Some have previously asked Adil if the Kyrgyz in China were being locked up or tortured.
His answer is as follows:
"I feel pity for those who have been blinded by the fake news. The Xinjiang vocational and educational training centers are an ingenious means of deradicalization."
As he puts it, China is a country of law, but the "three evil forces" have encroached deeply into Xinjiang. With the help of teachers, people at the training centers learn the national language, obtain a better knowledge of the law, and acquire vocational skills that then help those having been influenced by extremism and those having committed minor crimes transform their thoughts and to return to normal society, effectively curing and preventing the apparition of the "three evil forces" and the spread of extremism.
Adil is fully supportive of the means and resolution of China’s preventive attack on the "three evil forces".
"In December 2018, I made a trip to China to see with my own eyes the Kyrgyz who graduated from the training centers," he says. "All of them have found good jobs now, and their Chinese has gotten a lot better. Their national awareness, awareness of themselves as citizens, and awareness of the law have clearly been strengthened. Most importantly, they all learned one or multiple trades to make a living, and aren’t idle do-nothings anymore."
As it turned out, Adil’s niece, Dinara Kamil, has just graduated from a training center recently.
"After she graduated from the training center, the government prepared for Dinara two jobs for her to choose from," Adil says. "She could go work for the neighborhood administration or go work at a kindergarten. The work is a reliable source of income, and her parents don’t need to worry about her."
Additionally, Adil’s younger brother, Askar Zhunus, is currently studying at a training center. Adil expresses that he has no right to get involved in this matter, seeing as his brother is a Chinese citizen. As an individual and a citizen, his brother acts responsibly so long as his actions are good and proper. However, if he has done something wrong, then it is only natural that he bear the responsibility according to Chinese law. As an older brother, Adil is also very worried about the other’s future.
THE FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND KYRGYZSTAN ARE A PRODUCT OF A LONG HISTORY, AND THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES CANNOT BE EASILY BROKEN
As Adil puts it, the friendly relations between China and Kyrgyzstan are a natural product of a long history. The two have been the friendliest of Silk Road neighbors since ancient times. Over the course of history, many ethnicities would come in contact with one another and engage in trade. Trade then led way to cultural exchange, which would only strengthen the links between the two areas.
He says that after Kyrgyzstan’s independence in 1991, the two countries have really put in motion the historically friendly relations to achieve many breakthroughs on the political, economic, and cultural fronts.
For example: following the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries opened up the Torugart and Erkeshtam border crossings. There are currently direct flights between China and Kyrgyzstan every day. Student exchanges have also became a highlight of the collaboration between Chinese and Kyrgyz institutes of higher education. One after another, Kyrgyzstan has conceived and implemented a number of large projects with China’s technological support. All sorts of cultural exchanges and tourism are developing rapidly in both countries.
Following a June 2018 meeting in Beijing between the highest delegates from both countries, the relations between China and Kyrgyzstan have evolved to those of a comprehensive strategic partnership. Adil believes that the establishment of this comprehensive partnership is a new page for the relations between the countries, and something that the people from both should cherish.
Adil states that China has always faithfully upheld the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence (mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs, equality and cooperation for mutual benefit, peaceful co-existence) since Premier Zhou Enlai proposed them in 1953. This set of principles has also seen approval from many other countries, and has become a fundamental guide for navigating relations between nations.
Victims among relatives
Askar Zhunus (1297)
Entry created: 2019-01-20 Last updated: 2019-01-20 Latest status update: 2019-01-20 2213. Balqan Rizabek
Chinese ID: 652701197808132217 (Bortala)
Basic info
Age: 40 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Bortala Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-4: Sarsengul Rizabek
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-4: brother
About the victim
Balqan Rizabek was sentenced to 3 years in prison for no reason.
Address: Algaqozhalyq village, Bortala city
Victim's location
Presumably in Bortala.
When victim was detained
March 15, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Testimony 1: in prison
Testimony 3 (one month before Testimony 2): put into a camp and then sentenced to three years in prison. Once the police took his clothes home and said he was being released soon, yet no news since then. Testimony 2: released to house arrest on January 12, 2019 [it's likely that he was never in prison but in camp]
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zePAyscbtHQ Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7AxdrZ6qL4 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5sSfkre8f8 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68CpIvD_0j0
Entry created: 2019-01-20 Last updated: 2019-01-20 Latest status update: 2019-02-14 2214. Madengul Sydyqbek (玛丁古丽·斯德别克)
Chinese ID: 654221197103212428 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 47 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+3+4: Aibota Gyminhan moved to Kazakhstan with her parents in 2014. Born on May 27, 2000.
Testimony 2: Rysbek Sydyqbek, born on September 20, 1961, citizen Kazakhstan
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+3+4: mother
Testimony 2: sister
About the victim
Madeigul Sydyqbek (玛丁古丽*斯德别克). Immigrated to Kazakhstan in 2014, had been living in Urzhar district, East Kazakhstan region. Her husband died in a car crash in 2011.
Address in China: Qazaqbai village (哈萨克拜村) 000057, Qoshbek farm (阔什比克良种场), Emin county, Tacheng prefecture
Chinese passport no. G36142513. Kazakhstan residence permit no.: 710321000064.
Victim's location
Emin county, Tacheng region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: Went to China on December 4, 2017, as the local authorities put pressure to her close relatives there. Detained on March 3, 2018.
Testimony 2: Went to China on December 11, 2017, was detained two days later. Testimony 3: She was in a camp several times from December 2017 till March 2018, spending 15 days each time in the camp and 5 days at relatives' houses, after which it seems that she stayed in a camp until November.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Testimony 1: released (from camp) on November 21, now is under house arrest
Testimony 4: she is under house arrest at her relatives’ home, Chinese governmental “volunteers” are living together with her
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2JqD4Sp4GU Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-z7u2ZhniY Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUSn5RkrSrg Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd9ieKzHfSo Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2214_5.png
Entry created: 2019-01-20 Last updated: 2019-01-20 Latest status update: 2018-12-09 2216. Shalqar Nuhan (恰哈尔·奴汗)
Chinese ID: 650103198202192816 (Urumqi)
Basic info
Age: 36 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"registration issues" Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Pariza Maiyrbek was born on January 18, 1983.
Victim's relation to testifier husband
About the victim
Shalqar Nuhan, born on February 19, 1982, is a Chinese citizen. Her ID number is 650103198202192816. He went to China to do business in November 2015 and in July 2017 his wife and 3-year-old daughter went to China and stayed with him till August 2017. He was put into a re-education camp on October 20, 2017, and released on November 27, 2018. He was given a job in a village administrative center as an employee on duty till December 27, 2018, and has been under house arrest since.
Victim's location
Shawan county, Tacheng region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
October 20, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention renewing passport. The local police told him that according to their record his passport had already expired. The victim has renewed his passport at the consulate of the PRC in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Victim's status under house arrest since December 27, 2018 How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
His daughter was born in 2014 and she has not seen her father for a year and a half.
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLcxacZKWbM Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2216_2.png
Entry created: 2019-01-20 Last updated: 2019-01-20 Latest status update: 2019-01-17 2239. Bolat Razdyhan (布拉提·热孜德汗)
Chinese ID: 652625196106252514 (Kaba)
Basic info
Age: 58 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"disloyalty" Health status: has problems Profession: education
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1|2: Zhuldyz Bolat, born in 1988, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (daughter)
Testimony 3: Zhuldyz Bolat, as reported by Tortoise Media. (daughter)
Testimony 4*: Anonymous, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (acquaintance)
About the victim
Bolat Razdyhan (布拉提*热孜德汗), born on June 25, 1961 in Habahe county, Altai prefecture. Had worked in education for 20 years. Had held a Kazakhstani green card. Had surgical treatment for oral cancer on May 7, 2018
Address: 250 Jiguan (机关), Kulbay township (库勒拜乡), Habahe county, Altai prefecture
Victim's location
Testimony 4: Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
May 13, 2018. Allowed to go briefly to Urumqi for coronary bypass surgery on September, but has been returned to the camp after a week passed.
Testimony 3: In December 2018, he was released.
Testimony 4: he has returned to Kazakhstan.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
"disloyalty to China" (as reported in Tortoise Media) Victim's status
Testimony 4: back in Kazakhstan.
Presumably still dealing with his earlier health issues.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
Testimony 2: Chinese authorities had said that they'd cut off his pension if he stayed in Kazakhstan.
Mention in Tortoise Media (Testimony 3) (https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2019/04/15/uighurs/content.html?sig=INMNBA7zzH4bl8chVk3Ko5p xAGqxAmFjLMkq3mwRMcY):
"Bolat Razdykham, 57, was recovering from a cancer operation on his larynx when security forces took him away from the hospital in Urumqi. He has family abroad. The charge was disloyalty to China. For months the daughter, Liza Bolat, did not even know where her parents were being held. In December they were suddenly released."
Victims among relatives
Qaishetai Bulezyk (2240)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLw7IPYpVgE Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPo2uj2-GNY Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2239_3.png
Entry created: 2019-01-21 Last updated: 2020-06-13 Latest status update: 2020-05-13 2240. Qaishetai Bulezyk (海沙泰·布列孜克)
Chinese ID: 65262519620510252X (Kaba)
Basic info
Age: 56 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Zhuldyz Bolat, born on May 14, 1988, citizen of Kazakhstan
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: Mother
About the victim
Qaishetai Bulezyk (海沙泰*布列孜克), born on May 10, 1962 in Habahe county. Had held a Kazakhstani green card.
Victim's location
250 Jiguan (机关), Kulbay township (库勒拜乡), Habahe county, Altai prefecture
When victim was detained
May 13, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear
Victim's status
According to Tortoise Media, released in December 2018.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear Additional information
Testimony 2: Chinese authorities had said that they'd cut off her pension if she stayed in Kazakhstan.
Mention in Tortoise Media (https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2019/04/15/uighurs/content.html?sig=INMNBA7zzH4bl8chVk3Ko5p xAGqxAmFjLMkq3mwRMcY):
"Bolat Razdykham, 57, was recovering from a cancer operation on his larynx when security forces took him away from the hospital in Urumqi. He has family abroad. The charge was disloyalty to China. For months the daughter, Liza Bolat, did not even know where her parents were being held. In December they were suddenly released."
Victims among relatives
Bolat Razdyhan (2239)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLw7IPYpVgE Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPo2uj2-GNY Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2240_3.png
Entry created: 2019-01-21 Last updated: 2019-01-21 Latest status update: 2018-12-08 2261. Bekmurat Almerek
Chinese ID: 65402819841015??O? (Nilka)
Basic info
Age: 34 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kyrgyz Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Zulfia Mubarak
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: cousin
About the victim
Bekmurat Almerek is a Chinese citizen and an ethnic Kyrgyz.
Address: Nilqa county seat, Nilqa county, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
Victim's location
In Ili, presumably.
When victim was detained
March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status released from a re-education camp on January 10, 2019
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qak4ormoXGM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28t4CDPO8Rk Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzZAbobGNRU
Entry created: 2019-01-23 Last updated: 2019-01-23 Latest status update: 2019-01-22 2293. Jemile Saqi (加米拉·沙克)
Chinese ID: 6501??1962??????E? (Urumqi)
Basic info
Age: 58-59 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Urumqi Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: scholar
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear)
Testimony 2: Babur Jalalidin, son of famous scholar Abduqadir Jalalidin. He lives in the United States. (son)
Testimony 3: Babur Jalalidin, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (son)
Testimony 4*: Arafat Erkin, as reported by Gene A. Bunin.
Testimony 5: Babur Jalalidin, as reported by Amnesty International. (son)
About the victim
Jemile Saqi, a professor at Xinjiang Normal University.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Urumqi.]
When victim was detained
Jemile was likely detained on January 30, 2018, a day after her husband. She told her children about their father's detention and urgently sent them their tuition money, urging them to withdraw it at once.
She was released from camp in March 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
--- Victim's status
No longer in detention.
She is now able to contact her children abroad regularly, but does not share any details about her detention with them.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Jemile's son, Babur Jalalidin, and his sister heard the news from relatives.
Abduweli Ayup's and Arafat Erkin's sources were not stated.
Additional information
Radio Free Asia coverage: https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/kishilik-hoquq/abduqadir-jalalidin-01142019185353.html
Jemile is included in the list of prominent detained Uyghurs, available at: shahit.biz/supp/list_003.pdf
Amnesty International case info: https://xinjiang.amnesty.org/#case-SR031
Victims among relatives
Abduqadir Jalalidin (254)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/baburjlld/posts/13737219 56124635&width=300 paper authored by victim (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/2293_2.pdf paper authored by victim (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/2293_3.pdf
Entry created: 2019-01-24 Last updated: 2021-09-18 Latest status update: 2021-05-01 2297. Adilbek Tusip (艾迪力别克·吐苏甫)
Chinese ID: 654222195510025117 (Wusu)
Basic info
Age: 63 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: forced job placement When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+3: Barbolsyn Aitzhan, born on July 28, 1952, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. Her ID number is 038737403.
Testimony 2: Kamai Tabarak, born in 1989 in China, citizen of Kazakhstan since 2011.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+3: in-law
Testimony 2: uncle
About the victim
Adilbek Tusip is a Chinese citizen. He owns a house in Kazakhstan.
Address: Kulie/Kuliedui village (库列队村) 10, Bayingou pasture (巴音沟牧场), Wusu municipality, Tacheng region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
His Kazakhstan residence permit number is 025957423.
Victim's location
[In Tacheng, presumably.]
When victim was detained
September 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
--- Victim's status
Testimony 1: released from a camp in January 2019, now is under forced labour and gets paid 40 RMB a month
Testimony 2: sent to a labour camp in December 2018
Testimony 3: not allowed to return to Kazakhstan.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives
Zhenisgul Azyhan (2923)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek21O0joBFo Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jocmRtw9ktc Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKe6Mj0ljZ8 Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2297_4.png
Entry created: 2019-01-24 Last updated: 2019-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-07-22 2298. Zhenishan Azihan
Chinese ID: 65420219700302??E? (Wusu)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: forced job placement When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Barbolsyn Aitzhan, born on July 28, 1952, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. Her ID number is 038737403.
Victim's relation to testifier in-law
About the victim
Zhenis'han Azihan, born on March 2, 1970, is a Chinese citizen. Her passport number is E30545165.
Victim's location
Wusu, Tacheng region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status released in January 2019 from the camp, but now is under forced labour, gets paid only 40 RMB a month
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information ---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek21O0joBFo
Entry created: 2019-01-24 Last updated: 2019-01-24 Latest status update: 2019-01-24 2307. Patigul Smagul (帕提古丽·斯马古力)
Chinese ID: 654121196405032887 (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 54 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): contact with outside world|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Qalisham Smagulqyzy, born on May 15, 1960, is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier sister
About the victim
Patigul Smagulqyzy, born on May 3, 1964, is a Chinese citizen. Her ID number is 654121196405032887.
Victim's location
Yining county, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
January 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention contacting relatives in Kazakhstan
Victim's status released from a re-education camp on October 25, 2018 and is under house arrest
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information Her husband and 21-year-ol son died a few years ago.
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_0TZUmJtJI Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2307_2.png
Entry created: 2019-01-25 Last updated: 2019-01-25 Latest status update: 2019-01-24 2322. Tursunay Ziyawudun (图尔逊娜依·孜尧登)
Chinese ID: 654125197808104240 (Kunes)
Basic info
Age: 42 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: before 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: tradesperson
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4|6|7: Qalmyrza Halyq, born in 1957, now a Kazakhstan citizen. (husband)
Testimony 5: Tursunay Ziyawudun, a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang. Originally from Kunes County but now residing in Kazakhstan. (the victim)
Testimony 8|10: Tursunay Ziyawudun, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (the victim)
Testimony 9: Anonymous, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (acquaintance)
Testimony 11: Tursunay Ziyawudun, as reported by Le Monde. (the victim)
Testimony 12: Tursunay Ziyawudun, as reported by Buzzfeed News. (the victim)
Testimony 13: Tursunay Ziyawudun, as reported by Associated Press. (the victim)
Testimony 14: Uyghur Human Rights Project, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC.
About the victim
Tursunay Ziyawudun is an ethnic Uyghur from Xinyuan County, where she used to work in and run her own clothes ironing shop. She also used to work as a nurse in her husband's clinic.
Address in China: Xinyuan County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
Victim's location
In the United States.
When victim was detained
Tursunay left Kazakhstan and went to China with her husband, Qalmyrza, on November 13, 2016 for a gall bladder operation, although she had to return in any case as her allowed time in Kazakhstan was expiring. In the December of the same year, both of them had their passports confiscated. However, Qalmyrza was able to get his passport back 4 months later and return to Kazakhstan, with Tursunay left behind as his "guarantor".
On April 11, 2017, she would have to go to "school" for a month, as the local government started its first "strike hard" operation, interning 800 ethnic minorities (approximated as 40% Kazakh, 40% Uyghur, and 20% Hui) in Xinyuan County in a single night. She stayed 28 days and was released. [In her account to Le Monde, Tursunay says that she was brought to what used to be a vocational school and made to stay there for 20 days. There were 15 detainees per room, but the doors were not locked and they were allowed to keep their phones.]
In describing this first detention to BuzzFeed News, Tursunay says:
"To be honest, it wasn’t that bad. We had our phones. We had meals in the canteens. Other than being forced to stay there, everything else was fine. In the evenings, the instructors taught the detainees to do traditional Chinese dances in the yard of the building. Sometimes there were lectures — an imam working for the state might come in and talk about how important it was to avoid 'extreme' practices like wearing headscarves."
In February 2018, she was taken to a "re-education" camp, which she says was very different from the "school" before [in her eyewitness testimony, she says that she was taken on March 10, not in February] - in her interview to Le Monde, she specifies that these were the same building, but completely renovated between her detentions. On December 25-26, 2018, she was suddenly released owing to her husband being in Kazakhstan (a guard had come in a few days before to ask who had relatives in Kazakhstan), and would call her husband on January 9, 2019. She was then under house arrest from January to June.
After not being able to get her passport back for a very long time, she finally was able to go to Kazakhstan on September 26, 2019, but on a visa that is set to expire, thereby prompting her to apply for asylum.
In late September 2020, it was announced that she had arrived in the United States.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Tursunay was told by the camp authorities that it was for her having lived in Kazakhstan for 5 years.
Victim's status
Now in the United States [presumably to apply for asylum there].
According to her husband, she's had some medical issues since returning from China - suffering from memory loss and some female health problems.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
It's not clear how Qalmyrza heard about his wife's status while she was in camp. After her release, they were occasionally able to talk. However, Qalmyrza would also be contacted by a Chinese police officer, Wang Ping, who on one occasion in December 2018 asked Qalmyrza if he had obtained Kazakhstan citizenship [this is corroborated by Tursunay's account of people with relatives in Kazakhstan being released]. Tursunay called from the same number in February 2019 [suggesting that both calls were probably made from the local police station or designated office]. Tursunay's account is an eyewitness testimony.
Additional information
Coverage in Le Monde: https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/11/24/china-cables-tursunay-ziavdun-ouigoure-intern ee-pendant-onze-mois_6020360_3210.html
Featured in BuzzFeed News: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/meghara/china-uighur-xinjiang-kazakhstan
Additional coverage from RFA: https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/lager-shahit-10222019172818.html https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/abuse-10302019142433.html
Uyghur Human Rights Project announcement regarding her arrival in the US: https://uhrp.org/press-release/uyghur-camp-survivor-arrives-safely-united-states.html
In her interview to RFA, Tursunay recalls sharing a cell with women who hadn't had their periods for over a year, as well as some who were forcefully sterilized. Tursunay also says that she was taken for sterilization herself, but was spared because of a gynecological condition that she had always had. According to her, many women were also taken for show trials and sentenced to many years in prison.
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Talking to Le Monde, Tursunay mentions the fear that her community was living in: "The only thing that you’d say if you happened upon an acquaintance on the street was ‘Oh, you’re still here!’ Every family had someone who was arrested."
She mentions that her two brothers were arrested one after the other in February 2018. She believes it was for having made calls abroad.
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Her account of the hair cutting at the second facility, as given to BuzzFeed:
"One day in June or July of 2018 — Ziyawudun doesn’t remember exactly when — one of the guards told the women they must all have their hair cut short. Ziyawudun expected a hairdresser to come. Instead, it was just a woman with a pair of scissors. She chopped each detainee’s long hair to chin length."
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In her interview to the Associated Press (https://apnews.com/269b3de1af34e17c1941a514f78d764c), Tursunay recounts receiving injections that made her period stop, as well as being kicked in the stomach during interrogations. She also mentions conjugal visits from husbands, preceded by the women taking a (birth-control) pill, as well as two cousins getting rid of their (presumably unborn) children out of fear.
Eyewitness account [The following is an abridged summary, based on the victim’s interview at the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization in Almaty, Kazakhstan.]
After falling ill, Tursunay went back to China in 2016 for a gall bladder operation. The Kazakh government wasn’t allowing her to stay in Kazakhstan any longer, as she was there on a visitor’s visa and hadn’t been able to get either a residence permit or Kazakhstan citizenship (as she was Uyghur and her husband, though ethnically Kazakh, wasn’t a Kazakhstan citizen yet). She had lived in Kazakhstan for a total of 5 years.
Upon their arrival in China, both she and her husband had their passports taken by the local authorities. She was later sent to a “school” for a month. Four months later, her husband got his passport back, with Tursunay being his “guarantor” so that he could go back to Kazakhstan. She was taken to a camp in March 2018, which she found to be completely different from the “school” she had been taken to before. She originally thought that she would be released after showing the hospital statement attesting to her recent operation, but would be told by the camp staff that her health was relatively fine compared to that of some of the other inmates.
After being taken there, she had to change into a blue uniform. As far as she knows, there are uniforms of three different colors – blue ones for inmates with the least serious wrongdoings, yellow for more serious, and red for the most serious ones (the latter intended for those with “religious crimes”, such as praying five times a day). The facility was like a real prison, with the cell doors made of iron and chained in a way that only allows for them to be opened only partially – she was forced to enter the room by squeezing through this opening.
There were no toilets inside the cells. According to Tursunay:
“During the day, we were allowed to use the toilet in the hall, but were given very little time to use it. At night, we had to use the bucket inside the cell. The first month was awful. We had to hold it until the morning, because we couldn’t go inside the room out of shame, unless it was to urinate.”
They were guarded by female guards with rifles. Tursunay refused to eat anything for a week, but the guards didn't care. When she fainted, which happened several times, the guards would just take her to her bed. She heard two Kazakh ladies next door shouting to the guards that they were Kazakhstan citizens and wanted an explanation for their detention. They were later taken somewhere and she didn't hear about them anymore after that.
Tursunay recounts:
“We had to do some stupid activities, such as ‘baotou’ (抱头), which meant having to crouch and grab your head whenever you heard the siren sound. Once, there was an incident in which a woman next door, sleeping on a top bunk, broke her leg after hearing a siren at night and jumping from her bed in terror. Because you had to do it very quickly, or you could be punished.”
After a month, they were transferred to a newly built facility. There, the toilets were inside the cell. However, since it had been erected recently, you could smell the cement, which had yet to dry completely. It was April and the room was very cold and damp, which led to her getting very sick. The guards took her to the hospital in handcuffs and shackles, which only added to the pain. She saw many injured people at the hospital. Most people had urinary disorders.
She had to wait months before her “crime” was announced, at which point she learned that she had ended up in camp for having stayed 5 years in Kazakhstan.
This camp was in a place called “Zhana Qala” (“new city”), in Xinyuan County. Tursunay:
“Those who were married and had a marriage certificate were allowed to see their spouses once a month.”
She was released in December 2018 because her husband was in Kazakhstan.
“There was a sudden change,” she recounts, “and they released all the people who had family members in Kazakhstan.”
After their release, the former detainees gathered several times to have dinner together. She found that they had changed. It seemed to her that they had lost hope. They started drinking a lot. She’d find herself crying often.
When she went to Urumqi to get a visa for Kazakhstan, the hotels refused to take her unless she went to the police station and registered. Although it was very late when she arrived and said that she could do it first thing in the morning, they still didn’t allow her to stay the night. When she wanted to take a taxi to the district where the Kazakhstan visa service center was, the Uyghur taxi driver wasn’t able to take her – she later learned that only Han drivers were allowed into that district.
Among her relatives, she has two brothers who were taken to the same camp as where she was. Both of them are now suffering from health issues and have urinary disorders.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd3AiH32JW0
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLlqmeiaS8w Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I77EkVuVeP0 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsdAZCvI_lM Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euLN0wUvoeA Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd3AiH32JW0 Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKGbXye_NZc Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qncLDQNQezM Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/2322_6.jpeg photo with husband and son: https://shahit.biz/supp/2322_7.jpeg Le Monde feature: https://shahit.biz/supp/2322_10.pdf propaganda video: https://shahit.biz/supp/2322_11.mp4
Entry created: 2019-01-26 Last updated: 2020-09-29 Latest status update: 2020-09-29 2337. Tileuqabyl Zhamalbek
Chinese ID: 654121198810185237 (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Qurmangazy Zhamalvek, born on May 10, 1982, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. His ID number is 041101921.
Victim's relation to testifier brother
About the victim
Tileuqabyl Zhamalbek, born on October 18, 1988, is a Chinese citizen. His ID number is 654121198810185237.
Victim's location
Yining county, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
When victim was detained
March 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention visiting Kazakhstan
Victim's status released form a camp in November 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Kamila Yrym (2338), Askerbek Qasymbai (2339), Tursynqan Nusipqan (2340)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKSX3qT2aiM
Entry created: 2019-01-27 Last updated: 2019-01-27 Latest status update: 2019-01-25 2378. Qaisar Qazylhan
Chinese ID: 652222199809120414 (Barkol)
Basic info
Age: 20 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Hami Status: forced job placement When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Qazylhan Qadyl, born on January 15, 1970, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. His ID number is 043628665.
Victim's relation to testifier son
About the victim
Qaisar Qazylhan, born on September 12, 1998, is a Chinese citizen. His ID number is 652222199809120414. He was detained on the border on February 4, 2018, when he was heading for Kazakhstan and put into a camp. He was released from the camp on December 24, 2018, and recruited by the village as a guard for two months. Although he was promised to get paid 2000 RMB a month, he still did not get a penny from them.
Victim's location
Barkol county, Hami region
When victim was detained
February 4, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status released from the camp on December 24, 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwDITmC5IL8
Entry created: 2019-01-28 Last updated: 2019-01-28 Latest status update: 2019-01-28 2383. Zabira Nusypqan
Chinese ID: 6540261984??????E? (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 35-36 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Nurzat Asan, born in 1970, is a Chinese citizen with residence in Kazakhstan. (brother-in-law)
Testimony 3: Qyran Baqytkeldi, born in 1996, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (relative)
Testimony 4: Nurzat Asan, as reported by Radio Free Asia Mandarin. (brother-in-law)
About the victim
Zabira Nusypqan, born in 1984. Wife of victim Zhumanur Asan.
Address: Qashazhar (喀夏加尔) township, Zhaosu county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: March 2018
Testimony 2: released in February 2019 because of health issues.
Testimony 4 mentions that she was in a camp, arrested for "praying", and that she was also summoned by the police to appear in court.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 4: praying.
Victim's status Released from detention. She appears to have health issues.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
RFA coverage (Testimony 4): https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-11252019105435.html
Testimony 4: the imam(s) of their village were also sent to prison.
Victims among relatives
Asan Lapi (2350), Zhumanur Asan (2382), Shodi Aidyn (2534), Aman Kerei (2384)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvRiT0nKe70 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbyy-UJS_C4 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb2qABmB52k
Entry created: 2019-01-29 Last updated: 2020-07-06 Latest status update: 2020-01-27 2385. Zhukesh Baigali (朱克西·巴依哈力)
Chinese ID: 652601197007290412 (Altay)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: art & literature
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Zhasar Zhukesh, born on February 5, 2000
Testimony 3: not stated
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: Father
Testimony 3: unclear
About the victim
Zhu’kesh Baig’ali (朱克西*巴依哈力). Kazakhstan Green Card IIN: 700729000398. On March 17, 2018, he went back to China from his visit to Kazakhstan since Chinese officials threatened to arrest his relatives should he not return.
Address: First Tuanjie Road, Building no. 142, Unit 7, Flat 101, Altai city
Victim's location
[Presumably in Altay.]
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: May 21, 2018
Testimony 2: May 16, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear Victim's status
In re-education camp
Testimony 2: has diabetes and needs daily insulin injections.
Testimony 3: released around December 2018.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
The victim is a writer, having joined China‘s Minority Writers Conference in 2014: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_13662ccbb0102v1fm.html
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZCB8aYOibo Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIA5BjzfW9w Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du8NsFL_ZzA Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2385_4.png
Entry created: 2019-01-29 Last updated: 2020-12-29 Latest status update: 2018-12-19 2389. Zhiger Qurban (吉格尔·库尔班)
Chinese ID: 654326198601203016 (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: 32 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-5: Zharqyngul Qurban, born on April 8, 1970
Testimony 1: Yrymzhan Manketay, born on November 16, 1943 (though her factual birth year is 1941. Her family escaped to China in 1944 and got new documents which showed a different birth date)
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-5: brother
Testimony 1: son
About the victim
Zhiger Qurban (吉格尔*库尔班).
Address: Baipaq village (巴依帕克) 30, Besterek township (别斯铁热克乡), Jimunai county
Kazakhstan Green Card IIN: 860120399149.
Victim's location
Jimunai county, Altai prefecture
When victim was detained
March 14, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 2: for going to Kazakhstan
Testimony 3: praying Victim's status
Testimony 4: released from the camp on December 24, 2018.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVkRtVZlLgc Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pC32D0HdcI Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYsz9z8XIqs Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du8NsFL_ZzA Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYVfODsqKVg Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2389_6.png
Entry created: 2019-01-29 Last updated: 2019-01-29 Latest status update: 2018-12-25 2455. Baqytnur Nebi (巴合提努尔·那毕)
Chinese ID: 654226196806011822 (Kobuksar)
Basic info
Age: 50 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+3+4: Zharqyngul Qurban born on April 8, 1970.
Testimony 2+5: Zhen’is Qazhybek, born on December 18, 1966.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+3+4: Cousin
Testimony 2+5: Wife
About the victim
Baqytnur Nebi (巴合提努尔*那毕) born on June 1, 1968. Kazakh citizen. She was living in Astana with her husband and two kids. Chinese government called her to China to sign some documents. As soon as she crossed the border she has been arrested.
Kazakhstan green card: 026798754. Passport no. G43889374.
Address: Bayinbulage North Road (巴音布拉格北路), Building 6, Entrance 3, Flat 301, Hoboksar county-seat, Hoboksar Mongol autonomous county, Tacheng prefecture
Victim's location
Hefeng county, Tacheng region
When victim was detained
Testimony 2: March 7, 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unknown Victim's status
Testimony 3: released from the camp on December 24, 2018.
Testimony 5: she suffers from hypertension.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not mentioned
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pC32D0HdcI Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGMaIndGecI Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du8NsFL_ZzA Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYVfODsqKVg Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3V-MVSLwGM Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2455_6.png
Entry created: 2019-01-31 Last updated: 2020-12-31 Latest status update: 2018-12-24 2456. Arman Mauitbek
Chinese ID: 65432619931125??O? (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: 25 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: government
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-5: Zharqyngul Qurban born on April 8, 1970.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-5: Cousin
About the victim
Arman Mauitbek born on November 25, 1993. He was a government agency worker. He has been arrested because he was praying.
Address: Jimunai County, Altay
Victim's location
In Altay, presumably.
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: March 8, 2018.
Testimony 2: He was sent to concentration camp in May 2017, released after two months, but arrested again on 5 February, 2018. Then lost contact.
Testimony 4: July 15, 2017
Testimony 5: February 15, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
For praying. Victim's status
Testimony 3: released from the camp on December 25, 2018.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not mentioned
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pC32D0HdcI Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYsz9z8XIqs Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du8NsFL_ZzA Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF1SU2Z5LZw Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYVfODsqKVg
Entry created: 2019-01-31 Last updated: 2019-01-31 Latest status update: 2018-12-25 2539. Toqtarzhan Baizhuma
Chinese ID: 654026??????????O? (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Gene A. Bunin
Victim's relation to testifier
No relation.
About the victim
Toqtarzhan Baizhumauly, from the No. 76 Military Corps (Bingtuan) in Zhaosu County.
Victim's location
In Zhaosu County, Ili Prefecture.
When victim was detained
Unclear.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released from camp in early 2019. Current situation unclear (possibly house arrest).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
On February 4, 2019, Ershat Asanqadyr, whose brother Zharqyn (also from the No. 76 Military Corps) was released from camp recently, confirmed to me that the victim has also been released from camp. Additional information
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Entry created: 2019-02-04 Last updated: 2019-02-04 Latest status update: 2019-02-04 2540. Nurbolat Toqatai
Chinese ID: 654026??????????O? (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Gene A. Bunin
Victim's relation to testifier
No relation.
About the victim
Nurbolat Toqataiuly, from the No. 76 Military Corps (Bingtuan) in Zhaosu County.
Victim's location
In Zhaosu County, Ili Prefecture.
When victim was detained
Unclear.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released from camp in early 2019. Current situation unclear (possibly house arrest).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
On February 4, 2019, Ershat Asanqadyr, whose brother Zharqyn (also from the No. 76 Military Corps) was released from camp recently, confirmed to me that the victim has also been released from camp. Additional information
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Entry created: 2019-02-04 Last updated: 2019-02-04 Latest status update: 2019-02-04 2545. Talgar Nurbaqyt
Chinese ID: 6540211986??????O? (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 32-33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: critical Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Iliyar Nurbaqyt, born on November 18, 1986, is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier brother
About the victim
Talgar Nurbaqyt, born in 1988, is a Chinese citizen. He was taken to a hospital from the camp as he has serious heart disease. Later was put into the camp again.
Victim's location
Yining county, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
When victim was detained
August 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status released from the re-education to house arrest on November 15, 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iIyvpnTE20
Entry created: 2019-02-05 Last updated: 2019-02-05 Latest status update: 2019-01-28 2556. Abdunebi Abdureshit (阿不都内比·阿不都热西提)
Chinese ID: 653101??????????O? (Kashgar)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kashgar Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: corporate work
Testifying party
H.
Victim's relation to testifier information publicly available
About the victim name: Abuduneibi Abudurexiti (阿布都内比*阿不都热西提) gender: male ethnicity: Uyghur place of origin: probably Nezerbagh town，Kashgar city （喀什市乃则尔巴格镇）
He was released on October 11-12, 2018 from a "training centre" (培训中心）after "having completed his studies" (结业).
Victim's location
Qianjin village (前进村), Nezerbagh township (乃则尔巴格乡), Kashgar city （喀什市乃则尔巴格镇）
When victim was detained unknown
Likely (or given) reason for detention unknown
Victim's status
Released. After having "graduated" from the Kashgar "training centre", he returned to work in his original workplace, a communication company. source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-11/05/c_1123667476.htm (published 5 NOV 2018)
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? http://china.huanqiu.com/article/2018-10/13360698_3.html (published 25 OCT 2018) https://news.rednet.cn/c/2018/10/26/4759465.htm http://www.cnrmz.cn/mzyw/201811/t20181107_1288771.html
Additional information
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Supplementary materials with family (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/2556_1.jpeg with family (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/2556_2.jpeg
Entry created: 2019-02-05 Last updated: 2021-01-04 Latest status update: 2018-11-07 2606. Magrazh Gani
Chinese ID: 65402119????????O? (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: religion
Testifying party
Qualbek Ashim, a resident of Kazakhstan. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Magrazh Ganiuly was an Imam.
Address: Mazar township, Yining county, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained not stated
Likely (or given) reason for detention being an Imam
Victim's status released from the re-education camp
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
--- Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElaqiXcDekE
Entry created: 2019-02-07 Last updated: 2021-01-06 Latest status update: 2019-02-03 2622. Kulash Abdirasil (库来西·阿不都热苏)
Chinese ID: 652523195302180527 (Wusu)
Basic info
Age: 65 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Tolqyn Erezhep
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: mother
About the victim
Kulash Abdirasil (库来西*阿不都热苏) is a Chinese citizen.
Address: Leye Alley (乐业巷) 077, Changzheng East Road (长征东路) Wusu city, Tacheng prefecture
Chinese passport: G41957178.
Victim's location
Presumably at her home address.
When victim was detained
Testimony 2: Detained in March 2018.
Testimony 3: Went to China on December 25, 2017 since Chinese officials threatened to cut off her pension should she not return. Her documents were confiscated upon her return.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status released form the re-education camp to house arrest on January 13, 2019
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF-egphhdRc Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX49hKDtSeI Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK4hPt07q28 photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/2622_4.png Chinese ID card: https://shahit.biz/supp/2622_5.png
Entry created: 2019-02-07 Last updated: 2019-02-07 Latest status update: 2019-01-29 2647. Quatbek Muratbek
Chinese ID: 65222219870403??O? (Barkol)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Hami Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Ziliha Maztai, born on June 18, 1985, citizen of Kazakhstan
Testimony 2: Baqytgul Uaishan, born on February 20, 1973; her ID number is 041434853.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: Relative
Testimony 2: brother
About the victim
Quatbek Muratbek
DOB: April 3, 1987.
Address: Sarshoko township (萨尔乔克乡), Barkol Kazakh autonomous county, Qumul prefecture
Victim's location
[Presumably in Hami.]
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: Arrested on March 2018
Testimony 2: put into a camp in April 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 2: the testifier used the victim's SIM-card when she visited China in 2017 and she explained the situation to the local police and left fingerprints and the police said everything was solved. However, the next year they put the victim into the camp.
Victim's status
Testimony 1: Released from Shirenzi (石人子) concentration camp on January 30, 2019
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJMhwlculpQ video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RDt9T1U814
Entry created: 2019-02-09 Last updated: 2021-01-06 Latest status update: 2019-02-07 2655. Amantai Tursynbek
Chinese ID: 65402119871112??O? (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: forced job placement When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Erkin Baidaulet, born on October 9, 1976, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. His ID number is 026465883.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: cousin
About the victim
Amantai Tursynbek, born on November 12, 1987, is a Chinese citizen.
Victim's location
Dolan village [probably: Dolan Farm], Yining county, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
When victim was detained october 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Testimony 1: released from the camp in November 2018 to a factory
Testimony 2: during a conversation with his father, Erkin got information that Amantai is in a routine of staying in camp for 5 days and then at home for 2 days. This weekly routine seems to indicate that Amantai is working in a forced labour factory. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvPCWcQhfbA Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr2-HijiJG4
Entry created: 2019-02-09 Last updated: 2021-01-08 Latest status update: 2019-01-29 2666. Aset Bodei
Chinese ID: 652524196109124014 (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 57 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Nurlan Aset
Victim's relation to testifier father
About the victim
Aset Bodei, born on September 12, 1961, is a Chinese citizen.
Address: Bortunge Township, Shawan county, Tacheng region
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained in the middle of March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status released from the camp to house arrest on December 25, 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
The testifier's four-year-old daughter is in China too.
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-UBT3puqwA
Entry created: 2019-02-10 Last updated: 2021-02-07 Latest status update: 2019-02-08 2676. Onerhan Ibrahimhan
Chinese ID: 6542211989??????O? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 29-30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Zhanat Zaken, born on April 7, 1986, citizen of Kazakhstan
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: Relative
About the victim
Onerhan Ibrahimhan, born in 1989
Victim's location
Emin county, Tacheng prefecture
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: January 2017
Testimony 2: January 2016
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear
Victim's status
Released from camp in January 2019
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG7YDOxs04Y Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtcwe9EE308
Entry created: 2019-02-10 Last updated: 2019-02-10 Latest status update: 2019-02-07 2677. Ushqyn Tasqairat (乌什肯·塔斯海依拉提)
Chinese ID: 654326199005230514 (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: 29 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (hard) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: security/police
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Munai Tasqairat, born in 1985, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (sister)
Testimony 3: Munai Tasqairat, as reported by Eurasianet. (sister)
Testimony 4: Sholpan Amirken, born in 1984, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ushqyn Tasqairat (乌什肯*塔斯海依拉提), born on May 23, 1990, is a Chinese citizen.
Location: Kokchem village (阔克齐木村) 51, Topterek township (托普铁热克乡), Jimunai county, Altai region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
Kazakhstan Residence Permit: 021767931
Victim's location
[In Altai, presumably.]
When victim was detained
Detained on May 14/15, 2017.
According to Eurasianet report, he was released from camp on December 28, 2018 after 20 months in re-education camp, then suddenly taken back to camp three weeks later.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status Testimony 3: in a re-education camp once more
[a Chinese press story talks about how village-based work team fixed the plumbing at his house in March 2018, suggesting that he may have been released then, but this seems inconsistent with what was reported by relatives, and the first and last names are reversed in the story]
Testimony 4: imprisoned, has not been released
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 3: they had brief but direct calls after his release in 2018
Additional information
Has a newborn baby. Worked in the police: https://web.archive.org/web/20200320140219/http://www.sdsgwy.com/article/html/685481.html
Also mention in a bizarre report about workers coming to fix his water supply (although first and last names are reversed): http://www.altxw.com/fanghuju/system/2018/03/27/030015956.shtml
Mention in Eurasianet (https://eurasianet.org/kazakh-activists-keep-battling-as-xinjiang-crackdown-evolves) (Testimony 3):
"“They’ve taken him again,” said Munai Taskairat kyzy, sobbing over the phone.
Last year had closed on such a hopeful note. It looked as though Chinese authorities might be gently easing their campaign of systematic repression of Muslim communities in their western Xinjiang region.
On December 28, Taskairat kyzy’s younger brother, Ushkyn, an ethnic Kazakh from Xinjiang, was released from custody after spending 20 months in a reeducation camp.
“When we learned that he was out, celebrating the New Year felt wonderful,” recalled Munai, speaking from her home on the outskirts of Astana.
Munai exchanged a few brief phone calls with Ushkyn, but they couldn’t say much because he was still in China.
“They monitor our calls,” said Munai, who moved to Kazakhstan from China more than five years ago.
Hearing Ushkyn’s voice was enough though. New Year was spent in the warm glow of relief. And then three weeks later, Ushkyn was suddenly taken back to the camps."
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tY1RvIKg-M Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlkkZ6MTOGQ Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXN3BKVQ5_c Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2677_3.png
Entry created: 2019-02-10 Last updated: 2020-03-20 Latest status update: 2020-01-21 2703. Aldash Rahman
Chinese ID: 65232819861101??O? (Mori)
Basic info
Age: 32 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Changji Status: house/town arrest When problems started: July 2018 - Sep. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: religion
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Halida Ashim, born in 1986. Originally from Mori County, she has been a citizen of Kazakhstan since 2011. (sister-in-law)
Testimony 2: Azatbek Mazhynhan, born in 1977, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (cousin)
About the victim
Aldash Rahman was born on November 1, 1986. He was an Imam.
Address: Bes Aghash village (五棵树村), Queren township (雀仁乡), Mulei Kazakh autonomous county, Changji Hui autonomous prefecture
Victim's location
[Presumably in Changji.]
When victim was detained
September 25, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention being an Imam
Victim's status
Testimony 1: released from the camp to house arrest on December 21, 2018
Testimony 2: released from camp and put under house arrest, documents and phone all confiscated.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
She heard that he might be taken to a camp again for another six months.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HwwFWmdf4U Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFbvdawl0_U
Entry created: 2019-02-12 Last updated: 2021-01-09 Latest status update: 2019-02-08 2709. Ahmet Dauen (阿合米提·道吾尼)
Chinese ID: 654224194307021397 (Toli)
Basic info
Age: 75 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Tileuberdi Ahmet, born on October 2, 1988, is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier father
About the victim
Ahmet Dauen, born on July 2, 1943, is a Chinese citizen.
Address: Kyzylkiya village (克孜勒克亚村) 1022, Usheti township (乌雪特乡), Tuoli county, Tacheng region
Victim's location
At his home address, presumably.
When victim was detained
May 1, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status released (presumably, from camp) to house arrest on December 26, 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
---
Victims among relatives
Baqytbek Ahmet (2708), Slanbek Ahmet (2984), Batyl Slanbek (3105), Nurgul Hanzada (3104)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HwwFWmdf4U Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2709_2.png
Entry created: 2019-02-12 Last updated: 2019-02-12 Latest status update: 2019-02-02 2717. Nurbai Mamyrbai
Chinese ID: 654024199???????O? (Tokkuztara)
Basic info
Age: 18-35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: has problems Profession: religion
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Seitmuhamet Shezhimbek, a Kazakhstan citizen originally from Tokkuztara County. He is one of the key volunteers at the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization. (cousin)
About the victim
Nurbai Mamyrbai was an imam and worked as a muezzin. His age is between 20 and 25.
Address: Qosagash pasture, Gongliu county, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained earlier: summer 2018
Testimony 4: March 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention probably for being an imam
Victim's status
Released to house arrest in November 2018. He has some issues with his health.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pnYPR1mp3g Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3yLwwuRrXw
Entry created: 2019-02-13 Last updated: 2021-01-09 Latest status update: 2019-02-18 2753. Adilet Ablez (阿地来提·阿甫力孜)
Chinese ID: 65412419580815332X (Tokkuztara)
Basic info
Age: 60 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Zhalgasar Abilehat, born on February 4, 1976, citizen of Kazakhstan since 2010
Testimony 3: Nurbubi Nurdaulet
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: Mother-in-law
Testimony 3: unclear
About the victim
A’blez A’dilet, from Gongliu County, born on August 15, 1958. Kazakhstan Residence Card IIN: 580815000209.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
Detained in late 2017. Released from camp and put under house arrest in late 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having a Kazakhstani residence permit
Victim's status
Testimony 2: returned to Kazakhstan on February 23, 2019. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XiMDwI2M-4 video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U9Ww10hU2s video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYbvn0S_Azo Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2753_4.png
Entry created: 2019-02-16 Last updated: 2019-02-16 Latest status update: 2019-02-27 2761. Bedelhan Ausheiip (别得里汗·阿吾什依)
Chinese ID: 654224195401110913 (Toli)
Basic info
Age: 65 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Zhasar Bedelhan, born on April 21, 1984 in Tacheng prefecture, a citizen of Kazakhstan since 2016
Victim's relation to testifier
Father
About the victim
Bedelhan A’usheiip (别德里汗*阿吾什依), born on January 11, 1954. Chinese passport no. E24537985. Has a residence permit in Kazakhstan. In November 2017, he went from Kazakhstan to China.
Victim's location
Home address: Langgutele village (郎古特勒村), 123 Kufu township (库甫乡) Tuoli county, Tacheng prefecture
When victim was detained
December 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unknown
Victim's status
Released from re-education camp December 2018, but not allowed to come to Kazakhstan
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HBZZITH_Hc Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2761_2.png Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/2761_3.png
Entry created: 2019-02-16 Last updated: 2019-02-16 Latest status update: 2019-02-07 2779. Serikzhan Nurgaly
Chinese ID: 654221??????????O? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Erkingul Toqtag’an, born on April 4, 1964 in Tacheng prefecture, citizen of Kazakhstan since 2011
Victim's relation to testifier
Unclear: Erkingul has been asked by the victim’s relatives to testify in their place.
About the victim
Serikzhan Nurg’aly
Address: Sarbas village (萨尔巴斯村), Kurt township (二道桥乡), Emin county, Tacheng prefecture
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
December 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear
Victim's status
Released from camp.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZSpzdqtG3k
Entry created: 2019-02-17 Last updated: 2021-01-11 Latest status update: 2019-02-08 2780. Meirimgazy Qaidyrhan
Chinese ID: 654221??????????O? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Erkingul Toqtag’an, born on April 4, 1964 in Tacheng prefecture, citizen of Kazakhstan since 2011
Victim's relation to testifier
Unclear: Erkingul has been asked by the victim’s relatives to testify in their place.
About the victim
Meirimgazy Qaidyrhan
Address: Sarbas village (萨尔巴斯村), Kurt township (二道桥乡), Emin county, Tacheng prefecture
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
December 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear
Victim's status
Released from re-education camp
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZSpzdqtG3k
Entry created: 2019-02-17 Last updated: 2021-01-11 Latest status update: 2019-02-08 2804. Qibash Sergazy
Chinese ID: 652522195804071439 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 60 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Kasiran Sergazy, born on May 19, 1982, is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier father
About the victim
Qibash Sergazy, born on April 7, 1958, is a Chinese citizen. He suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure.
Address: Kumakeyi hamlet (No. 1 Qumaq Village), Shanghu village, Tacheng region
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
Documents confiscated in August 2017. Put into re-education camp on February 14, 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status released to house arrest on October 17, 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives
Qorlan Saiken (2803)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p4klKmN410
Entry created: 2019-02-19 Last updated: 2021-01-12 Latest status update: 2019-02-14 2807. Muqiat Sadu (木河亚提·沙都)
Chinese ID: 652522197312282415 (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 45 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Samgar Muqiat, born on September 17, 1998, is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Testimony 2: Serikhan Muratbek.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: father
Testimony 2: brother-in-law
About the victim
Muqiat Sadu (also Saduaqas), born on December 28, 1973, is a Chinese citizen. He went to China on September 5, 2017, and had his documents confiscated, later was put into a re-education camp on September 18, 2017. His wife and four children are all Kazakhstan citizens.
Address: Kazakbai village, Emin county, Tacheng region
Victim's location
[G. A. Bunin: Back in Kazakhstan]
When victim was detained
September 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status released from a camp to house arrest in December 2018
[G. A. Bunin: returned to Kazakhstan sometime in 2019]
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeuFoIFLG4U Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78TM1NAKocI Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2807_3.png
Entry created: 2019-02-19 Last updated: 2019-12-03 Latest status update: 2019-12-03 2861. Amanzhol Toqan
Chinese ID: 6541211973??????O? (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 45-46 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Esenei Toqan Toqtiyaruly, born on April 20, 2000 in Ghulja, citizen of Kazakhstan since 2008.
Testimony 4: Baqytgul Aset, born on 14 September 1973, is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: uncle
Testimony 4: unclear
About the victim
Amanzhol Toqan.
Address: Tuoxun village (托逊村) First Group, No. 37, Awuliya township (阿乌利亚乡), Yining county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture
Victim's location
In Ghulja.
When victim was detained
Detained in early 2017, stayed a year and a half in a re-education camp. Transferred to forced labor in a chemical factory in Ghulja in June 2018.
Testimony 3: transferred to forced labor in July 2018.
Testimony 4: released from factory in March 2019. Likely (or given) reason for detention
Visiting Kazakhstan.
Victim's status works in a black factory
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives
Toqan Payzi (2859), Amangeldi Toqan (2860), Tileuqabyl Toqan (2862)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaucz5HOGko Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEOKKhJPpDo Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHXk_aO01r4 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqQR5LILfls
Entry created: 2019-02-24 Last updated: 2019-12-09 Latest status update: 2019-11-04 2862. Tileuqabyl Toqan
Chinese ID: 654121198410152532 (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Esenei Toqan Toqtiyaruly, born on April 20, 2000 in Ghulja, citizen of Kazakhstan since 2008.
Testimony 4: Baqytgul Aset, born on 14 September 1973, is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: uncle
Testimony 4: unclear
About the victim
Tileuqabyl Toqan.
Address: Tuoxun village (托逊村) First Group, No. 37, Awuliya township (阿乌利亚乡), Yining county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture
Victim's location
In Ghulja.
When victim was detained
Detained in early 2017. Spent (nearly?) two years in a re-education camp before being transferred to forced labor in Ghulja's chemical factory in September 2018.
Testimony 4: released from factory in May 2019
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Visiting Kazakhstan. Victim's status works in a black factory
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives
Toqan Payzi (2859), Amangeldi Toqan (2860), Amanzhol Toqan (2861)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaucz5HOGko Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEOKKhJPpDo Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHXk_aO01r4 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqQR5LILfls
Entry created: 2019-02-24 Last updated: 2019-12-09 Latest status update: 2019-11-04 2871. Sabetqan Malgazhdar (沙别提汗)
Chinese ID: 65420119550620161? (Chochek)
Basic info
Age: 63 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: critical Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Qaiyrbek Sabetqan, born in 1990, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (son)
Testimony 2: Zhuldyz Sabetqan, born in 1985, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (daughter)
Testimony 3: Qalybek Sabetqan, born in 1987, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (son)
About the victim
Sabetqan (no surname according to his document), born on June 20, 1955, is a Chinese citizen. Had been living in Kazakhstan since 2007 and went to China for treatment. He was put into a camp on February 22, 2018.
Address on ID: Shibarlagash farm (奇巴尔拉尕什牧场) 44, Ergong town (二工镇), Tacheng municipality.
Chinese passport: G39333741. Kazakhstan green card: 024175571.
Victim's location
Tacheng city, Tacheng region
When victim was detained
His documents were confiscated when went back to China for treatment on July 17, 2017. He was then arrested on February 22, 2018 (Testimony 3: sent to camp on February 12, 2018).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released to house arrest on December 25, 2018 from a re-education camp (Testimony 3: after his daughter and wife had written numerous application to Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry). He is now under house arrest in his brother’s house, since he has no property in China.
Testimony 2: needs urgent surgery.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
On August 27, 2018, his son Qalibek brought a Kazakhstan repatriation invitation letter to China for his father, but was not allowed to see him on grounds that Qalibek was a foreigner in China.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znNbkdMQ7Gs Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV8FFLUDJyE Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-nzdyQ5psQ Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2871_3.png
Entry created: 2019-02-25 Last updated: 2020-09-20 Latest status update: 2019-02-23 2883. Nazigul Iskhan (娜孜古里·伊斯汗)
Chinese ID: 654201196501103526 (Chochek)
Basic info
Age: 54 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: forced job placement When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Sag‘it Erzhol, born on September 2, 1994 in Tacheng, citizen of Kazakhstan since 2018
Testimony 2: Ertai Sagit, born on October 12, 1990
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: Mother
Testimony 2: unclear (probably mother)
About the victim
Nazigul Iskhan (娜孜古里*伊斯汗), born on January 10, 1965. Kazakhstan Residence permit no. 026668797. Left for China in 2017
Address: 64 Township Household (乡直), Qiaxia township (恰夏乡), Tacheng municipality
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
Documents confiscated in August 2017 (Testimony 2 says July 31) when she was attempting to go back to Kazakhstan. Sent to a concentration camp in December 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear
Victim's status Released from camp in December 2018 and assigned work as a teacher in Tacheng.
She has some health issues owing to having undergone several operations in the past.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNm2fupZlsU Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELN_EoJUj2k Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2883_3.png
Entry created: 2019-02-26 Last updated: 2019-07-22 Latest status update: 2019-02-08 2911. Tursunbeg Yasin (图尔荪拜·亚森)
Chinese ID: 65????19????????O? (place of origin unclear)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: --- Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: media/journalism
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Norway. Later info was added based on his Weibo.
Victim's relation to testifier
No known relation.
About the victim
Tursunbeg Yasin, a blogger and writer.
Screenwriter and general manager(总经理) of the KuyBaliq culture media co.,Ltd. (新疆酷巴艺文化传媒有限公司总经理).
He was the main screenwriter of popular Uyghur family sitcom “Bu ailige Qarang(Look at this family) “ which aired on provincial state TV and was success.
Victim's location
---
When victim was detained
He was detained and put in camp around September 2017, then released around December 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status Released from camp, exact status unclear. He appears to be posting on his Weibo.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear.
Additional information
This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at: shahit.biz/supp/list_003.pdf
His Weibo: https://m.weibo.cn/u/1880174025?uid=1880174025&luicode=10000011&lfid=10151501_100084278_-_rela tedsinger
Supplementary materials
Weibo post: https://shahit.biz/supp/2911_1.jpg company info: https://shahit.biz/supp/2911_2.png
Entry created: 2019-03-01 Last updated: 2019-12-01 Latest status update: 2019-12-01 2918. Nurshat Mijit
Chinese ID: 6527??19????????O? (place of origin unclear)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Bortala Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2018 - Dec. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: art & literature
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway.
