To whom it may concern, What follows is public testimony data exported from the Xinjiang Victims Database (shahit.biz) on Sat, 02 Oct 2021 00:50:34 +0000. A total of 594 victims with the following criteria is considered: List: From prolonged detention to prison 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 2. Perhat Tursun (帕尔哈提·吐尔逊) Chinese ID: 653001196901????O? (Atush) Basic info Age: 51 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: --- Status: sentenced When problems started: Jan. 2018 - Mar. 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): nationalism, patriotism|--- Health status: --- Profession: art & literature Testifying party (* direct submission) Testimony 1*|4|7: Darren Byler, an anthropologist at the University of Colorado. (friend) Testimony 2|6: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) Testimony 3: Tahir Hamut, an Uyghur poet and filmmaker, now residing in the United States. (friend) Testimony 5: Radio Free Asia Uyghur, the Uyghur-language service of Radio Free Asia. Testimony 8: Joshua Freeman, a historian of China and Inner Asia, as well as a translator of Uyghur poetry. (friend) Testimony 9: Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, an investigative journalist covering China. (acquaintance) About the victim Perhat Tursun is a leading Uyghur fiction writer, poet, and cultural critic. His writing focuses on urban alienation, Uyghur traditions, and problems of human existence. At age 24, he wrote the "Art of Suicide", a controversial novel that was included in the list of the hundred best works of Uyghur culture, something the author himself was unhappy about (as most of the other works in the list were "propaganda bullshit"). His wife reportedly left him following the controversy, and he would have difficulty getting published for some time. Despite the criticisms of his book, however, Perhat has stated that he does identify as Muslim, but that his belief came "from a sort of philosophical universalism rather than a pure acceptance of creed". He received his PhD degree from China's Minzu University in 2011, in the field of Chaghatay language and Uyghur folklore. Victim's location He had been living in Urumqi before. However, the current location is unknown, especially as he is reported to have been sentenced. When victim was detained Detained on January 30, 2018. News that he had been sentenced were received in early October 2019. Likely (or given) reason for detention According to Abduweli Ayup, he was targeted for being one of the scholars to have signed Memtimin Elyar's 2005 petition for the protection of Uyghur-language education. Victim's status Sentenced to prison. It's been said that he's been sentenced to 16 years, but this has yet to be verified. How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? News of his detention first circulated via social media - Tahir Hamut, one of Perhat's closest friends, learned from a mutual acquaintance that Perhat had been "hospitalized". This was later confirmed during visits by international researchers in Urumqi. The reason for his arrest as given by Abduweli Ayup is speculative. Additional information Foreign Policy feature: https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/10/01/china-xinjiang-islam-salman-rushdie-uighur/ This victim is included in the list of prominent detained Uyghurs, available at: shahit.biz/supp/list_003.pdf Mentioned in Abduweli Ayup's op-ed for PEN/Opp: https://www.penopp.org/articles/abduweli-ayup?language_content_entity=en RFA coverage: https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/erkin-tiniqlar/perhat-tursun-01312020235722.html Featured in SupChina: https://supchina.com/2020/02/05/disappearance-of-perhat-tursun-uyghur-worlds-greatest-author/ Mentioned in the New York Review of Books: https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/08/13/uighur-poets-on-repression-and-exile/ Some Mandarin translations of his poems: http://archive.is/RMdpA One of his novels in English: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-backstreets/9780231202916 An article by Zhang Qinghua, a literature professor in Beijing, that mentions Perhat and his poetry: http://archive.is/by09F More of his poetry in Chinese: https://www.chinesepen.org/blog/archives/138083 https://www.chinesepen.org/blog/archives/137594 https://www.chinesepen.org/blog/archives/137723 Supplementary materials Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl-XjaQOYLs Testimony 3: https://twitter.com/HamutTahir/status/1095358483166314497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw photo (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/2_1.jpg article about victim's poetry: https://shahit.biz/supp/2_4.pdf