Testimony 2: Uyghur Transitional Justice Database, a project documenting the Uyghur victims of the repressions in Xinjiang.
About the victim
Nurshat Mijit, a singer and song writer from Bortala.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Bortala.]
When victim was detained
Testimony 2: He was arrested on 15 December 2018 in Urumqi on his way to Xinjiang Medical University to visit his mother, Roshengul, who was receiving treatment for a heart problem. (Roshengul allegedly passed away after hearing that Nurshat had been arrested.)
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released (from camp, presumably) on January 18, 2019. Unknown where to, however.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear. Additional information
This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals (Testimony 1), available at: shahit.biz/supp/list_003.pdf
UTJD entry (Testimony 2): https://www.utjd.org/missing/index.php?ref=514
Entry created: 2019-03-01 Last updated: 2021-05-29 Latest status update: 2019-01-02 2923. Zhenisgul Azyhan (杰恩斯古丽·阿孜汗)
Chinese ID: 65422319700302342X (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: forced job placement When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Kamai Tabarak, born in 1989 in China, citizen of Kazakhstan since 2011
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: Uncle’s wife
About the victim
Zhenisgul Azyhan (杰恩斯古丽*阿孜汗), wife of victim Adilbek Tusip. Holds a Kazakhstani residence permit.
Address: Kulie/Kuliedui village (库列队村) 10, Bayingou pasture (巴音沟牧场), Wusu municipality, Tacheng region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Victim's location
[In Tacheng, presumably.]
When victim was detained
Her documents were first confiscated in September 2017 when she went back from Kazakhstan. She was taken to the camps in March next year.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Transferred to a forced labour camp in late 2018 How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives
Adilbek Tusip (2297)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jocmRtw9ktc Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqQaG0WYXIE Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/2923_3.png
Entry created: 2019-03-03 Last updated: 2021-01-15 Latest status update: 2019-02-14 2937. Zhenishan Berdibek (井格斯汗·别尔德别克)
Chinese ID: 65422119701221302X (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: 49 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"registration issues" Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1: Murathan Qasengazy, born in 1971, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (husband)
Testimony 2|4: Zhenishan Berdibek, born in 1970, is originally from Tacheng but is now a Kazakhstan citizen. She is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang. (the victim)
Testimony 3: Murathan Qasengazy, as reported by Radio Azattyq. (husband)
Testimony 5*: Anonymous, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (acquaintance)
Testimony 6: Zhenishan Berdibek, as reported by Buzzfeed News. (the victim)
Testimony 7: Zhenishan Berdibek, as reported by "Azat Erkin". (the victim)
Testimony 8: Request for instruction on lifting suspicion, a notice from a local government committee requesting instruction regarding a particular sensitive individual having suspicion officially lifted in their regard.
About the victim
Zhenishan Berdibek is a Kazakhstan citizen, originally from Tacheng's Dorbiljin County.
Registered address in China: House No. 1237, No. 5 Husbandry Team, Emil Livestock Farm, Dorbiljin County, Xinjiang (新疆额敏县也木勒牧场牧业五队1237号).
Victim's location
East Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
She went to China on December 25, 2017 for medical treatment, and would be questioned by local police soon after arrival, before being accused of having dual citizenship a week later. She was then taken to camp, but released 38 days later.
On February 23, 2018, she was told by the police that she could go back to Kazakhstan, but would need a stamp from the Dorbiljin County Public Security Bureau. Instead of letting her leave, they took her to the Turgun Village camp two days later. Because of issues with her waist, she was taken to the hospital on March 9, 2018. On June 26, 2018, she was taken to the heating company (热力公司) camp, before being released on November 21, 2018 and returning to Kazakhstan in early 2019.
[It should be noted that there is some conflicting info in her husband's account as provided to Radio Azattyq. According to what is reported, she went back on December 25 and was arrested immediately in Tacheng City and sent to camp, then would be released 15 days later following her relatives in Kazakhstan sending over proof that she was in poor health. After this, she was allegedly kept under surveillance. This may be a reporting error.]
Likely (or given) reason for detention
She was accused of having "dual citizenship".
Victim's status
Back in Kazakhstan.
She has been diagnosed with hyperplasia, as well as liver and waist problems. She is also a cancer survivor.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
While it is not clear how the victim's husband learned about her detention [presumably from relatives in the region], Zhenishan's is an eyewitness account.
Additional information
Radio Azattyq mention: https://rus.azattyq.org/a/kazakhstan-china-xinjiang-arrests/29451887.html
Buzzfeed News mention: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/china-new-internment-camps-xinjiang-uighurs-muslims
Interview with activist "Azat Erkin": https://erkinazat2018.medium.com/集中营证人采访系列之berdibek-zhengiskhan-狱警-如果您信有上帝-抓 给我们看啊-981aed5b31f
Eyewitness account
[The following is a summary of the account given by survivor Zhenishan Berdibek to Kazakh activist “Azat Erkin”, which was published in Mandarin on his Medium page in March 2019.]
On December 25, 2017, Zhenishan returned to China to see a doctor. A week later, she was interrogated, with the police asking her why she had come back, whether there was someone who had sent her, and why she didn’t have a mobile phone. Zhenishan answered that she was planning to return to Kazakhstan soon after the medical check-up and thus did not need a Chinese SIM card. The police then asked why she had not cancelled her Chinese registration after going to Kazakhstan, and pressed her regarding which one she was willing to cancel. Zhenishan said that she wanted to cancel the Chinese one. She was then asked to sign a paper, after which she was taken to a re-education camp on the grounds that she had not cancelled her Chinese registration. Following 38 days at camp, she was told not to bring up the registration cancellation issue and to wait for news.
On February 23, 2018, two policemen showed up and told her that she was free to go to Kazakhstan as she did not have any criminal record. She signed some papers and was sent to a local police office, where she was told that she needed a stamp from the Dorbiljin County Public Security Bureau. The Dorbiljin authorities reportedly told her that, were she to cancel her registration, they could find her relatives even in Kazakhstan and bring them back to China. Two days later, the police visited her and took her to the Turgun Village camp.
On March 9, she injured her waist and was taken to a hospital, where doctors said that the waist problem was the result of a previous operation, and that Zhenishan needed to have a new operation in Urumqi, which would cost 10000RMB. She refused, saying that she wanted to go back to Kazakhstan instead. The hospital fees were paid by her relatives, and no food was provided by the authorities.
On June 26, she was taken to the Heating Company Camp. During the transfer, others had black bags put over their heads, but Zhenishan did not. Zhenishan was told that she needed to memorize a handful of Communist songs and then she would be set free.
There were around 1000 people at the camp, with the majority of the staff Kazakh but the management Han Chinese. Zhenishan remembers hearing about one Kazakh man, named Ersin, who had brought a CD with religious material from Kazakhstan and got sentenced to 26 years in prison, which was later shortened to 18 years after his family paid 20000RMB. She said that there were Uyghurs (mostly detained for “separatism”), Hui (mostly detained for praying), and even some Christian and Buddhist Han – as well as people detained for land disputes – at the camp. Zhenishan believes that she was treated fine because she did not know how to pray and had no property in China.
During the sleeping hours, two guards would be assigned to watch the cell, and would pick two people from the cell to stand upright in night shifts, during which the latter would not be allowed to move. At 6 in the morning, the inmates would be woken up and would then have breakfast before going to study. There would be vegetables for dinner.
The guards also checked if the bedsheets were folded properly, and would instruct people to fold them again if they found an untidy corner. Zhenishan says that the guards would sometimes order them to leave the cell, making a mess as they conducted a search, after which they would order the inmates to tidy everything up again. This happened twice at the Turgun Village camp, while the conditions at the Heating Company Camp, Zhenishan says, were less severe.
The cell was entirely female, but inmates would be constantly transferred between the cells. Communication between inmates was prohibited, with the maximum punishment for talking allegedly being 6 months of solitary confinement. In quiet conversations, however, the cellmates would communicate with each other, and would often talk about how life there was “worse than prison”.
Zhenishan heard of cases when people had been tied up in a tiger chair for 48 hours for arguing with the authorities. The inmates were warned that this could happen to them if they disobeyed. They would get asked if they believed in God, with a warning that a positive answer meant them being held in camp for 6 months. As a result, the inmates would respond, in unison, that “no, we do not believe in God”. Zhenishan also adds that the authorities checked video imagery from the CCTV cameras that were installed in mosques in 2015. If a person was found exiting a mosque, he would be sentenced.
Before returning to Kazakhstan, she was made to sign documents saying that she had overstayed her stay in China because her visa expired while she was in the middle of the registration cancellation process. When she said to the police that her family would likely not believe that as the reason for her 14-month disappearance, they replied by asking her if she “wanted to continue studying”, adding that she should “sign the papers and stop talking nonsense”.
Zhenishan says that the time in camp has impacted her health – she started suffering from bone hyperplasia and a crooked spine, following prolonged periods of sitting on a tight chair.
Source: https://erkinazat2018.medium.com/集中营证人采访系列之berdibek-zhengiskhan-狱警-如果您信有上帝-抓 给我们看啊-981aed5b31f
Official notice(s)
Original: https://shahit.biz/supp/notori_21.pdf Translation: https://shahit.biz/supp/nottran_21.pdf Side-by-side: https://shahit.biz/notview.php?no=21
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1-2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_SM6taswZc Testimony 4: https://twitter.com/Akikatkaliolla/status/1175897847532851200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw registration cancellation: https://shahit.biz/supp/2937_3.jpeg
Entry created: 2019-03-04 Last updated: 2021-05-12 Latest status update: 2020-08-27 2946. Zhazira Saipolla (加孜拉·塞泡勒达)
Chinese ID: 652302198803104320 (Fukang)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): phone/computer|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|3|5: Zhainsha Asanqyzy, born in 1960, is now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (mother)
Testimony 2: Alima Karabotayeva, born in 1992, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (relation unclear)
Testimony 4: Mahytgul Saipolla, born in 1985, is a resident of Kazakhstan. (sister)
Testimony 6: Tabysqan Magrupqan, originally from Jeminey County but now residing in Kazakhstan. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent around nine months in a camp. (detained together)
About the victim
Zhazila Seifolla is a Chinese citizen.
Previous registration in China: House No. 11, Qarashoqy Village, Tosty Township, Jeminey County, Xinjiang (新疆吉木乃县托斯特乡哈拉乔克村11号). (previous one before was in Fukang)
Kazakhstan Residence permit no. 024285276.
Victim's location
Testimony 6: back in Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: March 23, 2018
Testimony 2: March 23, 2017
Testimony 5: taken to camp in March 2017 Likely (or given) reason for detention installing WhatsApp on her phone
Victim's status
Testimony 2: released from camp on December 25, 2018.
Testimony 3: her documents are still confiscated.
Testimony 4: under house arrest
Testimony 6: testifier says they were "released together" (testifier was released on December 24, 2018). He also says that she's returned to Kazakhstan.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 6: they were detained at the same facility and were released together in late December 2018.
Additional information earlier: She gave birth to her daughter while she was in Kazakhstan and now she is living without a mother.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65uApO3EfxI Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuMoEE62zCM Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jojhi25qSXE Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSFL3Ble8_M Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkKuuqXHfDY Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8CHjUu4Ye8 household registration: https://shahit.biz/supp/2946_7.png
Entry created: 2019-03-05 Last updated: 2021-01-16 Latest status update: 2020-02-25 2947. Tabysqan Magrupqan (塔布斯汗·马吾尔甫汗)
Chinese ID: 654326198004052010 (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: 40 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|phone/computer Health status: has problems Profession: driver
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Altynai Suleimen, born in 1989, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (sister-in-law)
Testimony 2|3: Tabysqan Magrupqan, originally from Jeminey County but now residing in Kazakhstan. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent around nine months in a camp. (the victim)
About the victim
Tabysqan Magrupqan used to work as a driver, shuttling people between China and Kazakhstan. He also owned a small shop in his home town of Tosty. He's married and a father of two.
Address (previous registration): 122 Tuanjie Road, Tosty Township, Jeminey County, Xinjiang (新疆吉木乃县托斯特乡团结路122号).
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
He was detained for a period of about 15 days between January 30, 2018 and February 14-15, and held at the Jeminey County Pre-Trial Detention Center, with the authorities telling him that he had Skype on his phone. He would then be released after being questioned by the public security bureau, who admitted that the Skype app was pre-installed and took Tabysqan to a local China Mobile to get his phone number unregistered and to have him buy a simple Nokia phone.
On March 23, 2018, he was detained again and taken to camp, which Tabysqan says was the same facility as before. At one point, in August 2018, he was allowed 3-4 hours to renew his driver's license, during which time he got permission to see his parents and happened to see his sister-in-law, who asked for his permission to appeal for him as she was preparing to go to Kazakhstan.
Around September 2018, the camp inmates would attend "court trials" in the camp and be sentenced. However, Tabysqan says that this didn't change much, except for them being split into classes, with him being put in the regular class (普班).
On December 24, 2018, he was released, after which it would take him another 9 months to get his passport, with an additional 1-2 months to get his visa and stamps of approval. He returned to Kazakhstan on November 29, 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
He was initially detained for 15 days for having Skype on his phone. He was later "sentenced" in camp for breaking the "telecommunications law" (presumably for the same reason).
Victim's status
Released and back in Kazakhstan.
He says that he's been struggling with some health issues, such as frequent urination.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
His sister-in-law met with Tabysqan while in Xinjiang (when he was briefly released to renew his driver's license).
Tabysqan's own account is an eyewitness testimony.
Additional information
Business listing of Tabysqan's shop: https://www.qixin.com/company/812551d3-372e-44eb-a5fe-2ac97e5810ad (https://archive.vn/Rbgjt)
Eyewitness account
[The following is an abridged first-person account, based on the victim’s interview at the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization in Almaty, Kazakhstan.]
The first time I was detained was on January 30, 2018, to be released on February 14-15 (2018).
I was detained at home – not by the police, but by the cadres responsible for the safety in our village. They came and detained me. They told me that they had found Skype on my phone, and told me to get into a car. I wasn't handcuffed. They took me directly to the prison/detention center in Zhimunai County. There was a village named Shiqorzha, and the prison was located there, next to a middle school (“Qisyq Mektep”). In the western part of the town. To the west of the river.
Once we were taken inside the facility, they removed the zippers and laces from my clothes and shoes, as well as my belt. They took my ID card and phone for safekeeping. They didn’t make us wear uniforms – I just wore my own clothes, apart from removing those things (zippers, laces, belt).
There were 4 rooms and 8-9 people per room. There was no bed – we slept on kang (raised platform). Everyone in there was Kazakh. A day before my detention, I had gone to the village and heard that the imams had been detained, and the next day I was taken too. I was with Nurlan Pioner in the detention center. Kunbolat Qabseit was there too.
After 5-10 days, I was taken to the public security bureau office and questioned. The first question they asked was why I had visited Kazakhstan too many times – I used to drive a taxi between the two countries. After that, they released me, saying that yes, it was true that Skype had come pre-installed on my phone already. They told me not to use this phone and then took me to the China Mobile to get my phone number unregistered. I ended up having to buy a simple Nokia phone.
On March 23, 2018, I was taken again. This time, they brought me to a camp. In the beginning, there were rumors that those who were detained because of their phone content would be released, but later they told us that we would be educated there, and had our heads shaved. So, I was detained again – a month and a week after my release before.
Here, we were given uniforms. The room was about 4 by 5 meters, and there were 15 of us in there. They taught us pinyin and Communist songs. To be released, we needed to collect points. The food was awful – a dog wouldn't eat that stuff. It was just leftovers from the cadres’ meals.
We got injections many times. I don't remember how many exactly, but at least five times. They’d call out our names and give us a shot. According to them, it was to prevent diseases. The doctors and nurses who injected us wore white clothes, and we could only see their eyes. There was also medicine that we had to take in front of them. Sometimes, they would call a person’s name and say that he needed to get a blood test.
Once every two weeks, they’d allow us to talk to our relatives via a video call, and once every month or two we’d be allowed to meet our family members in person. In August (2018), I was given 3-4 hours to go and renew my driver's license. Three Kazakh guys accompanied me, and I asked them for permission to go see my parents. That’s when I’d meet with my sister-in-law – she was going to Kazakhstan and asked for permission to appeal for me there, which I gave.
Among the people at the camp, the oldest was a 76-year-old imam, from Zhimunai’s Qarzhau Village. The youngest was around 19, having ended up there because of something on his phone. (A woman named) Gulnisa Muqanqyzy was also in the same camp. While the rooms were segregated by gender, we did go to class together, the men and the women. There was also Zharqyn Qinayat, and Shynar something. They're in Almaty now. There was Anuarhan, who is in Astana. I was with Nurlan Pioner's brother, Erlan Pioner, as well. Anuarhan was 64, and his wife was there with him, the two detained for having a Kazakhstan green card and having visited Kazakhstan.
We were given cloth shoes, and had to sit on plastic stools, on a cement floor, for 14 hours a day. We would lose points if we didn’t sit straight. At nine in the evening, we’d go to sleep and would take turns guarding each other in two-hour shifts. At the start, we were allowed to sit while on duty, but later were told to stand. The camera in the room was round. The room had an open toilet, and the camera would cover it as well. The lights were always on.
The classes were divided into three levels: beginner (初级), intermediate (中级), and advanced (高级).
After some time, they also started requiring us to write about and confess our wrongdoings. Later, there’d be a court hearing in the camp, and we’d be accused of different “crimes”. For example, I was told that I had breached such-and-such a clause of the telecommunications law ("telegraf zangy"). That was around September (2018). They didn’t give us prison terms after the hearing, however. Instead, they just divided us into groups, and I was put in the “regular class” (普班, the lightest form).
At that time, I didn’t know that my sister-in-law had started appealing, as although I’d be allowed to talk to my relatives every once in a while, we wouldn’t be able to say much apart from asking each other how we were doing. In the beginning, we’d be allotted 5 minutes, but later this would get reduced to 3. I remember that, while I was at the camp, they would ask me if I had relatives in Kazakhstan.
There was only one Kazakh teacher at the camp. On December 22, 2018, he was really happy and told us that we’d be released soon. He told us quietly though, and asked us not to tell the others. Then, at midnight of the 23rd, we were given some forms to fill out. Some people's names were called and they were released. I, too, was released on the 24th, at night. It was around 1:30-2:00 in the morning, and three others were released with me. Zhang Guohua, the head of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission (政法委), asked us some questions, asking how our studies had gone. We praised the conditions there and told him that, thanks to the Party, we learned many things. I signed a few more papers, and then went out to meet my wife and some cadres, who were waiting for me outside.
One of the people I was released with was a woman named Zhazira Saipolla. She returned to Kazakhstan as well. Another man with whom I was released used to be the principal of the Qisyq middle school. He was accused of praying after he had retired.
There was a guy named Damuhan who was released with me – he was around 35-36 and, at one point, suddenly stopped talking. They took him to the hospital in Beitun, but it didn’t help. He could hear fine, but just couldn't talk. He would start talking again after some time though. There was another guy, named Mural, whose time in camp made him dumb. A guy named Daulet Zhumadil would faint while in camp, being taken to the hospital and back each time. Then, during class, he’d faint again.
One of the people I was held with was a Hui guy, named Ma Qiang. His uncle, an imam in Besterek [Township], had died during interrogation – he was accused of appointing a village head who was not the candidate recommended by the government. Ma Qiang was released.
There was Kulan Esetai, who was in her fifties, and who was released before me, although I heard that she was detained again later. She was probably taken to camp because of something she had on her phone.
Zharqyn Qinayat, from Zhimunai’s Belaryq Village, used to work as the animal husbandry bureau, I think. He was around 50, and also was released on the same day as I was. My wife's former classmate – Gulshira Mektephan – was detained in 2017 for praying. She would be given a 7-year prison term.
I weighed only 60 kilos when they released me (I had been at 93 before being taken to camp). I got to see my son and my dad, who didn’t look at me when I said goodbye to him. It was because he didn’t want to break into tears. He’d pass away the following year, at the age of 83. I was only given an hour to stay at home after they released me.
Another 9 months would pass before I finally got my passport back. The village police said that they couldn't find it and told me to go to the county-level public security bureau, which is where I’d ultimately get it. Living close to the public security bureau, I’d go to their office every day. However, when I finally did get my passport back, I found that the visa had already expired. I had to go to Urumqi to get a new one.
My sister-in-law sent me an invitation letter. My oldest son was able to go to Kazakhstan on August 2, 2019, and my youngest son and my wife on August 30, 2019. I myself would only come back on November 29, 2019, as again I wasn’t able to get my passport back – even after I got the visa, I still had to hand it in to the public security bureau, who then required me to get five different stamps of approval before I could get it back.
I want my wife to go back there and visit my dad's tomb after she gets Kazakh citizenship, because my mom passed away in 2000 and, after I got married in 2002, my wife would look after my dad for very many years. So, she feels guilty about not having been able to attend his funeral.
Before being taken to camp, I had also borrowed 100000RMB from the rural credit cooperative (农村信用社). At the time, I was supporting my entire family by myself. The bank staff had told my wife that they would not enforce any interest rates until I was released, but in reality they’d have me return the loan with an interest rate of 8%, despite it being 4% before that. In the end, it was my dad who had to pay it back, since I didn't have the money myself. I remember that a village official had explained to the bank that they wouldn't charge any interest rate while I was at camp, and there were documents saying this as well.
Nowadays, a Han cadre keeps contacting me to ask about my well-being. He says that it’s my choice if I want to stay here. He also asked me on what day I crossed the border. While we were there, they’d tell us that Kazakhstan was a “terrorist country”. Try to avoid “Kazakh chauvinism (大哈萨克主义)”, they’d tell us.
I'm suffering from some health issues now. I find myself needing to pee too frequently.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8CHjUu4Ye8
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpI9NivM7EM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8CHjUu4Ye8 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL1DyBuwhk0 household registration: https://shahit.biz/supp/2947_2.png
Entry created: 2019-03-05 Last updated: 2021-06-12 Latest status update: 2020-09-20 2953. Zohre Talip (早然木·塔力甫)
Chinese ID: 652201196410152742 (Kumul)
Basic info
Age: 56 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hami Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2018 - Dec. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): challenging authority|--- Health status: has problems Profession: government
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*|4|5|6|7|10|12: Zulhumar Isaac, an ethnic Uyghur and Chinese citizen, currently resides in Sweden with her husband. She graduated from Beijing University in 2011, majoring in journalism, then worked for tech companies in Beijing. (daughter)
Testimony 2: Zumret Isaac, as reported by Apple Daily. (daughter)
Testimony 3: Zulhumar Isaac, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (daughter)
Testimony 8: Zulhumar Isaac, as reported by South China Morning Post. (daughter)
Testimony 9: Zumret Isaac, as reported by South China Morning Post. (daughter)
Testimony 11: Zulhumar Isaac, as reported by New York Times. (daughter)
Testimony 13: Proof-of-life video, released by an unspecified Chinese media outlet and intended to show that a given individual is "alive and well".
About the victim
Zohre Talip was a Party committee member at the Hami Ethnic and Religious Commission (民宗委), prior to her retirement in late 2017.
Before retirement, she worked as part of the Zhang Chunxian era “visit-benefit-unite” (访惠聚) project. She also served as a village official for the local community, which included things such as providing useful information and helping people get their welfare. She managed to help build a new bridge for the village, with the locals naming the bridge after her.
Victim's location
Presumably at her home in Hami.
When victim was detained Even prior to her detention, she was already under a certain level of pressure [like many in the region], as evidenced by her contacting Zulhumar in the fall of 2017 (when Zulhumar was already living in Sweden) and asking her to send photographic proof of her (Zulhumar) studying there.
She is believed to have been detained and taken for "education" in October-November 2018.
In late March 2019, she was suddenly at home and reachable, following her daughter's publicizing of the detention. She appears to have remained in a sort of soft detention since.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Not clear, although her daughter Zumret suggests that it may have been because of Zohre's opposition to doing away with the dual-language education system in Xinjiang.
Victim's status
She does not appear to be in hard detention, looks better than she did after initially being released, and may have the freedom to partake in certain activities.
Since her release, she has on several occasions tried to pressure her daughter to not speak about their family's situation publicly - in addition to doing so in private communication, she has also denied the media reports about her at a public press conference (https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1181383.shtml), suggesting that she is under a certain amount of pressure from the authorities.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The initial detention became clear when Zulhumar lost contact with her mother in October-November 2018. According to Zumret, her father told her about Zohre's detention in a phone call, before being taken away himself later.
Zulhumar also writes that she got calls from cousins and uncles, in which they said that they had been asked to take some money and clothes for her parents, but that they were not allowed to visit them.
That both Zohre and her husband were released from detention was confirmed when Zulhumar video chatted with them, within 1-2 days of trying to call her father's office while he was allegedly still detained. Since then, Zulhumar has been in occasional communication with them. Zohre has "explained" her months-long disappearance to Zulhumar as being due to "illness".
Additional information
Zulhumar interview on the Foreign Policy podcast: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/01/uighur-first-person-humar-isaac/
Zulhumar's Medium posts about her mother (English and Mandarin): https://medium.com/@humarisaac/my-mother-was-caught-in-between-7700c11dccda https://link.medium.com/KTALUzfKIU
Also mentioned in: https://matters.news/@platero/湖玛的爸爸妈妈又消失了-zdpuAtW64hZkJEH8yA4jR92KZJXJsNjggBUAF73d mW5d1cVVX
Apple Daily coverage: https://uat-xinjiangcamps.appledaily.com/尋親者/祖麗米熱．伊沙克/全文
Featured in the New York Times Magazine: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/magazine/uyghur-muslims-china.html
The Global Times coverage of a Xinjiang press conference at which Zohre denied the reports about her: https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1181383.shtml
Victims among relatives
Isaq Peyzul (2954)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2a9kgQLJ1s Testimony 6: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/humarisaac/posts/216148 6323917615&width=300 Testimony 7: https://twitter.com/humarisaac/status/1195706171010830337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Testimony 10: https://twitter.com/humarisaac/status/1237035989413040128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Testimony 12: https://twitter.com/humarisaac/status/1271540346275663872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw XJ office letter denying detention: https://shahit.biz/supp/2953_2.jpg Testimony 8-9: https://shahit.biz/supp/2953_3.mp4 co-authored article: https://shahit.biz/supp/2953_5.pdf
Entry created: 2019-03-07 Last updated: 2020-05-26 Latest status update: 2021-02-13 2954. Isaq Peyzul (依沙克·排祖拉)
Chinese ID: 652201196204102736 (Kumul)
Basic info
Age: 58 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hami Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2018 - Dec. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: media/journalism
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*|4|5|9|10: Zulhumar Isaac, an ethnic Uyghur and Chinese citizen, currently resides in Sweden with her husband. She graduated from Beijing University in 2011, majoring in journalism, then worked for tech companies in Beijing. (daughter)
Testimony 2*: Zulhumar Isaac, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (daughter)
Testimony 3: Zumret Isaac, as reported by Apple Daily. (daughter)
Testimony 6: Zulhumar Isaac, as reported by New York Times. (daughter)
Testimony 7: Zumret Isaac, as reported by South China Morning Post. (daughter)
Testimony 8: Zulhumar Isaac, as reported by South China Morning Post. (daughter)
Testimony 11: Proof-of-life video, released by an unspecified Chinese media outlet and intended to show that a given individual is "alive and well".
About the victim
Isaq Peyzul worked at the editing office (总编室) of the Uyghur-language Party newspaper "Qumul Daily".
Address: Hami (Qumul) City.
Victim's location
[Presumably at his home in Hami.]
When victim was detained
He was detained on November 18, 2018.
At the end of March 2019, his daughter in Sweden called his office and was told that he was "at a meeting". A day later, he was suddenly reachable, presumably released from detention.
Contact thereafter has been sporadic, but it appears that he's remained under some sort of soft detention.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
No longer in hard detention.
According to his daughter on social media, he has gained some weight since being released, and partakes in some regular activities. He also has access to a phone.
A proof-of-life video released in February 2021 showed him "living normally" at home.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Zulhumar learned about it through cousins and uncles, who were asked to bring money and clothing to her parents (but weren't allowed to visit them).
More specifically, a cousin called the victim's daughter Zumret on November 18, 2018, after which she'd message Zulhumar and tell her that "Isaq too [has been detained]".
Additional information
Mention in Foreign Policy podcast: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/01/uighur-first-person-humar-isaac/
Featured in New York Times Magazine: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/magazine/uyghur-muslims-china.html
Additional mention/coverage: https://matters.news/@platero/湖玛的爸爸妈妈又消失了-zdpuAtW64hZkJEH8yA4jR92KZJXJsNjggBUAF73d mW5d1cVVX https://uat-xinjiangcamps.appledaily.com/尋親者/祖麗米熱．伊沙克/全文
An article for the Qumul Daily, in which Isaq covers the "visiting relatives" program: https://archive.vn/YI58E
Victims among relatives
Zohre Talip (2953)
Supplementary materials call to office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUHowWxg3aU Testimony 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2a9kgQLJ1s Testimony 5: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/humarisaac/posts/216148 6323917615&width=300 Testimony 9: https://twitter.com/humarisaac/status/1193691184180482054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Testimony 10: https://twitter.com/humarisaac/status/1195706171010830337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw XJ office letter denying detention: https://shahit.biz/supp/2954_3.jpg Testimony 7-8: https://shahit.biz/supp/2954_4.mp4 photo with wife: https://shahit.biz/supp/2954_7.jpg photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/2954_8.jpg
Entry created: 2019-03-07 Last updated: 2021-05-18 Latest status update: 2021-02-13 2955. Turdaqyn Apyz
Chinese ID: 65430119540105??O? (Altay)
Basic info
Age: 65 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Shubila Qadyrbek, born on January 1, 1983
Victim's relation to testifier
Father-in-law
About the victim
Turdaqyn Apyz, born on January 5, 1954
Address: Altai city
Victim's location
[Presumably in Altay.]
When victim was detained
His documents were confiscated when he went back to China with his wife in November 2017. Then, he was sent to re-education camp in May 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released from camp in December 24, 2018 and put under house arrest
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? Unclear
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives
Reihan Zhunys (2956)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnJ1h-uwLLA
Entry created: 2019-03-07 Last updated: 2021-01-16 Latest status update: 2019-02-23 2971. Qauken Ergali
Chinese ID: 654223630912401 (Shawan)
Basic info
Age: 50 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1: Sholpan Tursyn, born in 1966, is a resident of Kazakhstan. (wife)
Testimony 2*: Gene A. Bunin, independent scholar and curator of shahit.biz.
About the victim
Qauken Ergali, born on September 12, 1963, is a Chinese citizen. He went to China on October 17, 2017.
Victim's location
Testimony 2: back in Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: October 20, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status released to house arrest in December 2018
Testimony 2: returned to Kazakhstan sometime in 2019 [presumably]
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 2: through contacts in Kazakhstan who've been in touch with the victim
Additional information ---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrejxgBZu-U
Entry created: 2019-03-09 Last updated: 2020-02-12 Latest status update: 2020-02-12 3006. Esqat Qali (艾沙哈提·哈力)
Chinese ID: 654202199006073614 (Wusu)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Qali Kosher, born on May 10, 1959. ID number: 045553114.
Testimony 3: Nurzhibek Qairash
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: son
Testimony 3: husband
About the victim
Esqat Qali
Victim's location
Wusu county, Tacheng region
When victim was detained
March 27, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Testimony 2: released from camp in November 2018.
Testimony 3: released from the camp to house arrest on November 25, 2018. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a2958TFiBo Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzlMM1rNZS8 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMeVdYg2rXA Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/3006_4.png
Entry created: 2019-03-11 Last updated: 2019-05-24 Latest status update: 2019-05-22 3078. Ablikim Abdurehim (阿卜力克木·阿卜杜热伊木)
Chinese ID: 65320119????????O? (Hotan City)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
H.
Victim's relation to testifier information publicly available
About the victim name: Ablikim Abdurehim (阿卜力克木*阿卜杜热伊木) gender: male ethnicity: Uyghur
Ablikim Abdurehim is about to be released after having learnd Chinese, law some skills. He said he has understood the mistake he made and after returning home he will continue learning/studying.
Victim's location
Vocational Education Training Centre in Hotan (新疆和田市的职业技能教育培训中心)
When victim was detained unknown (before October 2018)
Likely (or given) reason for detention unknown
Victim's status in a "re-education" camp How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
This is a propaganda outlet with direct access to the victim.
Additional information
Original article: https://www.guancha.cn/society/2018_10_16_475702_1.shtml (published 16 OCT 2018)
Supplementary materials propaganda still: https://shahit.biz/supp/3078_1.jpg
Entry created: 2019-03-18 Last updated: 2021-01-20 Latest status update: 2019-03-18 3101. Adalgazy Zhakai (阿达力哈孜·加海)
Chinese ID: 654224197803111715 (Toli)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: has problems Profession: private business
Testifying party
Testimony 1|3: Nurlan Adalgazy, born in 2000, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (son)
Testimony 2: Baqytbek Bekzat, born in 1981, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (relation unclear)
Testimony 4: Adalgazy Zhakai, born in 1978, is originally from Tacheng's Toli County, but is now a resident of Kazakhstan. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent almost a year in a camp. (the victim)
About the victim
Adalgazy Zhakai is an entrepreneur, originally from Tacheng's Toli County. After first visiting Kazakhstan in 2013, he moved there with his wife and two children in May 2014, settling in East Kazakhstan's Urzhar region.
He would continue to go back to China frequently, as his daughter later decided to move back there. In 2015, he obtained his Kazakhstan residence permit.
Address on ID: House No. 265, Zhambyqora Village, Aqbaldau Township, Toli County, Xinjiang (新疆托里县阿合别里斗乡江布阔拉村265号).
Kazakhstan residence permit: 040310314.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
He went to China on January 17, 2018 to bring his daughter over to Kazakhstan and to collect some unpaid debts. After having his passport confiscated at the Bakhty border crossing, he was asked to go to the village police. Doing so, he was interrogated until eleven at night, before being taken to his relatives' home and told to go to the village government office the next morning. The next day at the office, he was interrogated again, this time by a lawyer, and then sent home. However, before he could go far, he was called back and told that the superintendent wanted to see him, and was then taken to another office by car, where he would wait until the evening for the superintendent to arrive. The latter then had Adalgazy taken to the public security office, who would send him to a hospital for a medical exam, and then to a camp.
In late February 2018, he would faint and be hospitalized, staying at a special building of the Toli County People's Hospital until late March or early April, before being returned to the camp. He would be hospitalized again for high blood pressure on July 5, 2018, then transferred with others to a new building in the October of that year, before finally being released to house arrest on November 21, 2018.
On July 28, 2019, he would finally be returned his passport, after which he'd return to Kazakhstan on July 31. He would make another trip to Xinjiang later in order to cancel his wife's household registration and to collect the debts owed to him. When the latter proved unsuccessful and he appealed to the local authorities, he was threatened, but not detained.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
The local authorities told him that he had crossed the border too many times and that he had stayed in Kazakhstan for too long.
Victim's status
Released and allowed to return to Kazakhstan.
According to the victim himself, he's become forgetful, has an arm and a leg that often go numb, and has issues with his heart and kidneys.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
It is not clear how his relatives got news of him during his detention [though presumably from relatives]. He and his wife were allowed to talk on the phone on several occasions after his release, however.
Adalgazy's account is an eyewitness one.
Additional information
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Eyewitness account
[The following is an abridged summary, based on the victim’s interview at the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization in Almaty, Kazakhstan.]
Adalgazy Zhakai first visited Kazakhstan in 2013, before moving there with his wife and two children on May 19, 2014, settling in East Kazakhstan’s Urzhar region. Later, his daughter would return to China and make the decision to stay there, with them going back and forth between these two countries to visit each other regularly. Adalgazy worked as an entrepreneur, and in 2015 obtained his Kazakhstan residence permit.
On January 17, 2018, he went to China with the goal of bringing his daughter to Kazakhstan, in addition to collecting some unpaid debts. While crossing the Bakhty border, he was told by three Kazakh policemen that he had exceeded his time in Kazakhstan, and was asked to get registered at his village police station. They introduced themselves as working for the local state security bureau – the Tacheng Regional State Security Bureau – and said that they would keep his passport. Adalgazy mentions that they were kind.
The staff at the village police station of Toli County’s Aqbaldau Village (in Aqbaldau Township) were less so, however. Adalgazy mentions that they were Kazakh, and were very unfriendly, subjecting him to an interrogation upon his arrival and questioning him until eleven at night. After asking him what he did, they photographed him – taking photos from many different angles, both in sitting and standing positions – and asked him to sign some papers as well as fill in an entire pile of forms. The interrogation covered his entire life, starting from his birth. They scanned each of his ten fingers to get his fingerprints. They said that he had crossed the border too many times.
At midnight, they took him by police car to his relative's house in the village, where he was intending to stay for the duration of his visit, telling him that he needed to inform the village government office of his arrival the next morning. When he got to the office, a lawyer whom he was acquainted with, named Muhiat Qyzyr, questioned him with regard to why he had gone to Kazakhstan and what he did there, asking him why he had stayed there for more than nine months.
Adalgazy then filled out a 3-page form and was sent home. However, having walked around 200 meters from the office building, he heard somebody shouting to him, saying that the superintendent (所长) was coming and wanted to see him. As he was reaching the gate, a police car and an ordinary car stopped nearby, with two men calling him to get into the car to go see the superintendent. Among those in the car was a Kazakh deputy superintendent named Erbolat, who would remain quiet for the duration of the ride.
Although they got to the office at ten in the morning, Adalgazy would end up waiting there until it got dark. For the duration of this time, none of the staff asked him anything or even talked to him, as everyone was busy with their jobs. When the Han superintendent finally came, he was very rude and would tell Adalgazy off without any apparent reason, before joining two Kazakh staff – Ongar and Erbolat – in taking Adalgazy to the public security bureau.
From there, he was sent to a hospital for a medical exam, and then taken to a “training center”. Upon his arrival, the staff at the center first ordered him to cut off the buttons and collar from his expensive fur coat and belt. Fortunately for him, Erbolat suggested to just leave the things there, on the grounds that they were very expensive. Adalgazy was then asked to stand facing the wall, something that he found very strange. The staff then asked him to sign a document, but forbid him from asking questions when he asked what the document was.
Next, he was asked to take off all his clothes, including his underwear. The examination that followed included the examination of his genitals, after which he was taken to another room, where he had his head shaved. Six or seven men then put a black hood over his head, manacles on his hands, and took him to the cell. There, he would meet a Hui man – someone whom he knew. He was young, probably born in the eighties, and sold spare motorbike parts for a living. In the past, he would wear a beard and pray.
There were four cameras in the cell. It was around eleven at night when he arrived, and they asked him to sleep without covering his face. That night, there were only 5 people there, himself included: three were asleep, while the remaining one was on duty, “guarding” the others. The next morning, they were woken up and made to sing the national anthem. Adalgazy saw that the toilet and the sink were in the corner of the room. There were some plastic stools and, after washing up, they formed a line and sat down on the stools to face the TV fixed above the door. There were signs on the wall that listed 11 rules, written in Chinese, that they had to learn by heart. The Hui inmate was the room monitor.
Steamed buns and water were brought in the morning as breakfast. There were two holes in the door – one at the top, which the guards, Kazakhs, used to check on them, and one at the bottom, used for delivering the meals and a bucket of water. The bucket was covered with a sheet of paper and saved for later use, being their only source of drinking water.
Two days later, two men came and took Adalgazy out for a tanhua (谈话, “chat”), taking him away in handcuffs and with a hood over his head. It was about a hundred meters to the interrogation room. There, he was seated in a tiger chair, and the interrogator started asking him if he knew why he ended up in the center. Adalgazy said that he didn't. The interrogator was someone he knew – a man named Nurlanbek. After half an hour, he was taken back to the cell.
The others in the cell had been detained for praying. The camp authorities starved them, feeding them once a day – often giving them only two spoonfuls [of porridge, presumably], and at other times steamed buns. Adalgazy says that the man responsible for delivering their meals was a Kazakh named Egai.
On a number of occasions, Adalgazy was interrogated and asked about, for example, what he did in Kazakhstan and whether or not he was in debt.
On February 26, 2018, he fainted just after having lunch, and was taken by ambulance to an emergency room [presumably, at the Toli County People’s Hospital]. The doctors there were Kazakh, but were mandated to talk only in Mandarin, and told Adalgazy that he had ideological problems for speaking to them in Kazakh (his Mandarin being very poor).
The next morning, he was transferred to a different building of the Toli County People's Hospital. His relatives visited and paid 5200RMB for his hospital stay the night before. The building he was in now was still undergoing repairs in preparation to receive sick people from the camps. Adalgazy says that there was an old man in the hospital room who had been to Kazakhstan before as well – he was in a wheelchair, with one side of his body paralyzed. Adalgazy would spend over a month in that building, from February 27 to March 31 or April 2 (he is unclear about the check-out date). He would end up spending a total of around 17000RMB at the hospital.
While in camp, he heard from the conversations between camp officers that there were about 700 people being held there. There were about 30-40 “students” per class, with the auxiliary police (协警) lining up on both sides of the corridor, sticks in hand, as the inmates were led to the classrooms. Failure to submit and cooperate would result in being sent to a solitary-confinement room (禁闭室). In the classes, they studied Mandarin and law, in addition to having lectures about Xi Jinping's policies and how good they were.
During his stay, Adalgazy says that he once saw a woman with her wrists chained to the wall. Young women, he says, were sometimes allowed to feed their babies, with visiting relatives lining up in a hall where they would meet the women inmates, so that the latter could breastfeed their children.
The month of Ramadan and the periods of the two Eids – the Muslim religious festivals – saw the installation of an additional camera above the toilet, so as to make sure that no one was performing ablution. On July 5, 2018, he was taken to the hospital again, this time because of hypertension. Then, on October 10, 2018, he and others were hooded and handcuffed, to be transferred to a newly constructed building, where they would be held on the third floor and given hospital-patient uniforms [it is not 100% clear, but it appears that they may have been held in a hospital-turned-camp during this time]. They had visits from relatives and could occasionally have video calls with them. Those who were married could meet their spouses in a “special room”, provided the couple could produce the marriage certificate. However, Adalgazy says that meeting one’s relatives was meaningless, since all you could do during the meeting was to praise the Party and its policies.
Towards the end of November [he says “September” in one instance, but this is likely a mistake, judging by the context], he would have yet another “chat”, where the officer told him that his time at the camp was up. At that point, he had already been interned for around ten months. They told him that, upon release, he wouldn't be allowed to attend any ceremonies, such as funerals or weddings. Another 7-8 people were being released with him. Not quite ready to believe that he was being let go, he found a way to ask some of the camp officers – young Kazakh women – about it. They seemed happy to tell him that yes, he was going to be released, and that they were always happy to see Kazakhs being let out.
At around 8:20 the next morning, he and some others were asked to go upstairs to the third floor, where they had their “graduation photos” taken. For the first five days after the release, he would then be accompanied by two government workers – Zhang Tongya and (the aforementioned) Muhiat Qyzyr – who were assigned to monitor him. In 2019, Adalgazy’s brother passed away, but Adalgazy couldn't even attend the funeral because he had to ask for permission from the Han cadre, who refused to grant it. The funeral was performed without any Islamic rituals. The brother was 56.
Adalgazy says that he was a big burden and a lot of trouble for the relatives hosting him, as the cadres would come every day to ask him to fill out forms and to take photos of him. They also had to go to the village administration office to pose for a photo in front of the flag. On several occasions, the village office arranged for him to have a phone call with his wife in Kazakhstan, but would take notes of their conversation each time. His daughter in Xinjiang would also have to be present every time that the police or the village office invited him for a “chat” or to fill out some form. This was very hard for her, as she had a full-time job and sometimes it would be difficult to take a day off.
According to Adalgazy, Bauyrzhan Sabyrbai – another reported victim, and also from Aqbaldau Village – ended up dying without being able to return to Kazakhstan, where he had his wife and children. He was never put in a camp, but life under village arrest, with the constant filling out of forms, the constant “chats”, and the constant pressure, was not easy either. Bauyrzhan couldn’t withstand it and died.
After eight months under house arrest, Adalgazy finally received his passport on July 28, 2019, returning to Kazakhstan on July 31. In August, his daughter would come to Kazakhstan as well. Later on, he braved another trip to Xinjiang to cancel his wife's household registration, intending to stay a bit longer as he wanted to get back a total of 15000RMB that he had lent to two people. However, when he wasn’t able to get it from them and asked the officials for help, the cadres threatened him, accusing him of being a “gangster” and a “loan shark”.
Having returned to Kazakhstan, he is still having health problems. He feels that he’s become forgetful. One of his hands and one of his legs go numb very often. He says that he has issues with his heart and kidneys.
He also mentions an ex-detainee named Monkei, who was in the same camp as him and is now residing in Semei, East Kazakhstan. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQrlRfMGoUU
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rRWpr12h7Q Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2lkmNbNR_U Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGAa4EHLw_4 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQrlRfMGoUU Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/3101_4.png
Entry created: 2019-03-19 Last updated: 2020-05-04 Latest status update: 2020-02-08 3191. Erkinjan Abdukerim
Chinese ID: 65310119????????O? (Kashgar)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kashgar Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: deceased Profession: education
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey.
Victim's relation to testifier
No known relation.
About the victim
Erkinjan Abdukerim, a primary school teacher in Kashgar's Awat township.
Victim's location
Body in Kashgar, presumably.
When victim was detained
Not stated.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released from camp on September 30, 2018. Died shortly after.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not stated.
Additional information This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at: shahit.biz/supp/list_003.pdf
Entry created: 2019-03-22 Last updated: 2019-03-22 Latest status update: 2019-01-01 3213. Baqytzhan Rahat
Chinese ID: 6523251986??????O? (Qitai)
Basic info
Age: 31-32 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Changji Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1: Qabdolla Qartaiuly Bazhyr, born on February 21, 1986
Testimony 2: Uathan Muqat, born on June 2, 1982, is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1: Relative
Testimony 2: unclear
About the victim
Baqytzhan Rakhatuly.
Address: Tatar township (塔塔尔乡), Qitai county, Changji Hui autonomous prefecture
Victim's location
[Presumably in Changji.]
When victim was detained
Unclear
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Testimony 2: They heard that he was released from the camp. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Unclear
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uho4uhzjViY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWW03M8VAPA
Entry created: 2019-03-22 Last updated: 2021-02-12 Latest status update: 2018-12-21 3294. Zhanat Mauke
Chinese ID: 6543261982??????O? (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: 35-36 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-4: Zharqyngul Qurban, born on April 8, 1970
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-4: brother's friend
About the victim
Zhanat Maukeuly, was sent to concentration camp for the reason that praying.
Address: Jimunai county, Altai prefecture
Victim's location
[Presumably in Altay.]
When victim was detained
March 14, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention praying
Victim's status
Testimony 2: released from camp (likely in December 2018)
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYsz9z8XIqs Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du8NsFL_ZzA Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF1SU2Z5LZw Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYVfODsqKVg
Entry created: 2019-03-25 Last updated: 2021-02-14 Latest status update: 2018-12-25 3295. Nagynbek Arynqazy
Chinese ID: 6543261984??????O? (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: 33-34 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-4: Zharqyngul Qurban, born on April 8, 1970
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-4: brother's friend
About the victim
Nagynbek Arynqazyuly, was sent to concentration camp for the reason that praying.
Address: Jimunai county, Altai prefecture
Victim's location
[Presumably in Altay.]
When victim was detained
March 14, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention praying
Victim's status
Testimony 2: released from camp (likely December 2018)
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYsz9z8XIqs Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du8NsFL_ZzA Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF1SU2Z5LZw Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYVfODsqKVg
Entry created: 2019-03-25 Last updated: 2021-02-14 Latest status update: 2018-12-25 3296. Zhanat Elubek
Chinese ID: 6543261985??????O? (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: 32-33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-4: Zharqyngul Qurban, born on April 8, 1970
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-4: brother's friend
About the victim
Zhanat Elubekuly, was sent to concentration camp for the reason that praying.
Address: Jimunai county, Altai prefecture
Victim's location
[Presumably in Altay.]
When victim was detained
March 14, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention praying
Victim's status
Testimony 2: released from camp (likely in December 2018)
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYsz9z8XIqs Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du8NsFL_ZzA Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF1SU2Z5LZw Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYVfODsqKVg
Entry created: 2019-03-25 Last updated: 2021-02-14 Latest status update: 2018-12-25 3379. Mutellip Nurmehmet (木他力甫·努尔麦麦提)
Chinese ID: 6501??19780918??O? (Urumqi)
Basic info
Age: 40 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Urumqi Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: deceased Profession: private business
Testifying party
Testimony 1|3: Erkin Sidiq, an Uyghur-American NASA engineer living in the United States. He was born in Aksu and is a graduate of Xinjiang University. (friend)
Testimony 2: Rishat Musajan, the mayor of Hotan.
Testimony 4: Mir'ehmet Ablet, a Dutch citizen of Uyghur descent. (friend)
About the victim
Mutellip Nurmehmet earned two master’s degrees in the United States - one in business administration from California State University, and one in information systems from Northeastern University.
He had two children who had been born in the United States. In 2004, he returned to Xinjiang, where he would have several businesses, including the (previously foreign owned) "Ice Mountain" ice cream shop/factory.
Victim's location
Died in Urumqi.
When victim was detained
He was allegedly forced to revoke the US citizenship of his two children upon returning to Xinjiang.
In 2018, he was sent to a camp and kept there for about 9 months. According to Erkin Sidiq, he was nearly tortured to death there, before being returned to his parents and dying 8-9 days later in the hospital from internal bleeding.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Possibly for studying in the US. Victim's status
Deceased.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
It is not clear how Erkin Sidiq, the victim's friend and source of the original testimony, learned about Mutellip's detention and death.
The death has been confirmed by the Chinese officials.
Additional information
The "Ice Mountain" ice cream business: https://archive.fo/WppaI
Other businesses: https://archive.vn/he3re https://archive.vn/5s3ff
Mentioned in a report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project: https://docs.uhrp.org/pdf/UHRP_UPDATE-ThePersecution_ofTheIntellectuals-in-the-Uyghur-Region.pdf
Originally reported by Erkin Sidiq on one of his websites: http://www.uyghuremergency.org/
Following the victim's case being mentioned in the 2019 Congressional-Executive Commission on China report, the Xinjiang People's Government Information Office held a press conference (https://archive.vn/2J2qV), in which they confirmed Mutellip's death but said that he had "never studied at a vocational education and training center before his death" and "died of excessive drinking, respiratory failure and acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding". CGTN also produced a similar video, "interviewing" both Mutellip's father and wife.
Official communication(s)
Source: XUAR People's Government Information Office
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[This is an excerpt from an official press conference held on March 2, 2020 by the XUAR People's Government Information Office.]
China Global Television Network: The CECC’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019-China alleged that:"Xinjiang arbitrarily detained ethnic minorities including the Uygur and tortured the detainees. Nurmuhemmet Tohti, a famous Uygur writer, died in a detention camp; A Uygur named Mutellip Nurmehmet died 9 days after releasing from the Education and Training Center." Is it true?
Xu Guixiang: This question goes to Rishat Musajan.
Rishat Musajan, Mayor of Hotan City: Xinjiang fights terrorism and extremism in accordance with law, which doesn't target any ethnicity, and protect people under the threat of terrorism and extremism instead. This is the important principle we uphold all the time. In practice, we insist that everyone, regardless of his or her identity or ethnicity, is equal before the law as long as he or she breaks the law. Anyone who engages in terrorism and extremism related activities or endangers public safety and property, will surely be brought to justice. In line with the principle of the criminal law that advocates a combination of punishment and leniency, we resort to education and rehabilitation to bring about and educate people who are infected by religious extremism and committed minor offences in education and training Centers established according to the law. So-called “arbitrary detentions of ethnic minorities including the Uygur” have never existed at all.
In real practice, the education and training centers strictly followed the Constitution and laws to prevent any violation of the basic rights of the trainees. Trainees' personal freedom at the education and training centers were protected. The centers were managed in residential education model which allowed trainees to go back home and ask for leave to attend personal affairs. The trainees’ right to use their spoken and written languages were fully protected at the centers. The regulations, curriculum, and menus at the centers all used local ethnic languages as well as standard Chinese. The customs of all ethnic groups were fully respected and protected, and a variety of nutritious Muslim food was provided free of charge. The education and training centers respect the trainees’ freedom of religious belief. The trainees decided on their own whether to take part in religious activities when they went back home. The centers were fitted with clinics on campus providing the trainees with 24-hour medical care free of charge. Minor ailments were treated in the clinics, while acute and serious illnesses will be timely referred to and treated at hospitals.
The allegations in the CECC's report that writer Nurmuhemmet Tohti died in a detention camp; and Mutellip Nurmehmet died 9 days after being releasing from a education and training center are totally fabricated rumors out of thin air. Nurmuhemmet Tohti is a Uygur from Hotan who has never studied in any education and training center. He had been suffering from heart disease for 20 years, in which he either was hospitalized for treatment or stayed at home for recuperation for quite long time. On the evening of May 31, 2019, he was struck by a massive heart attack and rush to a hospital where he died after emergency rescue failed.
Mutellip Nurmehmet, male, Uygur, a native of Urumqi, Xinjiang, had never studied in any education and training center before he died. According to the information reporters obtained through a visit to his home, he died of excessive drinking derived acute alcohol intoxication, alcoholic encephalopathy, respiratory failure and acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
The death of one’s relatives is a heart broken experience. However, some Americans made rumors about it, which made them extremely angry. I think anyone with a conscience would never do such a immoral thing.
...
China News Service: It was mentioned in the CECC’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019-China that the Washington Post interviewed the wife of Zharqynbek Otan, a Chinese Kazakh by ethnicity who had been held in a "Vocation Education and Training Center" for nearly two years before he returned back to Kazakhstan. After release, he suffers memory impairment, among other health problems". Can you give some more information on this?
Xu Guixiang: This question goes to Elijan Anayit.
Elijan Anayit, Spokesperson of the Information Office of the People's Government of XUAR: Zharqynbek Otan is a 33-year-old Kazakh from Zhaosu County of Ili Kazakh Prefecture, Xinjiang. On January 16, 2017, he entered China via Horgas Port from Kazakhstan. Border check found his passport pages from 15 to 20 were missing and his Kazakhstan Visa on Page 22 was deliberately altered by him manually. According to Item 1, Article 71 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Entry and Exit Administration. he was handed an administrative punishment and his passport nullified by local police agency.
Since then, Zharqynbek Otan has been living in his father's house at No.186 Honghanai Street, Zhaosu Country. His personal freedom has never been restricted and he never studied at any Vocational Education and Training Center. On October 26, 2018, upon his personal application for visiting his family members in Kazakhstan, local authority issued him a new passport through due procedures and he departed China on November 11, 2018. His family members in China affirmed that he was in good health condition with no memory problems before he left, let alone such a thing that he barely recognizes his family members.
With this opportunity, I would like to remind journalists from some American media, the handful of so-called witnesses you had interviewed, especially "East Turkistan" members wandering overseas, not only fabricate rumors themselves but also exploit the international media coverage by every means to mislead public opinion. I hope that your future reports must be based on fact and truth. Don't fall into traps of these vicious people and become a spreader of rumors, which damages your public credibility.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGJasI2NOWc CGTN propaganda video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=413JjdxKNW0 Twitter mention: https://twitter.com/Uyghurspeaker/status/1077115029927931904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Testimony 4: https://twitter.com/mirehmet/status/1349849114318614529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw alleged hospital form (state media): https://shahit.biz/supp/3379_4.png alleged cause of death (state media): https://shahit.biz/supp/3379_6.png official communication(s): https://shahit.biz/supp/comm_3379.png
Entry created: 2019-04-01 Last updated: 2020-06-01 Latest status update: 2018-12-22 3418. Rahima Senbai (热黑曼·山拜)
Chinese ID: 654027198???????E? (Tekes)
Basic info
Age: 18-35 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"extremism", "terrorism", phone/computer Health status: has problems Profession: other
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Rahima Senbai, as reported by Globe and Mail. (the victim)
Testimony 2: Rahima Senbai, an interpreter from Tekes County who now lives in Kazakhstan. She's a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent a year in a camp. (the victim)
Testimony 3: Rahima Senbai, as reported by The Believer. (the victim)
Testimony 4: Rahima Senbai, as reported by Apple Daily. (the victim)
Testimony 5: Rahima Senbai, as reported by New York Times. (the victim)
Testimony 6: Elijan Anayit, a spokesperson for the XUAR People's Government Information Office.