photo (2): https://shahit.biz/supp/2_5.jpg Entry created: 2018-09-21 Last updated: 2021-04-17 Latest status update: 2020-02-05 16. Nurbolat Oraz (努尔博拉提·吾拉孜) Chinese ID: 654126196105011031 (Mongghulkure) Basic info Age: 59 Gender: M Ethnicity: Kazakh Likely current location: Ili Status: sentenced When problems started: July 2017 - Sep. 2017 Detention reason (suspected|official): ---|--- Health status: has problems Profession: religion Testifying party Testimony 1: Nazigul Tursynbai, born in 1981, immigrated to Kazakhstan from China in 2007. (relative) Testimony 2: Baqtiyar Sabetbai, born in 1986, is originally from Mongolkure County but has been a citizen of Kazakhstan since 2018. (nephew) Testimony 3|4: Razia Nurbolat, born in 1989, is a Kazakhstan citizen. (daughter) Testimony 5: Lazzat Belqozha, presumably a resident of Kazakhstan. (relation unclear) Testimony 6: Dilbar Nurbolat, a citizen of Kazakhstan. (daughter) Testimony 7: Bekinur Naqysbek, a citizen of Kazakhstan. (from same town/region) About the victim Nurbolat Oraz was a state-approved imam of a mosque in Aqdala Township's Taltysai Village. He had worked as an imam in Adqala for 18 years. Address: Taltysai No. 1 Village, Aqdala Municipality, Mongolkure County, Xinjiang (新疆昭苏县阿克达拉乡塔勒赛一村). Chinese passport number: G-48710743. Victim's location "Zekti Prison" in Kunes County. [This is presumably the new Kunes Prison, which is just south of Zekti. Zekti Municipality itself does not appear to have any detention facilities.] When victim was detained Nurbolat was detained on August 9, 2017. He was later released on September 1, 2017 and then arrested again in November 2017 and allegedly taken to a camp. It was later heard, though not confirmed, that he had been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Likely (or given) reason for detention According to the victim's daughter, Razia, he was detained for sending his daughters to Kazakhstan. The victim's nephew, Baqtiyar, has stated that his detention was due to his being an imam. Victim's status Rumored to have been sentenced to 25 years in prison. He has health issues, having recently had a pulmonary segmentectomy. He has difficulty breathing. [There is a high likelihood of the victim being subjected to forced labor at the prison, as this has been documented at Kunes Prison.] How did the testifier learn about the victim's status? Not stated. Additional information This victim is included in a list of Mongolkure victims provided to Qazaq Uni (https://qazaquni.kz/2018/09/28/90575.html), and also available at: https://shahit.biz/supp/list_005.pdf A person with the victim's name was an investor in a sunflower oil manufacturing company, but it is unclear if the investor is the victim: https://archive.vn/vpsMh A person with this name is also listed as an investor in a beet cooperative: http://archive.is/B2z7s [given that this is in the same village as the victim's residence, it is most likely that this is the victim] Victims among relatives Bagnur Sabetbai (14), Nurbaqyt Auqadi (15), Bubinur Shaken (13) Supplementary materials Testimony 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ENXPp3OQoM Testimony 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgXweRMmZA4 Testimony 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozS6KWZtv1o Testimony 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE_0PxEmwsA Testimony 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikY4jf4NdoQ Testimony 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdROL93vokM photo (1): https://shahit.biz/supp/16_1.png household registration: https://shahit.biz/supp/16_7.png Entry created: 2018-09-27 Last updated: 2020-08-24 Latest status update: 2020-05-11 39. Sadir Eli (沙地克·艾力) Chinese ID: 653021197109010219 (Atush) Basic info Age: 49 Gender: M Ethnicity: Uyghur Likely current location: Tumshuq Status: sentenced (20 years) When problems started: Apr. 2018 - June 2018 Detention reason (suspected|official): related to religion|--- Health status: --- Profession: private business Testifying party Testimony 1: Mehmut Enwer, originally came to Australia as a refugee in 2005, now an Australian citizen. (cousin) Testimony 2|4: Adile Sadir, now living in Boston, where she is the owner of an Uyghur restaurant. She obtained a bachelor's degree from UMass Boston. (daughter) Testimony 3|7|8: Mariye Muhemmed, originally from Atush but now residing in Boston, where she helps operate an Uyghur restaurant. (wife) Testimony 5: Adile Sadir, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (daughter) Testimony 6: Adile Sadir, as reported by WGBH. (daughter) Testimony 9: Sheyide Eli, originally from Kashgar, but now residing in the United States.