About the victim
Rahima Senbai is from the Military Horse Farm village in Ili's Tekes County. She moved to Kazakhstan with her husband and four children in 2013, but would often go back and forth between the two countries, working as an interpreter in the ICBC (trade zone) at Khorgos.
According to her testimony, she was able to travel visa-free between China and Kazakhstan (and as such very likely had Kazakhstan residence).
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
Called by Tekes County police on October 16, 2017, after which she was taken directly to a detention center. She stayed there for 70 days before being transferred to a "recruitment center".
She was released from the camp in October 2018, and was finally allowed to leave China in December. Likely (or given) reason for detention
According to Rahima's testimony, she asked the people at camp why she was there and they told her that she was guilty of using WhatsApp.
Elijan Anayit, a spokesperson for the XUAR People's Government Information Office, confirmed her detention and said that she had been reported for watching "terrorist and extremist footage on her phone", while adding that police exercised leniency after "educating her" because "her offense was minor" (he claimed, however, that she was only detained for 3 hours).
Victim's status
Released after nearly a year in detention. Allowed to return to Kazakhstan, where she lives now.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
This is an eyewitness account.
Additional information
Mention in the Globe and Mail (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-i-felt-like-a-slave-inside-chinas-complex-system-of-incar ceration/):
On the same day in October, 2017, that Ms. Auelhan entered China, police in Xinjiang’s Tekes County asked Rahima Senbai to come to their office. “It won’t take much time,” they said.
When she arrived, they took her directly to a detention centre, where she was placed in a cell with 24 women. At one point, she and the others were handcuffed and shackled for a full week. She stayed for 70 days before being sent to a place called a ”recruitment centre,” where people in masked biohazard suits delivered injections of what they said were anti-flu medication. Guards there once shocked her with a stun gun to the shoulder when she was too weak to walk quickly. “I felt like a slave,” Ms. Senbai said.
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The detention-centre cell where Ms. Senbai stayed was equipped with cameras, a loudspeaker and a television set that displayed programming “about Chinese policies and Xi Jinping. We had to watch it,” Ms. Senbai said. Later, at the indoctrination centre, instructors asked us, ’Why do you believe in God? Do you think that if you need money and you pray, that God will give you money? You should think logically,’ ” Ms. Senbai recalled.
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In nearly a year of detention, Ms. Senbai spent 45 days studying hairdressing.
“But in fact we didn’t learn anything,” she said. “For example, I didn’t learn how to cut hair.” Daily lessons consisted of two hours of theoretical instruction. Students were then given books to study. In a month and a half, she completed a single haircut, on another detainee who she persuaded to volunteer so she could make an attempt. ---
From a video interview given to Talpyn Zhastar: They had cold showers at the detention facility [unclear which]. The number of inmates in the cell was 24 at the beginning, but would grow to 70-80, with people forced to take turns sleeping. Rahima is now suffering from kidney problems.
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Speaking to the Apple Daily (https://uat-xinjiangcamps.appledaily.com/受害者/熱黑曼/全文), Rahima mentioned having to undress in front of other detainees on several occasions. She also talked of young girls being taken away by police into closed rooms, with some of them never returning.
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Rahima told the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/world/asia/leak-chinas-internment-camps.html) that the detainees in camps were graded on a point-based system. Everyone entered with a score of 1000, after which points could only be deducted. Anyone whose score dropped below 500 was made to stay in the camp for another year.
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Global Times article on the Xinjiang press conference in which she was mentioned: https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1187107.shtml
Eyewitness account
[The following is the victim's first-person account to The Believer magazine, as reported by Ben Mauk.]
Yes, I was in the camp. For more than a year...
We were thinking of our children, you know? And their future. That’s why we moved here. We came because it’s the motherland. All Kazakhs should return to Kazakhstan! That’s what we were told. So, in 2013, we came: my husband and I and our four little children — two daughters and two sons. But since I had a permit for visa-free travel, I went back and forth. My parents were still in China, so I’d go to see them. And until 2017, there were no problems. Crossing the border was easy. That summer I even worked at the border, at the International Centre of Boundary Cooperation at Khorgos. It’s the free-trade zone. Do you know it? I was working as an interpreter at one of the Chinese bazaars: the Yu bazaar. Kazakhs would travel there to buy Chinese goods. I worked as a translator. When my children were about to go to school, I went back to Almaty. In August 2018, my parents called me back to China. The authorities had been to see them.
Ours is a very small village in Tekes County. It’s simply called Military Horse Farm. When I arrived, the authorities wanted to see me. They took a blood sample, my fingerprints, recorded my voice on a computer, took my picture from the front and in profile, then let me go. At the time, they didn’t tell me what it was for. I didn’t understand it. They took my phone number and I went back to Kazakhstan. Later that month, they called me and said I had to come to China again. At first I said no. Three days later, my parents called. The authorities had been to see them again. So, you see, I had to come.
That October, I crossed the border, spending the night at a guesthouse at Khorgos. I reached my village the next day and spent the night at my parents’ house. On the morning of the sixteenth, the authorities showed up. They told my parents that if I didn’t come with them, we’d be in violation of some law. They took photos of my mother and father, they photographed the house, then they took me away. They didn’t tell me they were taking me to a prison. They said I just had to answer some questions.
I was taken to prison in what was, for me, a new mode of travel: a police car. The guards didn’t say anything, didn’t explain anything. As I was about to enter the prison, they cuffed my hands and my legs. That’s when I realized I wouldn’t be going back home.
There were a lot of us in the prison. There were twenty girls in each room and there were many rooms. We sat, stood, and ate in this room. We slept there too. There was no exercise, no yard. We were in the room day and night. The guards weren’t violent. They didn’t beat us for nothing, but we couldn’t leave, and if we didn’t follow instructions quickly, they shouted and cursed at us. Eventually I got to know a few of the other women. Some I’ve kept in touch with, if I was able to find them after our release. Some of them spent a long time there. As for me, I was in prison for only seventy days. That December, they took me from the prison to a camp.
They called it a Professional Reeducation Center. We took Chinese-language lessons from morning till evening, every day. We also studied domestic politics. I already speak Chinese — I worked as a translator — so these lessons weren’t useful for me. But forget about me; there were people in the camp who were college graduates! Who am I to complain? What were these people doing there?
All this time, I didn’t know what was going on. I wondered: What did I do wrong? What crime have I committed? Why am I here? When I asked at the camp, they told me I was here because they’d found WhatsApp on my phone. You are guilty of using WhatsApp, they said. They claimed it contradicted the law. It’s a foreign application: Why are you using it in China? I told them that I lived in Kazakhstan. I bought the phone there! I tried to explain. But of course it’s clear to me now this was just a pretext. If it hadn’t been WhatsApp, they would have found another reason. Everyone there had his own story. Some were similar to mine. Some said they had been charged with reading namaz or studying the Koran. Some wore the hijab. I heard their stories when we were in our bedroom together, another large room that housed twenty or thirty people. We could talk inside this room. Outside, it was forbidden to make any noise at all.
The authorities in the camp were very strict, much worse than in the prison. They treated us not like humans but like animals. They would beat us, interrogate us, punish us by making us stand for hours, call us bad names, shout at us. Once, we were climbing the stairs to go to class as a group, and I felt ill. I’d had a headache that day. I got dizzy and stumbled, then began to fall, and someone — one of the guards — stuck me with an electric prod. My whole arm went numb. Another student had to hold me up so I wouldn’t keel over. Then we had to keep moving to get to class.
These prods, they used them constantly.
In the morning we would drink boiled water, one glass, and eat a plain steamed bun. For lunch we would eat Chinese cabbage boiled in water, simple as that. For dinner, we often had the same thing. There was no meat. Maybe once a month we would have plov.
It was the same situation for the entire year. We were never told when we would be released, if ever. We went to class every day. Once a week we were given an hour to exercise in the fenced yard outside. It would have been nice to know my last day — to be able to look forward to it — but they never told us. Each day was exactly the same. Some people in the camp had already been there a year by the time I arrived. I suspect some of them are still there. Some, I heard, were later sentenced to prison terms between five and twenty-five years. They claimed we were being trained, but I think their only goal is to destroy religion, to destroy nationality, to destroy tradition.
While I was in the camp, starting last August, my husband and children started to make petitions and videos about my case. They began to put pressure on the authorities. I think it’s because of the petitions, because my case was made public, that I was able to come back. It all happened suddenly one day. A guard came into our dormitory room and read my name aloud. Four of us were named, and they told us we were going to return to our homes. I was sent to my parents’ house first, but even then, for a while, they wouldn’t give me my passport. My family had to keep complaining. I got out of the camp in October and was finally able to leave China in December. So I’ve been home for only five months.
Except for the day I arrived and the day I left, only one day in the camp was different. That was the day of the open trial. They brought in seven women from a nearby prison who had been charged with gathering in a private home to pray together. During Ramadan, in the evening, you celebrate auyzashar ["mouth opener"], and the seven women had organized a meal and a prayer. That was their crime. At the trial, they read these accusations and sentenced each of the women to seven years in prison. They called it open court. None of the women spoke.
Source: https://believermag.com/weather-reports-voices-from-xinjiang/
Official communication(s)
Source: XUAR People's Government Information Office
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[This is an excerpt from an official press conference held on April 29, 2020 by the XUAR People's Government Information Office.]
Elijan Anayit: The third one, Rahima Xanba, is a totally liar. She said she was captured because she installed WhatsApp on her cellphone. She also said while being interviewed by The Globe and Mail, that she was put into a detention house for 70 days with shackles around her hands and feet. But that is not the truth. The real picture is that she was reported to the police because she stored and often watched terrorist and extremist audios and videos on her phone. Thus she was questioned by local police in accordance with the law. Considering her offence was minor and repentant attitude, the police exercised leniency on her according to law after educating her. Her mother, Danixman Musa, said, “it is indeed that my daughter was questioned in the police station on suspicion of committing offence after being infected with extremism. But she came back just after 3 hours. She was then at home attending to the cattle and sheep. What she said about 70 days of detention did not exist.”
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZHoDa6vpSU portrait (Globe and Mail): https://shahit.biz/supp/3418_1.jpg propaganda video attacking victim: https://shahit.biz/supp/3418_3.mp4 official communication(s): https://shahit.biz/supp/comm_3418.png
Entry created: 2019-04-02 Last updated: 2021-01-16 Latest status update: 2019-11-24 3469. Erkin Helim
Chinese ID: 653130196309????O? (Maralbeshi)
Basic info
Age: 55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kashgar Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Eli Tursun, an Uyghur living in Germany
Victim's relation to testifier
Relative
About the victim
Erkin Hezim.
According to info from a testimony event held in early 2019: Erkin Helim, born in September 1963, from Seriqbuya town (色力布亚镇), Maralbeshi county, Kashgar.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Kashgar prefecture]
When victim was detained
Mid-2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Travelling to Turkey
Victim's status
According to info from a testimony event held in early 2019, he was released from camp in early 2019, in poor health. He is now staying in a hospital.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? Unclear
Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTr6_EqIdXc photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/3469_2.png
Entry created: 2019-04-04 Last updated: 2019-07-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-15 3473. Arafat Yusup (阿拉帕提·玉苏普)
Chinese ID: 653222199708120272 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 21 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|other, "untrustworthy person", "extremism" Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party
Testimony 1: China News Service, the second largest state-owned news agency in China.
Testimony 2: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Arafat Yusup used to help his parents manage their store.
Address: No. 18, Alley 18, North Outer Ring Road, Yengi'sheher Neighborhood (英协海尔社区外环北路18号巷平房东18号).
Victim's location
At the Qaraqash No. 4 camp.
When victim was detained
Unclear when he was initially taken to camp. Approved for release in early 2019 [presumably].
Likely (or given) reason for detention
According to the Qaraqash list, he was detained for:
1) Being a "recluse from society". 2) Being an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
In his interview to Chinese state media, he says that he had caught "extreme" ideas from some of the people coming to the family shop, which resulted in him developing a bias against Han and other ethnic groups. [The media report sums this up as being "influenced by religious extremism".] Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Chinese state media spoke to the victim directly. [It is not clear how truthful this report is, however.]
The Qaraqash list is an official document from the local authorities.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khg-58SQnTE
Entry created: 2019-04-04 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-15 3475. Ablizqari Obul
Chinese ID: 65310119????????O? (Kashgar)
Basic info
Age: 18-35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kashgar Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"extremism" Health status: --- Profession: art & literature
Testifying party
Testimony 1: China Central Television, the predominant state-owned television network in Mainland China.
Testimony 2|3: CGTN, an international English-language news channel based in Beijing and owned by China Central Television.
About the victim
Ablizhkari Obul (阿不力孜喀日•奥布力, 阿布力孜•吾不力), 32 years old. According to the interview, he “especially liked painting animals and people, but his grandmother said it is forbidden to do so in Islam”. He said before the camps he couldn’t distinguish right from wrong (haohuai bufen). He said when he first arrived at the camp, he was excited seeing the “happy environment”. In the video documentary, his wife Gulanbar Damolla (古兰拜尔*达毛拉) and his son visit him at camp.
Testimony 2: his wife says that they've been married for ten years (Testimony 3: approx. eleven).
Victim's location
Testimony 3: Kashgar City.
When victim was detained
Testimony 3: One of the victim's neighbours reportedly heard about the alleged family violence and suggested that the victim should go to a "vocational training center". The victim reportedly "took the advice and started attending classes in May 2018" to "save his family from being dashed on the rocks". (The information in the video conflicts with the above, as the victim states that his wife was the one who suggested he go to a vocational training center after a neighbour spoke to local police.)
Testimony 3: The victim is reportedly now a professional painter, after having been released from the "training" in March 2019 and opening an art gallery in the Apak Khoja Mausoleam in Kashgar with two friends. Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 3: The victim reportedly "dropped his career" a few years after graduating in fine arts from a local college. The article implies that he was radicalized after watching a video online over a period of three months, from which he developed a belief that "art is haram". The video reportedly also said that "women cannot go out to work or make money because that betrays Islamic doctrines." (The article alleges that the victim "beat his wife" multiple times "because she insisted on going to work." An apology from the victim [presumably to his wife] is shown in the video. The article also alleges that the victim threw a bowl at his wife's head on one occasion in 2014, causing her to bleed, because his wife reportedly said she would "go to work tomorrow".)
Testimony 3: After watching the aforementioned video online (which was approximately three years into his marriage), the victim reportedly threw away all of his brushes and found a job in sales, which the article says he "had never been trained for". The victim reportedly "smashed" his art gallery in Kashgar Old City. (The information in the video accompanying the article conflicts with the above slightly, as it implies the victim's son is using one of the victim's old brushes.)
Victim's status
Testimony 1: In re-education camp
Testimony 2: The victim has been released from detention. After being released, he reportedly opened a gallery in Apaq Khoja Mazar with the support of the local government and now operates his own art business. He is also stated to be [sic] "a partner in a gallery at the Tomb of the Fragrant Concubine scenic spot".
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 1-3: state media "interviewed" the victim directly.
Additional information
Coverage in written state media: http://www.chinanews.com/wap/detail/zw/sh/2018/10-26/8660223.shtml http://www.chinaxinjiang.cn/zixun/xjxw/201811/t20181106_571417.htm
Testimony 2: The victim says that he once had a stomach ache [in detention] and by midnight, the pain was unbearable. When the teacher heard about it, he took the victim to the medical facility at the camp. The teacher reportedly stayed with the victim whilst he had a check-up and intravenous drip.
Testimony 3 (article version): https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-01-22/Muslim-man-paints-again-after-de-radicalization-NsZ7ySK8Kc/in dex.html
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXJqqvRmkJk Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiqCIiGnCnI Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGGudlZhPVg
Entry created: 2019-04-04 Last updated: 2020-09-17 Latest status update: 2020-08-24 3509. Baqytgul Seitbek
Chinese ID: 65????19700308??E? (place of origin unclear)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: --- Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Aizada Zhunisqan, born on July 18, 1997, came to Kazakhstan in 2015.
Victim's relation to testifier
Mother
About the victim
Baqytgul Seitbekqyzy, born on March 8, 1970. Went to China in August 2017.
Victim's location
Unclear
When victim was detained
February 11, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released on November 23, 2018 and put under house arrest
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Her mother called Aizada on the day of her arrest
Additional information ---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA71pvcZzvE
Entry created: 2019-04-05 Last updated: 2019-04-05 Latest status update: 2019-01-09 3534. Muhtarbek Kelgenbai
Chinese ID: 6543241974??????O? (Kaba)
Basic info
Age: 44-45 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: house/town arrest When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-3: Nurbaqyt Kelgenbaiqyzy, born on December 30, 1982, citizen of Kazakhstan.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-3: brother
About the victim
Muhtarbek Kelgenbai was born in 1974.
Address: Qaba county, Altay prefecture
Victim's location
[Presumably in Altay.]
When victim was detained end of January/beginning of February 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Officials found a Koran in his home one month before his arrest and confiscated it. The actual reason of his arrest is that in the 1990s, he studied religious knowledge for three months from Oken Mahmet (2204), a Habahe county imam who has been recently sentenced to prison.
Victim's status
Released from the camp on December 23, 2018. Now under house arrest.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du8NsFL_ZzA Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qa_5-CLQtw Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDVTviZeNdw
Entry created: 2019-04-06 Last updated: 2021-02-17 Latest status update: 2019-01-13 3647. Erbolat Sauyt
Chinese ID: 65400219????????O? (Ghulja City)
Basic info
Age: 18-35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1: Bolatzhan Sauyt, as reported by Tortoise Media. (brother)
Testimony 2*: Gene A. Bunin, independent scholar and curator of shahit.biz. (acquaintance)
About the victim
Erbolat Sauyt, a 33-year-old clothing merchant from Ghulja City.
Victim's location
Back in Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
He was detained in May 2017 and kept in a pre-trial detention center for one month, before being transferred a camp. After 6-7 months, he was released, but wouldn't be able to return to Kazakhstan until late August 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
In an article for Tortoise Media, his brother said that he had been accused of "getting too much petrol".
However, following discussions with the victim and his brother, it seems that this may not have been the reason.
Victim's status
Back in Kazakhstan.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? It's not clear how the victim's brother learned of the initial detention.
Gene A. Bunin learned about the detention from the victim and the brother directly, however, after meeting with them.
Additional information
Mention in Tortoise Media: https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2019/04/15/uighurs/content.html?sig=INMNBA7zzH4bl8chVk3Ko5px AGqxAmFjLMkq3mwRMcY
Entry created: 2019-04-21 Last updated: 2020-06-13 Latest status update: 2019-09-03 3652. Shalqar Adilhan (恰力哈·阿得尔汉)
Chinese ID: 654201198111220419 (Chochek)
Basic info
Age: 37 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: forced job placement When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|other Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3: Gulnar Qasymzhan, born in 1952, is now a citizen of Kazakhstan. (mother)
About the victim
Shalqar Adilhan (恰力哈*阿得尔汗), a father of one.
Address: Tacheng City, Baigetuobie Street (拜格托别街) 48
Passport no. G30840848.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained
May 5, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
He was planning to move to Kazakhstan and had sold his house in China before buying one in Kazakhstan. That was the reason for his detention: the officials accused him of “transferring money from China to Kazakhstan” in this way
Victim's status
Released on January 3 [2019] and assigned to work as a neighborhood security guard (Testimony 1: unpaid)
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? Not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMhjYSDylDo Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd1rIS5TFAU Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giKJgBZ_1b0 Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/3652_3.png Chinese ID card: https://shahit.biz/supp/3652_4.png
Entry created: 2019-04-19 Last updated: 2020-02-25 Latest status update: 2019-01-21 3879. Nurgali Tynyyshtyqbai
Chinese ID: 65422119????????O? (Dorbiljin)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Gulnar Valihan, born on July 31, 1985, has acquired Kazakhstan citizenship. Her Kazakhstan ID number is 030447149
Victim's relation to testifier father-in-law
About the victim
Nurgali Tynyyshtyqbai
Address: Dorbiljin (Emin) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
Victim's location
[Presumably in Tacheng.]
When victim was detained not stated
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status allegedly been released from the camp in December 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGD0WiKO_U
Entry created: 2019-04-25 Last updated: 2021-02-23 Latest status update: 2019-01-12 3932. Qurmangazhy Shoqan
Chinese ID: 65432219920605??O? (Koktokay)
Basic info
Age: 26 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Masigut Murat, born on February 17, 1981, is now a Kazakhstan citizen.
Victim's relation to testifier brother-in-law
About the victim
Qurmangazhy Shoqan, born on June 5, 1992, is a Chinese citizen.
Address: Supty village, Koktogay county, Altay region
Victim's location
In Supty village.
When victim was detained
March 17, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status released from the camp on December 24, 2018 and is now working in the community in Supty village
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated Additional information
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Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud1zMM_MpoI
Entry created: 2019-04-29 Last updated: 2019-06-20 Latest status update: 2019-01-12 4153. Bolai Nasyrat
Chinese ID: 6523231976??????O? (Kutubi)
Basic info
Age: 41-42 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Changji Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Asqat Kauker, born on October 17, 1966
Victim's relation to testifier
Nephew
About the victim
Bolai Nasyrat, born in 1976. Address: Baiyanghe village (白杨河村), Shitizi Kazakh township (石梯子哈萨克族乡), Hutubi county, Changji Hui autonomous prefecture. Arrested together with his father Nasyrat Kauker.
Victim's location
Presumably at Hutubi county, Changji Hui autonomous prefecture
When victim was detained
Sent to re-education camp on June 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
The testifier received rumors that Bolai was released on December 10, 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not stated Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Nasyrat Kauker (4152)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaGhPMGY5h8
Entry created: 2019-05-11 Last updated: 2019-05-11 Latest status update: 2018-04-01 4565. Nurmemet Tursun (努日麦麦提·图尔荪)
Chinese ID: 65322119????????O? (Hotan County)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Xinjiang Daily, an official daily publication of the CPC Xinjiang Committee.
About the victim
Nurmemet Tursun (努日麦麦提 • 图尔荪). Runs a vegetable store.
Victim's location
Yengi'awat township (英阿瓦提乡), Hotan county, Hotan prefecture
When victim was detained
Testimony 2: taken to camp in March 2018.
Testimony 1: released in November 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Testimony 2: According to the article, Nurmemet has 'graduated' and opened a vegetable store together with his wife Turnisa Eziz (图尼萨·艾则孜).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
This is a state-sponsored interview.
Additional information Mentioned in a Chinese propaganda article about a journalist from Egypt who went to visit the camps (Testimony 1): https://archive.vn/3HWUt
Mentioned in Xinjiang Daily article (Testimony 2): https://archive.vn/bxSHr
A former detainee with this name (who also opened a vegetable shop) is mentioned in a propaganda article from Xinhua: https://archive.ph/tKMKH [it is very likely that this is the same person, though the Xinhua article also mentions him running a noodle shop after learning how to make noodles at camp]
Supplementary materials propaganda image: https://shahit.biz/supp/4565_1.jpg
Entry created: 2019-06-02 Last updated: 2021-04-17 Latest status update: 2019-12-12 4590. Ekremjan Esqer (艾克热木江·艾司卡尔)
Chinese ID: 653201??????????O? (Hotan City)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: other When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party shahit.biz volunteer
Victim's relation to testifier
No relation, information publicly available
About the victim
Ekremjan Esqer (艾克热木江•艾司卡尔). In October 2018, he went home from the camp, and had “social workers” living at his home and monitoring his behavior. He said that they were there to see if he was “correcting one’s mistakes” and if his behavior was satisfactory he was to be released completely.
Victim's location
Hotan city
When victim was detained
Unknown
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Still in re-education camp, although apparently can visit his home now
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Xinjiang Daily propaganda article about re-education camps: http://www.chinaxinjiang.cn/zixun/xjxw/201811/t20181114_571681.htm
Additional information
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Entry created: 2019-06-04 Last updated: 2019-06-05 Latest status update: 2018-11-14 4615. Yalqun Qurban
Chinese ID: 65012119????????O? (Urumqi)
Basic info
Age: 35-55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Urumqi Status: other When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: deceased Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Oqya Uyghur
Victim's relation to testifier
Cousin
About the victim
Yalqun Qurban. He is 37 years old, from Ananqu township of urumqi county. He was a rich farmer with a lot of farmland and domestic animals. He is also owner of a local hotel and restaurant. He never had passport. In 2015, His mother traveled for Hajj, and he was the supporter. He was arrested in December, 2017 and placed in concentration camp. 10 Months later (around September, 2018), he was returned to home severely sick, and died in hospital after 10 days treatment. His funeral was performed under censorship.
Victim's location
Urumqi (died)
When victim was detained
December, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
For helping and allowing her mother to go for hajj. And keeping prayer's carpet brought back home from Mecca by his mother.
Victim's status
Died in around September 2018 How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Victim's wife sent him pictures and information
Additional information
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Supplementary materials original testimony: https://web.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://web.facebook.com/oqya.uyghur.9/posts/33698 5953743394&width=300
Entry created: 2019-06-05 Last updated: 2019-06-05 Latest status update: 2018-10-13 4687. Alimzhan Samanshy (阿里木江·沙曼其)
Chinese ID: 654126197103100510 (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1-2: Lebiz Alimzhan, born on May 9, 1996, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. Her ID number is 043929081.
Victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1-2: father
About the victim
Alimzhan Samanshy, a farmer in Zhaosu county, Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Ili.]
When victim was detained
First sent to re-education camp in June 2018. He was released in November 2018 and put under house arrest, but was sent to concentration camp again in March 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status detained
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 1: from acquaitances Testimony 2: from her mother in Xinjiang
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC2laE8IkzQ Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeKNCs-9cDs Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/4687_3.png
Entry created: 2019-06-14 Last updated: 2021-03-07 Latest status update: 2019-06-19 4695. Nurmuhemmed Tohti (努尔买买提·托合提)
Chinese ID: 65322119491231??O? (Hotan County)
Basic info
Age: 70 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2018 - Dec. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: deceased Profession: art & literature
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Berna Ilchi, as reported by Voice of America. (granddaughter)
Testimony 2: Zohre Ilchi, as reported by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. (daughter)
Testimony 3: Babur Ilchi, as reported by Globe and Mail. (grandson)
Testimony 4: Chinese government spokesperson, as reported by Globe and Mail.
Testimony 5: Zohre Ilchi, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (daughter)
Testimony 6: Babur Ilchi, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (grandson)
Testimony 7: Local government employee, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur.
Testimony 8: Rishat Musajan, the mayor of Hotan. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Nurmuhemmed Tohti was born in Hotan County's Tewekkul Township. After finishing school in Hotan, he initially became a farmer, but would later go on to study mathematics at Xinjiang University (1973-1977), and teach at Hotan Normal College.
In 1984, he started his writing career, and would write over 50 stories, in addition to working as a professional writer at the Xinjiang Writers Union. He also served as a Chinese Communist Party secretary in the Hotan region.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Hotan at the time of his death.]
When victim was detained Detained in November 2018, then released in March 2019.
He passed away on May 31, 2019, with his relatives abroad claiming that he had had heart problems and diabetes prior to the detention, and that he was not provided with the necessary medicine while detained.
The Chinese authorities have replied with the claim that he had diabetes for over 20 years, and that he had a heart attack on May 31, dying on the way to the hospital.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A Chinese government spokesperson, as reported by the Globe and Mail, said that the victim was "put under residential surveillance for illegal religious activities".
Victim's status
Deceased.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
After his release from camp, the victim's daughter, Zohre Ilchi, had a phone call with Nurmuhemmed, while many other family members listened. Nurmuhemmed allegedly could not speak and instead cried throughout the call.
After his death, the family also had a phone call with the victim's wife, who confirmed the news.
The employee in the Radio Free Asia report and the spokesman reported in Globe and Mail are government sources, who presumably have more direct knowledge of the case.
Additional information
Story covered by Voice of America: https://www.voanews.com/extremism-watch/prominent-uighur-writer-dies-chinese-internment-camp
Story covered by The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/19/uighur-author-dies-following-detention-in-chinese-re-e ducation-camp
Story covered by CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.5182961/daughter-of-uighur-aut hor-says-conditions-at-chinese-re-education-camp-killed-her-father-1.5183092
Globe and Mail coverage: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-after-their-grandfathers-death-a-family-in-calgary-grap ples-with-the/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-china-denies-holding-uyghur-writer-in-a-camp-said-he- was-under/
Radio Free Asia coverage: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/writer-06172019105544.html Press conference: https://archive.vn/2J2qV
State-media coverage that explicitly confirms his detention: http://archive.is/nnL7g
Grandson's remembrance post: http://baburilchi.com/the-first-anniversary/
Official communication(s)
Source: XUAR People's Government Information Office
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[This is an excerpt from an official press conference held on March 2, 2020 by the XUAR People's Government Information Office.]
China Global Television Network: The CECC’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019-China alleged that:"Xinjiang arbitrarily detained ethnic minorities including the Uygur and tortured the detainees. Nurmuhemmet Tohti, a famous Uygur writer, died in a detention camp; A Uygur named Mutellip Nurmehmet died 9 days after releasing from the Education and Training Center." Is it true?
Xu Guixiang: This question goes to Rishat Musajan.
Rishat Musajan, Mayor of Hotan City: Xinjiang fights terrorism and extremism in accordance with law, which doesn't target any ethnicity, and protect people under the threat of terrorism and extremism instead. This is the important principle we uphold all the time. In practice, we insist that everyone, regardless of his or her identity or ethnicity, is equal before the law as long as he or she breaks the law. Anyone who engages in terrorism and extremism related activities or endangers public safety and property, will surely be brought to justice. In line with the principle of the criminal law that advocates a combination of punishment and leniency, we resort to education and rehabilitation to bring about and educate people who are infected by religious extremism and committed minor offences in education and training Centers established according to the law. So-called “arbitrary detentions of ethnic minorities including the Uygur” have never existed at all.
In real practice, the education and training centers strictly followed the Constitution and laws to prevent any violation of the basic rights of the trainees. Trainees' personal freedom at the education and training centers were protected. The centers were managed in residential education model which allowed trainees to go back home and ask for leave to attend personal affairs. The trainees’ right to use their spoken and written languages were fully protected at the centers. The regulations, curriculum, and menus at the centers all used local ethnic languages as well as standard Chinese. The customs of all ethnic groups were fully respected and protected, and a variety of nutritious Muslim food was provided free of charge. The education and training centers respect the trainees’ freedom of religious belief. The trainees decided on their own whether to take part in religious activities when they went back home. The centers were fitted with clinics on campus providing the trainees with 24-hour medical care free of charge. Minor ailments were treated in the clinics, while acute and serious illnesses will be timely referred to and treated at hospitals.
The allegations in the CECC's report that writer Nurmuhemmet Tohti died in a detention camp; and Mutellip Nurmehmet died 9 days after being releasing from a education and training center are totally fabricated rumors out of thin air. Nurmuhemmet Tohti is a Uygur from Hotan who has never studied in any education and training center. He had been suffering from heart disease for 20 years, in which he either was hospitalized for treatment or stayed at home for recuperation for quite long time. On the evening of May 31, 2019, he was struck by a massive heart attack and rush to a hospital where he died after emergency rescue failed.
Mutellip Nurmehmet, male, Uygur, a native of Urumqi, Xinjiang, had never studied in any education and training center before he died. According to the information reporters obtained through a visit to his home, he died of excessive drinking derived acute alcohol intoxication, alcoholic encephalopathy, respiratory failure and acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
The death of one’s relatives is a heart broken experience. However, some Americans made rumors about it, which made them extremely angry. I think anyone with a conscience would never do such a immoral thing.
...
China News Service: It was mentioned in the CECC’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019-China that the Washington Post interviewed the wife of Zharqynbek Otan, a Chinese Kazakh by ethnicity who had been held in a "Vocation Education and Training Center" for nearly two years before he returned back to Kazakhstan. After release, he suffers memory impairment, among other health problems". Can you give some more information on this?
Xu Guixiang: This question goes to Elijan Anayit.
Elijan Anayit, Spokesperson of the Information Office of the People's Government of XUAR: Zharqynbek Otan is a 33-year-old Kazakh from Zhaosu County of Ili Kazakh Prefecture, Xinjiang. On January 16, 2017, he entered China via Horgas Port from Kazakhstan. Border check found his passport pages from 15 to 20 were missing and his Kazakhstan Visa on Page 22 was deliberately altered by him manually. According to Item 1, Article 71 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Entry and Exit Administration. he was handed an administrative punishment and his passport nullified by local police agency.
Since then, Zharqynbek Otan has been living in his father's house at No.186 Honghanai Street, Zhaosu Country. His personal freedom has never been restricted and he never studied at any Vocational Education and Training Center. On October 26, 2018, upon his personal application for visiting his family members in Kazakhstan, local authority issued him a new passport through due procedures and he departed China on November 11, 2018. His family members in China affirmed that he was in good health condition with no memory problems before he left, let alone such a thing that he barely recognizes his family members.
With this opportunity, I would like to remind journalists from some American media, the handful of so-called witnesses you had interviewed, especially "East Turkistan" members wandering overseas, not only fabricate rumors themselves but also exploit the international media coverage by every means to mislead public opinion. I hope that your future reports must be based on fact and truth. Don't fall into traps of these vicious people and become a spreader of rumors, which damages your public credibility.
Supplementary materials
CGTN propaganda video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NENjaqw0TGk photo (with Y. Rozi and A. Heyt): https://shahit.biz/supp/4695_1.jpg photo with daughter and wife: https://shahit.biz/supp/4695_2.png photo with wife: https://shahit.biz/supp/4695_3.jpg thesis about his work: https://shahit.biz/supp/4695_5.pdf alleged hospital form (state media): https://shahit.biz/supp/4695_6.png official communication(s): https://shahit.biz/supp/comm_4695.png
Entry created: 2019-06-14 Last updated: 2021-05-01 Latest status update: 2020-03-03 4957. Ayshemhan Yasin (阿依仙汗·亚森)
Chinese ID: 65210119581001180X (Turpan)
Basic info
Age: 62 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: no news for over a year When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: has problems Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|4: Muherrem Muhemmed'eli, originally from Turpan but now living and working in Japan. (grandson)
Testimony 3: Muherrem Muhemmed'eli, as reported by The Guardian. (grandson)
About the victim
Ayshemhan Yasin is a farmer.
Address: No. 2 Group, Bulaq Village, Uzumchilik Municipality, Gaochang District, Turpan (吐鲁番市高昌区葡萄镇布拉克村).
Victim's location
[Presumably at her home address.]
When victim was detained
At the end of 2017, according to Muherrem. According to the victim in her letter home, she left home to come to the "training center" on January 3, 2018. She was released in early 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
According to the victim's letter home from camp, for making a pilgrimage in the past (and supposedly violating Articles 123 and 124 of the Penal Code in so doing).
Victim's status
As of her release in early 2019, she was under house/town arrest with her movements restricted. However, Muherrem has had no news of her since the summer of 2019.
Her time in camp had allegedly damaged her health and she was receiving treatment. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
[Presumably through friends/relatives in the region.]
Additional information
Mentioned in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/14/uighur-man-held-after-leaking-letters-from-xinjiang-ca mp-inmates-says-family
Letter from detention
Original: https://shahit.biz/supp/letori_1.pdf Translation: https://shahit.biz/supp/lettran_1.pdf Side-by-side: https://shahit.biz/letview.php?no=1
Victims among relatives
Muhemmedeli Tursun (4958), Mehmud Muhemmet (4964), Abdurahman Memet (5052), Memet Ismayil (4959), Ehmed Muhemmed (4960), Nureli Ehmed (4961), Omer Ehmed (4962), Nurislam Ehmed (4963), Abdusalam Muhemmed (4965)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDmAMami3zc Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qks7ba8zjtY photo with husband at hospital: https://shahit.biz/supp/4957_4.png
Entry created: 2019-07-07 Last updated: 2020-10-12 Latest status update: 2020-11-07 4959. Memet Ismayil (买买提·司马义)
Chinese ID: 652101194310101812 (Turpan)
Basic info
Age: 77 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: no news for over a year When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: has problems Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|4: Muherrem Muhemmed'eli, originally from Turpan but now living and working in Japan. (grandson)
Testimony 3: Muherrem Muhemmed'eli, as reported by The Guardian. (grandson)
Testimony 5: Abduweli Ayup, as reported by Maya Mitalipova.
About the victim
Memet Ismayil is a farmer, and was an imam at the local village mosque.
Address: No. 2 Group, Bulaq Village, Viticulture Municipality, Turpan City.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Turpan.]
When victim was detained
According to Muherrem, he was detained at the end of 2017. In the victim's own letter from camp (dated October 18, 2018), he says that he has been studying at the school since May 2018. According to Muherrem, he was released at the beginning of 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
According to the victim's letter home from camp, he had "wronged" by making a pilgrimage to Mecca in the past.
Victim's status
As of his release, he was now under house/town arrest, with movements restricted. He had also gotten very weak from his time at camp and was now receiving medical treatment. However, Muherrem has not received any news of him since the summer of 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
[From friends/relatives in the region, presumably.]
Additional information
Covered in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/14/uighur-man-held-after-leaking-letters-from-xinjiang-ca mp-inmates-says-family
Letter from detention
Original: https://shahit.biz/supp/letori_2.pdf Translation: https://shahit.biz/supp/lettran_2.pdf Side-by-side: https://shahit.biz/letview.php?no=2
Victims among relatives
Muhemmedeli Tursun (4958), Mehmud Muhemmet (4964), Abdurahman Memet (5052), Ayshemhan Yasin (4957), Ehmed Muhemmed (4960), Nureli Ehmed (4961), Omer Ehmed (4962), Nurislam Ehmed (4963), Abdusalam Muhemmed (4965)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDmAMami3zc Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qks7ba8zjtY Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGpQWENivX4 photo with wife at hospital: https://shahit.biz/supp/4959_2.png
Entry created: 2019-07-08 Last updated: 2021-04-18 Latest status update: 2020-11-07 4960. Ehmed Muhemmed
Chinese ID: 652101196008151834 (Turpan)
Basic info
Age: 60 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: no news for over a year When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3: Muherrem Muhemmed'eli, originally from Turpan but now living and working in Japan. (nephew)
Testimony 4: Abduweli Ayup, as reported by Maya Mitalipova.
About the victim
Ehmed Muhemmed is a farmer, and also served as an imam of a local mosque between 2012 and 2016.
Address: No. 2 Group, Bulaq Village, Viticulture Municipality, Gaochang District, Turpan (吐鲁番市高昌区葡萄镇布拉克村).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Turpan.]
When victim was detained
Detained in May 2017. Released [from camp, presumably] in early 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
As of his release from camp, he was under house/town arrest, with movements restricted.
However, Muherrem has not had any news of him since the summer of 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? [Presumably through friends/relatives in the region.]
Additional information
His three sons and daughter-in-law were also detained.
Victims among relatives
Muhemmedeli Tursun (4958), Mehmud Muhemmet (4964), Abdurahman Memet (5052), Ayshemhan Yasin (4957), Memet Ismayil (4959), Nureli Ehmed (4961), Omer Ehmed (4962), Nurislam Ehmed (4963), Abdusalam Muhemmed (4965)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDmAMami3zc Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qks7ba8zjtY Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGpQWENivX4 photo with son: https://shahit.biz/supp/4960_1.png
Entry created: 2019-07-08 Last updated: 2021-04-18 Latest status update: 2020-11-07 4961. Nureli Ehmed
Chinese ID: 652101198???????O? (Turpan)
Basic info
Age: 18-35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: no news for over a year When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): "problematic" association|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*|2|3: Muherrem Muhemmed'eli, originally from Turpan but now living and working in Japan. (cousin)
About the victim
Nur'eli Ehmed is a graduate of the Xinjiang Islamic Institute.
Father's address [possibly his as well]: No. 2 Group, Bulaq Village, Uzumchilik Municipality, Gaochang District, Turpan (吐鲁番市高昌区葡萄镇布拉克村2组).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Turpan.]
When victim was detained
Nur'eli was detained sometime at the end of 2017 or beginning of 2018.
He was released [presumably from camp] in early 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
For being in contact with Abdurehim Abdulhemid [a friend of the testifier] while in Egypt.
Victim's status
He was reported as being placed under some form of house/town arrest with his movements restricted following his release from detention. However, the testifier has had no news of him since the summer of 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? [Presumably from friends/relatives in the region.]
Additional information
His father, two brothers, and sister-in-law were also detained.
Victims among relatives
Muhemmedeli Tursun (4958), Mehmud Muhemmet (4964), Abdurahman Memet (5052), Ayshemhan Yasin (4957), Memet Ismayil (4959), Ehmed Muhemmed (4960), Omer Ehmed (4962), Nurislam Ehmed (4963), Abdusalam Muhemmed (4965)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDmAMami3zc Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qks7ba8zjtY
Entry created: 2019-07-08 Last updated: 2020-11-29 Latest status update: 2020-11-07 4962. Omer Ehmed
Chinese ID: 652101199302????O? (Turpan)
Basic info
Age: 27 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: no news for over a year When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): past "transgressions"|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3: Muherrem Muhemmed'eli, originally from Turpan but now living and working in Japan. (cousin)
About the victim
Omer Ehmed.
Address [his father's]: No. 2 Group, Bulaq Village, Uzumchilik Municipality, Turpan.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Turpan.]
When victim was detained
He was detained at the end of 2017. He was released [presumably from camp] in early 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Muherrem, the victim's cousin, believes he was detained because of an incident from 2014: Omer was driving around town on an electric bike with an acquaintance in the back. The acquaintance took a photo during the ride, just as they were passing a police station, and they were caught by the cameras. The two were locked up together for allegedly photographing the station. Omer was released after 2 months.
Victim's status
As of his release from camp, he was under house/town arrest, with movements restricted.
However, Muherrem has had no news of him since the summer of 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? [Presumably from friends/relatives in the region.]
Additional information
His father, two brothers, and wife (Zumretgul) were also detained.
Victims among relatives
Muhemmedeli Tursun (4958), Mehmud Muhemmet (4964), Abdurahman Memet (5052), Ayshemhan Yasin (4957), Memet Ismayil (4959), Ehmed Muhemmed (4960), Nureli Ehmed (4961), Nurislam Ehmed (4963), Abdusalam Muhemmed (4965)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDmAMami3zc Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qks7ba8zjtY photo with father: https://shahit.biz/supp/4962_1.png
Entry created: 2019-07-08 Last updated: 2020-10-11 Latest status update: 2020-11-07 4964. Mehmud Muhemmet (买合木提·买买提)
Chinese ID: 652101197201061819 (Turpan)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: no news for over a year When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|4: Muherrem Muhemmed'eli, originally from Turpan but now living and working in Japan. (nephew)
Testimony 3: The Guardian, a British daily newspaper.
About the victim
Mehmud Muhemmet is a farmer from Turpan.
Address: No. 2 Group, Bulaq Village, Uzumchilik (Putao) Town, Turpan City.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Turpan.]
When victim was detained
Mehmud was detained at the end of 2017, and released from camp in early 2019 [exact dates unknown].
Likely (or given) reason for detention
According to Mehmud's own letter from camp, he was detained for "illegally" receiving religious education from his father in 1987. He wrote that this act should have been sentenced to 1-3 years of prison under Article 120 [this is the article of China's penal code specifying punishment for people engaged in terrorist activities].
Victim's status
As of his release from camp, he was under house/town arrest, with his movements restricted.
However, Muherrem has had no news of him since the summer of 2019. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
[Presumably through friends/relatives in the region.]
Additional information
Covered in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/14/uighur-man-held-after-leaking-letters-from-xinjiang-ca mp-inmates-says-family
Letter from detention
Original: https://shahit.biz/supp/letori_3.pdf Translation: https://shahit.biz/supp/lettran_3.pdf Side-by-side: https://shahit.biz/letview.php?no=3
Victims among relatives
Muhemmedeli Tursun (4958), Abdurahman Memet (5052), Ayshemhan Yasin (4957), Memet Ismayil (4959), Ehmed Muhemmed (4960), Nureli Ehmed (4961), Omer Ehmed (4962), Nurislam Ehmed (4963), Abdusalam Muhemmed (4965)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDmAMami3zc Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qks7ba8zjtY photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/4964_2.png
Entry created: 2019-07-08 Last updated: 2020-10-11 Latest status update: 2020-11-07 4965. Abdusalam Muhemmed
Chinese ID: 652101198202201830 (Turpan)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: no news for over a year When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3: Muherrem Muhemmed'eli, originally from Turpan but now living and working in Japan. (nephew)
About the victim
Abdusalam Muhemmed is a farmer.
Address: No. 2 Group, Bulaq Village, Uzumchilik (Putao) Town, Turpan City.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Turpan.]
When victim was detained
Detained at the end of 2017 [presumably taken to camp]. Released in early 2019, but assigned a job somewhere in Turpan.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
As of his release from camp, he was in forced job placement, with movements restricted. However, there have been no news since the summer of 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
[Presumably through friends/relatives in the region.] Additional information
---
Victims among relatives
Muhemmedeli Tursun (4958), Mehmud Muhemmet (4964), Abdurahman Memet (5052), Ayshemhan Yasin (4957), Memet Ismayil (4959), Ehmed Muhemmed (4960), Nureli Ehmed (4961), Omer Ehmed (4962), Nurislam Ehmed (4963)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDmAMami3zc Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qks7ba8zjtY
Entry created: 2019-07-08 Last updated: 2020-11-12 Latest status update: 2020-11-07 5022. Qudret Mehsut
Chinese ID: 652101??????????O? (Turpan)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party (submitted by third party)
Guli Mehsut. She came to Canada in 2012 for her study, and stayed in Canada after. She focused on her study before 2016, and was visiting her family back home until 2016. She actively testified about her family after she learned detention of her brother. She also went to Turkey to help World Uyghur Congress on gathering information about Uyghurs to relocate them to Canada. She was harassed by Chinese police in 2019 for her activities at overseas.
Victim's relation to testifier
RFA report includes victim and testifier, victim is testifier's brother
About the victim
Qudret Mehsut. He is from Toxsun county of Turpan city. He was doing border trade between Kazakhstan and China at Alataw city. He was arrested and placed in concentration camp in April, 2017. He was released from camp in February, 2019 and allowed to return home.
Victim's location unknown (likely in Toxsun, Turpan)
When victim was detained
April, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unknown
Victim's status released from concentration camp after 22 months of detention How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Family back home told her in April, 2017
Additional information
Testifier believes her brother was released because of her activities. She was threatened by chinese police that if she doesn't cooperate with them, her entire family back home will be in danger.
RFA coverage: https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/guli-mexsut-05222019134444.html
Supplementary materials police threat to testifier: https://shahit.biz/supp/5022_1.jpeg
Entry created: 2019-07-19 Last updated: 2019-07-20 Latest status update: 2019-05-22 5114. Rejep Mehsup (热加甫·买合苏甫)
Chinese ID: 652421195501093196 (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 66 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|assisting "criminals" Health status: --- Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1: Zulyar Rejep, originally from Ghulja, but now a citizen of Turkey, where he works as a tour guide. He's a graduate of China's Northeast University (东北大学) and has a graduate degree from Turkey's Yildiz Technical Uni. (son)
Testimony 2*|3*: Zulyar Rejep, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (son)
Testimony 4: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Rejep Mehsup, a farmer.
ID address: No. 221, No. 4 Agricultural Team, Youth Farm, Yining County, Xinjiang (新疆伊宁县青年农场农四队221号).
Chinese passport: G51333195.
Victim's location
Presumably at his home address.
When victim was detained
Taken to a camp in November 2017. Released on December 31, 2018, but arrested again at home by national security on July 23, 2019 and locked up in the Yining County Pre-trial Detention Center (伊宁县看守所). Allegedly released at the end of August 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Taken to camp for visiting his son and looking after his newborn kids in Turkey. The allegations for the recent arrest is that he was hiding his son's illegal political activities from the state and thereby abetting a criminal. Victim's status
Allegedly released from police custody and allowed to return home.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The most recent news the testifier learned from the Chinese authorities.
Additional information
The testifier also mentions that the Chinese side has said they would release his parents after meeting with him in person (in August 2019) and getting a good understanding of his situation. According to him, they told him to meet them in either Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, or Dubai.
Victims among relatives
Tajem Mehemmet (5115), Seydin Rejep (14367)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoLaxt0cnzk Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/5114_1.jpg Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/5114_2.jpg photo with wife (after release): https://shahit.biz/supp/5114_3.jpg
Entry created: 2019-08-15 Last updated: 2021-05-19 Latest status update: 2021-04-20 5115. Tajem Mehemmet (塔杰木·买合买提)
Chinese ID: 652421195803183189 (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 63 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): relative(s)|assisting "criminals" Health status: --- Profession: farmwork, herding
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1: Zulyar Rejep, originally from Ghulja, but now a citizen of Turkey, where he works as a tour guide. He's a graduate of China's Northeast University (东北大学) and has a graduate degree from Turkey's Yildiz Technical Uni. (son)
Testimony 2*|3*: Zulyar Rejep, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (son)
Testimony 4: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Tajem Mehemmet, a farmer.
Address: No. 221, No. 4 Agricultural Team, Youth Farm, Yining County, Xinjiang (新疆伊宁县青年农场农四队221号).
Chinese passport: G51333196.
Victim's location
Presumably at her home address.
When victim was detained
Taken to a camp in July 2017. Released on December 31, 2018, but arrested again at home by national security on July 23, 2019 and locked up in the Yining County Pre-trial Detention Center (伊宁县看守所). Allegedly released from the detention center at the end of August 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Taken to camp for visiting her son and looking after his newborn kids in Turkey. The allegations for the recent arrest is that she was hiding her son's illegal political activities from the state and thereby abetting a criminal. Victim's status
Allegedly released from police custody and now at home.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The most recent news were learned from the Chinese authorities.
Additional information
The testifier also mentions that the Chinese side has said they would release his parents from police custody (in August 2019) after meeting with him in person and getting a good understanding of his situation. According to him, they told him to meet them in either Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, or Dubai.
Victims among relatives
Rejep Mehsup (5114), Seydin Rejep (14367)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoLaxt0cnzk Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/5115_1.jpg Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/5115_2.jpg photo with husband (after release): https://shahit.biz/supp/5115_3.jpg
Entry created: 2019-08-15 Last updated: 2021-05-19 Latest status update: 2021-04-20 5170. Halit Abdushukur (哈力提·阿布都许库尔)
Chinese ID: 65410119861218027X (Ghulja City)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: --- Status: sentenced (7 years) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*: Tursun Ibrahim, now residing outside China. (former schoolmate)
Testimony 2*|3|4*|5|6: Arafat Erkin, originally from Ghulja, but now living in the United States. (cousin once removed)
About the victim
Halit Abdushukur is a restaurant owner from Ghulja City.
Address: No. 2, No. 6 Alley, Development Township Street, Ghulja City, Xinjiang (新疆伊宁市发展乡街6巷2号).
Victim's location
[Unclear, as he has been sentenced.]
When victim was detained
Detained in October 2017 and taken to camp, from where he was released a few months ago (as of September 2019). Afterwards, he was detained again and held in a pre-trial detention center. In December 2019, Arafat Erkin reported that Halit has been sentenced to 7 years.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Studying and doing business in Malaysia and Turkey.
Tursun also mentions that his father's identity as a religious figure was used as a reason for his detention since the authorities couldn't find any legitimate legal reason otherwise.
Victim's status
Sentenced to 7 years. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Tursun Ibrahim received "trustworthy" info through other former classmates in Xinjiang.
Additional information
What is very likely the official listing of his restaurant: http://archive.is/oTEAZ
Radio Free Asia coverage: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/jieduxinjiang/xj-11252019113215.html
Victims among relatives
Erkin Tursun (179), Gulnar Telet (1387), Abdushukur Abliz (1388), Halide Zordon (1389), Mewjudem Abdushukur (5171), Hebibulla Tohti (1492), Ilzat Gheni (4340), Gulchekre Telet (1247), Eset Telet (5652), Gheni Abdushukur (5654), Gulzar Nizamidin (5653), Turmemet Nurmemet (5655)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVIW3MQWKwA Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mWzRa7dris Testimony 5: https://twitter.com/Alfred_Uyghur/status/1202690513184415745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/5170_1.jpeg photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/5170_2.jpg
Entry created: 2019-09-05 Last updated: 2020-01-20 Latest status update: 2020-02-07 5417. Mahire Yaqup (玛依拉·亚库甫)
Chinese ID: 654101197710050028 (Ghulja City)
Basic info
Age: 43 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Ili Status: sentenced (6 years) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"terrorism", assisting "criminals", "extremism" Health status: has problems Profession: corporate work
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1|2|5: Merhaba Yaqup, originally from Ghulja but now living in Australia. (sister)
Testimony 3: Nyrola Elima, as reported by Washington Post. (cousin)
Testimony 4: Merhaba Yaqup, as reported by Washington Post. (sister)
Testimony 6|8|14: Nyrola Elima, residing in Sweden. (cousin)
Testimony 7: Merhaba Yaqup, as reported by Amnesty International. (sister)
Testimony 9: Nyrola Elima, as reported by CNN. (cousin)
Testimony 10: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
Testimony 11: Chinese Mission to the EU, China's official representative body in the European Union.
Testimony 12: XUAR People's Government Information Office, the formal body in charge of making official public statements to the outside world regarding events in Xinjiang.
Testimony 13*: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia, as reported by Nyrola Elima.
Testimony 15: Nyrola Elima, as reported by Amnesty International. (cousin)
About the victim
Mahire Yaqup is a single mother of three. She worked as an insurance saleswoman for the Ili branch of China Life, did private business, and was also a part-time Mandarin teacher, teaching Mandarin to adults in a training center in Ghulja. She was also a tutor who taught English, Mandarin, and mathematics to primary school students.
Address: Ghulja City, Ili Prefecture. Chinese passport: G38324942.
Victim's location
Ili Women's Prison.
(Her correspondence address is given as 212 East Airport Street, Ghulja City, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang (新疆伊犁哈萨克自治州伊宁市飞机场东街212号).)
When victim was detained
Mahire underwent a police check in Urumqi on December 26, 2017, during which she was let go, but with the system reporting that she was a "person under surveillance having come to Urumqi" (来乌布控人员).
She was taken to a concentration camp in Ghulja at the beginning of March 2018, then released from camp in the December of the same year, at which point she called her sister abroad to tell her that she was fine, in addition to praising the Party. She disappeared again on April 9, 2019, being taken to the Ghulja City pre-trial detention center (伊宁市看守所).
Following pressure from the Australian authorities, the Chinese side gave an official reply in which they said that Mahire had been formally arrested in May 2019, on crimes that the testifier believes are made up. She was prosecuted in July 2019, and charged in January 2020 for "financing terrorist activities" (资助恐怖活动罪).
On September 4, 2020, she was released from police custody, but would be taken to the Ghulja People's Hospital without a reason the day after, with authorities warning Nyrola's parents to tell Nyrola to stop tweeting publicly about the case. There would be no news of Mahire for weeks.
When Nyrola tweeted about Mahire being taken to the hospital, her parents pleaded with her to stop (the police having shown up at their home soon after with printouts of Nyrola's tweets). She did, going silent for months. However, Mahire was later taken back to the detention center. Nyrola later reported that Mahire spent a total of 3 months in the hospital.
On December 12, 2020, she was sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison. Her savings have allegedly been confiscated as well.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
In their report to the Washington Post, Mahire's sisters say that she was prosecuted for "funding terrorist activities", when in reality this money had been sent to Australia to help her relatives buy a house in Adelaide.
She was ultimately sentenced for "financing terrorist activities" and "illegal possession of extremist items".
Victim's status
In prison. [There is a high likelihood that she is subjected to forced labor at the Ili Women's Prison, as this practice has been documented there.] According to her cousin, she looked pale and weak after her release in September 2020, and had lost a lot of weight. She had already been diagnosed with liver damage following her release from camp before that.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not completely clear how the details of the initial detention in camp or the later detention in custody became known, but her sister mentions having to appeal to the Australian government for help as contact with relatives in Xinjiang could not be established. Mahire was able to contact her relatives abroad after her initial release from camp, however.
Her cousin Nyrola was able to video chat with her after she was released from custody in 2020. Nyrola has also been able to contact her family.
Confirmation of her trial and sentencing were obtained from official government representatives.
Additional information
Her aunt, Gulbekrem Memtimin, and uncle, Qasim Tohti, were taking care of the three children (including the youngest, who was born prematurely) during Mahire's detention. All three are attending a Mandarin-language school.
The victim's story has been featured in the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/for-chinas-embattled-uighurs-a-bank-transfer-abroa d-can-become-a-terrorism-ordeal/2019/09/19/eb6a8b1e-c3dd-11e9-b5e4-54aa56d5b7ce_story.html
CNN feature: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/16/china/uyghurs-silenced-abroad-intl-dst-hnk/index.html
Amnesty International campaigns: https://action.amnesty.org.au/act-now/help-free-mahira https://www.amnesty.org.au/act-now/emailambassadormahira/
Amnesty International case info: https://xinjiang.amnesty.org/#case-SR002
Official communication(s)
Source: XUAR People's Government Information Office
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Concerning the situation of Mahire Yaqup: Mahire Yaqup ("Mayila Yakufu" in Chinese) is from Ghulja City in Ili Prefecture. Her father, Yaqup Sabir, and mother, Bahar Memet'imin, are members of the "East Turkestan Liberation Organization". In June 2013, the public security organs had already informed her, in writing, that her father and mother were taking part in a terrorist organization abroad, and notified her that she should not send funds abroad to them. However, during the time period between July 2013 and December 2014, she still used her own, as well as her maternal aunt's and uncle's, bank cards to remit money to her parents on multiple occasions, with the sum accumulating to 758741RMB. The public security organs also found 192 religious extremist photos on her computer. On December 12, 2020, Mahire Yaqup was sentenced to 6 years and 6 months for the concurrent crimes of financing terrorist activities and illegal possession of extremist items.
Query hereby addressed. Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Information Office June 8, 2021
Victims among relatives
Gulbekrem Memtimin (10328), Qasim Tohti (10329)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysDSYYprAjY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tff7ErptHic teaching video: https://twitter.com/Yusura0531/status/1204867969563541504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Testimony 5: https://twitter.com/Yusura0531/status/1253648580079792128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Testimony 6: https://twitter.com/nyrola/status/1292841245644070912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw victim's words after camp: https://twitter.com/nyrola/status/1294706448245686272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Testimony 8: https://twitter.com/nyrola/status/1301976044174561280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Testimony 14: https://twitter.com/nyrola/status/1437085251260633090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/5417_2.png Testimony 11: https://shahit.biz/supp/5417_9.png official communication(s): https://shahit.biz/supp/comm_5417.png
Entry created: 2019-10-25 Last updated: 2021-09-20 Latest status update: 2021-06-08 5652. Eset Telet (艾斯艾提·塔拉提)
Chinese ID: 65410119671028??O? (Ghulja City)
Basic info
Age: 52 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): relative(s)|--- Health status: --- Profession: government
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*|2: Arafat Erkin, originally from Ghulja, but now living in the United States. (nephew)
About the victim
Eset Telet (Aisiaiti tailaiti) Residential address: No.6, 9th avenue, Xinhua xi Road,Ghulja, Uyghur Autonomous region Employee at Gulja Local Taxation Bureau Date of Birth :1967 October 28 He was released in Early 2019 Ironically, He appeared on State propaganda video on November 2019 (http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1170249.shtml), forced to speak against his sister's son Alfred Erkin ,part of Chinese government's campaign to discredit Alfred's testimony about his arbitrarily detained parents (in the video, he expresses ‘disappointment’ towards Arafat saying that he should be ashamed of ‘posting rumours online’, focus on studying and serve China when he comes back.)
Victim's location
Ghulja
When victim was detained
October, 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unclear, probably because his son studied abroad
Victim's status
Released early 2019 How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
An Kazakh family friend who fled to Kazakhstan
Additional information
His wife Halide Zordon were also detained around March 2018 . His sister Gulnar and Gulchekre (Both of them teacher at public school)were also detained to the camp
Victims among relatives
Erkin Tursun (179), Gulnar Telet (1387), Abdushukur Abliz (1388), Halide Zordon (1389), Halit Abdushukur (5170), Mewjudem Abdushukur (5171), Hebibulla Tohti (1492), Ilzat Gheni (4340), Gulchekre Telet (1247), Gheni Abdushukur (5654), Gulzar Nizamidin (5653), Turmemet Nurmemet (5655)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-6x_IbeBKQ photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/5652_1.jpeg Global Times propaganda video: https://shahit.biz/supp/5652_3.mp4
Entry created: 2019-12-04 Last updated: 2020-04-15 Latest status update: 2020-01-07 5653. Gulzar Nizamidin
Chinese ID: 65410119????????E? (Ghulja City)
Basic info
Age: 35-55 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to going abroad|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Alfred Erkin
Victim's relation to testifier distant Reltive
About the victim wife of Gheni Abdushukur
Victim's location
Ghulja, Dongmehelle
When victim was detained late 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention unknown,probably becuase his son studied aborad
Victim's status released early 2019
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
From A kazakh family fried who fled to Kazakhstan
Additional information his son Ilzat Gheni were sent to prison and his husband Gheni Abdushukur also detained.
Victims among relatives
Erkin Tursun (179), Gulnar Telet (1387), Abdushukur Abliz (1388), Halide Zordon (1389), Halit Abdushukur (5170), Mewjudem Abdushukur (5171), Hebibulla Tohti (1492), Ilzat Gheni (4340), Gulchekre Telet (1247), Eset Telet (5652), Gheni Abdushukur (5654), Turmemet Nurmemet (5655)
Supplementary materials photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/5653_1.png
Entry created: 2019-12-04 Last updated: 2019-12-04 Latest status update: 2019-12-04 5654. Gheni Abdushukur
Chinese ID: 65410119????????O? (Ghulja City)
Basic info
Age: 35-55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: driver
Testifying party
Alfred Erkin
Victim's relation to testifier
My relative(son of my grandmother's (mom side) sibling)
About the victim
Gheni Abdushukur
[testifier: about 50 years old, professional driver]
Victim's location
Ghulja, Dongmehelle
When victim was detained
Late 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unknown
Victim's status
Released early 2019
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? from Kazakh family friend who fled to Kazakhstan Additional information
His son Ilzat Gheni were sent to prison
Victims among relatives
Erkin Tursun (179), Gulnar Telet (1387), Abdushukur Abliz (1388), Halide Zordon (1389), Halit Abdushukur (5170), Mewjudem Abdushukur (5171), Hebibulla Tohti (1492), Ilzat Gheni (4340), Gulchekre Telet (1247), Eset Telet (5652), Gulzar Nizamidin (5653), Turmemet Nurmemet (5655)
Entry created: 2019-12-04 Last updated: 2019-12-09 Latest status update: 2019-12-04 5655. Turmemet Nurmemet
Chinese ID: 654101??????????O? (Ghulja City)
Basic info
Age: 18-35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1*|2: Arafat Erkin, originally from Ghulja, but now living in the United States. (cousin once removed)
About the victim
Turmemet Nurmemet
Victim's location
Ghulja
When victim was detained
2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unknwon
Victim's status
Released
[Testimony 2: released in end of 2018 / beginning of 2019]
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? from a relative abroad who is close with him
Additional information ---
Victims among relatives
Erkin Tursun (179), Gulnar Telet (1387), Abdushukur Abliz (1388), Halide Zordon (1389), Halit Abdushukur (5170), Mewjudem Abdushukur (5171), Hebibulla Tohti (1492), Ilzat Gheni (4340), Gulchekre Telet (1247), Eset Telet (5652), Gheni Abdushukur (5654), Gulzar Nizamidin (5653)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-6x_IbeBKQ
Entry created: 2019-12-04 Last updated: 2020-02-14 Latest status update: 2020-01-07 5705. Madiar Zhumaqan
Chinese ID: 65????19????????O? (place of origin unclear)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: --- Status: forced job placement When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Alipbek Zhumaqan, born in 1980, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (brother)
About the victim
Madiar Zhumaqan
Victim's location not stated
When victim was detained
July 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status released to forced labour in November 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information because of the forced labour, he is suffering health issues
Victims among relatives Nesipbek Zhumaqan (5706)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plRSs10w_vY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39wjpt8b8FY
Entry created: 2019-12-06 Last updated: 2019-12-06 Latest status update: 2020-01-04 5706. Nesipbek Zhumaqan
Chinese ID: 65????19????????O? (place of origin unclear)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: --- Status: forced job placement When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Alipbek Zhumaqan, born in 1980, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (brother)
About the victim
Nesipbek Zhumaqan
Victim's location not stated
When victim was detained
July 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention not stated
Victim's status released to forced labour in November 2018
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives Madiar Zhumaqan (5705)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plRSs10w_vY Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39wjpt8b8FY
Entry created: 2019-12-06 Last updated: 2019-12-06 Latest status update: 2020-01-04 5822. Erlan Pioner
Chinese ID: 65432619????????O? (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Sholpan Amirken, born in 1984, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (sister-in-law)
Testimony 3: Tabysqan Magrupqan, originally from Jeminey County but now residing in Kazakhstan. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent around nine months in a camp. (detained together)
About the victim
Erlan Pioner
Address: Shiqorza Village in Ulasty, Jeminey [assumed to be the same as his brother's].
Victim's location
[Presumably in Altay.]
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: summer 2018
Testimony 3: they were detained in the same camp in Jeminey (the testifier was there between late March 2018 and late December 2018)
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Testimony 1/2: released from the camp to house arrest in March 2019 How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
RFA mention: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-07172017103134.html
Victims among relatives
Erbaqyt Pioner (5823), Nurlan Pioner (5821)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j78_NKeZRsQ Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbSh8ghBgeQ Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8CHjUu4Ye8
Entry created: 2019-12-11 Last updated: 2020-08-02 Latest status update: 2020-01-21 5823. Erbaqyt Pioner
Chinese ID: 65432619????????O? (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: house/town arrest When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): other|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Sholpan Amirken, born in 1984, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (sister-in-law)
About the victim
Erbaqyt Pioner
Victim's location
Altay
When victim was detained summer 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Studying in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Victim's status released to house arrest from the camp in March 2019
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? not stated
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives Nurlan Pioner (5821), Erlan Pioner (5822)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j78_NKeZRsQ Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbSh8ghBgeQ
Entry created: 2019-12-11 Last updated: 2019-12-11 Latest status update: 2020-01-21 6617. Hebibul Abdul (艾比布·阿不杜力)
Chinese ID: 652101194101152218 (Turpan)
Basic info
Age: 80 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: security/police
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4: Melikezat Hebibul, originally from Turpan but now living in Turkey, which she hasn't left since 2016. Her passport expired in 2018. (daughter)
About the victim
Hebibul Abdul is 79 years old. He worked as an office chief of Chatqal Township Police Station for more than 30 years.
Address: Apt. 501, Entrance No. 4, Building No. 9, Qingnian Road, Turpan City, Xinjiang (新疆吐鲁番市青年路9号楼4单元501室).
Chinese passport number: E18223031.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Turpan.]
When victim was detained earlier: In 2018.
Testimony 3: victim was taken to a concentration camp in 2017. Despite being released in 2019, he was taken to camp again later (the testifier learned of this in early August 2020).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unknown.
Victim's status
The victim was released in January 2019. But the testifier has never contacted him. Testimony 3: in camp again, reportedly.
Testimony 3: he was reportedly in poor health when he was released in 2019.
Testimony 4: released in January 2020 on account of poor health, but re-detained in May 2020.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not Stated.
Additional information
Testimony 3: the testifier has apparently contacted the Chinese embassy in Ankara [presumably in relation to her family] at an unspecified time, but she was essentially told that the concentration camps were educational facilities.
Victims among relatives
Meryemhan Tursun (6618), Mihray Hebibul (6619), Bahargul Hebibul (6620), Memet Hebibul (6621), Alim Hebibul (6622), Abdurehim Abduqadir (6623), Shemshinur Abduqadir (6624), Aygul Hebibul (8528)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT6j-2DZhfo Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MzmIRC_KcE Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJzuMkxsgIM Testimony 4: https://twitter.com/KampMagdurlar/status/1346737759474614277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/6617_4.jpg photo with wife and son: https://shahit.biz/supp/6617_5.jpg proof of relation: https://shahit.biz/supp/6617_6.jpg
Entry created: 2020-01-05 Last updated: 2021-02-05 Latest status update: 2021-01-30 6618. Meryemhan Tursun (买热木汗·吐尔逊)
Chinese ID: 652101194701102281 (Turpan)
Basic info
Age: 72 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: government
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Melikezat Hebibul, originally from Turpan but now living in Turkey, which she hasn't left since 2016. Her passport expired in 2018. (daughter)
Testimony 3: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Her name is Meryemhan Tursun ("Hebibul" in some testimonies). She is 74 years old. She had worked for 6 years in the Post Office. Her pension was stopped in the end of 2016.
Address (as on ID, 2014): Group No. 6, Turpanqir Village, Chatqal Township, Turpan City, Xinjiang (新疆吐鲁番市恰特喀勒乡吐鲁番克村6组).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Turpan.]
When victim was detained
On the 11th of June 2017.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unknown.
Victim's status
The victim was released in January 2019. But the testifier has never contacted her.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? Not Stated.
Additional information
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Victims among relatives
Hebibul Abdul (6617), Mihray Hebibul (6619), Bahargul Hebibul (6620), Memet Hebibul (6621), Alim Hebibul (6622), Abdurehim Abduqadir (6623), Shemshinur Abduqadir (6624), Aygul Hebibul (8528)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT6j-2DZhfo Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MzmIRC_KcE Chinese passport: https://shahit.biz/supp/6618_3.jpg photo with husband and son: https://shahit.biz/supp/6618_4.jpg proof of relation: https://shahit.biz/supp/6618_5.jpg
Entry created: 2020-01-05 Last updated: 2020-05-06 Latest status update: 2020-01-07 6816. Murathan Aidarhan
Chinese ID: 65422519????????O? (Chaghantokay)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, phone/computer Health status: has problems Profession: government
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Murathan Aidarhan, a retired civil servant from Shagantogai County who moved to Kazakhstan in 2016. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang. (the victim)
About the victim
Murathan Aidarhan is a retired civil servant, born in the 1960s, who had started his career as an accountant and later went to work for the Bureau of Civil Affairs in Chaghantokay County, working for 30 years and retiring in 2015 for health reasons. In 2016, he moved to Kazakhstan to live with his children.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
He went back to China in October 2017 after being summoned by his work unit (something that he had done regularly), and would immediately be put under house arrest, which lasted 3 months. On February 25, 2018, he was taken to camp.
After about a month into his stay, he was taken to the hospital because of high blood pressure.
On December 23-24, 2018 (at midnight), he was suddenly released, remaining under house arrest for 6 months before finally returning to Kazakhstan on August 1, 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Both the camp authorities and the state security people who talked to him told him that he was guilty of using WhatsApp. The latter also said that he had gone to Kazakhstan too many times.
Victim's status
Now back in Kazakhstan. He is likely to be suffering from some health issues, given the reasons for his retirement and the fact that he had to be hospitalized during his detention.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
This is an eyewitness account.
Additional information
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Eyewitness account
[The following is an abridged summary, based on the victim’s interview at the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization in Astana (Nursultan), Kazakhstan. It has also been bolstered slightly with details from the victim’s account as given to Radio Azattyq.]
Murathan Aidarhan was born in October, in the 1960s [likely 1962 or 1968, but not fully audible]. He first worked as an accountant, then in the Bureau of Civil Affairs (民政局). Because of health issues, he would later work in the department dealing with social welfare for the elderly. In 2015, he retired from his job for health reasons, having worked a total of thirty years, and moved to Kazakhstan to live with his children.
In October 2017, he went back to China after being summoned by his old work unit. Originally, they would call him back every six months, but then this turned into three, and he would abide and return so as not to violate any rules. Upon the return in October, however, he was immediately put under house arrest, which lasted three months. Afterwards, the authorities asked him to call his wife, Zagi Qurmanbai, to come to Xinjiang as well, which she did. Their two grandchildren – one 15 months old and the other one and a half years – were being looked after by Murathan and Zagi at the time, as their son was in Xi’an doing research and the daughter-in-law was in Kazakhstan, where she was a student.
On February 10, 2018, Murathan’s wife would be taken to camp, leaving him to look after the grandkids alone. The authorities informed him that he would be taken to camp also, however, and that he had to do something about the kids, to which he said that he should take them to the Kazakhstan consulate as they were Kazakhstan citizens. The authorities did not allow this, with the children’s mother coming to the border at Korgas on February 23, 2018 instead, and picking up the children from Murathan, who brought them over in the company of four other people – two police officers and two neighborhood administration staff.
Murathan was then told that he would be taken to camp that very day, but asked for two days to make preparations as he knew that there were restrictions on the clothes they could wear when going there – the authorities had sent away his wife’s boots and coat when she was detained. He was told in return that he should prepare clothes that didn’t have any buttons or a belt, and he did. He would be taken to the camp on February 25, at around two in the morning.
Initially, the camp staff refused to receive him, saying that some of his documents were missing, and so he was taken by the neighborhood administration head Yang Zhiguo – also the deputy head of the local mother and child care hospital (妇幼保健院) – to four or five different government offices, including the political and legal affairs commission (政法委) and the municipal government, to get stamps. As Murathan learned that day, all of these offices now worked nights as well.
Three Han Chinese would then take him to the camp in the early morning. Murathan says that he was neither hooded nor shackled.
“They asked me why I had ended up there. When I told them that I didn't know, they asked me if I had been to Kazakhstan. I said that it was true, and that my children were in Kazakhstan, but that I had done everything legally. I got my passport legally. They asked me if maybe I hadn’t arrived in China by the required time. I said that no, I had been coming to China every 3-4 months.”
In the end, they told him that he had used WhatsApp.
Murathan recalls that because of the food there, almost everyone in camp suffered from constipation, in addition to suffering from insomnia and, of course, suffering mentally. Going to the toilet was an issue, as they weren’t allowed to go whenever they wanted, and especially at night. Once, Murathan needed to go at night but the guard on duty, a young Kazakh named Tilek Sauyt – almost the same age as Murathan’s son – didn’t let him, scolding Murathan and shouting at him, to which Murathan said that he was the age of his father and that Tilek should at least show a little respect. Finally, Tilek yielded and let him go, but in retaliation told him that he wouldn’t be allowed any food the next day as punishment. So it was. As a result, the other inmates would explain the rules to Murathan, so that he would not have his meal withheld a second time.
Murathan says that, in his case, he wasn’t tortured physically, as he wasn’t that young and as he knew some of the camp staff personally. However, after a month there, he had to be taken to the hospital because of hypertension, as his blood pressure had reached 180.
Also about a month into his stay, he would have a meeting with people from State Security. He asked them what crime he had committed to get locked up in there, to which he would be told that he had visited Kazakhstan too many times and that he had WhatsApp installed on his phone.
There were about 200 people in the camp, which Murathan says was a former police station. Most of the inmates were Kazakhs and Hui – two of the Hui men were 87 years old, while the youngest person there was 21. They were divided into three groups, designated by blue, yellow, and red uniforms, with red being for the most serious “criminals”.
The cell they stayed in was 12 square meters in area, with 8 people in the room. The door had two openings – a barred one at the top for ventilation and another on the bottom for having the meals delivered. Most of their time would be spent sitting on stools, for hours.
Bars divided the classrooms into two, with teachers and armed guards on one side and the students on the other. Once a week, they would be taught law and would have to write “inspiration letters” (writing about what they learned from the lecture and how it inspired them), in addition to writing about their “crimes”. Detainees were also given a certificate of having acquired electrical vocational skills after a month, but would later be asked to return the certificate to the camp.
On December 23-24, 2018, at midnight, Murathan was suddenly released, and would spend the next six months under house arrest, before finally returning to Kazakhstan on August 1, 2019.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YgLuoR38NU Victims among relatives
Zagi Qurmanbai (6817)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98kOtF18ix4 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YgLuoR38NU
Entry created: 2020-01-12 Last updated: 2020-06-11 Latest status update: 2020-02-15 6817. Zagi Qurmanbai
Chinese ID: 65422519????????E? (Chaghantokay)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, phone/computer Health status: has problems Profession: banking, accounting
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Zagi Qurmanbai, a retired accountant from Shagantogai County who moved to Kazakhstan in 2014. She is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang. (the victim)
About the victim
Zagi Qurmanbai is a former accountant and CCP member, retiring in 2014 and relocating to Kazakhstan to look after her daughter's newborn baby.
Victim's location
Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
She returned to China on December 13, 2017, after being called over by her husband (already under house arrest and coerced into getting her to come). Met by police at the border, she was taken for questioning, but allowed to return home that night, after which she'd be under surveillance. At one point, she was called by the local neighborhood administration office and sent to camp. However, her medical check-up prior to being admitted revealed a very high blood pressure, prompting the camp to refuse her. She was told that she could instead remain under house arrest for three months and be free afterwards.
On February 9, 2018, however, some officials came to her house late at night to ask her about her arrival in China, then left, with Zagi being told the next day that she'd be taken to camp. Despite her blood pressure still being high, she would be given blood pressure medication and admitted nevertheless.
A month into her stay, her blood pressure led to her being hospitalized, before being returned to camp later. At one point, she was also given a 3-year sentence, but apparently this was nullified as on December 23, 2018 she was released from the camp and eventually allowed to return to Kazakhstan.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
The camp officials who sentenced her said that she was guilty of visiting Kazakhstan 16 times, having WhatsApp installed, and sharing a SIM card with her husband.
Victim's status
Released and back in Kazakhstan.
She is likely still suffering from high blood pressure. She and her husband also can no longer withdraw their pensions and, despite being Kazakhstan citizens, cannot return to China to do so as the Chinese embassy has refused to void their Chinese passports.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
This is an eyewitness account.
Additional information
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Eyewitness account
[The following is an abridged summary, based on the victim’s interview at the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization in Astana (Nursultan), Kazakhstan. It has also been bolstered slightly with the victim’s account as given to Radio Azattyq.]
Zagi Qurmanbai was an accountant and Chinese Communist Party member, retiring in 2014 and relocating to Kazakhstan in the April of that year, so as to take care of her recently married daughter's newborn baby. Afterwards, she would continue to make trips to China regularly, as she was told to come once every three months (and actually went every two). In December 2017, the local authorities made her return by pressuring her husband Murathan Aidarhan, who had returned two months earlier and was put under house arrest. Murathan was told to tell Zagi to come back, and she did, as she had done so once before and had stayed for 15 days without issue.
It was on December 13, 2017 that she went to Xinjiang, with her stay in Kazakhstan not having exceeded the decreed three-month limit as she had previously crossed the border out of Xinjiang on September 15 of that year. However, as she crossed the border, she was met not only by her husband but also by the police. It was obvious at that point that she was going to be taken to camp and her husband knew it, but couldn’t say anything. The police took her directly to their office, but ultimately allowed her to return home that night.
Afterwards, she would remain under surveillance, with the police visiting day and night. Once, when Zagi and Murathan went as guests to a relatives’ home, Zagi received a phone call from the neighborhood administration, who summoned her to come over immediately while warning her that there’d be very bad consequences if she did not. Leaving their grandchildren at the relatives’, she and Murathan both went to the neighborhood-administration office.
From there, she was taken to a hospital, where she would immediately undergo a medical check-up, covering the costs herself. They then told her that she needed to go “study”, as she had erred by not returning to Xinjiang within the required time limit. She argued that she had, in fact, returned within the three-month limit, but they didn't listen to her. However, as her blood pressure was at 220, the “school” could not accept her. She was told that she’d be allowed to spend three months under house arrest instead, and then be free thereafter.
This would not end up being the case, however. 57 days into the house arrest, on the night of February 9, 2018, some men in uniform climbed over their house fence and started to knock on the front door, shouting and waking up the grandchildren. When Zagi opened the door, she saw two officials – Yang Zhiyong and Yang Bing, then working in the No. 3 District neighborhood administration as part of a work unit (工作组). Letting them into the guestroom, she went to calm the grandchildren, then came back to find a third man standing in the doorway and holding a baton.
They said that they were from the police station and asked her when she had come back to China, and then simply left without saying anything. The next day, their neighbor's son, who also worked at the police station, told Zagi that she would be taken to camp and that he couldn’t do anything to help her.
This time, she’d be taken to a hospital again. Again her blood pressure was too high, at 203, but nobody cared, and three people – two women and a man, all Han – took her to the camp. The camp staff was worried about taking her in with such high blood pressure, but ended up summoning a doctor who gave her some tablets, after which she was brought in, changing from her regular clothes into a yellow uniform.
Zagi says that the hardest for her was not her own detention but worrying about the fate of her grandchildren, as they were still toddlers and as it was already known that her husband would eventually be taken to camp also. In reply to this concern, a cadre told her that the two children were foreigners and should stay at a hotel, and not at their house.
According to Zagi, the camp facility was like a prison, with the only difference being that they weren’t physically abused. There were cameras everywhere, the windows were barred, and their meals would be served to them through a hole in the iron cell door. There was a red square sign in the cell that the inmate on duty would have to stand on while they guarded the other cellmates at night. The cellmates changed shifts every two hours, with the guards outside shouting the order when the time came, after which the person on duty would wake the next person up and then go to bed. The room was shared by six people.
There were 240 inmates at this facility, located in Chaghantokay (a small county of 70000 to 80000). Of these, 33 were women, of whom 3 were Uyghur, some were Hui, and over 80% were Kazakh.
Zagi:
“We had to write confession letters and self-criticisms every week. In those letters, we needed to introduce ourselves and write what our ‘wrongdoings’ were, which laws we had broken, and what has changed since our coming to the camp.”
She mentions that the Chinese-language classes were useless for her, as she had had plenty of Han Chinese co-workers in the past and spoke Chinese no worse than they did.
So as to lower her blood pressure, the staff wanted her to “improve her mood”, but she couldn't do this as she was worried about her grandchildren. They had a coal heater in the basement of their house, directly accessible from the yard, and she feared that the children might injure themselves from contact with the furnace while their grandfather was in the basement burning the coal.
After a month at the camp, she ended up being taken to the hospital as her blood pressure wasn’t going down. Accompanied by two guards to the elevator, she was taken directly to the sixth floor, where she would stay for a month, in a room with a cardboard-covered window. There were over twenty camp detainees there, according to Zagi.
On March 7, 2018, a Kazakh girl assigned to look after and monitor her surreptitiously let her know that Murathan had been taken to camp as well – she said this very quickly while giving Zagi her medicine, as they weren’t allowed to talk. Later, Murathan would be hospitalized as well and would be brought to the same room as his wife.
There were five of them in there, watched by a total of 15 guards/supervisors (three per person). At night, a different 15 would come for the night shift. Zagi says that with so many people it was difficult to breathe, and later the rules would be changed, so that only one guard/supervisor per person would be in the room, with the rest waiting outside.
Yang Zhiguo – the deputy head of the local mother and child care hospital (妇幼保健院) – would visit daily, always saying that it was time for Zagi to be taken back to the camp.
Zagi:
“After twenty days, they wanted to take me back to the camp, but Yang Zhiguo lost my health insurance card and couldn't find it. She then asked me to turn in my payroll card (工资卡). I said that I wouldn't give it to her and that she didn't have the right to ask this.”
Two months into her stay, a Kazakh camp doctor told her that he would apply to have her spared the night-shift guarding duties on account of her health. However, he also prescribed that she take her hypertension medicine many times a day, which Zagi says was ill advised, as she had only been taking it once a day since being diagnosed with hypertension in 2012 and as the medicine should not have been taken in such amounts. Still, she had to cooperate as the doctor said that it was an order, and that there would be bad consequences for him otherwise.
Zagi was initially kept in the “qiangguanban” (强管班, class managed with force) [as opposed to the lighter “puguanban” (普管班, standard class) or the strictest “yanguanban” (严管班, strictly-managed class)]. She says that she actually thought that it was “qiangguanban” written as 枪管班 (“class managed with guns”) because they were monitored by armed guards. Later, she would be transferred to a “yanguanban” (the strictest level).
One day, she would be sentenced to 3 years in prison. After being summoned, she found her husband and another man who had worked in Kazakhstan standing in the corridor – the two of them standing facing the wall with their hands raised and pressed against it. They were then all brought into the room where people were being given prison terms. There, they had a long verdict listing their “crimes” read out to them from a thick book, which Zagi describes as a terrifying process, with them asking her at the end if she had any objections. Among the accusations against her was that she had visited Kazakhstan 16 times, had WhatsApp installed, and had been sharing a single SIM card with her husband. They were told that, according to the law, their sentence could have ranged anywhere from 3 to 5 years, but that the Party had been generous and decided to save them from a longer sentence.
Ultimately, however, Zagi would be released [without being transferred to prison], as would her husband.
By the time of her release from camp, her passport had expired and so she went to the Chaghantokay county government office to renew it, but only to be told that she was not registered in this county and that her registration was in Tacheng. Previously, she had worked at a power-distribution company (供电公司), and upon going to her work unit would learn that they hadn’t even known about her detention.
Since then, her and her husband’s pensions have been transferred from their payroll cards to their social-security cards, and in theory have not been frozen. However, they have been unable to receive them as the social-security cards are not accepted by ATMs in Kazakhstan, and they would thus need to go to China in order to withdraw the money. While both she and her husband are now Kazakhstan citizens, the Chinese embassy in Astana (Nursultan) has refused to destroy their Chinese passports, making it too dangerous for them to go to China as they could easily be accused and convicted of “having dual citizenship”.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YgLuoR38NU
Victims among relatives
Murathan Aidarhan (6816)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98kOtF18ix4 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YgLuoR38NU
Entry created: 2020-01-12 Last updated: 2020-06-13 Latest status update: 2020-02-15 7075. Baqytali Nur (巴哈特阿力·努尔)
Chinese ID: 65412219720626271X (Chapchal)
Basic info
Age: 47 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: has problems Profession: private business
Testifying party
Testimony 1|3: Baqytali Nur, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (the victim)
Testimony 2|4|5: Baqytali Nur, a farmer from Chapchal County, but now living in Kazakhstan. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang. (the victim)
Testimony 6: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Baqytali Nur is married and a father of three, and is originally from Chapchal County. After being a farmer, he started his own business in 2015, exporting vegetables and agricultural goods to Kazakhstan.
Registered address in China: 13 Fourth East Alley, Narhon Street, Chapchal Xibo Autonomous County (察布查尔锡伯自治县察布查尔镇纳尔浑街东四巷13号).
Victim's location
Now in Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
He was arrested by state security on October 27/29, 2017 (some reports say 27, but he says 29 in his interview to Atajurt) in Qorghas, as he was making preparations to go to Kazakhstan. After a day of questioning, he was taken to a camp - the former No. 3 middle school - in the Chapchal Municipality.
In June 2018, he was transferred to a hospital, but would be transferred back in mid-November, before being released from the camp 2 days later. After remaining under house arrest for 8-9 months, he would manage to get the visa for Kazakhstan in August 2019 and to return there.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
For having gone to Kazakhstan too many times, according to the officials who visited him while he was in detention.
Victim's status
Released and back in Kazakhstan.
He has had issues with his health (during his year in camp, he got nine different kind of illnesses in his kidney and internal organs, as well as hepatitis and pneumonia).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
This is an eyewitness account.
Additional information
His story has been covered by Time magazine: https://time.com/5735411/china-surveillance-privacy-issues/
From the interview to Radio Free Asia (https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/lager-shahiti-12302019222056.html):
There were ten 6-story buildings at the camp he stayed at, with Baqytali being put in the No. 11 cell on the sixth floor of the No. 1 building. There were 160 people there – Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and Hui. He was generally kept with Uyghurs.
His wife, Gulnar, and their children were forced to move to Chapchal County and forcibly take part in classes for 10 hours a day, with a Chinese cadre living in the house until Baqytali’s release. In the classes, she was with all Uyghur women whose husbands had been sentenced for 10, 20, or 30 years in prison. They were taught Chinese and law, and were forced to praise China and Xi Jinping. Chinese cadres were placed in all of these women's houses. When the Chinese Spring Festival came, Chinese decorations were hung on the gates of their houses in celebration and the cadres would bring wine, while telling them not to celebrate the Qurban and Roza festivals. The Chinese cadres would also have the women remove their headscarves and would not allow them to pray.
From additional Radio Free Asia coverage (https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/baqiteli-nur-01162020165916.html): According to Baqytali, there are more than 30000 Uyghurs and Kazakhs on China's blacklist in Chapchal County alone.
Additional eyewitness details from another conversation at Atajurt:
There was an Uyghur guy named Ablimit who spat blood but nobody cared. It was almost the same for Baqyt’ali – each time he had a fever, the camp staff, including the doctor there, did not care.
The wives of many of the interned Uyghurs have remarried to Han or Xibo while their husbands were in the camps. Among the Uyghurs he himself knew, 5-6 people's wives had remarried. Once, a cadre came to him and asked him to sign a document that would allow the government to take care of his 2-year-old son. He refused to sign.
The secretary of his village recently contacted his daughter via WeChat to offer them an apartment and 500000RMB.
After being released from camp, about 40 people from the same village, all of them released together, attended a meeting. During the meeting, they were told that there was a confidential government document (红头文件) instructing them to try to marry their children to Han people. As an encouragement, they would get 100000RMB. They were told that it would be for their benefit to get married to a “superior ethnic group” (referring to the Han).
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Baqyt'ali mentions pressure being put on his family in China, with his sister being interrogated in early-mid May 2020 (and not for the first time).
Eyewitness account
[The following is a translation of the victim’s interview, as given to Gulzhan from the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization in Almaty, Kazakhstan.]
Gulzhan (G): You're from Termenbulaq Village of Segizsumyn Township in Shapshal County, right?
Baqytali (B): Yes.
G: When did you come to Kazakhstan for the first time and what had you been doing?
B: I started travelling back and forth between Kazakhstan and China in 2007, doing business. I was selling vegetables. On October 29, 2017, I was taken from Qorgas... I stayed for a night there. My uncle had fallen ill in Kazakhstan. So, after loading the vegetables onto a truck to Kazakhstan, I called my family to go to the border to visit him.
G: As you've mentioned earlier, they started taking passports in 2015 in Shapshal...
B: Yes, they took the passports. If I remember clearly, we got our passports back in July 2017.
G: They took your passport in 2015 and in 2017 you asked for it back...
B: Yes, I did.
G: Did they return it without saying anything?
B: I went through the required procedures. I got a paper from the village.
G: How many stamps and signatures did you need?
B: If I'm not mistaken, they attached five stamps... including the stamp of the religious affairs department. Then they said: you've got the required permissions, you can go.
G: When did they return it in 2017?
B: July 2017... Then we got a visa. I got the visa in August 2017. I don’t remember the exact date. I wanted them [my family] to visit my uncle [in Kazakhstan] too, since he was seriously ill. He had cancer. Before that, I had sent batches of vegetables twice, 20 tons and 40 tons. The third time it was 80 tons. Then I stayed for a night there.
G: Did you cross the border on October 27 [mistake], on the same day?
B: No, on October 29 I was in Qorgas. I called them [my family] and they came [to the border]. Then a guy from the Shapshal State Security Bureau came and introduced himself as a head of the bureau. There was another guy, named Murat, from our village police station. They told me to get into a car. I was with my family and we had bought tickets for a bus. I asked them in return why they were requiring me to get into a car and asked what I had done wrong. The guy grabbed me by my coat, and I pushed him back. My children were terrified and started crying. Then they put them into the car. They were taken into a Kazakh guy's car. They took us to our village police station.
I was interrogated separately from my family. They were interrogated as well. They asked me to tell them my crime. I asked in return what my crime was. They said I was trying to escape. I was travelling back and forth to support my family and asked them what I had done wrong, even supposing that I had moved to Kazakhstan. Not only Kazakhs, but the Han Chinese also move to Kazakhstan. What's wrong with that? I've got the passport and visa legally. Have I killed someone? Have I gone against the government? But they wouldn’t answer your questions, they’d just tell you to confess. They told me that I had leaked some information. How was that possible? I don't work for the foreign affairs ministry – I'm just an ordinary person.
They questioned my wife, my older daughter, and my younger daughter, who was 14 that year. They then let my family go home, while I had to stay. I was handcuffed and an armed border defense (边防) soldier would guard me. They had questioned me for about 3 hours, if I'm not mistaken. Then the two guys who had interrogated me left, returning after about two hours. Then they took me to the state security bureau by car.
There were chairs there that are used for torturing people. After getting through the main black gate, there were many more gates inside. There were many rooms and I was taken into one of them, where I’d have to put my hands on the iron board of the chair, with my hands being chained [more likely: shackled] to it. There was one Uyghur guy and one Han. Erkin from the state security bureau was there too.
They asked me to confess my crime. Erkin told me to show them how bold I was [denying the accusations]. I think it went on until 4 am, and then they seemed to get sleepy and left me in the room alone, locking it and going out. When I woke up in the morning, a person from our village police office came in. He said: “I'll take you out, brother.”
The place he took me was the municipal (城镇) police station. They took my photos and had me leave my fingerprints and signatures on some documents, even though I didn't know what the documents were. They asked if I had had a medical check-up. I told them that I had had one about ten days earlier. The guy who had taken me there left me to another guy, saying he had some business to deal with and handcuffing me to a heating radiator. I asked for water and the Kazakh guy brought me some. The first guy would return when it got dark and asked me to sign another document. Three or four documents, maybe. I had no idea what the documents were.
There used to be the No. 3 Middle School where ethnic minorities studied. In 2015, it was transformed into a vocational school. People would go there for 3-month vocational-training periods. An acquaintance of mine, Erbolat, told me that in 2015 he was first put in prison for 15 days and then sent to spend 3 months in that school. That guy was later put in a camp, too. A policeman named Bolat took me somewhere and told me that I would spend 15 days at most there, saying that it was just political education. I believed him. He then made a phone call, after which we went through the first gate – a normal gate. The next gate after that was scary – it was tall and topped with barb wire. About 8 meters tall, the height of a two-story building. They removed the shoelaces and buttons from my clothes, after which an Uyghur guy named Kamaljan came over and spoke to me in Uyghur, saying that the students should stay inside the yellow line.
There was another gate with two different doors: one for the teachers and another for the “students”, where they would check you with their electric equipment and search your body before you entered the door. We had to say "报告" (“reporting”) as well. You had to shout "一名学员进去" (“one student entering”), and since I couldn't pronounce the sentence correctly they asked me to say “新学员” (“new student”) louder. There too they had that same line.
Some of the doors the guards could open by scanning their thumbs. There were many gates in a single corridor, and we had to go through about 16 gates before we reached the sixth floor, which was the very top one. There were classrooms on both sides of the corridor. The entrance to our room consisted of two doors, with the door outside chained so that only one person could enter while bending over. Both doors could be locked.
In the beginning, there were 8 people in our room. Except for me, all the others were Uyghur. If I started to talk, the loudspeaker would shout to tell me not to speak. There were cameras and a loudspeaker in the room, and they made it impossible to sleep. It would shout for us to lie down. I’d sleep on the top bunk. After a few days, the number of students increased dramatically, and they’d have to sleep in the aisle between the rows of bunk beds. Once, they brought four old Uyghur men into our room, so we emptied our beds for them and slept on the floor. They were in their seventies, and it was difficult for them to walk. They were ill.
The loudspeaker woke you up at 4 am. After getting up, we’d line up for the toilet. There was only a single toilet in the corridor. One toilet for over 162 people. Meanwhile, the guards would stand next to you with their rifles. The people who had been hired as guards were unemployed young people – their salary now was 4000RMB. They wouldn’t listen to you, those illiterate devils. They’d shout at you, beat you. “Sit down!” they’d shout, and we would have to put our hands on our necks and squat. We would do the same in the toilet and when sitting against the wall. I saw guys who couldn’t hold it and shit their pants, because of the crowd waiting to use the toilet. They’re here in Kazakhstan now.
We’d form a line to wash up, and have breakfast around 6 or 6:30, eating in a canteen outside. Before having our meal, we would sing for about half an hour, standing outside in the cold weather. We’d be very thinly dressed, seeing as they took our coats. We’d be wearing simple cloth shoes. As we sang, there’d be people there from the public security bureau and border defense, as well as others, all of them armed. There was metal netting above us, and on the other side you could see more armed guards. I felt like I was in some facility straight out of a Japanese movie [he means a movie about the China-Japan war]. I was terrified. I thought they would kill us.
They’d order us to finish our meals in ten minutes. We would have rice soup [congee, most likely], but it was so watery that you could only find three or four grains of rice in it. We’d also have a tiny steam bun. We’d always be hungry, but we got used to it.
Then we’d go to the classroom, where there was netting to separate the students and the teachers. The guards would tell us to sit and we’d sit, putting our hands on the backs of our necks and sitting for half an hour. We would sit on stools for 15-16 hours, with any extra movements getting you in trouble. They could kick you, take you to an underground room, or transfer you to the “qiangguanban” (强管班, “strictly managed class”). I was in the puban (普班, “standard class”).
It was very hard for me to wait for the toilet, so once I kicked the door to hurry them up, which resulted in them coming and putting a bag over my head, kicking me, and taking me to solitary confinement for 24 hours. I fell sick and my body temperature would reach 40 degrees. Apparently, I would shout and they would beat me, but I don’t remember this – the other guys in the room told me about them beating me up to the point where my head was bleeding, telling me I was only pretending to be ill. I was sick for a month and a half, and I couldn't walk properly. It was cold inside, and I was tired of the beatings.
Once a week, we would take a shower, for which they only gave us five minutes. After the five minutes were up, they’d just kick you in the ass and pull you out of the shower. Your wet head would freeze. Even when it was freezing outside, we would still go to the shower wearing only our slippers. We would sit on our stools in those slippers, too. They didn’t allow you to wear shoes. So, I came to the conclusion that they wanted to kill us this way. I just lost hope. Eight months into it, an Uyghur guy named Ablimit collapsed one morning...
G: Were there any people who died in the camp?
B: There was an Uyghur guy, 18 years old. His father died while being transferred from the camp to Qarabura Prison in Kunes. The guy’s name is Baratjan. His father was my age, and was given 13 years in prison for visiting Dubai. Baratjan’s cell was downstairs, and I’d whisper to ask him the reason while we were in the toilet. After my release, I’d learn that his father's corpse was never shown to any of his family members.
[continuing with what he started saying earlier] I fainted in the afternoon of that day that that guy collapsed. I spat blood, so they took me to a hospital where I would then spend 4 months. It was almost in the same facility as the camp. It used to be an epidemic prevention station.
The doctors would be checked before entering the building. There were both Uyghur and Han doctors. The guys who took me there contacted my family and asked them to pay the medical bills. They paid about 3000RMB – the rest was covered by medical insurance. The doctors would tell me that I had problems with my liver, spinal cord, and lungs, because of the cold. After 15 days, my condition got better. I had been very healthy and had been doing plenty of sports before the camp. I'm not lying – it wasn't a big deal for me to fight 3-4 people. I'm 47 and almost everyone who knew me knew that I was very athletic. I’d be beaten up numerous times [in the camp, presumably].
After four months in the hospital, they’d handcuff and hood me to take me back to the “school” I had been at earlier. One day, still at the camp hospital, they told me that people from the prefecture-level government were visiting, and taught me to say to them that I had come there because I had committed a crime and was a “bufangxin renyuan” (不放心人员, “an untrustworthy person”), and that I was “infected” [with religious extremism].
I forgot to say – I had actually been given a 5-year prison term. It was not a formal court hearing, and nobody from my family attended. They just got together and informed me that I was given 5 years. Later, I learned that my family members had been told that I was given 15.
[On the day of the officials visiting,] a Han cadre came. He was very nice and polite, and asked me why I was there. I told him I didn't know. He got angry and asked me why I didn't know. A guy from the camp [official, presumably] told me to tell him that I was an untrustworthy person, but I said again that I didn't know the reason. After that, the prefecture-level official said: you have visited Kazakhstan too many times and might have gotten infected, and that's why we are checking you. He also mentioned that I had visited one of the 26 “dangerous countries”. It didn't last long and they left. He was carrying a thick pile of materials about me.
I was told that another cadre, from the autonomous-region-level government, would come in three days for a “tanhua” (谈话, “conversation”). A young Han guy came in three days. He didn't ask very many questions, and they were almost the same. He said that he was from the “zizhiqu” (自治区, “autonomous region [government]”). Another one was using a computer to take notes of our conversation. They told me to say good things about the Party. I of course said "yes" – I wanted to get out. I signed a paper and was then taken to the previous camp [from the hospital].
Two days later, all the guys from Termenbulaq Village were released. I think there were about 50-60 people from that village, I don’t know. There were still people in the camp when they released us. After my release, I would be placed under house arrest. I’d be either under house arrest or under surveillance for about 8-9 months. I had no idea how it worked, but if I went more than 10 meters from my house, the police would arrive. Maybe because we had our irises scanned and the cameras could recognize us. The police would ask where I was heading and take notes. The village police would beat you.
I would walk with a crutch until May [2019] – I couldn’t move my waist. I finally got the visa [to Kazakhstan] on August 15. I’ve been receiving treatment ever since my release.
G: Who supported your family while you were in the camp?
B: I had left 120000 RMB to them – I was a businessman. Actually, I lost the money for the last 80 tons of vegetables sent to Kazakhstan – they told me that they never received them. I lost 240000 RMB. The truck driver said that he waited for me for a week, but then the vegetables mildewed and had to be thrown out. 80 tons of potatoes. I couldn’t get the money for the goods delivered from Kazakhstan to China, either, because those Uyghur businessmen were detained. They were detained because their household registration was in Kashgar while they were doing business in Ghulja. They were good guys, rich and reliable. Many rich people have been detained. I saw five at the camp hospital: Qurban “laoban” (老板, “Boss Qurban”), Musa “laoban” – the owner of the Qizil Bayraq (红旗商场, “Red Flag Shopping Mall”) in Ghulja – Mahmut “laoban”, Ahim “laoban”, and Halmurat “laoban”.
I've applied for a Kazakhstan green card, and should get it in a few days. After that I'll apply for the citizenship.
[At camp,] we were shown on TV that China would rule the world. That the whole world will be in their hands. Nobody was allowed to go to mosques.
The 3-4 times I was interrogated all happened at night. At night is when they would take people. They would ask you to tell them about some other people who might have "crimes".
They asked us to not disclose anything and we said we wouldn't. There were five camps like that in Shapshal County, and a mental hospital as well. They’d ask the people inside the camps if they agreed with their children being sent to boarding schools. My oldest daughter, Rosa, and my wife were informed that they would be sent to camp too, but weren’t in the end.
Receiving education is a good thing, and if they really provided education the way they’re saying, who would be against that? But it's not education – they beat you. Nurlan and Sania and others committed suicide. If those facilities had been good, they wouldn't have killed themselves. Later, they [authorities] said that they had mental problems, but I know that they ended up there for donating to a mosque. There were numerous people who hanged themselves. If everything was good and this was real studying, then why did so many people kill themselves?
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYLfg7CWu24
Victims among relatives
Gulnar Omirzaq (10987)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYLfg7CWu24 Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnj0qzGFKdE Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T05mw5s-smU flag ceremony attendance proof: https://shahit.biz/supp/7075_3.jpg hospital discharge certificate: https://shahit.biz/supp/7075_4.jpg fine notice for too many children: https://shahit.biz/supp/7075_5.jpg hospital stay summary: https://shahit.biz/supp/7075_6.jpg
Entry created: 2020-01-18 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2020-06-15 7774. Dina Nurdybai (迪娜·努得拜)
Chinese ID: 65412819????????E? (Nilka)
Basic info
Age: 18-35 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s), phone/computer, "untrustworthy person" Health status: has problems Profession: private business
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Testimony 1|3: Dina Nurdybai, a businesswoman and a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang. (the victim)
Testimony 2: Dina Nurdybai, as reported by Radio Free Asia Mandarin. (the victim)
Testimony 4*: Dina Nurdybai, as reported by Anonymous. (the victim)
Testimony 5: Dina Nurdybai, as reported by Associated Press. (the victim)
Testimony 6: Dina Nurdybai, as reported by The Diplomat. (the victim)
Testimony 7: Dina Nurdybai, as reported by Buzzfeed News. (the victim)
About the victim
Dina Nurdybai is a businesswoman, and previously the owner of the Kunikai clothing company (新疆桍尼凯服装有限公司) in Nilqa County, a company that employed around 30 people, as well as the Nilqa County Aidai Tailor Shop (尼勒克县爱戴裁缝店). She opened the shop in 2015, after spending some time working for the Tasbulaq clothing company.
She has previously attended the Asia-Europe expo in Urumqi and has been talked about on Xinjiang television.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
She received a phone call from the police station on October 14, 2017, asking her to come for a 2-hour chat, and ended up being sent to "prison" [likely, a detention center] on the same day. As she would later learn, she had been marked as an "untrustworthy person" (不放心人员), which - with the 19th Party Congress in the backdrop - led to her arrest.
Though she hoped that she would be released when the congress was finished, her 12 days in detention would be followed by her being transferred to an education and training center (教培中心) - the transformed Ozen Middle School (乌赞中学) - with the detainees being threatened with prison if they didn't cooperate. She remembers their first instructor, Aigul, who told them that they might need to spend a year at the center.
On April 4, 2018 (or around that day), Dina and six others would be transferred to a Party-school camp, where the conditions were better.
Later, she would be transferred to another camp, which had more of a forced-labor element [the Buzzfeed article states this to be the Wujin entrepreneurial base (https://archive.vn/AYPrf), but this has not been corroborated]. Here, there were a lot of factories and she was forced to work in one of the garment ones, before being assigned to act as a teacher to the others (owing to her background in garments). The detainees here allegedly worked from 8 AM to noon, had lunch, and then continued from 1:30 PM to 6:30 PM, with evenings spent on studying Mandarin and propaganda. The detainees were allegedly paid 9RMB per month [this seems pointlessly low, however].
On September 23, 2018, she was released to house arrest, and would have to attend Chinese-language evening classes. Her movements were restricted and her ID was confiscated, which made it difficult to settle her loans - she had previously taken an entrepreneurship loan in 2016 to open her clothing company in 2017 - as she could only go somewhere in the company of the local administration workers, and it took some time before she could convince them to accompany her to the bank (the bank required her to pay 17RMB for every 1000RMB that she had failed to pay back, or 1190RMB/day interest for the sum of 70000RMB). Her two uncles' bank cards had also been confiscated as a result, since they were her guarantors for the loan. Though she tried to explain this situation to the village cadres, no one paid attention to her. When she went, in the company of the authorities, to visit her factory, she found that all of the equipment was gone and the space was empty, with authorities allegedly refusing to compensate these losses or explain them.
Dina and her husband sold their car, the husband's small restaurant, and their apartment in order to pay off half the loan, getting a 1.5-year extension on the rest, with some of the money saved to migrate to Kazakhstan. Eventually, she was able to come to Kazakhstan on May 4, 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
She was detained because of her parents living in Kazakhstan. She was also told that she had logged into WhatsApp in China, and that WhatsApp was illegal (this had allegedly resulted in her being marked as "untrustworthy").
Victim's status
Now back in Kazakhstan.
She says that she suffers from constant headaches and is taking some pills to alleviate them. She cannot receive proper treatment right now since she has a baby to breastfeed. She also mentions that she has difficulty remembering things, and suffers from migraines. After the detention, she also developed a hernia, which still causes her abdominal pain.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
This is an eyewitness account.
Additional information
According to Dina, there are 124 officially registered businesswomen in the Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture. She believes that many of them had to suffer the same difficulties as the ones she faced.
Dina mentions having gone through a total of 3 medical examinations throughout her detention process. She mentions having received an injection once.
One of her co-detainees was a 75-year-old woman named Shemshi, who ended up there because of her grandson, who was studying in Kazakhstan and used her phone to install WhatsApp while he was in China. Dina says that Shemshi was frequently encouraging Dina. She is back in Kazakhstan as well now.
In her interview to the Associated Press (https://apnews.com/269b3de1af34e17c1941a514f78d764c), Dina mentions married and unmarried women being kept in separate compounds while at camp, with the former being subject to pregnancy checks and forced birth control procedures. She also recalls a woman having to publicly admit her "crime" of "giving birth to too many children", and being scolded by the guards for it.
Business listings of Dina's businesses: http://archive.is/ZjEf8 http://archive.is/uUdFi
RFA coverage: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/jieduxinjiang/xj-01242020100615.html https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/jieduxinjiang/wkw-01302020181946.html
Buzzfeed News coverage: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alison_killing/xinjiang-camps-china-factories-forced-labor
Feature in The Diplomat: https://thediplomat.com/2020/08/the-xinjiang-camp-debt-trap/
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Local authorities initially seemed supportive of Dina's company [presumably Kunikai] and did a news segment about it on local television, which reportedly helped the business grow. Despite this initial support, some limitations were reportedly placed on the company as a result of Dina being ethnically Kazakh, with her company required to hire a Han accountant, as well as to produce the traditional clothing of all 56 ethnic groups (and not just Kazakhs).
In 2016, she took out a loan of 70000RMB as advised by the local authorities. Though she intended for it to be a simple individual loan, she went with a start-up loan for entrepreneurs instead following advice from people at the bank. A year later, she had enough funds to pay it off, but was advised against doing so by an accountant at her company. Eyewitness account
[The following is an abridged first-person account, based on the victim's interview at the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Some confusion arises as the victim was in three different detention types (a detention center for about two weeks, a camp - now identified as the Ozen Middle School - for five months, and then a Party-school camp - previously a welfare center or "fuliyuan" - for another six months), and sometimes jumps between these in the account without warning. We have tried to annotate these jumps to the best of our ability, with assistance from someone already familiar with the victim's story.]
In 2008, having completed middle school (初中), I went to Urumqi to learn about traditional Kazakh clothes. Three years later, I started working for the Tasbulaq traditional-clothing company. On March 21, 2017, I registered my own company, and got a patent for the Kunekei trademark.
The local authorities supported my business, providing me with a space and 20 sewing machines, though the machines needed fixing before you could use them. So, I bought the necessary parts and fit the place up using my own funds. I would have two shops, with the number of employees growing from 5 to 30. The business was going really well and I was really busy, earning around 100000RMB each month. I had also been attending the Eurasian Expo in Urumqi for 5 consecutive years, as a representative of traditional Kazakh clothing. I attended in August 2017 as well.
I had a big order to be completed by October 14 (2017), which kept me so busy and made me so exhausted that, upon returning home that day, I just switched off my phone and went to bed – something that would result in the police calling almost all of my relatives as they tried to reach me.
The next morning, they came – in civilian clothes – and took me away, saying that we needed to “chat” (谈话). I was wearing a dress at the time, and they told me to change into a tracksuit. I was taken to a police station, and would have to wait in a room with a TV screen, through which I could see the other detained people. There was a Han official, and I asked him why I was there. I was then handcuffed and taken directly to a real prison [detention center] in Nilqa County.
We were ordered to take off our clothes, shoes included, and had to go through body searches. All of my cellmates were Uyghur. There were more than 30 people in the room, and only three beds. Some of us sat on the beds, while the others stood. It was lunch time, but a voice from the wall ordered us to sleep (to take our afternoon nap), even though we hadn’t even eaten anything. In the afternoon, we would walk down a long, dark corridor, about 300 meters in length. I was taken to a separate room.
[presumably in the detention center still] I was alone in that room. After some time, another woman, named Parida Aidar, was brought into the room as well. Her husband had also been detained, and taken to camp. In the evening, 12-13 Uyghurs were brought into our room. There was a yellow line in front of the bunk beds in our room. On it were plastic stools on which we had to sit.
[detention center] We were given hard steamed buns and boiled water. Afterwards, they told us that we were dangerous elements and that, as it was the time of the 18th [error: should be 19th] Party Congress, would need to be locked up to keep society safe. When it came time to sleep, the Uyghur inmates my age wore pajamas, as they had known that they’d be taken and had prepared in advance. I didn’t have any other clothes, and so would sleep in the clothes I had on. We would need to take turns guarding each other at night. [unclear if detention center or camp] In the mornings, we would line up to go to the cafeteria for breakfast. They told us about how fortunate we all were to be there, as we had food, a bed, and TV. There was only 10 minutes allotted for meals.
[unclear if this is all in the detention center, or if there is a mix of detention center and camp] They gave us black uniforms and divided us into three categories. The strictest group wore red vests.
[this is likely in the detention center] There were 100 women there in total. Of them, only five were Kazakh and two were Han. One of the Han women had a son who died in a construction accident, prompting her to go to Beijing to seek justice. In the end, they detained her in Beijing and took her back, to be held at this place. The reason was that she was seen as “dangerous” during the time of the Party congress. The two Han women’s names were Yang Wenhua and Liu Caixia.
[most likely in the detention center] There was also an Uyghur girl who was arrested in 2009 because CCTV cameras had caught her during the July 5 incident. She had heart problems and would often faint.
[in the first camp, most likely] There was a Hui girl who had studied design with me, and we would draw on the walls. Her name is Haiyan. She was detained because she had installed WhatsApp while she was in inner China.
[unclear if detention center or camp] Once, they had us get a shot. Two Kazakh girls from outside the facility came to do it. I asked, in Kazakh, what this was for. They told me not to speak Kazakh and avoided me.
[unclear if detention center or camp] In our case, we didn't go to the classroom, and studied in the cell, sitting on our plastic stools.
[unclear if detention center or camp] I didn’t have great relations with the Uyghur girls in the cell, being the only Kazakh, which resulted in my being taken to a separate room to get help from a psychologist, who offered me tea with honey and asked me why I was feeling depressed. There were no cameras there. How could I be calm, I asked her, when I wasn’t allowed to contact my relatives? And what about my business, my employees, and the orders to take care of? I couldn't sleep at night while thinking about all of that, I told her. Later, we’d be allowed to phone our family, allotted 2-3 minutes each time.
[unclear if this was already in the camp or still in the detention center] I begged them to give me some time to sort out things with my business, as I had a lot of orders that I had already received the payments for. I was worried that I could get sued for disappearing on the clients. So, I would write appeals almost every day and hand them to the cadres, but they would just tear them up, throwing them into the trash bin and telling me that this wasn't the place to talk about these problems of mine. I’d write again and again.
I wanted to meet the cadres from my village to explain the situation. One Kazakh cadre, named Aigul, who used to be the head of the women's union for Nilqa County, told us that if anyone was to blame for the Kazakhs being detained then it was the Uyghurs, not the Han – because they were terrorists and the Kazakhs were suffering by virtue of sharing a similar language and religion. The Han were helping us get rid of evil thoughts, she said.
[presumably in camp] We would often need to write “thought reports” (思想汇报), “statements of repentance” (悔过书), and “speak out and brandish one’s sword” (发声亮剑) declarations. The “speak out and brandish one’s sword” ones needed to be written once every two weeks and couldn't be shorter than 3 pages. [presumably the first camp] The facility was a place I had passed several times but had never paid attention to. This time, I would see that it was labeled as an “education and training center” (教培中心). While I was looking at the sign, a female Han security guard came over and hit me with an electric baton, asking me what I was staring at.
[unclear if this was in the detention center or in camp] Once, I was seated on a chair next to a tiger chair for 24 hours, as I had had a quarrel with a Kazakh cadre. She told me to repent by looking at the tiger chair. Otherwise, they would put me in the actual tiger chair and apply electric shocks to me while I was in there.
[unclear if this was in the detention center or in camp] Because I was not very obedient, they ordered me to stay with the girls who had been given prison terms. All of them were Uyghur with the exception of one, whose name was Arzygul Tursynbek and who was married to a Han. She was taken there for wearing a hijab. She started wearing one because she felt guilty for having married a Han person. She had only been wearing it for nine days when they detained her, while she was attending a wedding.
If I'm not mistaken, it was on April 4 (2018) that those with direct relatives in Kazakhstan were taken to another place. They called the names of four women and told us that we were being transferred because of the friendship between China and Kazakhstan, as we all had (strong) relations to Kazakhstan. They took us to the former county court, where Zhu Lixing, the head of the political and legal affairs commission (政法委), asked us to express our gratitude to the Party. Another official, a Kazakh guy named Murat, was also there. Then we were transferred to a Party school. There were seven Kazakhs in total, I think. The names of two of them were Serik Hamit and Quanbek Zauytbek.
The Party school was different from the camp – we were able to go to the toilet whenever we wanted, we didn’t learn any Chinese, and we could talk to our relatives for hours over the phone. However, we were sick after our time in camp. My fingers were swollen and my nails were almost falling off. (They told us that we needed to be healthy, since we were going to go to Kazakhstan.) We were allowed to wear makeup. Once, we celebrated one of the Eids – I don't remember if it was Eid al-Adha or Eid al-Fitr. They also made us dance. We grew vegetables while we were there, too.
There was an orphanage and a nursing home [in the compound] as well.
In August (2018), they told me that I would be a teacher at a factory [possibly workshop] inside a vocational training center. There were different courses, such as bread baking, cake making, and sewing. One of the people there told me that they got 9RMB a month. The people could use small scissors that were chained to the machine.
[unclear if this is the first camp or the Party-school camp, or a mix] While we were at the camp, we had to thank the government three times a day before eating. There was a flag raising every morning. They asked us if we could sing the national anthem, and I couldn't, together with another girl – we were both criticized for it. One day, after the ceremony, the official told me that I was getting released, and that I needed to thank the government in front of the people. I didn't believe that they were really going to release me, but then I was told to leave my books, paper, pens, and pencils.
[more likely the first camp] While at the camp, I was asked to provide a number of someone I could call. I would be allowed to call him twice a month. Once, my grandmother, Nursipat, who is in her eighties, came to see me. She wasn’t allowed to wear a headscarf, and I felt really bad for her. I was in the strictest class (严管班), and so we normally weren’t allowed to meet our relatives. However, I was allowed as a reward for my wall drawings. The authorities would bother my grandmother many times, both during my time in camp and after my release.
My parents in Kazakhstan didn’t appeal while I was at the camp, as my two uncles, both teachers in China, contacted them and told them not to. Even right now, my parents are afraid of talking about this.
On September 23 (2018), I’d be released. On that day, my relative with the same surname as my father – so, my uncle – signed a paper. My boyfriend at the time also came with a bouquet of flowers. They wanted to film this, but their phone was taken away. I was then taken to the village by a car sent by the secretary of the political and legal affairs commission (政法委书记).
Afterwards, I would need to attend evening classes. While I was at my grandmother's, a Han cadre would visit us once every two days, with the cadres leaving 20RMB each time. I was also obligated to go to the village office whenever they summoned me, regardless of the time of day.
Before my detention, I had taken a start-up loan of 70000RMB, while also investing 120000RMB of my own money into the workshop. Later, I also bought 70000RMB’s worth of materials from inner China. And then there was the advance payment for the orders that I had received just before being sent to the camp. After my release, I found that the loan – given to me without any interest rate – had changed to having a rate of 17RMB for every 1000RMB per day.
I have spent all the money I had for paying back the loan. The machines in the workshop were confiscated. I wanted to sell the materials that were left, but couldn’t find any that were still in decent shape. They had rotted. I went to the village administration and asked them to send me back to camp, instead of making me go through all these hardships outside of it. With the constant monitoring, the flag raising ceremonies in the morning, and the evening lessons, I couldn’t work. There were facial-recognition cameras everywhere, and whenever I went to the bank the guards would stop me and take a photo of me holding up my ID card.
Seeing as the village administration couldn't give a reply to my query, I went to the municipality, and there they solved my problem – I didn’t need to pay the high interest rate anymore. But I had already paid for over 3 months, at 1200RMB each day, by then, and now my interest rate is 9.8%. I still have 57000RMB to pay.
Before I could come to Kazakhstan, my two uncles had to become guarantors for me. On May 3 (2019), I came to Korgas and stayed a night there. I hadn’t been sure if I would be allowed to cross the border, but the official had told me that I could go to Kazakhstan, and – despite being pregnant and a bit ill – I went there as soon as I heard I could, staying at my relative's house in Korgas. As I was crossing, the border staff told me I didn’t have permission, but then called the officials and told me I could pass.
I gave birth to my baby on July 23. Now, my relatives are being threatened and pressured by the local authorities. For example, they didn't give permission to some of my relatives when they wanted to come here.
There were 124 other companies like mine – those specializing in traditional clothes or crafts. They all went bankrupt.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoIlWMN2zk4
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssb6Lg1YxgY Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoIlWMN2zk4 photo (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/7774_2.jpeg photo (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/7774_3.jpeg photo (3): https://shahit.biz/supp/7774_4.jpeg photo (4): https://shahit.biz/supp/7774_5.jpeg photo (5): https://shahit.biz/supp/7774_6.jpeg
Entry created: 2020-03-10 Last updated: 2021-04-18 Latest status update: 2020-12-28 7800. Erbolat Qusman (叶尔保拉提·胡斯曼)
Chinese ID: 654301198912012236 (Altay)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Altay Status: documents withheld When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: culinary
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4|5|6: Altynai Arasan, a Kazakhstan citizen who moved to Kazakhstan with her parents in 2019. (wife)
About the victim
Erbolat Qusman used to work as a cook, running a small restaurant named "Bir Shauqim Shai" ("A Pot of Tea") in Kazakhstan's Pavlodar Region with his wife.
Address: Aqqudyq Village, Abytan Municipality, Altay City, Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区阿勒泰市阿苇滩镇阿克库都克村).
Chinese passport: E34335555.
Victim's location
In his home region in Altay.
When victim was detained
He was originally detained on October 27, 2017 and taken to camp. On December 29, 2018, he was released to house arrest, but would not be able to obtain documents to rejoin his wife in Kazakhstan.
On January 3, 2020, local authorities questioned him about his wife. A week later, he was pressured by the local authorities into signing a document divorcing her [not completely clear if he actually signed, as this pressure continued] and another document stating that he had learned cooking during his time at the camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
His wife provides various reasons in her testimonies:
1) being in contact with a religious group, 2) not drinking or smoking, 3) asking that his passport be returned.
Victim's status
Under pressure from the local authorities and unable to reunite with his wife in Kazakhstan.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Altynai has been able to contact him on multiple occasions.
Additional information
Radio Free Asia mention: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/hx0329a-03292021071511.html
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4EL8DC0qf4 Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw-hv_pWUZs Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUSI0VrqTns Testimony 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTrXeEMUJs Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YojK85ZYGuY Testimony 4: https://twitter.com/78jl99dgVmBAGoM/status/1334165554416988161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw wedding photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/7800_5.jpg marriage certificate: https://shahit.biz/supp/7800_6.png social security card: https://shahit.biz/supp/7800_8.jpg
Entry created: 2020-03-05 Last updated: 2021-06-23 Latest status update: 2021-06-05 7929. Silahat Baiqulzha (斯拉哈提·巴依胡力加)
Chinese ID: 652701197109172228 (Bortala)
Basic info
Age: 47 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Bortala Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2018 - Dec. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): phone/computer|--- Health status: deceased Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|3: Tursyn Baiqulzha, born in 1962, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (brother)
Testimony 2: Baqytgul Baiqulzha, born in 1985, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (sister)
About the victim
Silahat Baiqulzha (斯拉哈提 巴依胡力加) was taken to a camp around November 20, 2018, and she got very sick after 3-4 months in the camp. Not long after being released due to her health (it seems she was diagnosed with breast cancer), she passed away on March 19, 2019, at home. She is from Araltogay farm, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture.
Victim's location passed away [presumably in Bortala]
When victim was detained
November 20, 2018
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Baqytgul Baiqulzha gave her phone bought in Kazakhstan to her sister Silahat Baiqulzha when she visited China. She was detained for having WhatsApp application on the phone.
Victim's status died at home no long after her release from a camp
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? through relatives Additional information
Her husband Baqyt has been released from a camp too. They have two daughters, Maqpal (15) and Mahpuda (10).
Testimony 3: Silahat is illiterate and only knows how to make phone calls, never mind installing other applications on her phone. She's not religious, she doesn't pray. Her husband has been detained several times and released and now he is having mental issues. The testifier doesn't have any news about them now. He's worried that his sister's two kids' safety. He doesn't know about their well-being. The testifier is not even aware if there was funeral according to the Islamic tradition. She had been very healthy until her detention. The testifier believes that she died of fear and panic after being falsely accused and detained. Even after her release two security guards came to her house and guarded her.
Victims among relatives
Altynbek Baiqulzha (7927), Erkin Baiqulzha (7928), Erkinbek Baiqulzha (7930), Asemgul Baiqulzha (7931), Yrysgul Baiqulzha (7932), Meirambek Zhumaqan (7933), Maqpal Baqyt (7934), Mahpuda Baqyt (7935)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1-2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq0Td6UWGRs Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedwUEeZccU proof of relation: https://shahit.biz/supp/7929_1.png
Entry created: 2020-03-09 Last updated: 2021-08-09 Latest status update: 2019-03-19 8487. Abdusemet Abdurahman
Chinese ID: 653222199010240299 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 29 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: China Daily, an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and published in the People's Republic of China.
Testimony 2: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abudsaimaiti Abdureheman is a 30 years old Uyghur from Moyu County. According to state-run media, he currently works as an auto repair technician at a driving school.
Multiple Mandarin spellings of his name are given: 阿卜杜赛麦提·阿卜杜热合曼 (Testimony 2), 阿卜杜赛麦提·阿卜都热合曼 (Testimony 1), 阿卜杜赛买提·阿卜杜热合曼 (Testimony 1)
His ID number as reported in the Qaraqash list: 653222199010240299 (in his alleged work contract as shown in the China Daily report, this number is written incorrectly as 653222199010240240299).
Testimony 2:
Address: House No. 220, Second Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区二片区220号).
Household registration address: House No. 55, Group No. 1, Towen Qapaqla Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇托万喀帕克拉村1组55号).
Victim's location
[Presumably at home in Qaraqash.]
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: Unclear, spent time in camps/vocational program and was released. Testimony 2: Taken to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (unclear when), then approved to be transferred for work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 2: Having served a full "medium-level" sentence.
Victim's status
Testimony 1: "Free"
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 1: The China Daily report has the victim himself talk in front of the camera. [However, the fact that he addresses Adrian Zenz and recent Western media reports - blocked in China - and generally appears to be reading his lines do not make this a genuine "eyewitness" testimony.]
Testimony 2: this is an official government document.
Additional information
Abudsaimaiti Abdureheman appears in a video posted by the state-run media outlet China Daily. In it, he says that he learned job skills in the "vocational education and training center" and hopes to open his own driving school. He is filmed alongside his wife, child, and an older relative. https://twitter.com/ChinaDaily/status/1231511516102291456
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Testimony 2:
Excerpts from local government reports about the victim:
"Has spent the required time in the training center. His relatives actively cooperate with the neighorhood administration. Recommended to graduate to work in the industrial area."
Supplementary materials
China Daily tweet: https://twitter.com/ChinaDaily/status/1231511516102291456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw China Daily report: https://shahit.biz/supp/8487_2.mp4
Entry created: 2020-04-18 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2020-02-23 8525. Memeteli Abdureshit (买买提艾力·阿不都热西提)
Chinese ID: 65402719????????O? (Tekes)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Ili Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): "registration issues"|--- Health status: --- Profession: tradesperson
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Local government employee, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Anonymous, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (relation unclear)
About the victim
Memeteli Abdureshit is a Uyghur from Hanbing, Ghulja. He Is a butcher. He moved his hukou from Tekes county to Ghulja’s Hanbing neighborhood in 2010. He is married to Ayghul Turahan and his son is Shiri Memetili.
Testimony 2: he lives in the Uchderwaza Neighborhood in Ghulja.
Victim's location
Presumably Hanbing, Ghulja
When victim was detained
He was detained along with his wife on June 15, 2017 and was sent to a camp. He was released one year and four months later.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear, possibly moving his registration
Victim's status
Released and allowed to resume his trade.
Testimony 2: He is looking after his grandchildren, as both their father (Shireli Memeteli) and mother have been detained. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
From official documents.
Additional information
His wife and son are currently serving prison sentences.
RFA coverage: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/driver-04172020172200.html (Uyghur version: https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/shireli-memtili-04092020152610.html) (Testimony 1) https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/weeping-04072021144503.html (Testimony 2)
Victims among relatives
Aygul Turahan (8524), Shireli Memeteli (8523), Munire Memtili (15167)
Entry created: 2020-04-24 Last updated: 2021-06-07 Latest status update: 2021-04-07 8528. Aygul Hebibul
Chinese ID: 65210119????????E? (Turpan)
Basic info
Age: 35-55 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: --- When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party (* direct submission)
Melikezat Hebibul, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (sister)
About the victim
Aygul Hebibul, 54 years old (as of May 2020), is from Turpan.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Turpan.]
When victim was detained
She was taken to camp in 2018. In January 2019, she was released.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released from camp [but current situation unclear].
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not stated.
Additional information
---
Victims among relatives Hebibul Abdul (6617), Meryemhan Tursun (6618), Mihray Hebibul (6619), Bahargul Hebibul (6620), Memet Hebibul (6621), Alim Hebibul (6622), Abdurehim Abduqadir (6623), Shemshinur Abduqadir (6624)
Supplementary materials photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/8528_1.jpg
Entry created: 2020-05-06 Last updated: 2020-05-06 Latest status update: 2020-05-06 8967. Aiqyngul Zhaqymash (阿依恨古丽·加恨马什)
Chinese ID: 654225198909182520 (Chaghantokay)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: F Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Tacheng Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: July 2018 - Sep. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): relative(s)|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Zhaisang Biaqymet, born in 1993, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. (brother-in-law)
About the victim
Aiqyngul Zhaqymash (阿依恨古丽·加恨马什) Her ID address: 373 Aqbeldeu Village, Aqbeldeu Township, Toly County, Tarbagatay Region (新疆托里县阿合别里斗乡阿合别里斗村373号)
Victim's location
Aqbeldu village, Toly County
When victim was detained
Detained on September 18, 2018. Released from camp after six months.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Because of her husband Ernar Dakesh's "crime"
Victim's status
Released [but specific circumstances are not clear/stated].
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? from the victim herself
Additional information
--- Victims among relatives
Ernar Dakesh (8968)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAEii3PHzZM Chinese ID: https://shahit.biz/supp/8967_2.png
Entry created: 2020-04-29 Last updated: 2021-04-11 Latest status update: 2020-02-13 8978. Lu Jian
Chinese ID: 65????19????????O? (place of origin unclear)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: other Likely current location: --- Status: --- When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Erbaqyt Otarbai, a truck driver and Kazakhstan citizen, who spent about 2 years in Xinjiang after returning there in 2017. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations. (detained together)
About the victim
Lü Jian (nicknamed "Ding Dan") is an ethnic Russian from China. He is married to a Kazakhstani named Gulnar.
Victim's location
[Likely back in Kazakhstan, but possibly still in Xinjiang.]
When victim was detained
It's not clear when he was initially detained, but according to Erbaqyt Otarbai, they were both released from the camp in Tacheng City (the former retirement home) in late December 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released from camp [but unclear if he has been able to reunite with his wife in Kazakhstan].
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
They were released from camp together.
Additional information ---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGrvnnp3SDc
Entry created: 2020-06-20 Last updated: 2020-06-20 Latest status update: 2020-02-18 9133. Sadir Tursun (萨迪尔·图尔荪)
Chinese ID: 653125197004105650 (Yarkand)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kashgar Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Xinjiang government records, as reported by Adrian Zenz.
About the victim
Sadir Tursun.
Address: Almaslengger Village, Yaqaeriq Township, Yarkand County, Kashgar Prefecture (莎车县亚喀艾日克乡阿勒玛斯兰干村).
Victim's location
[Most likely in Kashgar.]
When victim was detained
Prior to March 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Marked as "just recently returned after being taken for education" (SJ刚回来/收教刚回来), which suggests that the victim was previously in camp but has now been allowed to "return to society" [presumably while remaining under some sort of monitoring].
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data was obtained from internal sources in Xinjiang. Additional information
---
Entry created: 2020-06-24 Last updated: 2020-06-24 Latest status update: 2019-03-29 9609. Zharqyn Qinayat
Chinese ID: 65432619????????O? (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: 35-55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: government
Testifying party
Tabysqan Magrupqan, originally from Jeminey County but now residing in Kazakhstan. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent around nine months in a camp. (detained together)
About the victim
Zharqyn Qinayat, around 50 years old, used to work at the animal husbandry bureau (probably, as the testifier isn't completely sure).
Address: Belaryq Village, Jeminey Municipality, Jeminey County, Altay.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
Not clear when he was initially taken to camp, but he was released on the same day as the testifier (December 24, 2018).
It's not clear when he returned to Kazakhstan.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released and back in Kazakhstan.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? They were detained together. They were also released together.
Additional information
---
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8CHjUu4Ye8
Entry created: 2020-07-25 Last updated: 2020-07-25 Latest status update: 2020-02-25 9611. Ma Qiang
Chinese ID: 65432619????????O? (Jeminey)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Hui Likely current location: Altay Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Tabysqan Magrupqan, originally from Jeminey County but now residing in Kazakhstan. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent around nine months in a camp. (detained together)
About the victim
Ma Qiang, an ethnic Hui.
Probable address: Besterek Township, Jeminey County, Altay. [His uncle worked as an imam there.]
Victim's location
[Presumably in Altay.]
When victim was detained
Not clear. However, he was released from camp at around the same time as the testifier, who was let out in late December 2018. [The testifier does not mention the time of his release, but given the context, where he's talking about other people who were released at the same time, it would seem that this is very likely.]
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Released from camp. It is not clear what happened to the victim afterwards.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
They were detained in camp together. They were also [presumably] released together. Additional information
Ma Qiang's uncle, an imam in Besterek Township, had died during interrogation. He was accused of appointing a village head who was not the candidate recommended by the government.
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8CHjUu4Ye8
Entry created: 2020-07-25 Last updated: 2020-07-25 Latest status update: 2020-02-25 9769. Eli Mettursun (艾力·买吐送)
Chinese ID: 653222195405120330 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 64 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, related to religion Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Eli Mettursun is a shareholder of the Xinjiang Anlefa International Trade Company (新疆安乐发国际贸易有限公司) clothing business in Urumqi, together with his brother, Hebibulla.
Address: Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Going to Dubai and Saudi Arabia for Hajj in 1998. Two years later, his wife also went on a Hajj. 2) Growing a long beard during the period between 2009 and 2012.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data regarding his detention comes directly from a local government document.
Information about his company is available publicly online.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Anlefa company info:
Office 1106, Entrance A, Floor 11, Minfu Building No. 1, 211 Yan'an Road, Tianshan District, Urumqi, Xinjiang (新疆乌鲁木齐市天山区延安路211号民福大厦1座11层A单元1106) E-mail: [email protected]; Tel.: 13999289474 Web listing: https://archive.vn/FLEIt
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9770. Eziz Sadir
Chinese ID: 653222196210010275 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 56 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Eziz Sadir (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾则孜·萨迪尔).
Address: Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Released to work in the community.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
After being released, he has been working at the Rose Hotpot Restaurant (玫瑰火锅店) in front of Aixin Hospital.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
The business listing of the Rose Hotpot Restaurant: https://archive.vn/6rVUB
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9772. Nurmemet Abla
Chinese ID: 653222197304300032 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 45 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Nurmemet Abla (potential Mandarin spelling: 努尔麦麦提·阿卜拉).
Address: Yuhua Community (玉华社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 4 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
His sister's tailor shop: https://archive.vn/F2EPg
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9773. Abdukerim Wayit
Chinese ID: 653222197305014011 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 45 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdukerim Wayit (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜克热木·瓦伊提). He ran a traditional window-curtain business.
Address: House No. 231, Second Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区二片区231号).
Household registration address: House No. 23, Group No. 3, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村3组23号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
What is likely the listing for his old business: https://archive.vn/zscdE
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9775. Abdulikim Roziheyt
Chinese ID: 653222197706203737 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion, "extremism", "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Abdulikim Roziheyt (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜力开木·柔再提).
Address: House No. 20, Alley 300, North Chinibagh Road, Uzum Community (玉祖木社区其尼巴格北路300号巷20号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (October 4, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Growing a beard. 2) His wife wearing a veil. 3) Being influenced by "extremist ideology". 4) Having 4 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Three copies of the Koran were found during a search of his family's home. They were also found to be fasting during Ramadan.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abdulikim Roziheyt was infected with religious extremism and wore a beard from 2011 to 2014. His wife, Muhebbet Abduwayit (穆合拜提·阿卜杜瓦伊提), also expressed religious attitudes and used to wear a veil between 2011 and 2014. Abdulikim Roziheyt applied for a passport for traveling in March 2015. The passport was issued in March 2016, but no records of leaving the country were found. Abdulikim Roziheyt strongly violated the birth policies and can understand 3-4 verses of the Quran. Recommended to keep training, and to check if he meets the unsanctioned imam standard."
"Abdulikim Roziheyt has acknowledged his mistakes and his thoughts have undergone transformation. His family's behavior is quite good, they cooperate well with the community administration. His family is quite poor and lacks sufficient labor force. It is recommended that this person be graduated into community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Abdukerim Abdulikim (9851)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9776. Obul Qadir
Chinese ID: 653222197903010010 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 40 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Obul Qadir (potential Mandarin spelling: 奥布力·喀迪尔).
Address: Apt. 505, Entrance No. 1, 28 Luyin Alley, West Yipbazar Road (依甫巴扎西路绿荫巷28号1单元505室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (March 12, 2018). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy. 2) Applying for a passport (did not leave the country).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Obul Qadir's thinking is stable. He actively participates in activities. Agreed to transfer to work in the industrial area."
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9777. Hebir Rejep
Chinese ID: 653222197903114071 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 39 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Hebir Rejep (potential Mandarin spelling: 海比尔·热杰普).
Address: 11 Shatliq Road (夏特勒克路11号).
Household registration address: House No. 158, Group No. 3, Konasheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇阔纳协海尔村3组158号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp on May 23, 2017, where he studied in Class 817. 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Hebir Rejep's relatives cooperate with the neighborhood administration, their mindset is stable. Hebir Rejep is not a threat. Recommended to graduate to work in the industrial area."
Victims among relatives
Ablimit Rejep (10205), Abliz Rejep (10204), Rozimemet Turdi (9914)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9778. Abliz Memetimin
Chinese ID: 653222198010240294 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abliz Memetimin (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜力孜·麦麦提明).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Released to work in the community.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
After being released, he has been working at the Rose Hotpot Restaurant (玫瑰火锅店) next to the Aixin Hospital.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
The business listing of the Rose Hotpot Restaurant: https://archive.vn/6rVUB
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9779. Rozimemet Islam
Chinese ID: 653222198111160277 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 37 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Rozimemet Islam (potential Mandarin spelling: 如则麦麦提·伊斯拉木).
Address: 154 North Yinhe Road, Bostan Community (波斯坦社区银河北路154号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (May 29, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy (the children are twins).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9780. Hebibulla Atawulla (艾比布拉·阿塔伍拉)
Chinese ID: 65322219820325457X (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 36 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|other, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: medicine
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Hebibulla Atawulla runs a small clinic that employs around 15 people.
Address: 43-3 18th Street, Outer Ring North Road, Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区外环北路18街43-3号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (June 17, 2017). 2) Released to community supervision.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being a witness in a fraud case in court (行骗案件受害者证人). 2) Violating the family planning policy.
Victim's status
After being released, he has been working at the Rose Hotpot Restaurant (玫瑰火锅店) in front of Aixin Hospital. He also runs a small clinic. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
The business listing of the Rose Hotpot Restaurant: https://archive.vn/6rVUB
The business listing of the victim's clinic: https://archive.vn/l2n0j
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Hebibulla Atawulla's relatives are not suspicious, none are arrested or in training. Hebibulla Atawulla runs a clinic, license number: 653222600069415. 15 people currently work at the clinic, including the main manager, doctor, etc. Hebibulla Atawulla has not broken any laws, has not participated in any illegal religious activities while living in the jurisdiction district. He has spent more than one year in training. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Yusup Atawulla (10361)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9781. Tohti Yimit (托合提·伊米提)
Chinese ID: 653222198401093359 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, "registration issues" Health status: --- Profession: medicine
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tohti Yimit ran the Teklimakan pharmacy, next to the Qaraqash County National Tax Bureau.
Address: 610 Huanggong Mansion, Yuhua Community (玉华社区皇宫大厦610室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Taken into custody (time unclear). 2) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (October 20, 2017). 3) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Visiting some of the "26 suspicious countries" a total of 5 times after obtaining a passport in Anhui Province. 2) Transferring his household registration to inner China while still living in Qaraqash.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
He is marked as being kept under armed supervision (强管). How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Business listing of his pharmacy: https://web.archive.org/web/20200902145933/https://www.qcc.com/firm/266c50353c8989c74f9eddf4a1 d0b289.html Business listing of his brother's medical company, in which he is the largest shareholder: https://web.archive.org/web/20200902150321/https://www.qcc.com/firm/9e4ae70028b0fd598a19cd5372 a5d260.html
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Recommended to transfer to work in the industrial area, but graduation is not approved.
Reasons:
1. Tohti Yimit moved his household registration to Anhui (安徽省太和县经济开发区回民社区105国道太豪路东侧603号) in December 2014. He applied for a passport in Anhui and then left the country 5 times to visit 'focus' countries, overstaying. After coming back, he lived in Hotan.
Travel record:
1) From 2015/08/21 to 2015/10/06, stayed in United Arab Emirates. 2) From 2016/02/04 to 2016/02/24, travelled to Saudi Arabia. 3) From 2016/06/03 to 2016 06/10, travelled to Saudi Arabia. 4) From 2016/06/26 to 2016/07/12, travelled to United Arab Emirates. 5) From 2016/09/02 to 2016/09/25, travelled to Saudi Arabia.
In July 2018, he took one day of leave to go to the tax bureau. He was reported after swiping his ID card at the bureau."
Victims among relatives
Tursunmemet Yimit (9803)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9782. Tohtiwaqi Memettohti (托合提瓦柯·麦麦提托合提)
Chinese ID: 653222198404173274 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 34 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: culinary
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tohtiwaqi Memettohti ran the Dilarem plov restaurant together with his wife, Tursungul. He had previously worked at a restaurant in Urumqi (during the time of the July 5 incident).
Address: 11 Boshtelek Road, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区波夏特勒克路11号).
Household registration address: 97 Yultuz Alley, Shatliq Road (夏提勒克路尤勒图孜巷97号).
Victim's location
At the Qaraqash County No. 1 "training center".
When victim was detained
He had previously been detained at the time of the July 5, 2009 incident in Urumqi. At that time, he was taken by the Yuejinggai (月井盖) public security bureau in Urumqi for interrogation, then transferred to the No. 2 station of the Hotan public security bureau, where he would be questioned for 17 days before being transferred to the Qaraqash public security bureau and released.
On October 17, 2017, he was sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp, where he was held in Class 905.
In the spring of 2019 [around March, presumably], the local authorities recommended that he be transferred to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being "associated with the Urumqi riots of July 5, 2009". Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
The plov restaurant's business listing: https://web.archive.org/web/20200902151802/https://www.qcc.com/firm/8e5af85092aeea914feb582c96 220211.html
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Tohtiwaqi Memettohti's relatives have their own business and claim that they are too busy to cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Family performance is average. Tohtiwaqi Memettohti belongs to the 'armed supervision' class of students. Continue training."
"His relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. It is recommended to graduate Tohtiwaqi Memettohti for work in the industrial area."
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9783. Abdurehim Abdugheni
Chinese ID: 653222198505270276 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, "violating birth policies" Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdurehim Abdugheni (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜热伊木·阿卜杜艾尼).
Address: House No. 90, Second Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区二片区90号).
Household registration address: House No. 123, Group No. 1, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村1组123号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (May 21, 2017). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Applying for a passport (did not leave the country). 2) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area. He has a disability.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
His brothers own dental clinics in Urumqi: https://web.archive.org/web/20200902154323/https://www.qcc.com/firm/8fea820159b9a5959b82f935dd a0832d.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200902154327/https://www.qcc.com/firm/78eb485ec6b47f4204cbe056b9 013108.html
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"His relatives' performance is quite good, they actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. No current danger. Abdurehim Abdugheni has a disability. Recommended to graduate to work in the industrial area."
Victims among relatives
Qedirnisa Abdugheni (10362)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9784. Memettohti Kamal
Chinese ID: 653222198511230270 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, "untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memettohti Kamal (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提托合提·佧马力).
Address: House No. 100, Second Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区二网格100号).
Household registration address: House No. 233, Group No. 3, Towen Qapaqla Village, Qaraqash Municipality (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇托万喀帕克拉村3组233号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 5, 2017). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Applying for a passport (did not leave the country). 2) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Likely business listing of his and his wife's noodle shop: https://web.archive.org/web/20200902155141/https://www.qcc.com/firm/cedc2af82389e4b6cfb37e1d9c1 81dec.html
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Memettohti Kamal's relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Recommended to work in the industrial area."
"Graduation approved."
Victims among relatives
Emer Kamal (9829), Hesen Kamal (10215)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9787. Memetemer Memetimin
Chinese ID: 653222198707010018 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s), "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetemer Memetimin (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾麦尔·麦麦提敏).
Address: No. 4-8-601, Yuhua Neighborhood (玉华小区4-8-601).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 7, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) His wife wearing a veil. 2) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
What may be the business listing of the family's traditional medicine shop: https://archive.vn/cE1ql
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9788. Shireli Metniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222198710160279 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Shireli Metniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 希尔艾力·麦提尼亚孜).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served 6 months in prison for [reason redacted for privacy reasons] in 2009.
The victim was flagged by the IJOP platform.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"None of the relatives have been arrested or sent to training. No abnormalities were found. Agreed to return to work."
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9790. Ehmetjan Enwer
Chinese ID: 653222198806210031 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|contact with outside world, "untrustworthy person", other Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ehmetjan Enwer (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾合麦提江·艾尼瓦尔).
Address: No. 4-4-102, 67 Jade First Alley, West Yipbazar Road, Yuhua Community (玉华社区依普巴扎西路玉石一巷67号4-4-102).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (March 11, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Calling an overseas number in September 2016 (he used a different phone number than the one registered by the local authorities). 2) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s". 3) "Obstruction of justice". 4) Being "heavily influenced by his aunt's husband Abdumijit", who ran a restaurant Ehmetjan worked at. Abdumijit is in Turkey, and is wanted for "suspected participation in terrorist activities abroad". Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Abduleziz Mijit (10034), Melike Mettohti (9910), Memetemer Mehsut (9866), Memetimin Mettohti (10261), Ekber Enwer (10363)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9791. Yusupjan Esqer
Chinese ID: 653222198810290038 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (hard) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s) Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Yusupjan Esqer (potential Mandarin spelling: 玉苏普江·艾斯凯尔).
Address: No. 4-4-601, Yuhua Neighborhood (玉华小区4-4-601).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 22, 2017). 2) Either approved for release or transferred to work in the industrial area (records differ).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
His wife wearing a veil.
Victim's status
Unclear if in camp and approved for release or if working in an industrial area (records differ).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Abliz Jume (10296)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9792. Shireli Ablehet (西尔艾力·阿卜来海提)
Chinese ID: 653222198902173330 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Shir'eli Ablehet.
Address: House No. 332, Second Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区二网格332).
Household registration address: House No. 183, Group No. 4, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村4组183号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 1 or No. 2 camp (records differ) on December 2, 2017. He is marked as having studied in Class 703 there. 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s". 2) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
The victim was flagged by the IJOP platform. Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Listing of his family business: https://archive.vn/SX81D
Business listing of his convenience store: https://archive.vn/4J9dC
Supplementary materials photo (likely): https://shahit.biz/supp/9792_1.jpg
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9793. Yusupeli Rejep
Chinese ID: 653222199004240292 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Yusupeli Rejep (potential Mandarin spelling: 玉苏普艾力·热杰普).
Address: House No. 107, Second Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区2网格107号).
Household registration address: No. 163, Group No. 3, Towen Qapaqla Village, Qaraqash Municipality (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇托万喀帕克拉村3组163号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 28, 2017). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
What is likely his brother's naan shop: https://archive.vn/eWY7D
The government document mentions Yusup'eli's performance at the camp, where he received 83 and 93 points on the standardized exams (relatively high scores).
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9794. Ablimit Rozitohti
Chinese ID: 653222199203111573 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 26 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion, relative(s), "untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ablimit Rozitohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜力米提·如则托合提) ran a restaurant.
Address: Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 8, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) His diner was not following "proper work hours" during Ramadan. 2) Being a relative of a person detained during the "strike hard" campaign. 3) Being an "untrustworthy" person born in the 1990s.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Likely the business listing for his restaurant: https://archive.vn/nb2rD
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Ablimit Rozitohti was infected with religious extremism. He closed his restaurant during Ramadan. Besides having some arrested relatives, no other problems have surfaced. His attitudes have changed greatly, he admits his mistakes and expresses honest regret. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Bilqizhan Abdulla (10280)
Supplementary materials photo (likely): https://shahit.biz/supp/9794_1.jpg
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9796. Abdusalam Metniyaz (阿卜杜萨拉木·麦提尼亚孜)
Chinese ID: 653222199212170276 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 26 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: culinary
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdusalam Metniyaz ran a meat-stuffed naan shop by the Hope Mall in Qaraqash.
Address: Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Business listing of his shop: https://archive.vn/2rwyi
Victims among relatives
Qurban Metniyaz (10354)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9797. Abduqeyyum Sattar
Chinese ID: 653222199503180298 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 23 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: medicine
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduqeyyum Sattar (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜凯尤木·萨塔尔). He is a specialist in Uyghur medicine.
Address: Apt. 401, Entrance No. 3, Building 9, City Garden Neighborhood (城市花园小区9楼3单元401号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to camp on September 26, 2017. Exact camp unclear, as both the Qaraqash No. 4 and the Area 12 [No. 1] are reported. 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
The victim was flagged by the IJOP platform.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Sattar Jappar (9771), Ablikim Sattar (9795)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9798. Ablikim Qurban
Chinese ID: 653222199807204674 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 20 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ablikim Qurban (potential Mandarin spellings: 阿卜力克木·库尔班, 阿布力克木·库尔班).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (July 2017). 2) Released to work in the community.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
The victim was flagged by the IJOP platform.
Victim's status
After being released, he has been working at the Rose Hotpot Restaurant (玫瑰火锅店) in front of Aixin Hospital.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
The business listing of the Rose Hotpot Restaurant: https://archive.vn/6rVUB
Victims among relatives
Qurban Imin (9916), Abdurehim Qurban (10115), Jumeniyaz Mahmut (9934), Dilnur Qurban (10174), Ibrahim Qurban (10175), Mutteqi Qurban (10176), Eseydulla Qurban (10177), Abdulla Qurban (10178), Meghpiret Qurban (10179)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9799. Arafat Memettohti
Chinese ID: 653222199905070331 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 19 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", relative(s) Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Arafat Memettohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿拉帕提·麦麦提托合提).
Address: House No. 234, Second Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区二片区234号).
Household registration address: House No. 76, Group No. 3, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村3组76号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (October 23, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s". 2) Being a relative of someone (his father) detained during a "strike hard" campaign.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"His father was arrested in June 2016 for disrupting public safety. Arafat Memettohti was doing business with his father in Wuhan, Hubei. He was aware of his father's illegal behavior and was interrogated when he came back. During interrogation, he did not admit that his father was guilty. His is a dangerous case for certain. Continue training."
"After returning to the jurisdiction district, Arafat Memettohti performed well and actively cooperated with the neighborhood administration. Recommended to graduate to the district of jurisdiction."
Victims among relatives
Memettohti Tura (10194)
Supplementary materials photo (likely): https://shahit.biz/supp/9799_1.jpg
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9804. Memettohti Metniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222198004240271 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", "extremism" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memettohti Metniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提托合提·麦提尼亚孜).
Address: House No. 321, Area 2, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区2网格321号).
Household registration address: House No. 158, Group No. 3, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇阔纳协海尔村3组158号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (June 6, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
In its status update on him, the government report also mentions that he's "infected with religious extremist thinking".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
What may be his and his sister's hotpot restaurant (judging by a number of corroborating details in the document and the fact that many ex-detainees now work there): https://archive.vn/6rVUB
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"His relatives' performance is average. Memettohti Metniyaz is infected with religious extremist thinking, and the family is strongly religious. In addition to this, he has spent less than a year in the training center. Continue training."
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9805. Amangul Siraj
Chinese ID: 653222197010170260 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion, "extremism" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Amangul Siraj (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿曼古丽·斯拉吉).
Address: 210-03 North Qumluq Road, Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区库木鲁克北路210-3).
Household registration address: House No. 64, Group No. 4, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村4组64号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (October 17, 2017). 2) Released to work in the community.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Wearing a burqa. 2) Being "an untrustworthy person heavily affected by religious extremism".
Victim's status After being released, she has been working at the Rose Hotpot Restaurant (玫瑰火锅店) in front of Aixin Hospital.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
The business listing of the Rose Hotpot Restaurant: https://archive.vn/6rVUB
Victims among relatives
Nurbaqi Rozibaqi (9883), Buayshem Rozibaqi (9884), Turdibaqi Rozibaqi (9885), Turdibaqi Rozibaqi (9885), Nurbaqi Rozibaqi (9883), Buayshem Rozibaqi (9884), Turdibaqi Rozibaqi (9885)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9806. Hewizhan Ghappar
Chinese ID: 653222198011120286 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Hewizhan Ghappar (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾吾扎罕·阿帕尔).
Address: Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Released to work in the community.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
After being released, she has been working at the Rose Hotpot Restaurant (玫瑰火锅店) in front of Aixin Hospital.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
The business listing of the Rose Hotpot Restaurant: https://archive.vn/6rVUB
Victims among relatives
Ghappar Mahmut (9881), Alimjan Ghappar (9882)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9807. Gulbahar Letip
Chinese ID: 653221197609151529 (Hotan County)
Basic info
Age: 42 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Gulbahar Letip (potential Mandarin spelling: 古力巴哈尔·力提甫).
Address: Yuhua Community (玉华社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Participating in an "illegal" Tabligh event while being a state cadre.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9808. Adalethan Ehmet
Chinese ID: 653222196405010021 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 54 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Adalethan Ehmet (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿达莱提罕·艾合麦提).
Address: Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Applying for a passport. 2) Being a "flowback prevention person" (防回流人员) (having gone to Turkey).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
She suffers from breast cancer and high blood pressure. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Sharapet Ehmet (10345), Inayet Ehmet (10346)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9809. Nebijan Abdukerim
Chinese ID: 653222196603040299 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 53 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, related to religion, "violating birth policies" Health status: critical Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Nebijan Abdukerim (potential Mandarin spelling: 乃比江·阿卜敦克热木).
Address: 1 Communications Company Alley, North Qumluq Road, Mingzhu Community (明珠社区库木洛克北路联通公司巷1号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 2 or No. 4 or medical-area (医护) camp (records differ) on April 15, 2017. 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Going on a Hajj without a government-approved tour group three times and returning home through a third country. 2) "Enthusiastically" donating to mosques. 3) Having a deeply religious family. 4) Violating the family planning policy by having 2-3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy. Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
He has health issues, as some part of his "training" is marked as having taken place in a medical area, and as the local administration's report about him notes that he is seriously ill and "cannot take care of himself".
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Family is strongly religious. Nebijan Abdukerim went abroad three times to four 'focus' sensitive countries. The first time, he took a train from Beijing to Turkey in May 1990, and also went on a pilgrimage to Mecca (spending 40 days in total). The second time, he flew from Urumqi to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan for a pilgrimage (spending 40 days) in May 1991. The third time, he flew from Urumqi to Pakistan and Turkey in May 2001 (spending 30 days). In 2014, he donated 5000 yuan to a mosque in the Qaraqash Municipality. He has three children. There is a real threat. Continue training."
"Nebijan Abdukerim is seriously ill, he cannot take care of himself. Relatives' performance in the district of jurisdiction is quite good, and they actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. No real threat."
Victims among relatives
Abduqeyyum Nebijan (10021), Ablikim Abdukerim (10255), Abduhebir Nebijan (10256)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9811. Baqi Tursuntohti
Chinese ID: 653222196604090298 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 52 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Baqi Tursuntohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 巴柯·图尔荪托合提).
Address: No. 5, Alley 255, North Qumluq Road, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区库木鲁克北路255号巷5号).
Household registration address: House No. 94, Group No. 2, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村2组94号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 1 on September 7, 2017, where he would be kept in Class 17 on Floor 3. [The report also mentions him as being at the No. 2 camp - it's not clear if this is a typo or if he was at both camps.] 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Growing a long beard. 2) Having 3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy. Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Abdurahman Baqi (10072), Abdurehim Baqi (10097)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9814. Risalet Iminniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222197003040062 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 49 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Risalet Iminniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 热萨莱提·伊敏尼亚孜).
Address: Yuhua Community (玉华社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Participating in an "illegal" Tabligh event.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Her husband, Adiljan Abdukerim, is a teacher at the camp where she's being detained.
Victims among relatives
Adiljan Abdukerim (10359)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9815. Amine Jappar
Chinese ID: 653222197003230261 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, other, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: medicine
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Amine Jappar (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿米乃·加帕尔). She was a nurse at the Qaraqash County Aixin Hospital (墨玉县爱心医院).
Address: 2 Harmony Alley, Mingzhu Community (明珠社区和谐巷2号).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Qaraqash County.]
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (October 17, 2017). 2) Released from detention (January 23, 2019).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Visiting one of the "26 suspicious countries". 2) Having a "suspicious movement trajectory" after returning to China. 3) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Released from hard detention. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Family is strongly religious, their performance in the district of jurisdiction is average. There is a real threat. Before going to the training center, Amine Jappar provided many personal medical reports as a claim for being in poor health, but after a check-up it was clear that she did not have any serious illness. Amine Jappar has travelled to 'focus countries', overstaying her time there. Passport number: E61000375. She was in Saudi Arabia from 2016/05/10 to 2016/09/16 (128 days). She moved her household registration in order to apply for a passport. After coming back to Qaraqash, her behavior was suspicious. She was reported for wearing a long robe at the Aixin Hospital. During investigation, she claimed that her passport and wallet were stolen while she had been abroad and that she had had to work in a hospital there to earn money. Continue training."
Victims among relatives
Abdumilik Jappar (9812), Abduqadir Jappar (10121)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9816. Abduhapiz Jappar
Chinese ID: 653222197010160038 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s), "registration issues", "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduhapiz Jappar (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜卡皮孜·加帕尔).
Address: Apt. 202, Entrance No. 3, Building 4, 67 First Yushi Alley, West Yipbazar Road, Yuhua Community (玉华社区依普巴扎西路玉石一巷67号4栋3单元202室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (March 3, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) His wife wearing a veil. 2) Transferring his household registration from his village to a city. 3) Having 3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9817. Batur Rejep
Chinese ID: 653222197109100270 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 47 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|other, "problematic thoughts", "problematic" association Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Batur Rejep (potential Mandarin spelling: 巴图尔·热杰普). He's an orphan.
Address: House No. 137, Group No. 1, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality / Hope Community (喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村1组137号/希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (April 12, 2017). 2) Recommended for release to work in the community.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Exhibiting "irregular movement". 2) Having thinking that is "difficult to grasp". 3) Having a "complicated network of relationships".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released to work in the community [presumably forced]. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"None of the relatives were arrested or sent to training. No abnormalities were found. Recommended to transfer to work in society."
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9819. Abdujelil Kerimulla
Chinese ID: 653222197205200271 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 46 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|other, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Abdujelil Kerimulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜杰力力·开日木拉).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Taking drugs (previous detention). 2) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abdujelil Kerimulla was caught taking drugs in 2014. He was forced to go for rehabilitation from 2015/01/04 to 2017/01/02 at Kashgar's rehabilitation center. His younger brother, Abduhelil Kerimulla, was arrested in March 2018 for possession of illegal items, and is currently being held at the Qaraqash Detention Center. Family is strongly religious."
"None of the family members are in prison or training. No abnormalities were found. Recommended to transfer to work in the industrial area."
Victims among relatives
Abduhelil Kerimulla (9871), Salamet Memetimin (10304), Omer Abduhelil (10114), Abdulla Abduhelil (10305)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9820. Ehmet Rejep
Chinese ID: 653222197308140013 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 45 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ehmet Rejep (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾合麦提·热杰普).
Address: Apt. 1204, Entrance No. 1, Building 2, Chinibagh Neighborhood, Uzum Community (玉祖木社区其乃巴格小区2栋1单元1204).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (January 5, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being a "flowback prevention person" (防回流人员) (having gone to Dubai). 2) Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Both of his parents have severe health problems. His father has cataracts and glaucoma. His mother suffers from bronchitis, tuberculosis, and third-grade hypertension.
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Ehmet Rejep's wife and brother were sent to the training centers for going abroad. After the wife was investigated, no threat was found and she returned home in June 2018. After coming back, her behavior was quite good and she participated well in the community. Ehmet Rejep was sent to training for having been in close contact with people endangering state security. During the investigation, Ehmet Rejep provided a clear explanation of his IJOP marker, but was sent for training anyway. Ehmet Rejep violated the birth policy (having two additional children), but paid the fines voluntarily. Ehmet Rejep's relatives cooperate with the neighborhood administration and he recognizes his mistakes. However, it is recommended to continue training until the one year of training is up."
"Ehmet Rejep was sent to training because he lived and interacted with people who are a threat to public safety. He acknowledges the reason for his being sent to training. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Melike Eziz (10169), Turghun Rejep (10170)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9821. Tursunbaqi Qadir
Chinese ID: 653222197310060274 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 45 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tursunbaqi Qadir (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔荪巴柯·喀迪尔).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration, performance is good. There were no problems or violations when Tursunbaqi Qadir returned home for a break."
Victims among relatives
Abdukerim Abdurahman (10315)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9823. Oghulnisa Metniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222197501300023 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 44 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: forced job placement When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Oghulnisa Metniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 吾阿力妮萨·麦提尼亚孜).
Address: 11 First Jade Alley, West Yipbazar Road, Yuhua Community (玉华社区依甫巴扎西路玉石一巷11号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (March 11, 2018). 2) Released from detention (March 5, 2019). 3) Sent to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Working at an industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Hornisa Metniyaz's relatives have behaved well and have cooperated with the neighborhood administration. Hornisa has two children. She has been studying for less than a year. It is suggested to continue the training in order to improve her Mandarin."
"Decision: following the neighborhood administration's comprehensive analysis, there is a consistent opinion that her relatives' performance in our jurisdiction is good. They cooperate actively with the neighborhood administration. The person in question is currently in the industrial area. Trustworthy."
Victims among relatives
Ehmettohti Yasin (9935), Memetniyaz Tohti (10122), Sebiay Ehmettohti (10148), Nadire Ehmettohti (10149), Nazaket Ehmettohti (10150)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9824. Tohtiwaqi Baqi
Chinese ID: 653222197502102133 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 44 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tohtiwaqi Baqi (potential Mandarin spelling: 托合提瓦柯·巴柯).
Address: House No. 057, Beht Village, Manglay Township (芒来乡拜合提村057号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp on May 25, 2018. 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having grown a beard before the "strike hard" campaign.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Baqi Yusup (10228), Tursunbaqi Baqi (10229)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9825. Eli Nayip
Chinese ID: 653222197509060298 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 43 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Eli Nayip (potential Mandarin spellings: 艾力·纳伊普, 艾力·那一普).
Address: No. 17, Alley 106, Hehua Road, Jade River Community (玉河社区荷花路106巷17号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Eli Nayip's relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration and their performance is good. There were no problems or violations when Eli Nayip came back home for a break."
Victims among relatives
Memetemer Eziz (9978), Eziz Nuri (9880)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9826. Rebihan Subur
Chinese ID: 653222197601070288 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 43 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Rebihan Subur (potential Mandarin spelling: 热比汗·苏布尔).
Address: Yuhua Community (玉华社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Ilham Subur (10118)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9827. Ghojaabdulla Imin
Chinese ID: 653222197605010397 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 42 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|challenging authority, past "transgressions", other Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ghojaabdulla Imin (potential Mandarin spelling: 霍加阿卜杜拉·伊敏).
Address: Yipbazar Community (依普巴扎社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Submitting a petition "for no valid reason". 2) Having served a prison sentence. 3) Being a person from a "special group".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Ehmet Mehmut (10293)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9828. Abdujelil Abdukerim
Chinese ID: 653222197703080014 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdujelil Abdukerim (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杰力力·阿卜杜克热木).
Address: Yipbazar Community (依普巴扎社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9829. Emer Kamal (艾麦尔·佧马力)
Chinese ID: 653222197805130270 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: --- Status: sentenced When problems started: July 2018 - Sep. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2|3: Official court document, as used in court proceedings in the People's Republic of China.
About the victim
Emer Kamal had a private shish kebab business in Wuhan.
Address: House No. 100, Area 2, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区二片区100号).
Household registration address: House No. 18, Group No. 3, Towen Qapaqla Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇托万卡帕克拉村3组18号).
Victim's location
[Unclear, as sentenced.]
When victim was detained
He previously had trouble with the law while living in Wuhan, where he was involved in at least one group fight and was sentenced to 4 years in 2016 (after being detained in 2014) for "being in mafia gangs", "picking quarrels and provoking trouble", and "interfering with public administration". He was presumably released on September 15, 2018.
Less than a week later, on September 17/22, he was sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 or No. 4 camp [records differ]. He was later [presumably in early 2019] approved for release from camp.
However, despite his being marked as approved for release from camp in the Qaraqash List, a December 5, 2019 court document from a court in Wuhan notes that he is temporarily excused from completing a previous court-ordered payment of 5000RMB on the grounds of "currently serving his sentence". [As such, he has presumably been sentenced at some point in 2019, following time spent in camp.] Likely (or given) reason for detention
Taken to camp for having served a full "medium-level" sentence. It is not known what he was sentenced for afterwards.
Victim's status
Serving a prison sentence.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data regarding his camp detention come directly from a local government document. News of his recent sentence comes from an official court document.
Additional information
Court document from Wuhan (2019): https://www.shahit.biz/supp/wenshu/emerkamal1.pdf
Verdict for his original sentence in Wuhan: https://www.shahit.biz/supp/wenshu/emerkamal3.pdf
Another court document from Wuhan that mentions him [presumably it is the same person] taking part in a violent incident in the city in June 2009: https://www.shahit.biz/supp/wenshu/emerkamal2.pdf
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Emer Kamal's relatives' performance is average. Emer Kamal took part in a mafia organization in Wuhan. He is currently a threat."
"Relatives' performance is good. Graduate to community supervision."
Court verdict
Original: https://shahit.biz/supp/verori_43.pdf Translation: https://shahit.biz/supp/vertran_43.pdf Side-by-side: https://shahit.biz/verview.php?no=43
Victims among relatives
Memettohti Kamal (9784), Hesen Kamal (10215)
Supplementary materials judgment-enforcement record: https://shahit.biz/supp/9829_1.png limit-consumption order: https://shahit.biz/supp/9829_2.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2021-06-09 Latest status update: 2019-12-05 9830. Abduhebir Abdulla
Chinese ID: 653222197806010297 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 40 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduhebir Abdulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜海比尔·阿卜杜拉).
Address: 4 Nanhang Alley, Yuhua Community (玉华社区南航巷4号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp on August 4, 2017, where he was held under "normal supervision" (普管). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being a "flowback prevention person" (防回流人员). [someone who returned from abroad]
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9831. Memettursun Ghulam
Chinese ID: 653222197911240270 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 39 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memettursun Ghulam (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提图尔荪·吾拉木). In December 2013, he moved his household registration from the village to the city.
Address: 23 Zerger Alley, West Yipbazar Road, Bostan Community (波斯坦社区依普巴扎西路再盖尔巷23号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (October 27, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Hebir Ghulam (10022)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9832. Qasim Qahar
Chinese ID: 653222198003014117 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 39 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Qasim Qahar (potential Mandarin spelling: 佧斯麦·喀哈尔). He owned a small family business.
Address: Apt. 1002, Entrance No. 7, Jinyuhua Residence, Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区金玉华府7单元1002室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (May 27, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Has 12 relatives, none arrested or in training. No other problems besides violating the birth policy. Qasim Qadir has already spent over a year in training, and his thoughts have been transformed greatly. He admits his mistakes and expresses honest regret. Not a threat. He also has an elderly father. Qasim Qadir has a small family business, which is currently run by his wife, and his family is facing difficulties. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9833. Ebey Abdulla
Chinese ID: 65322219800605435X (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions", "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ebey Abdulla (potential Mandarin spellings: 艾拜·阿卜杜拉, 艾拜·阿不都拉).
Address: Apt. 203, Entrance No. 3, Building 1, West Yangguang Road, Second Area, Yipbazar Community (依甫巴扎社区第二网格阳光西路1栋3单元203).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (May 28, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Providing a "fake miscarriage document" after his wife gave birth at Hotan's Boai Hospital (博爱医院) in 2014. 2) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Mijit Abdulla (10227), Almigulhan Abdulla (10367)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9834. Abduheber Memetimin
Chinese ID: 653222198006134050 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", relative(s) Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduheber Memetimin (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜海拜尔·麦麦提伊敏).
Address: House No. 354, Helchaq Village, Qochi Township (艾勒恰克村354号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 22, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having 3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy. 2) Being a relative of a detained person.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Rejephan Seydi (10190)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9835. Memetekber Rozibaqi (麦麦提艾科拜尔·如则巴柯)
Chinese ID: 653222198009060018 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2018 - Sep. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2|3: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Memet'ekber Rozibaqi.
Address: Apt. 1402, Entrance No. 3, Jinhayu Residence, Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区金玉华府3单元1402室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (July 1, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Applying for a passport. 2) Having 3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
An Urumqi police record also notes that he used another person's registration to get a second-generation ID card (冒用他人户口办理二代证). (He had his phone checked in the city on July 30, 2017, and was added to the iTap database on the same day.) Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
A company in Qaraqash whose owner has the same name as the victim [possibly the same person]: https://archive.is/mVwiE
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Memet'ekber Rozibaqi has three children. Has applied for a passport. He did not go abroad and did not cause other problems. Memet'ekber Rozibaqi's thoughts have transformed. His family's performance is average, with one family member arrested and many relatives in training. Memet'ekber Rozibaqi can do better to admit his mistakes and express regrets for his previous attitudes. Continue training."
"Memet'ekber Rozibaqi's thoughts have been transformed greatly. He admits his mistakes and expresses serious regrets. Not a threat. His family also faces difficulties, and his father is old and ill. His younger brother is arrested, so there's no one who can take care of the family business. Graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Ekrem Rozibaqi (10161), Merigul Rozibekri (10162), Abdurahman Rozibekri (10163)
Supplementary materials judgment enforcement record: https://shahit.biz/supp/9835_1.png
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2021-06-01 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9836. Ablikim Ghojaabdulla
Chinese ID: 653222198011090275 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, "untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ablikim Ghojaabdulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜力克木·霍加阿卜杜拉).
Address: Bostan Community (波斯坦社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Applying for a passport. 2) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Abdulla Ghojaabdulla (9879)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9838. Sattar Ghappar
Chinese ID: 653222198604143336 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 32 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Sattar Ghappar (potential Mandarin spelling: 萨塔尔·阿帕尔). He owned a mooncake selling business.
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Applying for a passport (did not leave the country).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9839. Memetemer Ghojaabdulla
Chinese ID: 653222198704080010 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetemer Ghujaabdulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾麦尔·吾加阿卜杜拉).
Address: Apt. 401, Entrance No. 6, Building 2, 67 Yushi First Alley, West Yipbazar Road, Yuhua Community (玉华社区依甫巴扎西路玉石一巷67号2栋6单元401室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 25, 2018 / June 27, 2018 / August 2, 2018 [discrepancy in reported dates may be due to time spent in detention center between initial detention and formal transfer]). He is marked as having been kept under "normal supervision" (普管) there. 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being a "flowback prevention person" (防回流人员) (having gone to the U.A.E. for 7 days). 2) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Memet'emer Ghuja'abdulla's relatives have undergone great thought transformation. They recognize their mistakes and express honest regret. They actively participate in the community. However, Memet'emer Ghuja'abdulla has spent less than a year in training. Graduation is recommended after the full year in the training center is up."
"Graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Memetimin Ghojaabdulla (9966), Emer Imin (10222)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9840. Abdukerim Tursun
Chinese ID: 653222198707290056 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions", "untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Abdukerim Tursun (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜克热木·图尔荪).
Address: Apt. 502, Entrance No. 1, Building 2, Yangguang Neighborhood, Second Area, Yipbazar Community (依普巴扎社区第二网格阳光小区2栋1单元502室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 7, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having served a prison sentence for [reason redacted for privacy reasons] from 2006 to 2008. 2) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Relatives' behavior is average, continue training."
"Abdukerim Tursun's relatives' attitudes are stable. They actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Graduation approved."
Victims among relatives
Turdimemet Tursun (9980), Abdurahman Tursun (10191)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9841. Eziz Siraj
Chinese ID: 653222198710010270 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Eziz Siraj (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾则孜·斯拉吉).
Address: 212-2 North Qumluq Road, Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区库木鲁克北路212-2号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp on May 1, 2018, where he was kept under "normal supervision" (普管). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Has spent less than a year in training. Graduate after the full year is complete."
"Thoughts have undergone a great transformation. He has admitted his mistakes and has expressed regrets. Does not appear to be a threat. It is recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Memeteli Eziz (10172), Turdimemet Rozi (10173)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9842. Abduhelil Hebir
Chinese ID: 653222199005080294 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduhelil Hebir (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜合力力·海比尔).
Address: Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (June 10, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
The victim was flagged by the IJOP platform.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Supplementary materials judgment enforcement record (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/9842_1.png judgment enforcement record (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/9842_2.png judgment enforcement record (3): https://shahit.biz/supp/9842_3.png
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9843. Tursunbaqi Tohtiniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222199108070275 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 27 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", phone/computer, relative(s) Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tursunbaqi Tohtiniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔荪巴柯·托合提尼亚孜).
Address: 154 North Yinhe Road, Bostan Community (博斯坦社区银河北路154号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (July 2017 / March 13, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s". 2) Using the Zapya filesharing application. 3) Being related to a detainee. 4) Having 3 more children than allowed by the birth policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"He has violated the birth policy (3 additional children). Has complicated family relationships. Continue training."
Victims among relatives
Tohtiniyaz Ehmetniyaz (9898), Tohtibaqi Tohtiniyaz (10028)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9844. Hebir Abduqadir
Chinese ID: 653222199112070294 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 27 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Hebir Abduqadir (potential Mandarin spellings: 海比尔·阿卜杜喀迪尔, 海比尔·阿布都卡迪尔).
Address: 54 Hehua Road, Jade River Community (玉河社区荷花路54号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 28, 2018). 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"His family is categorized as 'impoverished'. Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration, their performance is good. There were no problems or violations when Hebir Abduqadir came back home for a break. However, Hebir Abduqadir has spent less than a year in training. Therefore, it is advised to graduate after the year is up."
"Graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9845. Abdurusul Erkin
Chinese ID: 653222199209230012 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 26 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Abdurusul Erkin (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜如苏力·艾尔肯).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (October 21, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abdurusul Erkin is an unreliable person born in the 1990s. None of his relatives are arrested or in training. They actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration and behave well. Abdurusul Erkin is not very religious. graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9846. Adil Ababekri
Chinese ID: 653222199303120274 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 25 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Adil Ababekri (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿迪力·阿巴拜科日).
Residential address: House No. 13, Area 2, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区2网格13号).
Registered address: House No. 438, Kudung Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇库冬村438号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 8, 2017). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served a 1.5-year sentence in prison for [reason redacted for privacy reasons].
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Adil Ababekri and his brother look very much alike. When Adil Ababekri had to go to the training center, he asked his brother to go in his place. Adil Ababekri is a threat. Continue training."
"Adil Ababekri's relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Recommended to graduate to work in the industrial area."
Victims among relatives
Seypidin Ababekri (10101), Ababekri Mehmut (10164)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9847. Hebibulla Abdukerim (艾比布拉·阿卜杜克热木)
Chinese ID: 653222199304060277 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 25 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: before 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions", "endangering state security" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2|3: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Hebibulla Abdukerim.
Address: 48 Jixiang Ninth Alley, Shatliq Road, Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区夏特勒克路吉祥九号巷48号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sentenced to prison (2014). 2) Released from detention (June 2016). 3) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 3 camp (April 9, 2017). 4) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being an "endangering-security person having served a prison sentence" (危安类刑满释放人员).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
The victim is part of a WASFRY [presumably short for 危安释放人员, "endangering-security released persons"] police list, which marks him as being added to the iTap database on July 27, 2017.
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Hebibulla Abdukerim was sent to prison for two years in 2014 for possessing illegal religious materials. Released in June 2016. He can do better to admit his mistakes and express regret. Recommended to continue training."
"Hebibulla Abdukerim's thinking has changed greatly. Relatives' behavior is good. They admit their mistakes and express regret. No other illegal activity noted. Recommended to graduate to work in the industrial area."
Victims among relatives
Abdulla Abdukerim (10364)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2021-07-11 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9848. Abduqahar Memetimin
Chinese ID: 653222199506100273 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 23 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduqahar Memetimin (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜咯合热·麦麦提敏).
Address: No. 64-2, Alley 18, North Outer Ring Road, Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区外环北路18巷64-2号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 25, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9849. Ablet Ghappar
Chinese ID: 653222199509300270 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 23 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ablet Ghappar (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿不来提·阿帕尔).
Address: No. 8, Jixiang Alley 17, North Chinibagh Road, Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区其乃巴格北路吉祥17巷8号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (February 8, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Ablet Ghappar hasn't spent the full year in training. Recommended to graduate after the full year has been completed."
"The family members' thoughts have undergone a great transformation. They admit their mistakes and express regret. Ablet Ghappar is not a threat. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Mutellip Ghappar (9853), Memeteli Ghappar (9854)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9850. Abdusalam Abduwaqi
Chinese ID: 653222199605150276 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 22 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdusalam Abduwaqi (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜萨拉木·阿卜杜瓦柯).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 1 or No. 2 camp (records differ) (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9870. Qedirdin Rozimemet
Chinese ID: 653222197802102119 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Qedirdin Rozimemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 凯迪尔丁·如则麦麦提).
Address: Manglay Township (芒来乡).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Qaraqash County.]
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (October 2017). 2) Released from detention (January 19, 2019).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear.
The victim was flagged by the IJOP platform.
Victim's status
Released from hard detention.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Rozimemet Elyar (9869), Merdan Rozimemet (9952), Memeteli Abdulla (10292)
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9887. Ablimit Abdurahman
Chinese ID: 650102198509206219 (Urumqi)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|other Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ablimit Abdurahman (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜力米提·阿卜杜热合曼).
Address: Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (February 2, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Moving to Urumqi without authorization from his locale.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Ablimit Abdurahman didn't ask for a leave and went to Urumqi without authorization. His thoughts have undergone a great transformation. He admits his mistakes and expresses serious regret. Not a threat. Agreed to graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-08-13 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9889. Memetabla Nurmemet
Chinese ID: 650104198105061677 (Urumqi)
Basic info
Age: 37 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetabla Nurmemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提阿卜拉·努尔麦麦提).
Address: Apt. 202, Entrance No. 2, Building 2, Yangguang Neighborhood (阳光小区2栋2单元202号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 21, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9890. Nurmemet Rozimemet
Chinese ID: 653221197904011537 (Hotan County)
Basic info
Age: 39 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Nurmemet Rozimemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 努尔麦麦提·如则麦麦提).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Aminehan Ehmetniyaz (9972)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9891. Yusup Tursunniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222195408280014 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 64 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"two-faced" Health status: critical Profession: government
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Yusup Tursunniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 玉苏普·图尔荪尼亚孜). He was a government official.
Address: No. 73, 243th Alley, North Qumluq Road, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区库木鲁克北路243号巷73号).
Household registration address: No. 309, Telpek Alley 4, North Qumluq Road (库木鲁克北路太力帕克四巷309号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 3 camp (April 14, 2018 / March 18, 2018 [discrepancy in reported dates may be due to time spent in detention center between initial detention and formal transfer]). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as a "two-faced" official.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
He has severe heart disease, high blood pressure, and prostate problems. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Yusup Tursunniyaz's daughters would cover their faces in 2014-2015. Despite being an official, Yusup Tursunniyaz provided his children with a poor education and a lack of supervision. In addition to this, his eldest son, Memet'imin Yusup, violated the birth policy and has 8 children. He also did not report the last two children and has not paid the fines. Memet'imin Yusup also participated in the 'Islamic Awakening Party' (伊斯兰觉醒党) in 1997, and officials found explosive equipment, prepared for arranging sabotaging activities. Yusup Tursunniyaz did not report any of this, severely impacting public officials' work. Yusup Tursunniyaz's family is clearly anti-Chinese. When officials tried to enter their house, they blocked the entrance. The family is strongly religious. Yusup Tursunniyaz is a threat."
"Eldest son was sentenced to 12 years in prison in February 2018 for having participated in the 'Islamic Renaissance Party'."
"Yusup Tursunniyaz was sent to the No. 4 training center on 2018/03/18 for being a 'two-faced' cadre. He has severe heart disease, high blood pressure, and prostate problems, and is 65 years old. He is old and weak. No real threat. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Helchem Yusup (9983), Memetimin Yusup (10252)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9892. Mettohti Ibrahim
Chinese ID: 653222195503070357 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 64 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Mettohti Ibrahim (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦提托合提·伊卜拉伊木).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Going on a Hajj without a government-approved tour group.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9893. Metniyaz Jume
Chinese ID: 653222195604130312 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 62 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"extremism", "violating birth policies" Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Metniyaz Jume (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦提尼亚孜·居麦).
Address: Yengisheher Village (英协海尔村).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 3 camp (July 1, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being influenced by "extremist thinking". 2) Having more children than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
He suffers from high blood pressure, bronchitis, and heart disease. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Has 9 relatives, none arrested or in training, 7 live in the district of jurisdiction (2 deceased). None of them are problematic. Metniyaz Jume's family have cooperated with the neighborhood administration after his being sent to training. Their attitude is stable, no threat present. Metniyaz Jume has high blood pressure, bronchitis, heart disease, and is already quite old. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9894. Tursunjan Iminniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222195810130292 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 60 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tursunjan Iminniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔荪江·伊敏尼亚孜).
Address: Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Going on a Hajj without a government-approved tour group.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9895. Memetemer Ismayil
Chinese ID: 653222196204060276 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 56 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetemer Ismayil (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾麦尔·伊斯马伊力).
Address: Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Going on a Hajj without a government-approved tour group. 2) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Abdurazaq Memetemer (10071), Abdulla Ismayil (10336)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9896. Ehmet Emerjan
Chinese ID: 653222196205160017 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 56 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion, other, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ehmet Emerjan (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾合麦提·艾米热江).
Address: Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Growing a beard. 2) Wearing shorts. 3) Having "wahhabite thinking". 4) Having 3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Memetimin Emer (10339)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9897. Tursunjan Rozi
Chinese ID: 653222196303100034 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tursunjan Rozi (potential Mandarin spelling: 吐荪江·如孜).
Address: Yuhua Community (玉华社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 3 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being a person of "average trustworthiness" who had served a full sentence.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9898. Tohtiniyaz Ehmetniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222196308180272 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tohtiniyaz Ehmetniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 托合提尼亚孜·艾合麦提尼亚孜).
Address: Bostan Community (波斯坦社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy. 2) Going on a Hajj tour in 2016 (for which he had applied for). 3) Applying for a passport.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Tursunbaqi Tohtiniyaz (9843), Tohtibaqi Tohtiniyaz (10028)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9899. Memetjan Memetimin
Chinese ID: 653222196309080011 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion, related to going abroad, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetjan Memetimin (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提江·麦麦提敏).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 3 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Growing a long beard. 2) Applying for a passport. 3) Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9900. Tursunnisa Sayit
Chinese ID: 653222196401290265 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 55 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Tursunnisa Sayit (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔荪妮萨·萨依提).
Address: No. 17-02, 10th Jixiang Alley, North Qumluq Road, Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区库木鲁克北路吉祥).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (April 10, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being a person of "average trustworthiness" who had served 12 years in prison for [reason redacted for privacy reasons].
The Urumqi police records confirm that she is marked as a person suspected for [reason redacted for privacy reasons].
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. She suffers from high blood pressure and heart disease.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Has 8 relatives, 3 deceased and 5 in the district of jurisdiction. None are arrested or in training. Previously sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2005 for [reason redacted for privacy reasons]. Sent to training after release. Her family cooperate with the neighborhood administration, attitudes stable, not a threat. Tursunnisa Sayit has high blood pressure and heart disease. Agreed to graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9901. Enwer Memettursun
Chinese ID: 65322219650227001X (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 54 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions", "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Enwer Memettursun (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾尼瓦尔·麦麦提图尔荪).
Address: Yuhua Community (玉华社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having served a prison sentence. 2) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Nijat Enwer (10054)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9903. Tursuntohti Imin
Chinese ID: 653222196601100171 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 53 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tursuntohti Imin (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔荪托合提·伊敏).
Address: Uzum Community (玉祖木社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being a person of "average trustworthiness" who had served a full sentence.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9904. Tursuntohti Turdi
Chinese ID: 653222196602010338 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 53 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s), "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tursuntohti Turdi (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔荪托合提·图尔迪).
Address: Apt. 502, Entrance No. 4, Building 2, Yuhua Neighborhood, Yuhua Community (玉华社区玉华小区2栋4单元502室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (May 23, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) His wife, Sayipjamal Abdureshit, having worn a headscarf for a period of 5 months in 2013. 2) Having 4 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Sayipjamal Abdureshit (10120), Abduwaris Tursuntohti (10151), Abdusalam Tursuntohti (10152)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9905. Abduhaliq Qadir
Chinese ID: 653222196703010273 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 52 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduhaliq Qadir (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜哈力克·喀迪尔).
Address: No. 19, Alley 132, North Chinibagh Road, Jade River Community (玉河社区其乃巴格北路132巷平房19号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 1, No. 3, or No. 4 camp (records differ) (March 13, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Violating the family planning policy by having 1-2 more children than allowed. 2) Growing a long beard.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"One relative is in training. Abduhaliq Qadir is over 50 years old, his wife is seriously ill and hospitalized. Agreed to graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Tursunnisa Nasir (9858), Eziz Qadir (10249)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9906. Nurmemet Emer
Chinese ID: 65322219680401373X (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 50 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Nurmemet Emer (potential Mandarin spelling: 努尔麦麦提·艾麦尔).
Address: Bostan Community (波斯坦社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Abduqeyyum Nurmemet (10314)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9907. Mehmut Iminniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222196810074598 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 50 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"extremism", related to religion, relative(s) Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Mehmut Iminniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦合木提·伊敏尼亚孜).
Address: Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 21, 2017). 2) Either approved for release or recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area (records differ).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being influenced by "extremist thinking". 2) Having grown a beard. 3) Being a relative of people detained before the "strike hard" campaign. 4) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released or transferred to work in an industrial area (records differ). How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Mirehmet Iminniyaz (9873), Rozimemet Iminniyaz (10299)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9908. Atikem Memetqurban
Chinese ID: 653222196907090287 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 49 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, related to religion, "violating birth policies" Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Atikem Memetqurban (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿提开姆·麦麦提库尔班).
Address: House No. 72, Group No. 3, Hope Community (希望社区3组72号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (March 10, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Applying for a passport. 2) Having worn a scarf before the "strike hard" campaign. 3) Having 2-3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
She has a disability and suffers from heart disease. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Relatives have been cooperating with the neighborhood administration since Atikem Memetqurban being sent to training. Their attitudes are stable, no real threat. Atikem Memetqurban suffers from heart disease. She is old and disabled. Even though she has spent less than a year in training, it is recommended that she be graduated to community supervision. No strict targets will be set from now onwards."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9909. Qemernisa Ghujiwul
Chinese ID: 653222196912100283 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 49 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Qemernisa Ghujiwul (potential Mandarin spelling: 凯麦尔泥沙·吾吉乌力).
Address: Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having worn a scarf before the "strike hard" campaign.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Ablet Ghujiwul (10342)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9910. Melike Mettohti
Chinese ID: 653222197003200329 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: before 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion, related to going abroad, relative(s) Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Melike Mettohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦丽开·麦提托合提).
Address: House No. 187, Group No. 2, Yuhua Community (玉华社区2组187号).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Qaraqash County.]
When victim was detained
1) Sent to camp (June 2016). 2) Released from detention (October 2016). 3) Sent to camp (December 2016). 4) Released from detention (April 7, 2017). 5) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (April 11, 2017 / April 4, 2017). 6) Released from detention (January 23, 2019).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having "obstinately worn a veil". 2) Having a "deeply religious family". 3) Going on a Hajj twice. 4) Being a relative of a person who "escaped abroad" (her husband lives in Turkey).
The report mentions that Melike was very adamant about wearing a veil, saying to officials that she had rhinitis and had to wear it, even refusing to leave her house so that she could wear it at home. She stopped wearing it in 2016.
Victim's status
Released from hard detention.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Family is strongly religious. Melike Mettohti would cover her face from 2002 to 2014. From 2014 to January 2016, she claimed that she did so because of rhinitis. She only stopped covering her face in January 2016, and was one of the last women doing so in the community. Her husband left for Turkey in February 2016 and has remained there until now. He is suspected of being involved in terrorist organizations. Melike Mettohti left the country twice to go on a pilgrimage. The first time, she went to Saudi Arabia on 1994/07/08 (staying for 45 days). The second time she went to Saudi Arabia on 2002/07/08 (staying for 45 days). Presents a definite threat. Continue training."
Victims among relatives
Ehmetjan Enwer (9790), Abduleziz Mijit (10034), Memetemer Mehsut (9866), Memetimin Mettohti (10261), Ekber Enwer (10363)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9911. Ablajan Ehmet
Chinese ID: 653222197004204313 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ablajan Ehmet (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜拉江·艾合麦提).
Address: No. 70, Alley 300, North Chinibagh Road, Uzum Community (玉祖木社区其乃巴格北路300号巷70号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (October 4, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Ablajan Ehmet's thinking is quite difficult, has a strong religious mindset. The short-term training can hardly change anything. Recommended to continue training."
"Ablajan Ehmet's family's thoughts have undergone a great transformation. They recognize their mistakes and express regret. They've actively participated in various activities in the community. There is no real threat. Recommended to graduate."
Victims among relatives
Memetabdulla Ehmet (10242), Elwan Ehmet (10243)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9912. Mettursun Abdukerim
Chinese ID: 653222197006080617 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Mettursun Abdukerim (potential Mandarin spelling: 买提图尔荪·阿布迪可日木).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Violating the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9913. Memetniyaz Nurmemet
Chinese ID: 653222197007090278 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetniyaz Nurmemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提尼亚孜·努尔麦麦提).
Address: No. 18, Alley 251, Bostan North Road (波斯坦北路251号巷18号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (August 6, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Participating in "illegal religious activities" before the "strike hard" campaign.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Memetniyaz Nurmemet's relatives actively cooperate with the community and their performance is good. Their thoughts have undergone a great transformation. However, Memetniyaz Nurmemet has spent less than a year in training. Graduation recommended after the full year. Continue training."
"Approved for graduation to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9914. Rozimemet Turdi
Chinese ID: 653222197007154059 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Rozimemet Turdi (potential Mandarin spelling: 如则麦麦提·图尔迪).
Address: No. 23, Alley 241, North Bostan Road (波斯坦街道波斯坦北路241号巷23号).
Household registration address: House No. 086, Dong'eriq Village, Jahanbagh Township (新疆墨玉县墩艾日克村086号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 1 or No. 4 camp (records differ) (May 22, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 4 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Hebir Rejep (9777), Ablimit Rejep (10205), Abliz Rejep (10204)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9916. Qurban Imin
Chinese ID: 653222197007204677 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion, relative(s), "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Qurban Imin (potential Mandarin spellings: 库尔班·依明, 库尔班·伊敏).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (April 3, 2017). 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Growing a beard. 2) His wife wearing a veil before the "strike hard" campaign. 3) Having 8 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. He is reported as being watched by the authorities and under strict supervision (严管).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Qurban Imin violated the birth policy (8 additional children). His family situation is complicated, with many relatives sent to training. Qurban Imin is extremely religious. Continue training."
"His relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration, their performance is good. There were no problems when Qurban Imin returned home for a break."
"Approved."
Victims among relatives
Abdurehim Qurban (10115), Ablikim Qurban (9798), Jumeniyaz Mahmut (9934), Dilnur Qurban (10174), Ibrahim Qurban (10175), Mutteqi Qurban (10176), Eseydulla Qurban (10177), Abdulla Qurban (10178), Meghpiret Qurban (10179)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9917. Tursuntohti Abduqari
Chinese ID: 653222197102174138 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"extremism" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tursuntohti Abduqari (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔荪托合提·阿卜杜喀日).
Address: Yuhua Community (玉华社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being "slightly infected with religious extremist thought".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9918. Memetniyaz Iminniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222197108070612 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 47 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetniyaz Iminniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提尼亚孜·伊敏尼亚孜).
Address: Yipbazar Community (依普巴扎社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9919. Qurban Abdukerim
Chinese ID: 653222197201154036 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 47 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Qurban Abdukerim (potential Mandarin spelling: 库尔班·阿卜杜克热木).
Address: No. 34, Area 1, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区一网格34号).
Household registration address: House No. 511, Bash Qazaq Village, Qochi Township (阔其乡巴什哈萨克村511号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 22, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Qurban Abdukerim violated the birth policy and was sent to the No. 2 training center on 2017/05/22. His relatives do not actively cooperate with the community and show a resentful attitude. Their performance is average. Continue training."
"None of the relatives are arrested or sent to training. Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration and come to communal activities on time. Qurban Abdukerim is not dangerous."
"During a short return to the district of jurisdiction, Qurban Abdukerim actively cooperated with the neighborhood administration and displayed good performance. Recommended to graduate to the district of jurisdiction."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9920. Ablet Abdulla
Chinese ID: 653222197204280011 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 46 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ablet Abdulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿不来提·阿卜杜拉).
Address: 03 Kunchi 5th Alley, North Qumluq Road, Fourth Area, Yipbazar Community (依甫巴扎社区第四网格库木鲁克北路昆其五巷03号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 28, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being classified as a "backflow prevention person" (防回流人员) (having gone abroad). 2) Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Relatives' attitudes are stable. Ablet Abdulla's wife is a public servant and actively cooperates with the neighborhood administration. However, he has spent less than a year in training. It is recommended to graduate him after the full year."
"No real threat. Agreed to allow him to return to place of origin."
Victims among relatives
Ablimit Abdulla (10158), Patigul Mettohti (10358)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9922. Rozimemet Mettursun
Chinese ID: 653222197210130036 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 46 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Rozimemet Mettursun (potential Mandarin spelling: 如则麦麦提·麦图尔荪).
Address: 66 Yushi First Alley, Yuhua Community (玉华社区玉石一巷66号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 8, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 4 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"His thoughts have undergone a great transformation. He admits his mistakes and expresses honest regret. No real threat. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9923. Obul Eziz
Chinese ID: 653222197301220272 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 46 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Obul Eziz (potential Mandarin spelling: 奥布力·艾则孜).
Address: Bostan Community (波斯坦社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (October 27, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9924. Memetniyaz Memet
Chinese ID: 653222197304090290 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 45 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetniyaz Memet (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提尼亚孜·麦麦提).
Address: No. 159 Shatliq Road (夏特勒克路159号).
Household registration address: No. 399, Dushenbe Bazar, Qaraqash Municipality (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇都先巴扎村399号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Ibrahim Memetniyaz (10313)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9925. Tursun Qasim
Chinese ID: 653222197304090311 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 45 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tursun Qasim (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔荪·喀斯木).
Address: House No. 325, Group No. 5, Konasheher (阔纳协海尔5组325号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (May 28, 2017). 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
"Completely disregarding the family planning policy by having more than 5 children over the allowed limit".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration, their performance is good. There were no problems or violations when Tursun Qasim came back home for a break. Recommended to leave training and graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9927. Tursunnisa Ehmet
Chinese ID: 65322219730526028X (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 45 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tursunnisa Ehmet (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔孙妮萨·艾合买提).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 22, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Wearing a veil. 2) Coming from a "deeply religious family".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9928. Heber Hapiz
Chinese ID: 653222197306030312 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 45 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", related to religion, "problematic" literature Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Heber Hapiz (potential Mandarin spellings: 海比尔·阿皮孜, 艾拜尔·阿皮孜).
Address: No. 365, Alley 255, North Qumluq Road (库木鲁克北路255号巷365).
Household registration address: House No. 3-115, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash County (新疆墨玉县英协海尔村3号附115号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (May 22, 2017 / May 28, 2017 [discrepancy in reported dates may be due to time spent in detention center between initial detention and formal transfer]). 2) Either approved for release or recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area (records differ).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having 1 [or 4, reports differ] child(ren) more than allowed by the family planning policy. 2) Possessing "illegal religious materials".
Victim's status Still in camp, but likely to be released or transferred to work in an industrial area (records differ).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Heber Hapiz violated the birth policy and had forbidden books at home. His family's performance is rather good, they actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. The family is not very religious. Heber Hapiz is not a threat. Recommended to graduate to community supervision after the full year of training."
"Recommended to graduate for work in the industrial area."
The report also mentions that his results at camp have been poor: he took the standardized exam twice, scoring 51 and 57, and could only read 27 characters (地区统考成绩为：51分，57分，识字数29字). At one point, his family was also noted as bearing some "rebellious sentiment" towards community work.
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9929. Abduehet Yusup
Chinese ID: 653222197309220015 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 46 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", "extremism" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: China Daily, an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and published in the People's Republic of China.
About the victim
Abduehet Yusup (potential Mandarin spellings: 阿卜杜艾海提·玉苏普, 阿不都艾海提·玉素普).
Address: 109 Yangguang Alley, Yipbazar West Road (依甫巴扎西路阳光巷109号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp on December 10, 2017.
According to the China Daily, he was released on March 18, 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
According to the government document, for having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
The China Daily video of him says that he was "infected with religious extremism" and "committed minor offenses", however.
Victim's status Presumably released from camp, but exact circumstances unclear (in the China Daily video report, he claims to run a small company).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The base data come directly from a local government document.
China Daily had the victim go on camera directly for their report [but it's not clear how genuine this is].
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Radio Free Asia's coverage of China Daily's report: https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/qaraqash-hejjetliri-02242020222336.html
The Qaraqash list document also notes that his wife is a civil worker.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://shahit.biz/supp/9929_1.mp4
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-09-06 Latest status update: 2020-02-23 9930. Erkinjan Bekri
Chinese ID: 653222197401080019 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 45 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s) Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Erkinjan Bekri, also referred to as Erkin Ababekri (potential Mandarin spellings: 艾尔肯江·巴克尔, 艾尔肯·阿巴拜科日). He does not have a stable job.
Address: No. 4-3-102, 67 Yushi First Alley, Yipbazar West Road, Yuhua Community (玉华社区依普巴扎西路玉石一巷67号4-3-102).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 1 or No. 4 camp (records differ) (May 19, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being a relative of a person having "escaped" abroad. (His brother, Mutellip Ababekri, lives in Turkey.)
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Family is strongly religious. Erkin Ababekri's brother, Mutellip Ababekri (穆太力普·阿巴拜科), went to Turkey in January 2016 and has not returned. Erkin Ababekri has spent less than a year in training. Recommended to graduate after finishing the training."
"Erkin Ababekri's wife returned home. Attitude is stable. His relatives' performance in the district of jurisdiction is quite good, they actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. No real threat. Agreed to let him return home to see his family."
The person who compiled Erkin's entry has mistakenly included part of what appears to be Erkin's letter to the authorities: "After a routine family argument, my wife, Nuriman Nurmemet, went back to her parents' place. I haven't seen her once since starting my training on May 19, 2018. We have children, and I really wish for the two of us to live as a family. Therefore, I hope that the relevant authorities can help me resolve this issue. My wife's name is Nuriman Nurmemet, her address is..." (我和妻子努尔曼·努尔麦麦提为了琐碎小事闹矛盾她回娘家，我2018年5月19日参加培训以来一次也没有见面 ，我们有孩子，我很愿意和她成家，所以希望相关部门帮我解决困难，妻子叫努尔曼努尔麦麦提，家庭地··） .
---
An "Emirzhan Bakir", a "student" at the No. 4 camp, is mentioned in a report by Kazinform (https://archive.vn/XiCzP). It's not impossible that this is the same person with a slightly corrupted name spelling.
Victims among relatives
Abdueli Ababekri (9801), Abduweli Ababekri (9802), Helil Ababekri (9865), Omerjan Ababekri (10018)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9931. Bultaji Barat (布丽提吉·巴拉提)
Chinese ID: 653222197401134822 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 46 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions", "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: China Daily, an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and published in the People's Republic of China.
About the victim
Bultaji Barat is married and is a mother of seven.
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having served a full "medium-level" sentence. 2) Having 4 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Presumably no longer in camp. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The base data comes directly from a local government document.
For their report, China Daily put the victim directly on camera [though it's not clear how genuine this was].
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Radio Free Asia's coverage of China Daily's report: https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/qaraqash-hejjetliri-02242020222336.html
Supplementary materials
Testimony 2: https://shahit.biz/supp/9931_1.mp4
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-09-06 Latest status update: 2020-02-23 9933. Osman Metniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222197403180291 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 44 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Osman Metniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 奥斯曼·麦提尼亚孜).
Address: No. 5, Alley 62, Hehua Road, Jade River Community (玉河社区荷花路62巷5号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 19, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Osman Metniyaz has spent less than a year in the training camp. Graduate after the year is up."
"Osman Metniyaz violated the birth policy. None of the relatives are arrested or in training. Their behavior in the district of jurisdiction is good, they actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Osman Metniyaz is not a threat. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9935. Ehmettohti Yasin
Chinese ID: 653222197501100013 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 44 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: before 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", related to going abroad, past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Ehmettohti Yasin (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾合麦提托合提·亚森).
Address: 11 Yushi First Alley, West Yipbazar Road, Yuhua Community / 79 Yushi First Alley, Yuhua Community (玉华社区依甫巴扎西路玉石一巷11号/玉华社区玉石一巷79号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
Previously detained during the time of the July 5 incident (in 2009).
More recently, he was originally sent to camp by authorities in Urumqi, but was then transferred to a camp in Qaraqash County on August 1, 2018. It is not clear which camp in Qaraqash he was held at, as some records note that he was transferred to the No. 3 camp from Urumqi, while others list him as being at the No. 2 camp.
He was later approved for release [presumably in early 2019, as this appears to be the approximate date of the Qaraqash List].
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported: 1) Having 1-2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy. 2) Applying for a passport (did not leave the country).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Oghulnisa Metniyaz (9823), Memetniyaz Tohti (10122), Sebiay Ehmettohti (10148), Nadire Ehmettohti (10149), Nazaket Ehmettohti (10150)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2021-05-25 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9936. Eziz Abdulla
Chinese ID: 653222197502100314 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 44 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Eziz Abdulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾则孜·阿卜杜拉).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9937. Tursunjan Memetimin
Chinese ID: 653222197504060299 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 43 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|other, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tursunjan Memetimin (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔荪江·麦麦提敏).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the (Area 12) Qaraqash No. 1 camp in June 2017. 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Drug use. 2) Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration, their performance is good. There were no problems or violations when Tursunjan Memet'imin came back home for a break."
Victims among relatives
Memetjan Memetimin (9982), Ablet Memetimin (10240)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9938. Weli Yasin
Chinese ID: 653222197505170019 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 43 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, other, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Weli Yasin (potential Mandarin spelling: 外力·亚森).
Address: 3 Aixin Alley, Beht Road, Bostan Community (波斯坦社区百合提路爱心巷3号).
Chinese passport number: E45618645.
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 1 or No. 3 camp (records differ) (July 5, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Visiting one of the "26 suspicious countries". 2) Having a "suspicious movement trajectory" after returning to China. 3) Having 3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Weli Yasin visited one of the 26 focus countries (Kyrgyzstan). On 2014/08/04, he went to Bishkek and got married with a foreigner. His wife's name: Nurjamal Yunusova. On 2015/05/25, he went to visit his wife again, returning on 2015/05/24 [likely error, possibly 2015/06/24]. They divorced in December 2016. He has violated the birth policy, has three children. His older brother has been arrested. Recommended to continue training, requires armed supervision."
"Agreed to graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Obulqasim Yasin (10245)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9939. Abduhelil Abliz
Chinese ID: 653222197505250297 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 43 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduhelil Abliz (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜合力力·阿卜力孜).
Address: No. 18, Alley 251, North Bostan Road (波斯坦街道波斯坦北路251号巷18号).
Household registration address: House No. 199, Group No. 1, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村1组199号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (March 17, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9941. Jume Iminniyaz
Chinese ID: 65322219750703001X (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 43 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Jume Iminniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 居麦·伊敏尼亚孜).
Address: Yuhua Community (玉华社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Applying for a passport (did not leave the country). 2) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9942. Ehmettohti Rahman
Chinese ID: 653222197507060294 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 43 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ehmettohti Rahman (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾合麦提托合提·热合曼).
Address: No. 32, Alley 62, Hehua Road, Jade River Community (玉河社区荷花路62巷32号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 28, 2018). 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration, their performance is good. There were no problems or violations when Ehmettohti Rahman came back home for a break. However, Ehmettohti Rahman has spent less than a year in training. Recommended to graduate after the full year."
"His son Malik Ehmettohti has lymphoma, there are difficulties at home. Recommended to stop training and transfer to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9943. Memetabdulla Berdi
Chinese ID: 653222197509040297 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 43 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s), "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Memetabdulla Berdi (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提阿卜杜拉·拜迪).
Address: Yipbazar Community (依普巴扎社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Released to work in the community.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) His wife wearing a veil before the "strike hard" campaign. 2) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
After being released, he has been working at the Rose Hotpot Restaurant (玫瑰火锅店) in front of Aixin Hospital. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
The business listing of the Rose Hotpot Restaurant: https://archive.vn/6rVUB
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9944. Bekri Jelil
Chinese ID: 653222197509080299 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 43 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Bekri Jelil (potential Mandarin spelling: 巴克尔·杰力力).
Address: No. 27, Alley 241, North Bostan Road (波斯坦北路241号巷27号).
Household registration address: House No. 27, Group No. 5, Dushenbe Bazar Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇都先巴扎村5组27号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 22, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Bekri Jelil should be under armed supervision. His relatives' performance is average, exam scores on the country's legal system and Mandarin Chinese were low. Bekri Jelil's thoughts have not undergone much of a transformation."
"After briefly returning to the district of jurisdiction, Bekri Jelil actively cooperated with the neighborhood administration and his performance was good. Recommended to graduate to the district of jurisdiction."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9945. Memet Yunus (麦麦提·尤努斯)
Chinese ID: 65322219760702029X (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 43 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Memet Yunus, a former camp detainee from Qaraqash County. (the victim)
About the victim
Memet Yunus.
Address: 20 Communications Company Alley, West Yipbazar Road (依甫巴扎西路联通公司巷20号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
He was sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp on May 21, 2017. In early 2019, he was approved for release, and would appear at a state-organized press conference on February 22, 2020.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Released from camp. At the press conference he spoke at, he claimed to now earn over 5000RMB per month from the building-materials store he had allegedly opened.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data regarding his detention come directly from a local government document.
Memet appears in a February 22, 2020 press conference organized by the XUAR People's Government Information Office (https://archive.vn/gBmEi, https://archive.ph/wip/PzD7K), the goal of which was to counter the claims made a week earlier during the media blitz around the Qaraqash List. During the (controlled) conference, he confirms his detention and says that he was previously influenced by "religious extremist thoughts".
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2021-05-22 Latest status update: 2020-02-22 9946. Abduqadir Ismayil
Chinese ID: 653222197608190290 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 42 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduqadir Ismayil (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜喀迪尔·伊斯马伊力).
Address: Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (July 5, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served a full "medium-level" sentence.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Memetabdulla Ismayil (10283)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9947. Memetimin Jappar
Chinese ID: 653222197701040270 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 42 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", "extremism" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetimin Jappar (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提伊敏·加帕尔).
Address: No. 146, Alley 106, Hehua Road, Jade River Community (玉河社区荷花路106巷146号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 28, 2018). 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy. (The last two children were twins.) 2) Being "heavily influenced by extremist ideology".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"When Memet'imin Jappar was sent to training, his family members actively cooperated with the neighborhood administration in our district. Memet'imin Jappar is better now. During the break at home, he cooperated with the neighborhood administration and did not cause any problems. However, he has spent less than a year in training. It is therefore recommended to graduate after the year is up."
"Two relatives in vocational training centers. His behavior is good, there is no real threat. It is recommended to take him out of training and transfer to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Yusupjan Jappar (9822), Memeteli Jappar (9979)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9948. Tursunjan Turghun
Chinese ID: 653222197704010018 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", "problematic" association Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tursunjan Turghun (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔荪江·图尔贡).
Address: No. 35, Alley 106, Hehua Road, Jade River Community (玉河社区荷花路106巷35号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (February 2018 / March 13, 2018 / December 2017 [discrepancy in reported dates may be due to time spent in detention center between initial detention and formal transfer]). 2) Hospitalized (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having 3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy. 2) "Being in close contact with people endangering state security" (IJOP reason).
The victim was flagged by the IJOP platform.
Victim's status Still in camp, but likely to be released.
He suffers from heart disease.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Tursunjan Turghun and his relatives should be investigated further. Apart from violating the birth policy, there were no other problems found. Continue training."
"None of the relatives are arrested or sent to training. They actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration and their performance is good. Tursunjan Turghun suffers from heart disease, and is currently staying at the Qaraqash hospital. There is no threat."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9949. Memetemer Jappar
Chinese ID: 653222197704020312 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|other, "extremism" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetemer Jappar (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾麦尔·加帕尔).
Address: 35 Nanhang Alley, Yuhua Community (玉华社区南航巷35号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (June 8, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having a "special profession". 2) Being "slightly infected with extremist thinking".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Memeteli Jappar (9987)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9950. Rozimemet Tursun
Chinese ID: 653222197705080296 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", relative(s) Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Rozimemet Tursun (potential Mandarin spelling: 如则麦麦提·图尔荪).
Address: No. 93, First Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区1片区93号).
Household registration address: House No. 31, Group No. 3, Towen Qapaqla Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇托万喀帕克拉村3组31号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (May 28, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy. 2) His wife Pazigul Qurban having worn a veil between 2010 and 2016.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Rozimemet Tursun has spent less than a year in training. Recommended to graduate after the full year is up."
"Relatives' behavior is quite good, they attend community activities on time. Not strongly religious, no real threat. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Tohtimemet Tursun (10005)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9951. Roziniyaz Mettohti
Chinese ID: 653222197708044346 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Roziniyaz Mettohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 如则妮娅孜·麦提托合提).
Address: Uzum Community (玉祖木社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Released from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Applying for a passport (did not leave the country). 2) Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Under community surveillance.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"After graduation, has cooperated actively with the neighborhood administration, has been signing her name at the office every morning and afternoon. Reports by cadres and neighbors make it clear that there haven't been any suspicious incidents involving her or her family. Neighborhood administration is recommended to continue assisting this person."
Victims among relatives
Patem Memettohti (9996), Memetabdulla Mettohti (10370)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9952. Merdan Rozimemet
Chinese ID: 653222197709132073 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"problematic thoughts", "extremism" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Merdan Rozimemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦尔旦·如则麦麦提).
Address: 13 Nanhang Kindergarten Alley, Yuhua Community (玉华社区南航幼儿园巷13号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 21, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having "unstable thinking". 2) Exhibiting a "relatively low resistance to potential infection with extremist thoughts".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Rozimemet Elyar (9869), Qedirdin Rozimemet (9870), Memeteli Abdulla (10292)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9953. Memettursun Sadiq
Chinese ID: 653222197711030279 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"extremism" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memettursun Sadiq (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提图尔荪·萨迪克).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being "infected with extremist thinking".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9954. Tohti Metnasir
Chinese ID: 653222197802050339 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tohti Metnasir (potential Mandarin spelling: 托合提·麦提纳斯尔).
Address: Group No. 3, District 3, Uzum Community (玉组木社区3区3组).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Taken into custody (March 9, 2017). 2) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (August 2017). 3) Released from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served a full prison sentence.
Victim's status
Released from detention and under community surveillance.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Lots of family members are drug addicts. Two of the relatives have to deliver their urine samples every month, their performance is average. Tohti Metnasir was previously sentenced to 12 years in February 2006 for [reason redacted for privacy reasons]. His sentence ended on 2017/03/09 and he was sent to training in August 2017. Tohti Metnasir never returned home, and was sent to training by the public security bureau. He spent 11 years in prison and around one year in the training center. It might be difficult for him to get used to normal life after returning home. Tohti Metnasir has two children, one is taken care of by his ex-wife, the other one by his younger brother (construction worker). Family is facing many difficulties. His relatives' performance is quite good. None of the relatives are arrested or in training."
"After returning home from training, Tohti Metnasir has been actively cooperating with the neighborhood administration, has been cooperating with the 'ten households head' (十户长) in signing his name every morning, and has been coming to the neighborhood administration every evening after work for the roll call. As is clear from the daily visits by the cadres and from the 'ten households head' and neighbors, there has so far been no suspicious activity from the person in question or his family. It is recommended that he continue to remain under the neighborhood-administration assistance."
Victims among relatives
Abdulla Metnasir (9861)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9955. Ehmettohti Eysa
Chinese ID: 653222197802060318 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 41 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|challenging authority, contact with outside world, phone/computer Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ehmettohti Eysa (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾合麦提托合提·艾萨).
Address: No. 339, Second Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区二片区339号).
Household registration address: House No. 88, Group No. 2, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村2组88号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (July 1, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Disobeying a community manager. 2) Having his phone service cut as part of "Operation 9.13" (9.13断通联) [likely for using a VPN or foreign apps].
Victim's status Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Ehmettohti Eysa was sent to the No. 1 training center (Bostankol) on 2017/07/01 because he refused to comply with the community regulations. None of the relatives are arrested or in training. The relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration and attend activities on time. Ehmettohti Eysa is not a threat. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
"Recommended to graduate to work in the industrial area."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9957. Abduhelil Eli
Chinese ID: 653222197804300274 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 40 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduhelil Eli (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜合力力·艾力).
Address: Towen Qapaqla, Bostan Community (波斯坦社区托万喀帕克拉).
Chinese passport number: E65172090.
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (October 4, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Obtaining a passport in December 31, 2015 (did not leave the country later).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Atawulla Eli (10230), Mirabdulla Elimerdan (10270)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9958. Memetemer Memetabdulla
Chinese ID: 65322219780703029X (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 40 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetemer Memetabdulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾麦尔·麦麦提阿卜杜拉).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (June 19, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9959. Guljamal Emer
Chinese ID: 653222197807160262 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 40 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Guljamal Emer (potential Mandarin spelling: 古丽加玛丽·艾麦尔).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Providing a venue for "illegal" religious gatherings.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Gulistan Rozitohti (10343)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9960. Yusupjan Mettohti
Chinese ID: 653222197808010012 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 40 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"extremism", "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Yusupjan Mettohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 玉苏普江·麦提托合提).
Address: 2 Eighteenth Alley, Outer Ring Road, Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区外环北路18号巷2号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (May 6, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being "infected with extremist thoughts". 2) Having 3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Yusupjan Mettohti has 9 relatives, none of them are arrested or in training, 8 live in the district of jurisdiction. Family is strongly religious. In 2014, he listened to sermons by connecting the speakers from the mosque to his home. He also violated the birth policy (has three additional children). Yusupjan Mettohti's thoughts have been transformed slightly, though his relatives are sometimes late to the flag raising ceremony. Continue training."
"Graduation approved."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9961. Tursunjan Ismayil
Chinese ID: 653222197808130014 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 40 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|challenging authority, "untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tursunjan Ismayil (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔荪江·伊斯马伊力).
Address: 18 Aixin Alley, North Qumluq Road, Yuhua Community (玉华社区库木洛克北路爱心巷18号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (March 7, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Disobeying a community manager. 2) Being an "untrustworthy person" for having moved to Urumqi in 1999 and rarely returning to Qaraqash County thereafter.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Apart from not listening to the neighborhood-administration officials, there haven't been any other problems. In addition, his relatives' thoughts have been greatly transformed. They admit their mistakes and express honest regret. No real threat. Graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9962. Memet Eysa
Chinese ID: 653222197810200317 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 40 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memet Eysa (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提·艾萨).
Address: Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 3, 2017). 2) Either approved for release or recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area (records differ).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 3 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released or transferred to work in an industrial area (records differ).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Osman Memet (10294)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9963. Mehmut Rozimemet
Chinese ID: 653222197901053658 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 40 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", relative(s) Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Mehmut Rozimemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦合木提·肉孜买买提).
Address: Group No. 3, Third Area, Uzum Community (玉祖木社区3片区3组).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 27, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy. 2) Being a relative of a person who was detained before the "strike hard" campaign.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Mehmut Rozimemet knows 3-4 passages from the Quran. He does a daily prayer at home and goes to the mosque to pray for the two Eids and on Fridays. After the prayer, he goes to the mazar to do a prayer at his relatives' graves. He also does a prayer after eating, and has attended the four rituals (naming, wedding, funeral, circumcision). He obtained his religious knowledge from his father...... A relatively large number of his relatives are arrested, and the situation is complicated, in addition him knowing 3-4 Quran passages. Recommended to continue training, and to have the mosque-regulation commission investigate further to see if he meets the 'unsanctioned imam' definition."
"Mehmut Rozimemet's relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration and participate in various activities. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
"After returning to his district of jurisdiction, Mehmut Rozimemet has been cooperating with the neighborhood administration, coming on time to sign his name in the morning, as well as in the evening after work. Mehmut Rozimemet and his relatives are not suspicious, recommended to keep under community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Ehmet Rozimemet (10184), Sayipjamal Rozimemet (10185), Mehsut Rozimemet (10186), Obul Rozimemet (10187), Memetabdulla Sayit (10348)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9964. Memeteli Nurmemet
Chinese ID: 653222197904010039 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 39 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: forced job placement When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"two-faced" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memeteli Nurmemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾力·努尔麦麦提).
Address: Apt. 202, Entrance 2, Building 2, Yangguang Residential Area (阳光小区2栋2单元202号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Recruited as a camp teacher (time unclear). 2) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 3) Sent to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being a "two-faced" official. 2) Exceeding the allowed vacation period while still a camp instructor.
Victim's status
Working in an industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Memetabdulla Nurmemet (10284), Horiqiz Memettursun (10360)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9965. Eli Ekber
Chinese ID: 653222197904030291 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 39 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|other, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Eli Ekber (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾力·艾科拜尔).
Address: No. 4, Alley 4, Xiaokang Road, Hope Community (希望社区小康路4巷4号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (April 4, 2017). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having "suspicious movement trajectories". 2) Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Eli Ekber travelled abroad for 15 days. The family is strongly religious. Continue training."
"Apart from having a brother who has been arrested, no other abnormalities have been found. Recommended to graduate to work in the industrial area."
Victims among relatives
Shirmuhemmet Hapiz (10196), Alim Turap (10197)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9966. Memetimin Ghojaabdulla
Chinese ID: 653222197908122134 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 39 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", "problematic" association Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetimin Ghojaabdulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提敏·霍加阿卜杜拉).
Address: Apt. 502, Entrance No. 8, Building 1, First Yushi Alley, Yuhua Community (玉华社区玉石一巷67号1栋8单元502室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (March 11, 2018 / March 14, 2018 [discrepancy in reported dates may be due to time spent in detention center between initial detention and formal transfer]). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy. 2) Being in contact and living with a person who had been in a pre-trial detention center.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Family's attitude is stable. The person in question actively participates in community activities, actively speaks out and sets an example for others. Agreed to graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Memetemer Ghojaabdulla (9839), Emer Imin (10222)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9967. Eli Abdurahman
Chinese ID: 653222198001150297 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 39 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", other Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Eli Abdurahman (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾力·阿卜杜热合曼).
Address: No. 19, Alley 251, North Bostan Road, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区波斯坦北路251号巷19号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp on June 6, 2018, where he "studied" in Area 1, Class 28 (1区28班). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s". 2) Selling marijuana.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Eli Abdurahman's behavior is quite good, he actively cooperates with the neighborhood administration. His family is not very religious. Eli Abdurahman is not a threat, but has spent less than a year in training. Recommended to graduate to community supervision after the full year of training."
"None of the relatives are arrested or in training. Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration, emotionally stable, performance is good. Eli Abdurahman is not a threat, recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Abdulla Abdurahman (10003), Tursunnisa Memetqurban (10317), Abliz Memetqurban (10318), Rozimemet Memetqurban (10319)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9968. Ababekri Abliz
Chinese ID: 653222198005100377 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: before 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", related to going abroad, past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Ababekri Abliz (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿巴拜克日·阿布力孜).
Address: No. 2-6-201, Yuhua Neighborhood (玉华小区2-6-201).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
Previously detained during the time of the July 5 incident (in 2009).
On May 21, 2017, he was sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp, to later be approved for release.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy. 2) Applying for a passport (did not leave the country).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2021-05-25 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9969. Buzeynep Mettohti
Chinese ID: 653222198006070309 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Buzeynep Mettohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 布再乃普·麦提托合提).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9970. Turdimemet Memet
Chinese ID: 653222198007080031 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Turdimemet Memet (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔迪麦麦提·麦麦提).
Address: Apt. 502, Entrance No. 1, Building No. 1, Yushi First Alley, West Yipbazar Road, Yuhua Community (玉华社区依甫巴扎西路玉石一巷67号1栋1单元502室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (November 6, 2017). 2) Released from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Released and under community supervision.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Turdimemet Memet's thoughts have been greatly transformed. He admits his mistakes and expresses honest regret. No real threat. He is currently working as a security guard near the Xiwang shopping center. Trustworthy. Under community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Memeteli Tohtimemet (10309), Ghojamemet Memet (10368)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9971. Buayshehan Momin
Chinese ID: 653222198007120267 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Buayshehan Momin (potential Mandarin spelling: 布艾西罕·莫敏).
Address: No. 26, Second Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区2网格26号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (October 27, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having covered her face before the "strike hard" campaign.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Tursunniyaz Imin (10131), Abdusalam Tursunniyaz (10141), Abdurahman Tursunniyaz (10142), Burabi Tursunniyaz (10143)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9972. Aminehan Ehmetniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222198008192908 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: forced job placement When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"extremism" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Aminehan Ehmetniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿米乃罕·艾合麦提尼亚孜).
Address: Yipbazar Community (依普巴扎社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Sent to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Becoming "infected with extremist thoughts".
Victim's status
Working inside an industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"No additional problems found. Recommended to continue employment in the industrial area."
Victims among relatives
Nurmemet Rozimemet (9890)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9973. Enwer Abdurahman
Chinese ID: 653222198010120014 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2018 - Sep. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Enwer Abdurahman (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾尼瓦尔·阿卜杜热合曼).
Address: Apt. 303, Entrance No. 5, Building 4, Yushi First Alley, West Yipbazar Road, Yuhua Community (玉华社区依普巴扎西路玉石一巷67号4栋5单元303室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (July 3, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"No other problems seen apart from his violating the birth policy. Relatives' thoughts have undergone a great transformation. They admit their mistakes and express honest regret. No real threat, graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Rozinisahan Heber (10239)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9974. Hornisa Tursuntohti
Chinese ID: 653222199105053365 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 27 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"extremism", relative(s) Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Hornisa Tursuntohti (potential Mandarin spellings: 吾热妮萨·图尔荪托合提, 乌尔尼萨·图尔荪托合提).
Address: 83 Chedui Road, Uzum Community (玉祖木社区车队路83号).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Qaraqash County.]
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 2017). 2) Released from detention (January 20, 2019).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being "influenced by extremist ideology". 2) Being a relative of people who had been detained before the "strike hard" campaign.
Victim's status
Released from hard detention.
She is reported as working at the Tansuo Kindergarten (墨玉县探索幼儿园). How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"She has been cooperating actively with the neighborhood administration after graduation, and has been signing her name at the office every morning and afternoon. Daily visits from cadres and reports from the 'ten households head' and neighbors make it clear that there haven't been any suspicious incidents involving her or her family. Recommended to continue receiving support from the neighborhood administration."
Victims among relatives
Abduleziz Tursuntohti (10096), Abduwahap Tursuntohti (10110), Qemernisa Atawulla (10136), Tursuntohti Rehmetulla (10135), Abdul Tursuntohti (10137), Muyesser Tursuntohti (10139), Munzire Tursuntohti (10140)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9975. Eli Eziz
Chinese ID: 653222198012190016 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Eli Eziz (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾力·艾则孜).
Address: Apt. 202, Entrance No. 8, Building 2, 67 Yushi First Alley, West Yipbazar Road, Yuhua Community (玉华社区依甫巴扎西路玉石一巷67号2栋8单元202室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (March 11, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"The family members' thoughts have been transformed greatly. They admit their mistakes and express serious regret, actively cooperating with the community. Eli Eziz's wife is suspected of having an extramarital affair with a cadre, having visited the latter's home many times. Their son said that she was leaving home for medical check-ups. It is recommended to graduate Eli Eziz to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9976. Memeteli Turdibaqi
Chinese ID: 653222198102122172 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"two-faced", "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memeteli Turdibaqi (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾力·图尔迪巴克).
Address: Uzum Community (玉祖木社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being a "two-faced" official. 2) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"He has been cooperating actively with the neighborhood administration after graduation, and has been signing his name at the office every morning and afternoon. Daily visits from cadres and reports from the 'ten households head' and neighbors make it clear that there haven't been any suspicious incidents involving him or his family. Recommended to continue receiving support from the neighborhood administration."
Victims among relatives
Roziwaqi Turdiwaqi (10341)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9977. Abdujelil Turaniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222198102140311 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdujelil Turaniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜杰力力·图拉尼亚孜).
Address: Bostan Community (波斯坦社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9978. Memetemer Eziz
Chinese ID: 653222198107050331 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 37 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetemer Eziz (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾麦尔·艾则孜).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Applying for a passport.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration, their performance is good. There were no problems or violations when Memet'emer Eziz came back home for a break."
Victims among relatives
Eli Nayip (9825), Eziz Nuri (9880)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9982. Memetjan Memetimin
Chinese ID: 653222198201190277 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 37 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetjan Memetimin (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提江·麦麦提敏).
Address: No. 2, Alley 52, Hehua Road, Jade River Community (玉河社区荷花路52巷2号).
Household registration address: House No. 41, Group 4, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村4组41号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp on May 28, 2018, where he was held under "regular supervision" (普管). 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Memetjan Memet'imin's relatives display good behavior and cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Memetjan Memet'imin is not a threat, but has spent less than a year in training. Graduate after a year."
"Memetjan Memet'imin's family was actively cooperative in our jurisdiction distriction when he was sent to training. Memetjan Memet'imin is better now. During the break at home, he cooperated with the neighborhood administration and didn't cause any problems. However, he has spent less than a year in training. Recommended to graduate after the full year of training."
"Two of his relatives were sent to training. Memetjan Memet'imin's son has a leg disability and is facing difficulties at the moment. Memetjan Memet'imin is not a real threat. Recommended to stop training and transfer to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Tursunjan Memetimin (9937), Ablet Memetimin (10240)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9985. Ablimit Saqi
Chinese ID: 653222198202102558 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 37 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|other, challenging authority Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ablimit Saqi (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜力米提·萨柯).
Address: Bostan Community / Kuya Township (波斯坦社区/库亚乡).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 8, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) "Beating his wife repeatedly in 2017". 2) Disobeying a community manager.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9986. Memetjan Ehmet
Chinese ID: 653222198203150316 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 36 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetjan Ehmet (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提江·艾合麦提).
Address: No. 2-1, Alley 88, North Chinibagh Road, Jade River Community (玉河社区其乃巴格北路88巷平房2-1号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 1 or No. 4 camp (records differ) (May 19, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Memetjan Ehmet spent less than a year in training. Graduate after the full year. Continue training."
"Memetjan Ehmet violated the birth policy. None of the relatives are arrested or in training. Their behavior in the district of jurisdiction is good, and they actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Memetjan Ehmet is not a threat. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9987. Memeteli Jappar
Chinese ID: 653222198203290298 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 36 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|contact with outside world, phone/computer Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memeteli Jappar (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾力·加帕尔).
Address: 64 Nanhang Kindergarten Alley, Yuhua Community (玉华社区南航幼儿园巷64号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp on April 2, 2017, where he was held under "strict supervision" (严管). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being in contact with people abroad. 2) "Having his mobile-phone activity suspended by the police authorities" (手机被公安机关停机).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Memetemer Jappar (9949)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9988. Abduleziz Hemit
Chinese ID: 653222198204070318 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 36 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdul'eziz Hemit, also referred to as Abliz Yimit (potential Mandarin spellings: 阿卜杜力艾则孜·伊米提, 阿不力孜·依米提).
Address: 25 Xiaokang Road, Jade River Community (玉河社区小康路25号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp on May 28, 2018, where he was held under "regular supervision" (普管). 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abdul'eziz Hemit violated the birth policy with two children over the quota. His family is strongly religious. Has two older brothers who have also violated the birth policy and were sent to training. A comprehensive analysis by the neighborhood authorities found that Abdul'eziz Hemit has been infected with religious extremism. He is a real threat."
"Family actively cooperated with the district authorities when Abdul'eziz Hemit was sent to training. Abdul'eziz Hemit is better now. During the break at home, he cooperated with the neighborhood administration and didn't cause any problems. However, he has spent less than a year in training. Recommended to graduate after the full year."
"His relatives display good behavior and cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Abdul'eziz Hemit is not dangerous. Recommended to transfer to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Memeteli Hemit (10165), Abdumijit Hemit (10166)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9989. Tohtimemet Yusup
Chinese ID: 653222198205172930 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 36 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tohtimemet Yusup (potential Mandarin spelling: 托合提麦麦提·玉苏普).
Address: Yipbazar Community (依普巴扎社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Muhebbet Yusup (10369)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9990. Memeteli Jelil
Chinese ID: 653222198205210298 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 36 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memeteli Jelil (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾力·杰力力).
Address: No. 4, Alley 1, Xiaokang Road (小康路1巷4号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (April 19, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9991. Hesenjan Memetimin
Chinese ID: 653222198206150274 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 36 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, "untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Hesenjan Memetimin (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾散江·麦麦提伊敏).
Address: No. 12, Alley 4, Uzum Bazar Road (玉祖木巴扎路希望4巷12号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 29, 2017). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Applying for a passport. 2) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Hesenjan Memet'imin has 5 relatives. All have applied for passports with the intention of going abroad. Hesenjan is emotionally affected by his brother's paralysis, and has a resentful attitude towards society. The family is strongly religious. Recommended to continue the training."
"None of the relatives are arrested or in training, and no additional problems have surfaced. Recommended to transfer to the industrial area."
Victims among relatives
Memettursun Memetimin (10241)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9992. Mehmut Ehmet
Chinese ID: 653222198303030039 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 36 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s), "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Mehmut Ehmet (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦合木提·艾合麦提).
Address: No. 4-8-103, Yuhua Neighborhood, Yuhua Community (玉华社区玉华小区4-8-403).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp on May 23, 2017, where he was held under "regular supervision" (普管). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) His wife wearing a veil. 2) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9993. Mahire Mehmut
Chinese ID: 653222198303090285 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s) Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Mahire Mehmut (potential Mandarin spelling: 玛伊热·麦合木提).
Address: Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being a relative of someone who went abroad "illegally". (Her father Mehmutjan Abla, her mother Patime Mehsut, and siblings Ehmetjan Mehmut and Bumeryem Mehmut all left for Turkey in July 2016.)
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9995. Rozieli Eziz
Chinese ID: 653222198304210824 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Rozieli Eziz (potential Mandarin spelling: 柔则艾力·艾则孜).
Address: No. 4-3-301, Yuhua Neighborhood, 67 Yushi First Alley, West Yipbazar Road, Yuhua Community (玉华社区依普巴扎西路玉石一巷67号玉华小区4-3-301室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp on March 11, 2018, where she was held under "regular supervision" (普管). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Rozi'eli Eziz's relatives have always displayed good behavior, actively cooperating with the neighborhood administration. Rozi'eli Eziz is an untrustworthy person born in the 1980s, and has quite 'lively thoughts'. She has two children. She has been studying for less than a year. It is suggested to continue the training in order to improve her Mandarin."
Victims among relatives
Abdujelil Eziz (10125), Memetjan Memetimin (10124), Memetimin Mirehmet (10123)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9996. Patem Memettohti
Chinese ID: 653222198305044565 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 36 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Rozinisa Memettohti, as reported by Financial Times. (sister)
Testimony 3: Rozinisa Memettohti, as reported by Vice News. (sister)
Testimony 4: Xinjiang government records, as reported by Vice News.
Testimony 5: Rozinisa Memettohti, as reported by New York Times. (sister)
About the victim
Patem Memettohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 帕太姆·麦麦提托合提) was active in the local government and served as the head of the local women's association.
Her sister describes her as a "close friend" and says: "She is a really sharp woman who was always good at protecting herself. She was always keeping herself away from problems.”
Address: House No. 127, Group No. 2, Yengisheher Village (英协海尔村2组127号).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Qaraqash.]
When victim was detained
Her sister reports their last time of contact as being in June 2016, when Rozinisa called her to discuss a package of clothing. She was not able to reach her family again after that call.
According to the Qaraqash list, Patem was sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp on March 7, 2018. Additional government records show that she started a 3-month "housekeeping training" course in December 2018, also at the same facility.
The Qaraqash list reported that she was approved for release [presumably in early 2019, possibly in March]. It is not clear what has happened to her since.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Likely released from camp, but current situation unclear.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
Financial Times coverage: https://www.ft.com/content/e0224416-4e77-11ea-95a0-43d18ec715f5
New York Times coverage: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/world/asia/china-reeducation-camps-leaked.html
Radio Free Asia coverage: https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/qaraqash-hojjiti-02202020154048.html
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"None of the relatives have been arrested or sent to training. Older sister got married in Turkey in 2001, and Patem Memettohti has not contacted her since. Patem's relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration and their performance is good. No real threat. Graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Roziniyaz Mettohti (9951), Memetabdulla Mettohti (10370)
Supplementary materials
Testimony 3-4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFJ5zXjdD5U photo with husband: https://shahit.biz/supp/9996_2.png family photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/9996_3.jpeg
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-12-25 Latest status update: 2020-02-20 9997. Zeynep Osman
Chinese ID: 653222198307010289 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Zeynep Osman (potential Mandarin spelling: 再那普·奥斯曼).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having worn a veil and long robe before the "strike hard" campaign.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Memetimin Osman (10349)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9998. Roziheyit Memetimin
Chinese ID: 653222198307014677 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Roziheyit Memetimin (potential Mandarin spelling: 如则艾提·麦麦提敏).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Recommended for release to work in the community.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy. (The children are twins.)
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released to work in the community [presumably forced].
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"None of the relatives are arrested, two are in training. No abnormalities have been found. Recommended to return home for employment."
Victims among relatives
Hudumberdi Memetimin (9872), Rejep Memetimin (10295)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 9999. Ablet Rozi
Chinese ID: 653222198307062070 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ablet Rozi (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜来提·如则).
Address: House No. 65, Group No. 5, Altunchi Village, Manglay Township (芒来乡阿勒吞其村5组65号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 17, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Studying scripture "illegally".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Osman Rozi (10212), Buheydiche Rozi (10213)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2020-08-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10000. Ekber Mettursun
Chinese ID: 653222198307200277 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Ekber Mettursun (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾科拜尔·麦提图尔孙).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (July 25, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being a person who had served 10 months in prison for [violation redacted for privacy reasons].
Urumqi police records confirm that he's a "nationwide [violation redacted for privacy reasons] suspect" with a criminal record.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Tursunjan Mettursun (10285), Ablehet Mettursun (10286), Ablimit Abliz (10288), Ablet Abliz (10289)
Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2021-05-18 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10001. Memeteli Tohtibaqi
Chinese ID: 653222198309250016 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memeteli Tohtibaqi (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾力·托合提巴柯).
Address: Yuhua Community (玉华社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Released from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Under community supervision. He is reported as running a restaurant in the industrial area [the degree of coercion is unclear].
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10002. Abduleziz Erkin
Chinese ID: 653222198310160317 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduleziz Erkin (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜力艾则孜·艾尔肯).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10003. Abdulla Abdurahman
Chinese ID: 653222198403180296 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 34 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", other, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdulla Abdurahman (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜拉·阿卜杜热合曼).
Residential address: No. 18, Alley, 251 North Bostan Road (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇博斯坦北路251号巷18号).
Registered address: House No. 199, Group No. 1, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村1组199号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 2 or No. 4 camp (records differ) on May 28, 2018, where he was held in Area 10, Class 7. 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s". 2) Taking drugs. 3) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy. Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. However, Abdulla Abdurahman has spent less than a year in training. It is recommended to graduate after the full year."
"Although Abdulla Abdurahman has spent less than a year in training, it is recommended to transfer to community supervision."
The document also mentions that Abdulla's relatives are suspected of "organizing underground religious events".
Victims among relatives
Eli Abdurahman (9967), Tursunnisa Memetqurban (10317), Abliz Memetqurban (10318), Rozimemet Memetqurban (10319)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10004. Jelil Imin
Chinese ID: 653222198404052990 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 34 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Jelil Imin (potential Mandarin spelling: 杰力力·伊敏).
Address: Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (June 1, 2017). 2) Either approved for release or recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area (records differ).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released or transferred to work in an industrial area (records differ).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Abduhebir Imin (10290), Memeteli Imin (10291)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10005. Tohtimemet Tursun
Chinese ID: 653222198405050292 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 34 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tohtimemet Tursun (potential Mandarin spelling: 托合提麦麦提·图尔荪).
Address: No. 10, Alley 241, North Bostan Road (波斯坦北路241号巷10号).
Household registration address: House No. 31, Group No. 3, Towen Qapaqla Village, Qaraqash Municipality (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇托万喀帕克拉村3组31号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (May 20, 2017 / May 23, 2017 [discrepancy in reported dates may be due to time spent in detention center between initial detention and formal transfer]). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Rozimemet Tursun (9950)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10006. Memetimin Rozimemet
Chinese ID: 653222198406280276 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 34 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetimin Rozimemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提敏·如则麦麦提). His official name used to be Tohtimemet Metnezer (托合提麦麦提·麦提乃再尔).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Ababekri Rozimemet (10300), Ibrahim Rozi (10301)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10007. Memetniyaz Iminniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222198502040272 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 34 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetniyaz Iminniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提尼亚孜·伊敏尼亚孜).
Address (registered/residential): House No. 45, Group No. 3, Towen Qapaqla Village, Qaraqash Municipality / No. 3, Area 1, Shatliq Community (喀拉喀什镇托万喀帕克拉村3组45号/夏特勒克社区一网格3号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (June 10, 2017). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s". 2) Applying for a passport.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10008. Memetabdulla Ghojaabdulla
Chinese ID: 65322219850206029X (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 34 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetabdulla Ghojaabdulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提阿卜杜拉·霍加阿卜杜拉).
Address: 8 Kunchi 5th Alley (依甫巴扎社区昆齐五巷8号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 1 or No. 4 camp (records differ) (May 28, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10009. Rozimemet Nurmemet
Chinese ID: 653222198503090271 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"problematic" association, "untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Rozimemet Nurmemet (potential Mandarin spellings: 如则麦麦提·努尔麦麦提, 茹则买买提·努尔麦麦提).
Address: No. 3, Alley 255, North Qumluq Road, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区库木鲁克北路255号巷平房3号).
Household registration address: House No. 380, Group No. 4, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村4组380号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 2 or No. 4 camp (records differ) (March 13, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Associating and living with "focus people" (与重点人员同行同住). 2) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
The victim was flagged by the IJOP platform. Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"The family is strongly religious. His older brother was sentenced for illegally leaving the country. Because of her home being outside the district and her having resided there for a long time, his wife has avoided community supervision. Continue training."
"Wife and children are in Urumqi, mother is seriously ill. Graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Mutellip Nurmemet (10248)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10010. Eli Osman
Chinese ID: 65322219850506371X (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", "extremism" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Eli Osman (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾力·吾斯曼).
Address: House No. 65, Harmony Village, Bostan Community (波斯坦社区和谐村65号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 14, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s". 2) Being "influenced by extremist thinking".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Eli Osman's relatives have been performing well and actively cooperating with the neighborhood administration. Their thinking is stable. Not a threat. However, Eli Osman has spent less than a year in training. Recommended to graduate after the full year."
Victims among relatives
Ablet Osman (10210), Rozitohti Osman (10211)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10011. Ghujaabdulla Abdulla
Chinese ID: 653222198505072712 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ghujaabdulla Abdulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 伍加布杜拉·阿卜杜拉).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 8, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Applying for a passport (did not leave the country).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10012. Memeteli Eziz
Chinese ID: 653222198505120032 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memeteli Eziz (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾力·艾则孜).
Address: Yipbazar Community (依普巴扎社区).
Chinese passport number: E68011578.
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (July 25, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Applying for a passport (did not leave the country).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Many of the relatives are involved in certain cases. It is suspected that Memet'eli Eziz also participated, but there is not enough evidence. Memet'eli Eziz is infected with religious extremism. Suggested to continue training."
"Memet'eli Eziz's thinking is stable, he actively participates in activities. Graduation approved."
Victims among relatives
Abdurahman Eziz (10132), Abdumutellip Eziz (10133), Ehmetjan Eziz (10134), Ehmetjan Eziz (10134), Abdurahman Eziz (10132), Abdumutellip Eziz (10133), Ehmetjan Eziz (10134)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10013. Ablitip Ehmet
Chinese ID: 653222198508102390 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ablitip Ehmet (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜力提普·艾合麦提).
Address: House No. 69, Group No. 5, Sayat Village, Kuya Township (墨玉县奎雅乡萨亚特村5组69号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 1 or No. 3 camp (records differ) (May 21, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Providing a venue for "illegal" religious gatherings.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Ablitip Ehmet's family is strongly religious. In April 2017, Ablitip Ehmet was teaching a student named Shirwaqi (from Dahan village in Kuya township (奎雅镇达汗), already sent to training). Ablitip Ehmet was openly praying and also teaching religious content to others, as well as providing a space for illegal religious activities."
"It is believed that Ablitip Ehmet has recognized his mistakes and expresses serious regret. No real threat. Graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Ehmet Semet (10246)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10014. Mirbulla Ebeydulla
Chinese ID: 653222198509084315 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Mirbulla Ebeydulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 米日布拉·艾拜杜拉).
Address: Yipbazar Community (依普巴扎社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Qurban Ebeydulla (10298)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10015. Pehirdin Rozimemet
Chinese ID: 653222198601010036 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Pehirdin Rozimemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 排黑尔丁·如则麦麦提).
Address: Apt. 302, Behram Building, Fourth Area, Mingzhu Community (明珠社区四片区热依汗百合热木楼302室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 25, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Has spent less than a year in training. Recommended to graduate after the full year."
"No other problems apart from the violation of the birth policy. His relatives' thoughts have been greatly transformed. They admit their mistakes and express honest regret. No real threat. Graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Aynur Rozimemet (10366)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10016. Ablikim Gheyretjan
Chinese ID: 653222198601260019 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ablikim Gheyretjan (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜力克木·艾热提江).
Address: Uzum Community (玉祖木社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Ayshem Memet (10353)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10017. Hebir Mettursun
Chinese ID: 653222198602230276 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 33 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, "untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Hebir Mettursun (potential Mandarin spelling: 海比尔·麦提图尔荪).
Address: Zerger Alley, West Yipbazar Road, Bostan Community (博斯坦社区依普巴扎西路再盖尔巷).
Household registration address: Group No. 1, Towen Qapaqla Village, Qaraqash Municipality Village (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇托万喀帕克拉村1组).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp on June 8, 2017. 2) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp on June 21, 2018, where he was held in Area 2A, Class 20. 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Going abroad repeatedly for personal business and thereby having a "complicated network of relationships". 2) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10018. Omerjan Ababekri
Chinese ID: 65322219860320001X (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 32 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s), "untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Omerjan Ababekri (potential Mandarin spelling: 约麦尔江·阿巴拜克日).
Address: Apt. 602, Entrance No. 8, Building 3, 67 Yushi First Alley, West Yipbazar Road, Yuhua Community (玉华社区依甫巴扎西路玉石一巷67号3栋8单元602室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (May 19, 2018). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being a relative of a person who "escaped abroad", as well as being in contact with people abroad (his brother lives in Turkey). 2) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
The victim's father, Bekri Yusup, died in August 2016. His mother, Hornisahan Metsherip, died in October 2017.
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Family is strongly religious. His older brother, Mutellip Ababekri, went to Turkey in January 2016 and did not come back (he is a wanted person). There is still a real threat. Recommended to work in the industrial area."
Victims among relatives
Erkinjan Bekri (9930), Abdueli Ababekri (9801), Abduweli Ababekri (9802), Helil Ababekri (9865)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10019. Abdushukur Salamet
Chinese ID: 653222198608200297 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 32 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdushukur Salamet (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜许库尔·萨拉麦提).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10020. Abdulla Hisamidin
Chinese ID: 65322219860830001X (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 32 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdulla Hisamidin (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿布都拉·衣沙木丁).
Address: No. 325, Second Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区2网格325号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (December 3, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
He suffers from hepatitis B.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"None of the relatives have been arrested or sent to training. They actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Abdulla Hisamidin has hepatitis B (not infectious). Behavior is good. No real threat. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10022. Hebir Ghulam
Chinese ID: 653222198702230273 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 32 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Hebir Ghulam (potential Mandarin spellings: 海比尔·吾拉木, 海拜尔·吾拉木).
Address: 5 Hami Melon Alley, Beht Road, Bostan Community (波斯坦社区百合提路哈密瓜巷5号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 20, 2017 / June 29, 2017 [discrepancy in reported dates may be due to time spent in detention center between initial detention and formal transfer]). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served a full sentence for [reason redacted for privacy reasons]. (He was sentenced on November 24, 2008 to 10 years, with 3 years of deprivation of political rights, serving his time in Buya Prison (布雅监狱). The sentence was reduced twice, until he was finally released on September 15, 2015.)
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Memettursun Ghulam (9831)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10023. Abdukerim Abliz
Chinese ID: 653222198702240279 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 32 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies", "untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdukerim Abliz (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜克热木·阿不力孜).
Address: 35 Nanhang Kindergarten Alley, Mingzhu Community (明珠社区南航幼儿园巷35号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 31, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having 2 children more than allowed by the family planning policy. 2) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abdukerim Abliz's older brother Abduqeyyum Abliz and younger brother Obul Abliz are suspected of participating in separatist movements and were therefore taken into custody. Abdukerim Abliz was frequently going to internet cafes in 2017 to contact 'focus persons'. There is a real threat. Continue training."
"Abdukerim Abliz's family's thoughts have been greatly transformed. They recognize their mistakes and express regret. No real threat. Graduation approved."
Victims among relatives
Obul Abliz (10182), Abduqeyyum Abliz (10181), Qurban Islam (10183)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10024. Nurmemet Jume
Chinese ID: 653222198705120491 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Nurmemet Jume (potential Mandarin spelling: 努尔麦麦提·居麦).
Address: Yipbazar Community (依普巴扎社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having grown a beard before the "strike hard" campaign.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Abdulla Ehmetniyaz (10355), Ababekri Ehmetniyaz (10356), Mehrinisa Ehmetniyaz (10371)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10025. Tursunjan Rozi
Chinese ID: 653222198705230279 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Tursunjan Rozi (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔荪江·如孜).
Address: No. 26, Alley 241, North Bostan Road, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区波斯坦北路241号巷26号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 15, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served a full "medium-level" sentence.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10026. Yusupjan Ebeydulla
Chinese ID: 653222198706100337 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Yusupjan Ebeydulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 玉苏普江·艾拜杜拉).
Address: Area 2, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区二片).
Household registration address: House No. 177, Group No. 4, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村4组177号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 4, 2017). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Yusupjan Abdulla is an unreliable person born in the 1980s, and was therefore sent to the No. 1 training camp (Bostankol) on 2017/06/04. Yusupjan Abdulla's father is one of the 'focus' members in the neighborhood. His grandfather was a leader of a 'Wahabi (瓦哈比)' group and was sentenced to 12 years in prison for being involved with Case No. 2 [sometimes reported as 1]. Yusupjan Abdulla's mother was hosting 'Te'awei (特阿威)' group activities at home. Yusupjan Abdulla is infected with religious extremism. His family is strongly religious. His situation is complicated. Yusupjan Abdulla is a real threat. Continue training."
"His relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Graduation to work in the industrial area approved."
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10027. Rozitohti Metniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222198709220297 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad, "untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Rozitohti Metniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 如则托合提·麦提尼亚孜).
Address: No. 2, Jixiang 8 Alley, North Qumluq Road, Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区库木鲁克北路吉祥8巷2号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 17, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Travelling to Turkey. 2) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"No other problems have surfaced apart from his being an unreliable person born in the 1980s. Additionally, his thoughts have been greatly transformed, he admits his mistakes and expresses honest regret. Graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10028. Tohtibaqi Tohtiniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222198801160311 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Tohtibaqi Tohtiniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 托合提巴克·托合尼亚孜).
Address: House No. 51, Group No. 3, Towen Qapaqla Village (托万喀帕克拉村3组51号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 21, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served 5 years and 4 months in prison for [reason redacted for privacy reasons], before being released in February 2014.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Tohtiniyaz Ehmetniyaz (9898), Tursunbaqi Tohtiniyaz (9843)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10029. Ekber Rozitohti
Chinese ID: 653222198801200272 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ekber Rozitohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾科拜尔·如则托合提).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10030. Tursunmemet Ghojahashim
Chinese ID: 653222198802060312 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Tursunmemet Ghojahashim (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔孙麦麦提·霍加阿西木).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 1 or No. 2 camp (records differ) (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served a prison sentence for [reason redacted for privacy reasons] in 2016.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10031. Memetyusup Abdukerim
Chinese ID: 653222198802100273 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion, other Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetyusup Abdukerim (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提玉苏普·阿卜杜克热木).
Address: No. 96, Second Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区二片区96号).
Household registration address: House No. 214, Group No. 3, Towen Qapaqla Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇托万喀帕克拉村3组214号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (May 28, 2018). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having grown a long beard before the "strike hard" campaign. 2) His wife wearing a veil. 3) "Harming social stability".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Memetyusup Abdukerim's wife would cover her face. Family is strongly religious. Relatives do not cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Person is a real threat, continue training."
"Memetyusup Abdukerim's relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Recommended to graduate to work in the industrial area."
Victims among relatives
Bekri Abdukerim (10192)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10032. Obulhesen Salamet
Chinese ID: 653222198803024372 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Obulhesen Salamet (potential Mandarin spellings: 乌布力艾散·萨拉麦提, 吾布力艾散·萨拉麦提). He owns a private business.
Address: 11 Aixin Alley, Yuhua Community (玉华社区爱心巷11号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 7, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Applying for a passport (did not leave the country).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10034. Abduleziz Mijit
Chinese ID: 653222198806010275 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s) Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduleziz Mijit (potential Mandarin spellings: 阿卜杜力艾则孜·米吉提, 阿布杜艾则孜·米吉提).
Address: 27 Yengisheher Road (英协海尔路27号).
Victim's location
In Kuya Township, Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
Sent/transferred for "training/education" in a hospital/medical area in Kuya Township on May 19, 2017.
Released from hard detention on March 8, 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being a relative of a person who "escaped abroad". (His father lives in Turkey.)
Victim's status
Released from hard detention.
He presumably has health issues [as at least some part of his "training" is marked as having taken place in a medical area].
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abdul'eziz Mijit's father, Abdumijit Nurmemet, ID number: 65322219660501027X, went to Turkey 'for business' in February 2016 and did not return. It was reported on July 6 that he is suspected of having joined a terrorist group, and the police are searching for him. Abdul'eziz Mijit has a dangerous relative abroad. Continue training."
Victims among relatives
Ehmetjan Enwer (9790), Melike Mettohti (9910), Memetemer Mehsut (9866), Memetimin Mettohti (10261), Ekber Enwer (10363)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10036. Nurmemet Rozimemet
Chinese ID: 653222198809040277 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Nurmemet Rozimemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 努尔麦麦提·如则麦麦提).
Address: Jade River Community/No. 13 Village, Qaraqash Municipality (玉河社区/墨玉镇13村).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 2017). 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s". 2) Having gone through drug rehabilitation.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration, their performance is good. There were no problems or violations when Nurmemet Rozimemet came back home for a break."
Victims among relatives
Ehterjan Rozimemet (10093)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10037. Memetsalih Memeteli
Chinese ID: 653222198809200015 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetsalih Memeteli (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提萨力·麦麦提艾力).
Address: Apt. 401, Entrance No. 1, Building 2, 48 North Bostan Road, Mingzhu Community (明珠社区博斯坦北路48号2栋1单元401室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (January 29, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Violating the family planning policy by having two children in a period of less than three years.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"His relatives' behavior in the district of jurisdiction is good, and they actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. No real threat. Approved to graduate to community supervision."
His mother, Hornisa Ghojiabdulla (海尔妮萨·吾加阿卜杜拉), ID no. 653222196605210028, was flagged by the IJOP platform, but was saved from being sent to camp as her former workplace (Qaraqash County People's Hospital) vouched that she was no threat.
Victims among relatives
Seydinisa Memet (9868)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10038. Ababekri Abdulla
Chinese ID: 653222198810010278 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ababekri Abdulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿巴拜科日·阿卜杜拉).
Address: 17-01, Jixiang Alley 10, North Qumluq Road (库木鲁克北路吉祥10号巷17-01号).
Household registration address: House No. 90, Group No. 4, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (墨玉县喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村4组90号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (December 20, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Participating in "illegal" religious studies for one month in 2005 with his brother. 2) Labeled as a focus person because he had participated in "illegal religious gatherings" after the age of 16.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10039. Shirmemet Rashidin
Chinese ID: 653222198810150035 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2018 - Dec. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|phone/computer Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Shirmemet Rashidin (potential Mandarin spelling: 希日麦麦提·热西丁).
Address: No. 2 Building, Alley 237, North Qumluq Road (库木鲁克北路237号巷平房2号).
Household registration address: No. 220, Telpek Alley 3, North Qumluq Road (库木鲁克北路太力帕克3巷220号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (October 28, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
During his studies at the Beijing Agricultural Institute in 2011-2012, he was "watching as Tursuntohti Mir'ehmet downloaded illegal materials to his computer".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Shirmemet Reshit has spent less than a year in training. Recommended to graduate after the full year."
"Shirmemet Reshit is a public servant. He downloaded illegal religious videos. Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Shirmemet Reshit is not a real threat. Recommended to finish the training and graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10040. Nurmemet Turaniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222198810230270 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Nurmemet Turaniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 努尔麦麦提·图拉尼亚孜).
Address: Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 29, 2017). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s". 2) Having served a prison sentence.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Nurmemet Turaniyaz's thoughts have been greatly transformed. His family's performance is average. He admits his mistakes and shows honest regret. Continue the training."
His father is in poor health.
Victims among relatives
Memettohti Metrozi (10168)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10041. Turghun Nurmemet
Chinese ID: 653222198811020291 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Turghun Nurmemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔贡·努尔麦麦提).
Address: No. 174, Second Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区二片区174号).
Household registration address: House No. 49, Group No. 4, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村4组49号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (December 4, 2017). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Turghun Nurmemet was sent to the No. 2 training center on 2017/12/04 for being an unreliable person born in the 1980s. His father was arrested for being involved in Case No. 1. His relatives' performance is average, family is strongly religious. Turghun Nurmemet is a real threat. Continue training."
His brother-in-law, Abduweli Obulqasim (阿布都外力·乌布力卡斯木), works as a security guard at one of the camps.
Victims among relatives
Nurmemet Memetshah (10153)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10042. Memetemer Hesen
Chinese ID: 653222198901250277 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetemer Hesen (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾麦尔·艾散).
Address: Bostan Community (波斯坦社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10043. Ablajan Obul
Chinese ID: 653222198906024690 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 29 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ablajan Obul (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜拉江·乌布力).
Address: No. 31, Alley 213, Qumluq Road (库木路克路213号巷31号).
Household registration address: No. 27, Alley 213, North Qumluq Road, Shatliq Community (库木鲁克北路213号巷27号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (October 4, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Ablajan Obul's uncle was sentenced to 10 years in prison (currently in Urumqi prison) for being a village despot. 2 of the 5 brothers were sent to training, 1 under supervision. After the uncle's arrest, the uncle's daughter, Qelbinur Nurmemet (21 years old), went to live with Ablajan Obul's mother for a year. The local official noticed that the daughter was covering her hair. Family is strongly religious, relatives do not cooperate with the community and have a resentful attitude. Ablajan Obul's performance is average. Currently a threat. Continue training."
"After coming back to the district of jurisdiction, Ablajan Obul has actively cooperated with the neighborhood administration and behaved well. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
The victim's widow mother, Busayip Rozimemet, is on the authorities' radar for being "skeptical towards her son's detention" (对儿子送培一直抱有看法). Many of the victim's other relatives are detained. His sister-in-law, Aygul Sirajiehmet, though flagged by the IJOP platform, was vouched for by her work unit (a primary school). His friend, Memettursun Rustem, works as an assistant officer at a re-education camp in the Saybagh township.
Victims among relatives
Emerjan Obul (10063), Turdimemet Rozimemet (10266), Nurmemet Rozimemet (10267), Ibrahim Obul (10268), Alimjan Obul (10269)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10044. Ablikim Eziz
Chinese ID: 653222198909040290 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 29 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ablikim Eziz (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿不力克木·艾则孜).
Address: Group No. 3, Area 1, Jade River Community (玉河社区1片区3组).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 28, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Has been actively participating in various activities, such as 'speaking out and brandishing one's sword' (发声亮剑) and flag raising. Has met attendance requirements. Graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10045. Mutellip Muhter
Chinese ID: 653222198910100270 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 29 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Mutellip Muhter (potential Mandarin spellings: 穆太力普·穆合塔尔, 穆太力普·穆合台尔).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (July 25, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served a 2-year prison sentence for [reason redacted for privacy reasons].
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Muhter Rejep (10167)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10046. Tursuntohti Mehmut
Chinese ID: 653222198911030294 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 29 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", challenging authority Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tursuntohti Mehmut (potential Mandarin spelling: 图尔荪托合提·麦合木提).
Address: 92 North Qumluq Road (库木鲁库北路92号).
Household registration address: House No. 215, Group No. 3, Towen Qapaqla Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇托万喀帕克拉村3组215号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 1 or No. 2 camp (records differ) (May 22, 2017 / May 28, 2017 [discrepancy in reported dates may be due to time spent in detention center between initial detention and formal transfer]). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1980s". 2) "Failing to cooperate at community work".
Victim's status Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Several members of his family are described as "failing to cooperate with the community". The report mentions that they did not add QR codes to their knives and that Tursuntohti's father, Mahmut Metsayit, is "emotionally unstable" (情绪不稳定).
Victims among relatives
Abdurehim Mehmut (10050)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10047. Ekrem Ehmetjan
Chinese ID: 653222199004200012 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ekrem Ehmetjan (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾科热木·艾合麦提江).
Address: Yipbazar Community (依普巴扎社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being a "backflow prevention person" (防回流人员) [someone who returned after being abroad]. 2) Coming from a family where "many household members applied for passports".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10048. Atikem Tursuntohti
Chinese ID: 653222199005100267 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Atikem Tursuntohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿提开姆·图尔荪托合提).
Address: Uzum Community (玉祖木社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served a full "medium-level" sentence.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"He has been cooperating actively with the neighborhood administration after graduation, and has been signing his name at the office every morning and afternoon. Daily visits from cadres and reports from the 'ten households head' and neighbors make it clear that there haven't been any suspicious incidents involving him or his family. Recommended to continue receiving support from the neighborhood administration."
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10049. Memetabdulla Metniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222199006090275 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Memetabdulla Metniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提阿卜杜拉·麦提尼亚孜).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10050. Abdurehim Mehmut
Chinese ID: 653222199007060297 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdurehim Mahmut (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜热伊木·麦合木提).
Address: No. 30, Second Area, Shatliq Community (墨玉县夏特勒克社区2网格30号).
Household registration address: House No. 396, Towen Qapaqla Village, Qaraqash Municipality (墨玉县喀拉喀什镇托万喀帕克拉村396号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 28, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration, but Abdurehim Mahmut has spent less than a year in training. Recommended to graduate after the full year."
Victims among relatives
Tursuntohti Mehmut (10046)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10051. Memeteli Mijit
Chinese ID: 653222199009100010 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", "problematic" association Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memeteli Mijit (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾力·米吉提).
Address: Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s". 2) As a long-distance truck driver, his network was labeled as "complicated", because he had contacted many people who were later detained.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10053. Abduwahap Sidiqmemet
Chinese ID: 653222199101104372 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", "extremism" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduwahap Sidiqmemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜瓦哈普·萨迪克麦麦提).
Address: Second Group, First Area, Uzum Community (玉祖木社区一片区二组).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp on either May 7 or 21, 2017 [discrepancy in reported dates may be due to time spent in detention center between initial detention and formal transfer], where he was held under "regular supervision" (普管). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s". 2) Labeled as a "focus person influenced by extremist ideology".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Sadiq Metsidiq (10297), Abduimin Niyaz (10320)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10054. Nijat Enwer
Chinese ID: 653222199101120655 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Nijat Enwer (potential Mandarin spelling: 尼加提·艾尼瓦尔).
Address: Yuhua Community (玉华社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
The code "4-9-502" is written next to his case (meaning unclear).
Victims among relatives
Enwer Memettursun (9901)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10055. Memeteli Emer
Chinese ID: 653222199102040032 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"extremism", relative(s), related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memeteli Emer (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾力·艾麦尔).
Address: 16 Harmony Alley, Mingzhu Community (明珠社区和谐巷16号).
Chinese passport number: E66558471.
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (May 6, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being an "influential person" who had spread "extremist ideology" and "disrupted other people's regular lives". 2) His wife wearing a veil. 3) Applying for a passport (did not leave the country). 4) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Family is strongly religious. Continue training."
"His relatives' thoughts have been greatly transformed. They admit their mistakes and express honest regret. No real threat. Graduation approved."
Victims among relatives
Metqasim Metrozi (10257)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10056. Abdulehet Eziz
Chinese ID: 653222199102200294 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdulehet Eziz (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜力艾海提·艾则孜).
Address: 130 Hehua Road, Jade River Community (玉河社区荷花路130号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (March 15, 2018). 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having finished serving a prison sentence (originally 10 years, reduced by a year and ten months) for [reason redacted for privacy reasons] in 2012.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Many family members were taken into custody for illegally listening to Tabligh prayers. The behavior of the other relatives in the district of jurisdiction is normal. Abdul'ehet Eziz continues to pose a real threat. It is suggested to continue the training, so as to improve his Mandarin and have him better understand the law."
"Abdul'ehet Eziz's relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Their performance is good. There were no problems or violations when Abdul'ehet Eziz came back home for a break."
Victims among relatives
Tursunnisa Qadir (10231), Hebibe Mehmut (10232), Renagul Eli (10233)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10057. Eli Heyit
Chinese ID: 653222199103070014 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 28 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|phone/computer, "untrustworthy person", challenging authority Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Eli Heyit (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾力·艾提).
Address: Yanglu Area, Bostan Community (博斯坦社区养路段).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (September 7, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Accidentally opening an "unreliable website". 2) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s". 3) "Constantly failing to cooperate with community authorities, including not participating in flag raising ceremonies and not respecting the local regulations".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10058. Abduhelil Rozitohti
Chinese ID: 653222199104053734 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 27 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion, "untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduhelil Rozitohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜合力力·肉孜托合提).
Address: Group No. 2, Bash Jay Village, Purchaqchi Township (普恰克其乡巴什加依村2组).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (May 21, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Selling "illegal" religious material, classified as belonging to the "three illegals" category, in his carpet shop between 2012 and 2017. 2) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abduhelil Rozitohti's relatives' behavior in the district of jurisdiction is good. They actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. There is no real threat. Graduation approved."
Victims among relatives
Rozijume Baqi (10198)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10059. Nurmemet Rozimemet
Chinese ID: 653222199104250316 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 27 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|phone/computer Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Nurmemet Rozimemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 努尔麦麦提·如则麦麦提).
Address: Third Group, Third Area, Uzum Community (玉祖木社区三片区三组).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (April 8, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Accidentally opening a link to a website registered abroad.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"None of the relatives are arrested or in training. His parents and wife live in the district of jurisdiction, all are private businesspeople (vegetable business at the Grand Bazaar). Relatives often go to the neighborhood administration to study Mandarin. His wife's Mandarin level is quite good and she helps as a propagandist (宣传员) in the district. Emotionally stable."
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10060. Nijat Ehmetniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222199108120017 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 27 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Nijat Ehmetniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 尼加提·艾合麦提尼亚孜).
Address: No. 18, Alley 18, 213 North Bostan Road (波斯坦北路213号巷18号).
Household registration address: Apt. 202, Entrance No. 3, Building 3, 77 East Yipbazar Road, Shatliq Community (依甫巴扎东路77号3栋2单元202室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (September 14, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having returned from one of the "sensitive countries".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Nijat Ehmetniyaz and his wife went to the UAE through a tourist agency. Relatives are civil servants, none were arrested or sent to training. Nijat Ehmetniyaz's relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration, and their performance is good. No real threat. Graduation approved."
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10061. Memeteli Tursuntohti
Chinese ID: 653222199201100010 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 27 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s), past "transgressions", related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memeteli Tursuntohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾力·图尔荪托合提).
Address: 6 Hongqi Alley, North Bostan Road (博斯坦北路红旗巷6号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 5, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) His wife wearing a veil for 1 year. 2) Had committed a "minor crime without bearing legal responsibility". 3) Applying for a passport (did not leave the country). 4) Being related to a "focus person".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Memet'eli Tursuntohti has 8 relatives, none arrested, 1 in training. Other relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration and their performance is good. Graduate to community supervision."
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10062. Qeyyum Eziz
Chinese ID: 653222199202010279 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 27 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Qeyyum Eziz (potential Mandarin spelling: 凯尤木·艾则孜).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 8, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served a 3-year sentence for [reason redacted for privacy reasons].
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10063. Emerjan Obul
Chinese ID: 653222199203014693 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 27 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"problematic" association, "untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Emerjan Obul (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾麦尔江·乌布力).
Address: No. 24, Telpek Alley 1, North Qumluq Road (库木鲁克北路太力帕克1巷24号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 1 or No. 2 camp (records differ) (time unclear). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Living together with an "unsanctioned imam". 2) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
The victim was flagged by the IJOP platform.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Emerjan Obul's uncle was sentenced to 10 years in prison (currently in Urumqi prison) for being a village despot. Emerjan Obul has 5 brothers, 2 of whom were sent to training, 1 under supervision. Following his uncle's arrest, the uncle's daughter, Qelbinur Nurmemet (21 years old), went to live with Ablajan Obul's mother for a year. The local officials noticed that the daughter was covering her hair. Family is strongly religious, relatives do not cooperate with the neighborhood administration, and their performance is average. Emerjan Obul poses a real threat. Continue training."
"Emerjan Obul's relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. It is recommended to graduate him to work in the industrial area."
Victims among relatives
Ablajan Obul (10043), Turdimemet Rozimemet (10266), Nurmemet Rozimemet (10267), Ibrahim Obul (10268), Alimjan Obul (10269)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10064. Arafat Jappar
Chinese ID: 653222199203020276 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 27 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Arafat Jappar (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿拉帕提·加帕尔).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Applying for a passport (did not leave the country).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10065. Ekber Roziheyit
Chinese ID: 653222199203090311 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 26 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ekber Roziheyit (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾科拜尔·如则艾提).
Address: Bostan Community (波斯坦社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10066. Arafat Yasin
Chinese ID: 653222199204180319 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 26 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Arafat Yasin (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿拉帕提·亚森).
Address: No. 4, Alley 1, Chedui Road, Hope Community (希望社区车队路1巷4号).
Household registration address: House No. 84, Group No. 2, Bash Atbash Village (巴什阿特巴什村2组84号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Yasin Zordun (10281), Oghulhan Tohti (15001)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10067. Enwer Rozimemet
Chinese ID: 653222199206040272 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 26 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Enwer Rozimemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 安外尔·如则麦麦提).
Address: Group No. 2, Area 2, Hope Community (希望社区2片区2组).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having spent 6 months in prison for [reason redacted for privacy reasons].
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Zulhumar Tursun (10357)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10068. Esqer Memetimin
Chinese ID: 65322219920817029X (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 26 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"theft" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Esqer Memetimin (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾斯凯尔·麦麦提敏).
Address: Apt. 103, Entrance 2, Building 1, Luyin Neighborhood, North Bostan Road (博斯坦北路绿荫小区110号1栋2单元103室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp on September 14, 2017, after spending a total of 8 months in custody and Hotan Prison (for theft). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Original arrest was for theft.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10069. Memetjan Ehmetniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222199209100314 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 26 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Memetjan Ehmetniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提江·艾合麦提尼亚孜).
Address: Hope Community (希望社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (September 25, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served a sentence for [reason redacted for privacy reasons] between September 25, 2016 and September 2017.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Hebir Ehmetniyaz (10100), Patem Memetimin (10159)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10070. Ablet Abdurahman
Chinese ID: 653222199211150011 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 26 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ablet Abdurahman (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜来提·阿卜杜热合曼).
Address: Yuhua Community (玉华社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Applying for a passport (did not leave the country).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10071. Abdurazaq Memetemer
Chinese ID: 653222199305050273 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 25 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", contact with outside world, phone/computer Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdurazaq Memetemer (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜热扎克·麦麦提艾麦尔).
Address: Alley 247, North Bostan Road (波斯坦北路247号巷).
Household registration address: House No. 11, Group No. 3, Towen Qapaqla Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇托万喀帕克拉村3组11号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash County No. 1 or No. 2 camp (records differ) (May 17, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s". 2) Having his phone service cut as part of "Operation 9.13" (9.13断通联) [likely for using a VPN or foreign apps].
Victim's status Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Memetemer Ismayil (9895), Abdulla Ismayil (10336)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10072. Abdurahman Baqi
Chinese ID: 653222199305190276 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 25 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdurahman Baqi (potential Mandarin spellings: 阿卜杜热合曼·巴柯, 阿卜杜热合曼·巴克).
Address: No. 341, Second Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区二片区341号).
Household registration address: House No. 94, Group No. 2, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村2组94号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 21, 2017). 2) Either approved for release or recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area (records differ).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s". 2) Coming from a "deeply religious family".
The victim was flagged by the IJOP platform.
Victim's status Still in camp, but likely to be released or transferred to work in an industrial area (records differ).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration, come to activities on time. Their performance is quite good. Abdurahman Baqi is not a threat, recommended to graduate to community supervision."
"Three family members are in training. Mother is taking care of 4 children without any financial support. Recommended to graduate to work in the industrial area."
Victims among relatives
Baqi Tursuntohti (9811), Abdurehim Baqi (10097)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10073. Perhat Ablimit
Chinese ID: 653222199401030336 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 25 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Perhat Ablimit (potential Mandarin spelling: 排尔哈提·阿不力米提).
Address: House No. 56, Group No. 4, Konasheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇阔纳协海尔村4组56号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp on May 28, 2018. On July 19, 2018, he married his wife, Arzugul Alimjan, with the ceremony held at the camp. 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Perhat Ablimit is hot-tempered. During the neighborhood-administration inspection, he scolded a cadre. (His wife, Arzugul Alimjan, is working as an assistant police officer at the Hetian County training center. She refuses to see and meet him during arranged reunions, and threatens to divorce him if he does not buy a house.) Perhat Ablimit has a troubled marriage. He has also spent less than a year in training. Continue training."
"Apart from being born in the 90s, no other problems have surfaced. Perhat Ablimit's thoughts have been greatly transformed. He admits his mistakes and expresses regret. Not a real threat."
Victims among relatives
Reyhangul Ablimit (10321)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10074. Abduweli Eli
Chinese ID: 653222199401040294 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 25 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduweli Eli (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜外力·艾力).
Address: Bostan Community (波斯坦社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 18, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10075. Ehmetjan Ehmetniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222199402080271 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 25 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ehmetjan Ehmetniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾合麦提江·艾合麦提尼亚孜).
Address: 13 Zerger Alley, West Yipbazar Road (依普巴扎西路再盖尔巷13号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (May 31, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Ehmetjan Ehmetniyaz has 5 relatives, none arrested or sent to training. Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration and their performance is good. However, Ehmetjan Ehmetniyaz has spent less than a year in training. Graduation recommended after the full year. Continue training."
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10076. Abduhekim Mijit
Chinese ID: 653222199404213672 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 24 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2018 - Sep. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", "problematic" association, other Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduhekim Mijit (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜力克木·米吉提).
Address: 322-1 North Qumluq Road, Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区库木鲁克北路322-1号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (August 2, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s". 2) Having a "complicated network of relationships" during his time working at a plastic-bottle factory. 3) Being a "recluse from society".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Admits his mistakes and expresses honest regret. However, he has spent less than a year in training, recommended to graduate after the full year."
Victims among relatives
Mijit Nurmemet (10223), Abdusalam Mijit (10224)
Entry created: 2020-08-15 Last updated: 2020-08-15 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10081. Memetabdulla Mettursun
Chinese ID: 653222199406020276 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 24 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetabdulla Mettursun (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提阿卜杜拉·麦提图尔荪).
Address: Yuhua Community (玉华社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10083. Abdurahman Tursuntohti
Chinese ID: 653222199409110277 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 24 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdurahman Tursuntohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜热合曼·图尔荪托合提).
Address: 8 Aixin Alley, Yuhua Community (玉华社区爱心巷8号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 28, 2017). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abdurahman Tursuntohti's thoughts have been greatly transformed. He admits his mistakes and expresses honest regret. No real threat. Abdurahman Tursuntohti's relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Recommended to graduate to work in the industrial area."
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10084. Ekrem Eset
Chinese ID: 653222199410154314 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 24 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ekrem Eset (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾克热木·艾塞提).
Address: No. 139, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区139号).
Household registration address: Apt. 301, Entrance No. 2, Building 4, 67 Yushi First Alley, West Yipbazar Road (新疆墨玉县依甫巴扎西路玉石一巷67号4栋2单元301室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (May 26, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Has spent less than a year in training. Graduation recommended after the full year."
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10085. Abdumilik Tursunjan
Chinese ID: 653222199410270016 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 24 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdumilik Tursunjan (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜米力科·图尔荪江).
Address: Apt. 202, Entrance No. 7, Building 2, 67 Yushi First Alley, West Yipbazar Road, Yuhua Community (玉华社区依甫巴扎西路玉石一巷67号2栋7单元202室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 27, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Applying for a passport (did not leave the country).
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Nurmemet Metnuri (10258), Ablet Metnuri (10259), Qelbinur Metnuri (10260)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10086. Memetabdulla Ehmet
Chinese ID: 653222199411030276 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 24 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: student
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memetabdulla Ehmet (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提阿卜杜拉·艾合麦提). He's a student.
Address: 68 Hehua Road, Jade River Community (玉河社区荷花路68号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 21, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"None of the relatives were arrested or sent to training. They actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration and their performance is good. No real threat. Recommended to continue studies [at his normal school, presumably]."
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10087. Elishir Memetabdulla
Chinese ID: 653222199501220014 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 24 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Elishir Memetabdulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾力希尔·麦麦提阿卜杜拉).
Address: Yuhua Community (玉华社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Obtaining a fake marriage certificate as a minor.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10088. Merdan Qurban
Chinese ID: 653222199502050010 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 24 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Merdan Qurban (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦尔旦·库尔班) is one eighth Han, with a Han grandfather (on his father's side) who lives in Henan.
Address: No. 33, Alley 62, Hehua Road, Jade River Community (玉河社区荷花路62巷平房33号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (May 19, 2018). 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Merdan Qurban's relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration and their performance is good. There were no problems or violations when Merdan Qurban came back home for a break. However, Merdan Qurban has spent less than a year in training. Graduation recommended after the full year."
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10089. Arafat Ablikim
Chinese ID: 653222199502080279 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 24 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Arafat Ablikim (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾热帕提·阿不力克木).
Address: 8 East Jiankang Alley, Beht Road, Bostan Community (博斯坦社区百合提路健康东巷8号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 6, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Arafat Ablikim has 6 relatives, none of whom have been arrested, with one in training. Other relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration and their performance is good. However, he has spent less than a year in training. Graduation recommended after the full year. Continue training."
Victims among relatives
Ablikim Sayit (10234)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10090. Rozitohti Turup
Chinese ID: 653222199506010278 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 23 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Rozitohti Turup (potential Mandarin spelling: 如则托合提·图如普).
Address: Bostan Community (波斯坦社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10091. Arafat Memetimin
Chinese ID: 653222199506020273 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 23 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Arafat Memetimin (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿拉帕提·麦麦提敏).
Address: Group No. 1, Area 1, Jade River Community (玉河社区1片区1组).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (April 14, 2018). 2) Released home for a short break (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"His family actively cooperated with the district authorities when he was sent to training. He is better now. During the break at home, he cooperated with the neighborhood administration and did not cause any problems. However, he has spent less than a year in training. It is recommended to graduate after the full year."
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10092. Abduqeyyum Abduwaqi
Chinese ID: 653222199506030279 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 23 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduqeyyum Abduwaqi (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜凯尤木·阿卜杜瓦柯).
Address: No. 245, Area 1, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区一片区245号).
Household registration address: House No. 88, Group No. 2, Yenghisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村2组88号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abduqeyyum Abduwaqi lent his ID card to a friend, Osman Rozitohti (吾斯曼·如孜托合提), in August 2015. The friend used the card to open a bank account to transfer money abroad. Abduqeyyum Abduwaqi is suspicious and poses a threat. Continue training."
"Abduqeyyum Abduwaqi's relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Recommended to graduate to work in the industrial area."
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10093. Ehterjan Rozimemet
Chinese ID: 653222199510300278 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 23 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", contact with outside world, phone/computer Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ehterjan Rozimemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾合太尔江·如则麦麦提).
Address: Jade River Community/No. 14 Village, Qaraqash Municipality (玉河社区/墨玉镇14村).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 28, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s". 2) Having his phone service cut as part of "Operation 9.13" (9.13断通联) [likely for using a VPN or foreign apps].
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"He went to Zhejiang without permission. However, Ehterjan Rozimemet's relatives cooperate with the neighborhood administration, and their performance is good. Ehterjan Rozimemet is not very religious. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Nurmemet Rozimemet (10036)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10094. Abdulla Shemshidin
Chinese ID: 653222199512060271 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 23 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdulla Shemshidin (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜拉·谢木西丁).
Address: No. 5, Alley 3, Xiaokang Road, Hope Community (希望社区小康路3巷5号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 28, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Some of the relatives are arrested. Family is strongly religious, Abdulla Shemshidin is also infected with religious extremism. He is an unreliable person born in the 1990s. No other abnormalities were found, but it is recommended to continue training."
Victims among relatives
Abduweli Shemshidin (10104), Shemshidin Abdulla (10154)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10095. Memeteli Metqurban
Chinese ID: 653222199601010276 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 23 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", "extremism" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memeteli Metqurban (potential Mandarin spelling: 麦麦提艾力·麦提库尔班).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (April 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s". 2) Being "influenced by extremist thinking".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10096. Abduleziz Tursuntohti
Chinese ID: 653222199601143271 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 23 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s) Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduleziz Tursuntohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜力艾则孜·图尔荪托合提).
Address: 83 Chedui Road, Uzum Bazar Community (玉祖木巴扎社区车队路83号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 8, 2017 / April 2, 2017 [discrepancy in reported dates may be due to time spent in detention center between initial detention and formal transfer]). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being a relative of someone detained during a "strike hard" campaign.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abdul'eziz Tursuntohti's family is extremely religious. His father, Tursuntohti Rehmetulla, was sentenced for growing a long beard and organizing illegal religious teachings. His mother, Qemernisa Atawulla, was arrested for being an unsanctioned religious teacher. Older brother Abdul Tursuntohti was also arrested for being an imam. Abdul'eziz Tursuntohti has been strongly influenced by religious teachings, starting from childhood. His brothers and sisters did not attend any compulsory education and were homeschooled by their parents. Definitely poses a threat. Continue training."
"Abdul'eziz Tursuntohti's relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. He acknowledges his mistakes. Graduation approved."
Victims among relatives
Hornisa Tursuntohti (9974), Abduwahap Tursuntohti (10110), Qemernisa Atawulla (10136), Tursuntohti Rehmetulla (10135), Abdul Tursuntohti (10137), Muyesser Tursuntohti (10139), Munzire Tursuntohti (10140)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10097. Abdurehim Baqi
Chinese ID: 653222199601310279 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 23 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdurehim Baqi (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿不都热依木·巴克).
Address: No. 341, Second Area, Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区二片区341号).
Household registration address: House No. 94, Group No. 2, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村2组94号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (June 25, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
The victim was flagged by the IJOP platform.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abdurehim Baqi often gets involved in fights, does not participate in communal work."
"Relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Abdurehim Baqi has spent less than a year in training. Graduate after the full year."
Victims among relatives
Baqi Tursuntohti (9811), Abdurahman Baqi (10072)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10098. Abdusalam Tursuntohti
Chinese ID: 653222199607060274 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 22 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abdusalam Tursuntohti (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿布都沙拉木·图尔荪托合提).
Address: House No. 20, Group No. 5, Chimenbagh Village, Qaraqash Municipality (喀拉喀什镇其曼巴格村5组20号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 29, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10100. Hebir Ehmetniyaz
Chinese ID: 653222199610020273 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 22 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Hebir Ehmetniyaz (potential Mandarin spelling: 海比尔·艾合买提尼亚孜).
Address: 60 Pichan Alley, North Chinibagh Road (其乃巴格北路辟产巷60号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 28, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served a full "medium-level" sentence.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"None of the relatives have been arrested, one is in training. No other abnormalities were found. However, Hebir Ehmetniyaz has spent less than a year in training. Release after the full year."
His father, Ehmetniyaz Memet, (ID: 653222196508010278) has not been detained, but has a history of raising the authorities' suspicion: he "suddenly quit drinking and started growing a beard" in 2013, only to cut the beard and start drinking again with the start of the "strike hard" campaign in 2014. He then unsuccessfully applied for a passport in 2015 and is reported to have a "strong desire to go on pilgrimage".
Victims among relatives
Memetjan Ehmetniyaz (10069), Patem Memetimin (10159)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10101. Seypidin Ababekri
Chinese ID: 653222199610100273 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 22 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Seypidin Ababekri (potential Mandarin spelling: 赛皮丁·阿巴拜科日). The Qaraqash list cites his sister and mother saying that Seypidin has no stable job, is "on the fringes of society" (游离社会面), is a frequent drinker, and has gotten into several fights, one of which got him expelled from the Urumqi Institute of Light Industry (乌市轻工学院).
Address: No. 18, Alley 51, North Bostan Road (波斯坦北路251号巷18号).
Household registration address: House No. 10, Group No. 5, Kudung Village, Qaraqash Municipality (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇库冬村5组10号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 28, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Has spent less than a year in training. Graduate after the full year."
"His relatives' performance is quite good, they actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Seypidin Ababekri is not infected with religious extremism, does not pose a threat. Despite him having spent less than a year in training, it is recommended to conclude the training and graduate to community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Adil Ababekri (9846), Ababekri Mehmut (10164)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10102. Ekber Memetabdulla
Chinese ID: 653222199611090177 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 22 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ekber Memetabdulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾科拜尔·麦麦提阿卜杜拉).
Address: Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10103. Elijan Alimjan
Chinese ID: 653222199612230274 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 22 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Elijan Alimjan (potential Mandarin spelling: 艾力江·阿力木江).
Address: No. 319-1, Uzum Bazar Road (玉祖木巴扎路319－1号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (July 6, 2017). 2) Sent/transferred for "training/education" in a hospital/medical area (time unclear). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served a full "medium-level" sentence.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Elijan Alimjan's father is a taxi driver. Children at home are often left unattended. In addition to this, Elijan Alimjan has spent quite a long time in training. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
"After returning to the district of jurisdiction, Elijan Alimjan has actively cooperated with the neighborhood administration, signing his name every morning and evening. Nothing suspicious has been observed. Recommended to remain under community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Amine Qadir (10311)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10104. Abduweli Shemshidin
Chinese ID: 653222199703100272 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 21 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduweli Shemshidin (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜外力·谢木西丁).
Address: No. 2, Alley 2, Xiaokang Road (小康路2巷2号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (July 1, 2017). 2) Recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be transferred to work in the industrial area.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abduweli Shemshidin's father was arrested for being an unsanctioned imam. Family is strongly religious. Continue training."
"Apart from being an unreliable person born in the 1990s, no other abnormalities have been found. Agreed to graduate to work."
Victims among relatives
Abdulla Shemshidin (10094), Shemshidin Abdulla (10154)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10105. Halmurat Mettursun
Chinese ID: 653222199710100174 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 21 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Halmurat Mettursun (potential Mandarin spelling: 哈力穆拉提·麦提图尔荪).
Address: Apt. 202, Entrance No. 5, Building 3, Yuhua Neighborhood (玉华小区3栋5单元202室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (October 16, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served a prison sentence.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10106. Abduweli Ablimit
Chinese ID: 653222199712220014 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 21 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|contact with outside world Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduweli Ablimit (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜外力·阿卜力米提).
Address: Apt. 502, Entrance No. 4, Irrigation Bureau Residential Area, 14 West Yipbazar Road, Yuhua Community / Aydingkol Village, Yuhua Community (玉华社区依甫巴扎西路14号水利局家属院4单元502/玉华社区阿依丁库勒村).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Taken into custody (October 17, 2017). 2) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (October 23, 2017). 3) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being WeChat friends with Hebibulla Memet'imin (艾比布拉·买买提敏), an Uyghur living in Turkey.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abduweli Ablimit is involved with Hebibulla Memet'imin, who is living in Turkey. They are good friends on WeChat. When Abduweli Ablimit was taken by the local police station for interrogation, he did not admit to this relation. Continue training."
"Abduweli Ablimit has 8 relatives, none of whom are arrested or in training. Family is emotionally stable, they actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration. Abduweli Ablimit actively participates in learning and in public lecture events. Graduation approved."
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10107. Rozitohti Abdukerim
Chinese ID: 653222199801020313 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 21 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Rozitohti Abdukerim (potential Mandarin spelling: 如则托合提·阿卜敦克热木).
Address: 57 Shatliq Road, Yengisheher Community (英协海尔社区夏特勒克路57号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 1, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Rozitohti Abdukerim's thoughts have been greatly transformed, he admits his mistakes and expresses honest regret. No real threat. Family is facing difficulties, with no one to take care of his disabled brother, who is currently being looked after by the sister-in-law. However, Rozitohti Abdukerim has spent less than a year in training. Graduation recommended after the full year."
Victims among relatives
Alimjan Abdukerim (10208), Eysajan Abdukerim (10209)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10108. Gulbanum Rozimemet
Chinese ID: 653222199803220300 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 20 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Gulbanum Rozimemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 古丽巴努姆·如则麦麦提).
Address: Jade River Community (玉河社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) "Illegally studying religion as a minor". 2) Wearing a burqa.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10109. Abduhekim Turajan
Chinese ID: 653222199804213698 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 20 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduhekim Turajan (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜力克木·图拉江).
Address: First Group, Second Area, Uzum Community (玉祖木社区二片区一组).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 20, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s".
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10110. Abduwahap Tursuntohti
Chinese ID: 653222199805103298 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 20 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s), "extremism" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduwahap Tursuntohti (potential Mandarin spellings: 阿卜杜瓦哈普·图尔荪托合提, 阿卜杜瓦哈普·图荪托合提).
Address: Second Group, First Area, Uzum Community (玉祖木社区一片区二组).
Victim's location
[Presumably in Qaraqash County.]
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 7, 2017 / April 2017 [discrepancy in reported dates may be due to time spent in detention center between initial detention and formal transfer]). 2) Released from detention (March 8, 2019).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being a relative of someone detained during a "strike hard" campaign. 2) Being "influenced by extremist ideology".
Victim's status
Released from hard detention. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abduwahap Tursuntohti's relatives actively cooperate with the neighborhood administration and participate in communal activities. Recommended to graduate to community supervision."
"After returning to the district of jurisdiction, Abduwahap Tursuntohti has cooperated with the neighborhood administration, promptly signing his name every morning and in the evening after work. Abduwahap Tursuntohti and his relatives are not suspicious. Recommended to remain under community supervision."
Victims among relatives
Hornisa Tursuntohti (9974), Abduleziz Tursuntohti (10096), Qemernisa Atawulla (10136), Tursuntohti Rehmetulla (10135), Abdul Tursuntohti (10137), Muyesser Tursuntohti (10139), Munzire Tursuntohti (10140)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10111. Abduqahar Ebeydulla
Chinese ID: 653222199806060277 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 20 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"untrustworthy person", related to religion, relative(s) Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Abduqahar Ebeydulla (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜喀哈尔·艾拜杜拉).
Address: No. 3, Alley 5, Xiaokang Road, Group No. 1, Area 2, Hope Community (希望社区2片区1组小康路5巷3号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp (May 28, 2018). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Labeled as an "unreliable person born in the 1990s". 2) Coming from a "deeply religious family". 3) Being a relative of a person detained during the "strike hard" campaign.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abduqahar Ebeydulla has been religiously infected by his family. Father: Ebeydulla Atawulla, ID number: 653222196301030271. He was arrested in May 2017 for being a follower of Ablajan Bekri. Sentenced to 5.5 years in prison, currently at a prison in Kashgar. Went on a pilgrimage in 1995. From 2011/03 to 2014/07, he was keeping a long beard, and stayed in Saudi Arabia from 2016/03 to 2016/09. Abduqahar Abdulla's family is strongly religious. Continue training."
"Unreliable person born in the 1990s. Has spent less than a year in training. Graduate after the full year."
Victims among relatives
Ebeydulla Atawulla (10156)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10112. Abdusadam Eli
Chinese ID: 653222199812010276 (Karakash)
Basic info
Age: 20 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|past "transgressions" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Abdusadam Eli (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿卜杜萨达姆·艾力).
Address: Apt. 1102, Friendship Mansion, 281 Uzum Bazar Road (玉祖木巴扎路281号友好大厦1102室).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 4 camp (July 11, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having served a prison sentence.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Abdusadam Eli was sentenced to 2 years in prison for causing a fight, released in 2017, and sent to training. None of the relatives are arrested or in training. Their behavior in the district of jurisdiction is good. Abdusadam Eli's thoughts have been greatly transformed. He admits his mistakes and expresses serious regret. Not a real threat. Graduation approved."
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10116. Nurabdulla Nurmemet
Chinese ID: 653223197501010612 (Guma)
Basic info
Age: 44 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|challenging authority Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
Testimony 2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Nurabdulla Nurmemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 努尔阿布都拉·努尔买买提).
Address: Shatliq Community (夏特勒克社区).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (time unclear). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Disobeying a community manager.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Rozimemet Nurmemet (10337), Ablikim Nurmemet (10338)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10118. Ilham Subur
Chinese ID: 65412619700105041X (Mongghulkure)
Basic info
Age: 49 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"extremism", related to religion, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Ilham Subur (potential Mandarin spelling: 伊力哈木·苏布尔).
Address: No. 29, Jixiang Alley 10, North Qumluq Road, Yengisheher Community (墨玉县英协海尔社区库木鲁克北路吉祥10号巷29号).
Household registration address: House No. 55, Group No. 3, Yengisheher Village, Qaraqash Municipality (新疆墨玉县喀拉喀什镇英协海尔村3组55号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 2 camp on May 6, 2017, where he was held under "regular supervision" (普管). 2) Either approved for release or recommended for transfer to work in the industrial area (records differ).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Being "influenced by extremist thinking". 2) Having grown a long beard. 3) Having 1 child more than allowed by the family planning policy. Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released or transferred to work in an industrial area (records differ).
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Rebihan Subur (9826)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10119. Adil Rozimemet
Chinese ID: 654222197008260030 (Wusu)
Basic info
Age: 48 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: concentration camp When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion, "violating birth policies" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Adil Rozimemet (potential Mandarin spelling: 阿迪力·如则麦麦提).
Address: No. 13, Alley 2, Chedui Road, Group No. 2, Area 1, Hope Community (希望社区1片区2组车队路2巷平房13号).
Victim's location
In Qaraqash County.
When victim was detained
1) Sent to the Qaraqash No. 1 camp (June 8, 2017). 2) Approved for release from camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
A number of reasons are reported:
1) Having grown a beard. 2) His wife wearing a veil. 3) Having 4 children more than allowed by the family planning policy.
Victim's status
Still in camp, but likely to be released. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document.
Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Excerpts from the local government administration reports/conclusions regarding the victim:
"Violated the birth policy (4 additional children). His younger brother was arrested for being a member of the 'East Turkestan Independence Movement', while sister-in-law was also arrested for teaching religion illegally. Family is strongly religious. Continue training."
"Adil Rozimemet kept a long beard. His wife was sent to training. No other abnormalities were found. Recommended to graduate and return to work."
Victims among relatives
Rozijan Rozimemet (10216), Mukerem Rejep (10217)
Entry created: 2020-08-16 Last updated: 2020-08-16 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10285. Tursunjan Mettursun
Chinese ID: 653222198103070295 (Karakash) >> ID number invalid
Basic info
Age: 38 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|other Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
The "Qaraqash List", a local government document from Qaraqash County, leaked abroad in the middle of 2019. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Tursunjan Mettursun (potential Mandarin spelling: 吐孙江·麦图尔荪).
Address: No. 13 Village, Qaraqash Municipality (墨玉镇13村). [Presumably this is Chimenbagh Village, as it is the 13th in the official village order for 2017-2019.]
Victim's location
[Presumably in Qaraqash County.]
When victim was detained
1) Sent to camp (November 2017). 2) Released from detention (January 18, 2019).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Smoking marijuana.
Victim's status
Released from hard detention.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data comes directly from a local government document. Additional information
The original Qaraqash list document (with minor redactions): shahit.biz/supp/list_008.pdf
Victims among relatives
Ekber Mettursun (10000), Ablehet Mettursun (10286), Ablimit Abliz (10288), Ablet Abliz (10289)
Entry created: 2020-08-18 Last updated: 2020-08-18 Latest status update: 2019-03-08 10379. Zulpiye Adil
Chinese ID: 65312219????????E? (Shule)
Basic info
Age: 35-55 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kashgar Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Xinhua News Agency, the official state-run press agency of the People's Republic of China.
About the victim
Zulpiye Adil, a 36-year-old resident of Yengisheher (Shule) county. She said she had been 'influenced by extremist ideology', which led to frequent quarrels with her husband.
Victim's location
Shule county, Kashgar prefecture
When victim was detained
Unclear, but she 'graduated' in February 2019
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear, but she claims having voluntarily gone to the re-education camp after neighbors had complained about unrest in Zulpiye's family.
Victim's status
Reportedly graduated and working in an entertainment firm
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Xinhua interviewed the victim [though it's unclear how genuine this interview was].
Additional information
Xinhua report: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-06/19/c_139152047.htm Supplementary materials propaganda photo (right): https://shahit.biz/supp/10379_1.jpg
Entry created: 2020-07-06 Last updated: 2020-08-21 Latest status update: 2020-06-19 10389. Seisen Bazarali
Chinese ID: 65????19????????O? (place of origin unclear)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Seisen Bazarali, as reported by Radio Azattyk. (the victim)
About the victim
Seisen Bazarali
Victim's location
Kazakhstan
When victim was detained
Sent to a re-education camp in February 2018: Released to house arrest in October 2018; Sent to a factory in Kulzha county a week after his release from the camp.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status free
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The victim's own testimony
Additional information
He was paid 29 dollars the first month of his work in the factory; 100 dollars the second month; and 115 dollars the third month.
Radio Azattyk coverage: https://www.azattyk.org/a/china-ksinjan-work-human-rights/30488548.html
Entry created: 2020-07-13 Last updated: 2020-08-23 Latest status update: 2020-03-16 10712. Abdukerim Sidiq (阿卜杜克热木·斯迪克)
Chinese ID: 653125198901103473 (Yarkand)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kashgar Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Xinjiang government records, as reported by Adrian Zenz.
About the victim
Abdukerim Sidiq.
Address: Tetirkol (No. 14) Village, Awat Municipality, Yarkand County, Kashgar Prefecture (莎车县阿瓦提镇铁提尔库勒(14)村).
Victim's location
[Most likely in Kashgar.]
When victim was detained
Prior to March 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Marked as "returned after being taken" (S返回/收返回) or "just returned after being taken for education" (收教刚回来/SJ刚回来), which suggests that the victim was previously in camp but has now been allowed to "return to society" [presumably while remaining under some sort of monitoring].
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data was obtained from internal sources in Xinjiang. Additional information
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Entry created: 2020-09-14 Last updated: 2020-09-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-29 10722. Memet Mamut (麦麦提·马木提)
Chinese ID: 653125196410053476 (Yarkand)
Basic info
Age: 54 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kashgar Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Xinjiang government records, as reported by Adrian Zenz.
About the victim
Memet Mamut. He is married.
Address: Kalta'osteng (No. 11) Village, Awat Municipality, Yarkand County, Kashgar Prefecture (莎车县阿瓦提镇喀勒塔吾斯塘(11)村).
Victim's location
[Most likely in Kashgar.]
When victim was detained
Detained sometime prior to March 2019. Released [presumably from camp] and allowed to return home in March 2019.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Marked as "returned after being taken" (S返回/收返回) or "just returned after being taken for education" (收教刚回来/SJ刚回来), which suggests that the victim was previously in camp but has now been allowed to "return to society" [presumably while remaining under some sort of monitoring].
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The data was obtained from internal sources in Xinjiang. Additional information
His wife was also released from detention in March 2019 (双s返回，2019年3月份返乡).
Entry created: 2020-09-14 Last updated: 2020-09-14 Latest status update: 2019-03-29 11381. Memetjan Metnur (麦麦提江·麦提努日)
Chinese ID: 65322419????????O? (Lop)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Xinjiang Daily, an official daily publication of the CPC Xinjiang Committee.
About the victim
Memetjan Metnur (麦麦提江·麦提努日).
Victim's location
Lop county, Hotan prefecture
When victim was detained
May 2017
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear
Victim's status
According to the article, he is now the manager of one production line in a wig factory, earning 4000 CNY per month. He started working in early December 2018, following "graduation".
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
State-sponsored media interview
Additional information
Xinjiang Daily article: https://archive.vn/QMPLt Supplementary materials propaganda image (right): https://shahit.biz/supp/11381_1.jpg
Entry created: 2020-08-13 Last updated: 2020-11-12 Latest status update: 2019-12-11 11384. Tursunnisa Eli (图送妮萨·艾力)
Chinese ID: 65322119????????E? (Hotan County)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Hotan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Xinjiang Daily, an official daily publication of the CPC Xinjiang Committee.
Testimony 2|4: Tursunnisa Eli, an alleged "vocational training center graduate" presented to the public by the Xinjiang authorities. (the victim)
Testimony 3: China Daily, an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and published in the People's Republic of China.
About the victim
Tursunnisa Eli (吐送尼沙·艾力).
Victim's location
Yengi'awat Township, Hotan prefecture
When victim was detained
Testimony 3: "attended the training in August 2017." She also specifies that she "heard of [the] clothing factory in March 2019" and subsequently applied to work there. She was an "ordinary staff member" at first, but the clothing factory [management] found out that she had sewing skills, and promoted her to team leader. "The technician" then found out that she could speak Mandarin, and made her the "director of the workshop."
Testimony 2:
She describes herself as a "graduate from the Hotan County Vocational Education and Training Center."
She is asked to talk about foreign media reports that say that "vocational education and training centers" are using vocational training as a cover to force detainees (called "trainees" in the article) to work and make products, and whether or not such things occured at the "training centers." In response to the question, the victim denies that the "center" ever imposed forced labor on them and attempts to convey a positive image of the camps. She essentially says that the purpose of the "training courses" was such that the "trainees" could find jobs and "live better lives."
The victim says that detainees ("trainees") selected courses according to their interests, and that she chose to do the tailoring cause as that was aligned with her own interests. She says she wanted to "make pretty clothes for [herself] and earn money with the tailoring skills to support [her] family and take better care of [her] mom." She says that the tailoring classes "combined theoretical teaching and hands-on training" and denies that the "hands-on training" component was forced labour, dismissing reports that say otherwise as "sheer nonsense."
She adds that after she was released ("graduated"), she worked at a clothing company "with the help of the labor market" and signed a contract with that company. She says that she is now the manager of a workshop and "can earn 4,000 yuan a month," which has reportedly improved her family's living conditions and "enabled [them] to live a happy life."
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Testimony 2: Unclear. The victim does not specify a reason, but the article as a whole attempts to convey a positive image of the camps as legitimate tools for "deradicalisation"; in responses from other victims included in the article, "religious extremism" is a common theme, so the reason for her detention could plausibly be related to religion.
Victim's status
Testimony 1: According to the article Tursunnisa works at a clothing factory in the Yengi'awat Township Poverty Alleviation Park after learning to sew in the 'vocational center'.
Testimony 2: After she was released from detention (in the words of the article, "graduated"), she reportedly worked at a clothing company [as a tailor] and signed a contract with that company. She is reportedly now the manager of a workshop.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Testimony 1: State-sponsored interview
Testimony 2: state-arranged press conference
Additional information
Xinjiang Daily article (Testimony 1): https://archive.vn/bxSHr
Press conference transcript (Testimony 2): https://archive.vn/KSjrv
At press conference (Testimony 4): https://archive.vn/7Y6Xu
Supplementary materials
Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_XI-aiCa34 propaganda image (right): https://shahit.biz/supp/11384_1.jpg photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/11384_3.jpeg Entry created: 2020-08-14 Last updated: 2021-05-01 Latest status update: 2021-01-24 12061. Nijat Muhter (尼加提·穆合塔尔)
Chinese ID: 65312819????????O? (Yopurgha)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kashgar Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"extremism" Health status: --- Profession: private business
Testifying party
Testimony 1: CGTN, an international English-language news channel based in Beijing and owned by China Central Television.
Testimony 2: Nijat Muhter, an alleged "vocational training center graduate" presented to the public by the Xinjiang authorities. (the victim)
Testimony 3: Tianshan Net, a major online news portal in Xinjiang.
About the victim
Nijat Muhtar is an Uyghur man. He is interviewed in a CGTN propaganda video dated 24 August 2020. The victim is married to a woman named Rizwan Abdurusul and has multiple young children. He and his wife reportedly work at a delivery outlet in Yuepuhu County. According to a man named "Alim Kadir", who appears in the video as a friend of the victim, at one point in time prior to the victim's detention, the victim ran a restaurant serving "big plate chicken".
Victim's location
Yuepuhu County.
When victim was detained
The dates pertaining to the victim's detention are unknown, but he was detained at a concentration camp in Yuepuhu County (namely the Yuepuhu County Vocational Education and Training Center). The victim reportedly learnt about Chinese law and policies at the concentration camp. During his time in detention, he reportedly "visited the exhibition on violent terrorist attacks in Xinjiang."
According to his wife, the victim was "persuaded" [by an unspecified person] to "go to study at the education and training center."
Testimony 3: He said to have graduated the camp in March 2019. He expressed his wish to help his wife with her delivery business, and to once again open an Uyghur restaurant. Likely (or given) reason for detention
The video implies that he was influenced by "extremism". In the interview, the victim states that his friends took him to an "illegal Koran teaching school" in the village [exact location unspecified], where [teachers] described unbelievers as "kafirs" and encouraged followers to kill kafirs in order to enter heaven. The victim says in the interview that he "thought killing a Han 'kafir' was better than worshipping for ten years" and that he went to the school several times later. The victim says that "they [presumably his friends] sent video clips of violent terrorist attacks to [the victim's] cellphone" and that he gradually came to worship "those who engage in a holy war and die for their beliefs in order to enter heaven", regarding them as "brave warriors". The victim says that he "wanted to become that kind of 'hero'."
The victim's wife says that the victim's temper became violent and she was not allowed to go out or talk to Han people. She also says that the victim tore the children's books into pieces, did not allow them to play with the children of their Han neighbours, and forbade his family from going to the hospital when the children were ill, because he "thought the government-run hopsital was not halal."
The victim's wife also says that the victim "came home and smashed some cups", shouting "I'm gonna kill you 'kafirs' sooner or later."
Alim Kadir says in the video that the victim did not sell food to customers of Han ethnicity whilst he was operating his restaurant. In the interview, Alim Kadir says that at one point, the victim had a "quarrel" with some customers and picked up a kitchen knife; Alim Kadir and one or more other people reportedly stopped the victim from attacking the customers.
Victim's status
The victim has apparently been released from detention.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The victim speaks for himself. [Though it is not clear how genuine it is.]
Additional information
Appearance at press conference (Testimony 2): https://archive.vn/6WrWN
Article in Tianshan (Testimony 3): https://archive.ph/dM3Pt
Testimony 3:
Nijat said he had once attended a religious gathering in a “secret place” in Yopurgha in September 2011, with fellow villagers present. The speaker supposedly said that “those that kill infidels will go to Heaven”. Nijat said he continued hearing similar content for more than six months after. He said he had met his future wife in November 2012, and they would go on to have 3 children. After giving birth to her third, his wife had no more milk for breastfeeding, and Nijat told he had felt disgust at having to buy formula made by “infidels”. Nijat said he had worked hard and owned several hospitality businesses. He also worked as a taxi driver and once had thoughts of running over people who dressed in modern clothing. While working in a restaurant, he said he had refused to serve a Han customer, which prompted a hostile encounter, during which Nijat threatened the customer with a knife. Nijat apparently did not allow his wife to put on make-up and did not allow his kids to go to the hospital when they went sick. Nijat said re-education camp experience has helped him repair the relationship with his wife, after he realized how badly he had treated her.
Supplementary materials
Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiqCIiGnCnI at press conference: https://shahit.biz/supp/12061_2.jpg
Entry created: 2020-09-02 Last updated: 2021-05-21 Latest status update: 2021-01-14 13313. Sultan Emet (苏里塔尼·艾买提)
Chinese ID: 652926198302242016 (Bay)
Basic info
Age: 36 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Aksu Status: forced job placement When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Sultan Emet.
Presumed registration address [his brother's]: House No. 13, Group No. 5, Shorbagh Mehelle Village, Sayram Municipality, Bay County (拜城县赛里木镇肖尔买里村5组13号).
Victim's location
Aksu City.
When victim was detained
Sent to camp in April 2018. Transferred to "study" in a bakery production line in Aksu City on March 2, 2019, where he is allowed to return home for one day every week.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Flagged by IJOP (reason unspecified).
Victim's status
As of March 21, 2019, he is in forced job placement (bakery) in Aksu City.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
These data come directly from police databases in Urumqi.
Additional information ---
Entry created: 2021-03-17 Last updated: 2021-03-17 Latest status update: 2019-03-21 13952. Zharasbek Auelaqyn
Chinese ID: 65412119851008??O? (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to going abroad Health status: --- Profession: tradesperson
Testifying party
Zharasbek Auelaqyn, originally from Ghulja County, is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent over a year in camp. (the victim)
About the victim
Zharasbek Auelaqyn moved to Kazakhstan in 2013, where he did some repair work before starting his own business in late 2016. He is a permanent resident of Kazakhstan.
Address in China: Qarayaghach Township, Ghulja County.
Victim's location
In Kazakhstan.
When victim was detained
Zharasbek returned to China on August 2, 2017, following his father passing away, and immediately had his passport confiscated. Fifteen days later, on August 17, he was summoned by the local police in Qara'yaghach and sent to camp, where he would spend over a year, being released on October 7, 2018. According to Zharasbek, the camp that he was released from was the Party school [it is unclear if this was the only camp he stayed at, as the Party school camp seems to only have started functioning in 2018].
Following three months of town arrest, Zharasbek finally got his passport back and was allowed to return to Kazakhstan.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
While at camp, he allegedly received a piece of paper that said that he had gone abroad but "wasn't a suspicious person" [presumably, 不放心人员].
Victim's status Released and back in Kazakhstan.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
This is an eyewitness testimony.
Additional information
---
Eyewitness account
[The following is a summary of the account from Zharasbek Auelaqyn, interviewed by an Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights volunteer in December 2020 in Kazakhstan.]
Zharasbek Auelaqyn was born on October 8, 1985 in Ghulja County’s Qaragash (Qarayaghach) Township. In 2013, he moved to Kazakhstan and did repair work, starting his own business in late 2016. He also invested 17 million KZT in a patch of farmland, but only to have it go to waste (because of his detention).
Following his father passing away, he went back to China on August 2, 2017, by then a Kazakhstan resident in possession of a Kazakhstan green card. His passport was taken away upon arrival, with police calling him 15 days later – on August 17 – and summoning him to Oyman Bulaq Village. Qairat, a policeman at the village, told Zharasbek that he would need to go somewhere, but that it would only last 15 days. Consequently, he was taken to a concentration camp in Ghulja County. There was no interrogation prior to his being brought there, and the detention would last for over a year.
At the camp, he was in Classes No. 3, No. 10, and No. 17, all of which had over 50 “students”, with Zharasbek seeing classes of 83 or 84 as well. In one of his classes, he was the only Kazakh of the 50 “students” there, with the rest Uyghur (the inmates at the camp were essentially Kazakh, Uyghur, and Hui). The total number usually remained the same, despite people coming and leaving. Every day, they would sit and sing red songs, and praise the Party. Some of the instructors Zharasbek recognized as his former teachers.
After some time, he was given a sheet of paper, in Chinese, which Mandarin-speaking people [presumably his co-inmates] told him said that he had been abroad, but wasn't classified as a suspicious person. Nobody explained to him why he was there – on the contrary, after a few months of detention, people from State Security came and asked him to tell them the reason. Occasionally, the inmates would ask the police why they were there, but the police would just return the question, implying that they themselves should have known – adding that they wouldn’t have ended up there if they were innocent. However, many of the people there had been taken for various trivial reasons, such as being in contact with “dangerous people” or having some “problem” with their phone that they themselves were unaware of.
There were 16 people per room in the cells, with triple-bunk beds. The room itself was small, but still had four cameras, including one in the toilet. There was no opportunity for anyone to commit suicide. Meals were served through the door [through a slit, presumably]. Usually, they would get three meals a day, though on some occasions the food consisted of moldy rice or corn. Zharasbek weighed between 60 and 70 kilos before his detention, but would end up weighing only 52 after.
If he was rebellious, they would shout at him and make him write something. He was never beaten or put in a tiger chair, though he did see people who were punished physically (mainly Uyghurs). One of Zharasbek’s fellow inmates was a young Uyghur guy named Ewzer, and he would be taken away (by the State Security, Zharasbek believes), with Zharasbek later hearing that his mother had come looking for him three months later. Some people were taken from the camp at around 3 AM at night. Zharasbek believes that he was treated better because he had acquaintances there, though the Hui guard, he says, was awful.
Zharasbek’s younger brother, Qalmurat Abdibek, was taken to camp as well. They were both detained on the same day, and would both end up spending a year and two months in camp. Although Qalmurat was accused of downloading WhatsApp, he was completely innocent and hadn’t even installed the application – rather, Zharasbek had installed the WhatsApp on his own phone with his brother’s SIM card inserted, since he needed to contact his family back in Kazakhstan. Despite his explaining this to everyone, nobody listened. Nor did anyone reply when Zharasbek asked, around thirty times, if he could hire a lawyer. They would just ignore him. Both he and Qalmurat were brought to the same camp, but wouldn’t see each other after.
Camp inmates were allowed visits, but elderly women who visited would be obligated to remove their headscarves – even if they had never taken them off before – showing their white hair as a result. During the visits, the teacher or guard would take the inmate to the meeting room, about 500 meters away, scolding the inmate if he talked on the way there. Zharasbek’s relatives also visited him, but were afraid of visiting too frequently. Talking to relatives via phone and video calls was a possibility as well.
At one point, he was told that he would need a shot, but he refused and they didn’t press him. Going to the toilet, he mentions, was somewhat sporadic, as sometimes there would be a scheduled time but otherwise would be up to the guards, with some allowing you to go if they felt sorry for you. Later, they put a bucket in the room, which would be emptied under a guard’s supervision.
After the year and two months at camp, Zharasbek was released on October 7, 2018. At the time of the release, he was being held at the local Party school.
Two weeks later, he was told to go work at a tailor's shop, for which he was offered 600RMB per month. He refused, saying that he needed to go back to Kazakhstan, and that they should lend him some money to start his own business instead if they wanted him to remain in China. For the coming three months, his ID card would ring whenever he tried to use it. Many people in China, including those who knew him, were convinced that he must have committed some crime to get detained.
After the three months of “town arrest”, he had his passport returned to him. He’d be interviewed by the county TV channel, and also had to state that he would not talk about his experiences once abroad. Instead, he was instructed to say that he had received education at the camp and that he was grateful to the Party for this.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn9ZtEfs994
Victims among relatives
Muqamia Muqamethan (13953), Qalmurat Abdibek (13954)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn9ZtEfs994 Entry created: 2021-04-18 Last updated: 2021-04-18 Latest status update: 2020-12-14 13954. Qalmurat Abdibek
Chinese ID: 65412119????????O? (Ghulja County)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: --- Status: --- When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|phone/computer Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Zharasbek Auelaqyn, originally from Ghulja County, is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent over a year in camp. (brother)
About the victim
Qalmurat Abdibek is from Qaragash township, Qulzha county, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture.
Victim's location
Not stated. [Unclear if he is still in Xinjiang or if he was able to leave like his brother.]
When victim was detained
He was detained on August 17, 2017 and taken to camp, to be released on October 7, 2018 [presumably from the Party school camp in Ghulja County, as he and his brother were detained together and that's where Zharasbek says he was].
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Installing WhatsApp
Victim's status
Released from camp. Current status unclear.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
They were taken to the camp and were released on the same day together.
Additional information The testifier, who was in the camp too, used the victim's SIM card to contact his family in Kazakhstan. The victim didn't even install WhatsApp on his own phone.
Victims among relatives
Zharasbek Auelaqyn (13952), Muqamia Muqamethan (13953)
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn9ZtEfs994
Entry created: 2021-01-23 Last updated: 2021-04-18 Latest status update: 2020-12-14 13970. Rehmetbay Abdureshid
Chinese ID: 6501??19????????O? (Urumqi)
Basic info
Age: 35-55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Urumqi Status: unclear (hard) When problems started: July 2018 - Sep. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: engineer
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Nijat, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (acquaintance)
Testimony 2: Mahmutjan, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (acquaintance)
Testimony 3: Anonymous, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (acquaintance)
About the victim
His name is Rehmetbay Abdureshid and he is about 48 years old. He has two children.
Testimony 2: He is the owner of The Xinjiang Shahsarai Architectural Decoration Design Co., Ltd. He is a well-known architect and decorator. He studied design at the Xinjiang University of Arts and in Shanghai. His company has reportedly contracted and participated in the development of Uyghur ancient architectural forms in the construction projects of the Aksaray and Tumaris Hotels, which are a few of the most famous projects. His company is also well known in Middle Asia. According to the news report, Rehmettay was invited to work on the design of the Tajik Presidential Palace during 2005-2006.
Testimony 2: According to Mahmutjan, an architect who lives in Turkey, the interior and exterior design and its Nughay Mosque decorations of the Grand Bazaar Mosque in Urumchi was done by Rehmettay; and first version of Nughay Mosque done by Rehmettay was publicized and widely supported by the public in 2013, it was widely funded by the public and philanthropists, but in the end the authorities did not approve it because it looked like mosques in Turkey.
Victim's location
[Probably in Urumchi as it is where his company is located.]
When victim was detained
Testimony 1: According to one of the testifiers, Nijat, he lost contact with the victim since the beginning of 2017; and later he learnt that the victim had been taken to the camps for two times; the first time was in July 2018, and he was released after 6 months in February 2019, but he was again taken to the camp after two months of his release [not clear if this was actually a camp or a non-extralegal detention].
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unknown.
Victim's status
Presumably in the camp as the two testifiers (Testimony 1+3) reported.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Not Stated.
Additional information
RFA coverage (Testimony 1-3): https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/rehmetjan-abdureshit-04212020174453.html https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/uyghur-ziyaliy-04222020173024.html
Supplementary materials photo with kids: https://shahit.biz/supp/13970_1.jpeg photo: https://shahit.biz/supp/13970_2.jpeg
Entry created: 2021-01-17 Last updated: 2021-04-24 Latest status update: 2020-04-22 14011. Zulpire Ehmet (祖丽非热·艾合买提)
Chinese ID: 6521??19????????E? (---)
Basic info
Age: 18-35 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Turpan Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): "extremism"|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
CGTN, an international English-language news channel based in Beijing and owned by China Central Television.
About the victim
Zulfire Ehmet (祖丽非热·艾合买提) is 21 years old.
She is originally from Turpan, but reportedly worked in a restaurant in Urumqi at some point in time before her detention.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Turpan.]
When victim was detained
According to the propaganda piece, Zulfire Ehmet was influenced by religious extremism after meeting a number of co-workers from southern Xinjiang when she worked in a restaurant in Urumqi. She reportedly quit her job in Urumqi and moved back to Turpan, where she was confronted by family members in relation to her alleged extremism.
In the propaganda video, the victim describes an incident involving a glass bottle of non-halal soy sauce at a relative's home that occurred after she traveled back to Turpan from Urumqi. The victim says that she had a fight with her relative, threw the bottle of soy sauce on the floor, which resulted in her mother's foot getting cut. The victim also says that she told her mother it was "Allah's punishment for [her]" and that she deserved it.
According to the propaganda piece, after that incident, Zulfire Ehmet's family "decided to get her help and sent her to an education program." There, the victim reportedly took classes on law, de-radicalisation and Mandarin. She reportedly chose "tourism" for her [sic] "vocational skill class."
She was released from the camp in March 2019. [The video says she "completed the program this March."]
After being released from the camp, she reportedly became a tour guide, and is "now studying in order to qualify as a national tour guide" [presumably a more prestigious category of tour guide].
Likely (or given) reason for detention
The reason for her detention was related to alleged religious extremism.
Victim's status
The victim has apparently been released from the concentration camp and now works as a tour guide. It is unclear if this is some form of forced labour programme.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The victim effectively "testifies" for herself (for CGTN).
Additional information
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Supplementary materials
CGTN video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOPM1dHA2j4
Entry created: 2021-02-05 Last updated: 2021-04-24 Latest status update: 2021-01-01 14400. Gulnisa Memet
Chinese ID: 65310119????????E? (Kashgar)
Basic info
Age: --- Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kashgar Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|"extremism" Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
CGTN, an international English-language news channel based in Beijing and owned by China Central Television.
About the victim
Gulnisa Memet is from Kashgar and appears in a propaganda piece by CGTN that attempts to convey concentration camps in Xinjiang in a positive light as voluntary education and de-radicalisation facilities.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Kashgar.]
When victim was detained
Unspecified individuals from Gulnisa Memet's village reportedly told her about "courses" that would help eradicate her alleged "extreme thoughts" and also help her to develop more skills. Gulnisa Memet "wanted to have a try" and, according to the article, she "attended classes at the vocational education and training center in eastern Kashgar and graduated after 17 months in March 2019."
[Based on this, Gulnisa Memet would have been detained at a concentration camp in eastern Kashgar from approximately October 2017 until some time in March 2019.]
After her "graduation" [i.e. release], Gulnisa Memet was reportedly admitted to the art theatre at the Apak Khoja Mausoleum as a "figurant" in April 2019 (where she works as a dancer).
Likely (or given) reason for detention
The reason for her detention is apparently related to alleged "extremism."
Victim's status
The current status and whereabouts of Gulnisa Memet are unclear. She was released from the camp in March 2019 and, according to CGTN, was admitted as a "figurant" at the art theatre at the Apak Khoja Mausoleum in April 2019. She then featured in this propaganda piece in March 2020.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
CGTN put the victim on camera.
Additional information
CGTN propaganda piece (article): https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-03-08/Free-to-dance-The-story-of-a-Muslim-woman--OGrAKLat4Q/inde x.html
Supplementary materials
CGTN video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2augnjqmJSg
Entry created: 2021-04-21 Last updated: 2021-05-08 Latest status update: 2020-03-07 14403. Kerim Hesen (克力木·阿散)
Chinese ID: 65302419????????O? (Ulughchat)
Basic info
Age: 35-55 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kizilsu Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|related to religion Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Xinjiang Daily, an official daily publication of the CPC Xinjiang Committee.
About the victim
Kerim Hesen (克力木•阿散) is 41 years old.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Kizilsu, as he was detained at a camp in Ulughchat County.]
When victim was detained
He claims to have been “urged by the family“ to go to the re-education camp in March 2017. He reports learning how to sew clothes and bake naan bread. He "graduated" in December 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
"Illegally studying scripture" in his teenage years.
Victim's status
The victim allegedly writes that he has bought a vehicle and now makes money finding customers, while his brother is responsible for delivering the goods.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The victim himself is the alleged author of the article, intended as a propaganda piece to counter Western reports on the issue. [It is not clear how genuine this is.]
Additional information Original article: https://archive.is/DjJEb
Entry created: 2021-04-21 Last updated: 2021-05-22 Latest status update: 2019-12-23 14640. Maden Gani
Chinese ID: 65????1968??????O? (---)
Basic info
Age: 52-53 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: outside China Status: free When problems started: Apr. 2017 - June 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|nationalism, patriotism Health status: --- Profession: medicine
Testifying party
Maden Gani, a veterinarian and now Kazakhstan citizen. He is a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, having spent several months in a camp. (the victim)
About the victim
Maden Gani was born in 1968 in the Tarbaghatai district. He was educated in the Kazakh language. He started to work (as a vet) in 1992 till 2014. In January 2014, he and his family moved to Kazakhstan. From 2014 till 2017 together with his family lived with temporary documents (yktiyar hat) and in 2017 applied for Kazakh citizenship. In 2017, he was called back by his former Chinese workplace. On July, 24 2017, he crossed the border at Alashankou.
He received his citizenship in December 2017 while in Xinjiang. He was able to leave China in a status of foreign citizen only in October 2020.
Victim's location
Kazakhstan
When victim was detained
24.07.2017 arrival to Xinjiang to his former workplace. Were given many tasks, including watching other families and controlling his colleagues. Documents were confiscated on the first day of his arrival.
September 2018 detained. The first three days stayed in an underground prison for interrogation. Then was sent to the re-education camp.
February 2019 freed and was under house arrest for half a year.
Likely (or given) reason for detention suspected in praising and missing Kazakhstan in his poem Victim's status free
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? testifies for himself
Additional information
After being freed in February 2019 and finishing his half-a-year house arrest, had problems with getting his passport back in October 2020.
Supplementary materials video testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZXAKq8F_uQ
Entry created: 2021-04-27 Last updated: 2021-05-17 Latest status update: 2021-04-01 14650. Subhinur Memetimin (苏比努尔·买买提明)
Chinese ID: 65312619960826??E? (Kaghilik)
Basic info
Age: 24 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Kashgar Status: forced job placement When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1: Tianshan Net, a major online news portal in Xinjiang.
Testimony 2: Subhinur Memetimin, an alleged "vocational training center graduate" presented to the public by the Xinjiang authorities. (the victim)
About the victim
Subinur Memetimin (苏比努尔•买买提明). DOB: August 26, 1996.
Subinur said she was given a religious book as a child (Testimony 2: while in junior middle school) by a woman named Aynur. She then went on to visit Aynur at her home, where they would talk about religion. Aynur said that heaven was a beautiful place, where one could have boundless money, meals and beautiful clothes, as well as servants to fulfil every desire. Later, Subinur said she opened a “foreign website” with “images of blood” and other violent content. She then registered on many of these websites, supposedly learning how to make explosives. Subinur continues saying she then stopped buying all products made in non-Islamic countries. She also talks about having ruined her friend’s birthday party, smashing bottles and screaming after seeing alcohol and cigarettes being consumed. She mentioned idolizing one of the perpetrators of the Kunming train attack in 2014. She said to have still had “extremist thoughts” after arriving in the Kargilik County re-education camp, but had a change of heart after one of the teachers presented her with a birthday cake.
Address: Kargilik Municipality.
Victim's location
[Presumably in Kashgar.]
When victim was detained
Unclear when detained. She "graduated" in October 2018. Likely (or given) reason for detention
Official reason unclear, though many potential ones are listed in the article: including visiting foreign websites, observing halal practices etc.
Victim's status
Testimony 1: She now works in a production line for 2500 yuan a month, and has applied for subsidized housing in the Kargilik municipality.
Testimony 2: She currently works at a local law firm.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
The victim herself is the alleged author of the state media article, and also speaks for herself at the conference. [Though neither are reliable.]
Additional information
Original article in state media (Testimony 1): https://archive.ph/J1xV9
Victim's appearance at press conference (Testimony 2): https://archive.vn/mDVYF
She possibly appears in a video for Tianshan Net to "speak out" against Western media coverage of Xinjiang (only the first name, "Subhinur", is given): https://web.archive.org/web/20200416223449/http://news.ts.cn/system/2019/12/11/035999256.shtml
Entry created: 2021-05-07 Last updated: 2021-05-30 Latest status update: 2021-01-27 15347. Qamile Ehmet (卡米拉·阿合买)
Chinese ID: 650121199310120446 (Urumqi)
Basic info
Age: 25 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Urumqi Status: forced job placement When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|relative(s), other Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3|4: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Qamile Ehmet.
Registration address: House No. 12, No. 1 Group, Badaowan Village, Shuimogou District (八道湾村1队12号).
Probable residential address [her father's]: Apt. 303, Entrance No. 2, Building No. 11, 282 South Hongyuan Road (鸿园南路282号11-2-303).
Victim's location
At home in Urumqi.
When victim was detained
Arrested on March 4, 2018 and sent to camp. On March 23, 2019, she was allowed to return home, having adopted a 10-6:30 workday at the textile factory by the Badaowan Transformation-Through-Education Center (八道湾教育转化中心), with someone from the neighborhood administration taking her to the factory in the mornings and then taking her back home in the evenings.
(One police record notes her undergoing a phone check on March 15, 2018 in the Bayi Subdistrict [it is not clear what this means]. Other records show that she was marked as "completely normal" (一切正常) in the system during a police check in June 2017, but had a yellow tag for being a relative of someone in custody during checks on February 14, 2018.)
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Being a "relative of a person on the run" (在逃人员家属) and a "clue person in an intelligence investigation“ (涉情报线索人员). Victim's status
Working 10-6:30 days at the factory next to the Badaowan camp, but allowed to live at home.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
These data come directly from police databases in Urumqi.
Additional information
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Entry created: 2021-06-19 Last updated: 2021-06-19 Latest status update: 2019-03-28 15348. Ghalip Ghulam (阿力甫·吾拉木)
Chinese ID: 650102198810284013 (Urumqi)
Basic info
Age: 30 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Urumqi Status: forced job placement When problems started: Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Ghalip Ghulam.
Residential and registration address: Apt. 403, Entrance No. 1, Building No. 17, Shuiyun Kangju Garden Residential Area, 360 Herong Alley, Shuimogou District (水磨沟区和融巷360号水韵康居苑小区17号楼1单元403号).
Victim's location
At home in Urumqi.
When victim was detained
Arrested on October 3, 2017 and sent to camp [unclear if immediately or later]. In August 2018, his mother reported to the neighborhood administration that there had been no news of her son since the arrest (the record mentions that she was "rather emotional" (比较有情绪)).
On March 22, 2019, Ghalip was allowed to return home, having been assigned [presumably this was not voluntary] a job at the factory zone of the Badaowan Vocational Education Center (八道湾职教点厂区), with someone from the neighborhood committee taking him to the factory at 9 in the morning and then taking him back home at 6 in the evening.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Working 8/9-hour days at the factory area of the Badaowan camp, but allowed to live at home. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
These data come directly from police databases in Urumqi.
Additional information
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Entry created: 2021-06-19 Last updated: 2021-06-19 Latest status update: 2019-03-25 15349. Ekrem Ehmet (艾克热木·艾合买提)
Chinese ID: 65010219950927403X (Urumqi)
Basic info
Age: 23 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Urumqi Status: forced job placement When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2|3: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Ekrem Ehmet.
Residential and registration address: Apt. 302, Entrance No. 1, Building No. 18, 360 Herong Alley, Shuimogou District, Urumqi (乌鲁木齐市水区和融巷360号18号楼1单元302号).
Victim's location
At home in Urumqi.
When victim was detained
Sent to camp at an unspecified point in time. On March 22, 2019, he was allowed to return home, having been assigned [presumably this was not voluntary] a job at the factory zone of the Badaowan Vocational Education Center (八道湾职教点厂区), with someone from the neighborhood administration taking him to the factory at 9 in the morning and then taking him back home at 6 in the evening.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Working 8/9-hour days at the factory area of the Badaowan camp, but allowed to live at home.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
These data come directly from police databases in Urumqi. Additional information
His status in the police system was marked as "completely normal" (一切正常) on June 17, 2017, but during a July 6 check some three weeks later he was already tagged as a "person with a criminal record (Urumqi)" (suggesting that the tag was applied in that interval).
Entry created: 2021-06-19 Last updated: 2021-06-19 Latest status update: 2019-03-25 15350. Erkin Rozahun (艾尔肯·如扎洪)
Chinese ID: 650105199401101910 (Urumqi)
Basic info
Age: 25 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Urumqi Status: forced job placement When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Testimony 1|2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Erkin Rozahun.
Residential and registration address: Apt. 601, Entrance No. 5, Building No. 20, 360 Herong Alley, Shuimogou District, Urumqi (乌鲁木齐市水区和融巷360号20号楼5单元601号).
Victim's location
At home in Urumqi.
When victim was detained
Sent to camp at an unspecified point in time. On March 22, 2019, he was allowed to return home, having been assigned [presumably this was not voluntary] a job at the factory zone of the Badaowan Vocational Education Center (八道湾职教点厂区), with someone from the neighborhood administration taking him to the factory at 9 in the morning and then taking him back home at 6 in the evening.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
---
Victim's status
Working 8/9-hour days at the factory area of the Badaowan camp, but allowed to live at home.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
These data come directly from police databases in Urumqi. Additional information
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Entry created: 2021-06-19 Last updated: 2021-06-19 Latest status update: 2019-03-25 16129. Memet Metniyaz (麦麦提·麦提尼亚孜)
Chinese ID: 6529011969??????O? (Aksu)
Basic info
Age: 49-50 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Aksu Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Liu Ping, a local Party official in Aksu. (from same town/region)
About the victim
Memet Metniyaz (麦麦提·麦提尼亚孜). DOB: 1969. He has four children.
Address: House No. 125, Group No. 2, Towenki Tigin Village, Aykol municipality, Aksu City.
Victim's location
At his home in Towenki Tigin.
When victim was detained
Detention date is unclear. Released from re-education camp in December 2018.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Unclear.
Victim's status
Released. The article includes a picture of the victim hosting the officials in his home.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
Direct visit.
Additional information
Original blog entry: https://archive.is/dB8t2 Supplementary materials photo (center): https://shahit.biz/supp/16129_1.jpeg
Entry created: 2021-07-30 Last updated: 2021-07-30 Latest status update: 2019-02-16 24121. Buzohre Erkin (布祖热·艾尔肯)
Chinese ID: 650105198402080029 (Urumqi)
Basic info
Age: 35 Gender: F Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Urumqi Status: unclear (soft) When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|phone/computer, past "transgressions" Health status: has problems Profession: ---
Testifying party
Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Buzohre Erkin.
Residential address: Apt. 501, Building No. 7, Weihuzhuang Fifth East Alley, Qidaowan Road, Shuimogou District (水磨沟区七道湾路苇湖庄东5巷7号楼501).
Registration address: Apt. 301, Entrance No. 1, Building No. 210, 59 First East Alley, Yanhe Road, Shuimogou District, Urumqi (水磨沟区沿河路东一巷59号210号楼1单元301号).
Victim's location
Qidaowan Hospital, Urumqi.
When victim was detained
Unclear when initially detained. A police report from March 4, 2019 states that she was released from camp on March 1, 2019 because she had an infectious disease, after which she was checked into the Qidaowan Hospital.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
Having a history of drug use and using the Zapya application.
Victim's status
Still at the hospital as of April 8, 2019.
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? These data come directly from police databases in Urumqi.
Additional information
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Entry created: 2021-08-21 Last updated: 2021-08-21 Latest status update: 2019-04-09 24196. Sidiq Mollamet (斯迪克·莫拉麦提)
Chinese ID: 652923198706052711 (Kucha)
Basic info
Age: 31 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Urumqi Status: forced job placement When problems started: --- Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: --- Profession: ---
Testifying party
Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.
About the victim
Sidiq Mollamet.
Residential address: West Wenquan Road Neighborhood, Urumqi.
Victim's location
Badaowan Industrial Park (八道湾产业园), Urumqi. [This is presumably the park that formed around and/or replaced the re-education camp in Badaowan.]
When victim was detained
He was reported as being in "transformation through education" as early as July 14, 2018. On December 15, 2018, his wife and children visited him at the Shuimogou District Badaowan Transformation-Through-Education Point (水区八道湾教育转化点), with Sidiq giving them a drawing of their family of four, as it was their seventh wedding anniversary.
On February 28, 2019, his wife reported that he had called her a few days earlier and mentioned now being in the Dabancheng center (a March 15, 2019 report also mentions him as being at the Dabancheng camp).
On the night of March 24 / morning of March 25, he was allowed to return home following a call from the Badaowan camp to his neighborhood administration, and to be with his family, but was taken back to the Badaowan facility (here referred to as the Badaowan Industrial Park, or 八道湾产业园) the next day.
Likely (or given) reason for detention
--- Victim's status
At the industrial park [this is presumably forced labor].
How did the testifier learn about the victim's status?
These data come directly from police databases in Urumqi.
Additional information
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Entry created: 2021-08-27 Last updated: 2021-08-27 Latest status update: 2019-03-29