| Entry | Victim’s Name | Chinese name | ID no. | About the Testifier | Relation | About the Victim | Assumed Location | When Detention Took Place | Detention Reason | Victim’s Status | How Testifier Learned of Status | Additional Info | About the Testifier (Translated/Edited) | Relation (Translated/Edited) | About the Victim (Translated/Edited) | Assumed Location (Translated/Edited) | When Detention Took Place (Translated/Edited) | Detention Reason (Translated/Edited) | Victim’s Status (Translated/Edited) | How Testifier Learned of Status (Translated/Edited) | Additional Info (Translated/Edited) | Prison Term (Years) | Age | Gender | Ethnicity | Location | Detention type | Detention time | Detention reason | Official detention reason (1) | Official detention reason (2) | Official detention reason (3) | Health status | Profession |
| 30 | Melike Ghopur | 65212219????????E? | Timothy A Grose, Assistant Professor of China Studies, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Friend | Malika Gupur | Turpan, Pichan County, Dalankariz Village | April 2017 | Unknown | Unknown | Victim’s cousin | She worked at an international school for 2 years in UAE. She returned home to marry. Soon thereafter, she gave birth. Malika’s child was only a few months old and still breastfeeding when she was detained. | — | F | Uyghur | Turpan | — | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 271 | Mewlan Perhat | 6501??19870707??O? | Gulpari Zunun | jiyanim | :مەۋلان پەرھات جىيەنىم 1987-يىلى 7-ئاينىڭ 7-كۈنى ئۈرۈمچىدە تۇغۇلغان كەسپى :تېخنىكوم مەكتەپتە تەنتەربىيە ئوقۇتقۇچىسى .ئۆمرىدە ھىچ چەتئەلگە چىقىپ باقمىغان 2018-يىلى 7-ئايدا ساقچى تەرەپتىن سەۋەبسىز ماشىنىسىنى بانا قىلىپ تۇتقۇن قىلغان، ھازىرغىچە ھىچ خەۋىرى يوق. |
bilmayman | 2018-yili 7-ayda | sawabsiz | bilmayman | bashqilar arqiliq | — | Gulperi Zunun. | The victim is my cousin. | Mewlan Perhan was born on July 7, 1987 in Urumqi. He was a physical education teacher at a technical school. | [Presumably in Urumqi.] | Arrested by local police in July 2018. | Something related to his car was used as a pretext for his arrest. [Testifier also mentions that he’s never been abroad.] |
We’ve had no information since his arrest. | [“from others”, writes the testifier.] | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | unclear (hard) | July 2018 – Sep. 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||
| 297 | Irpan Memet | 65??????????????O? | Elyar T 艾力亚尔 (Twitter handle: @TursunElyar) | Not stated. | Irpan Memet is a graduate of the Xinjiang Medical University. He was also a prominent children’s English teacher. | — | Taken to camp in April 2017. | — | In camp [presumably]. | Not stated. | — | — | M | Uyghur | — | concentration camp | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 398 | Abdusopur Ablai | 65402819????????O? | I am an Uyghur who is living in in US | My Uncle and many of my male cousins are detained in the prison camp just because they are Uyghur | My uncle, Abdusopur Ablai, was a high school teacher before the February 5th incident in Ghulja. After the incident, he was terminated from his job because he condemn the communist parties wrongdoing and destined couple of times through out the years. Beginning of 2017, He went to Turkey for two weeks (for travel), when he returned, he is detained at the airport and we never heard back anything from him again | He is from Ghulja prefecture (Nelka county). But we don’t know where he is now | It has been over a year now. My uncle was detained beginning of 2017 | probably because he went to Turkey. He never afraid of speaking out and condemn communist party, He hated communist party. It also may be one the reason too | unknown | We learned about from other relatives. | I have dozens of my male cousins are detained. Most of them are from Ghulja. I also have couple of friends that were taken/detained from Urumqi who were well established/had good jobs. I just heard one of them are sentenced for three years. He was a secular person who taught English in Urumqi | — | M | Uyghur | — | no news for over a year | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 1177 | Zulpiye Jalalidin | 6501??19671206??E? | Testimony 1: Anonymous, as reported by AidET. (relation unclear) Testimony 2: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia, the department of the Government of Australia responsible for foreign policy, foreign relations, foreign aid, consular services, and trade and investment. Testimony 3: Juret Nizamidin, as reported by South China Morning Post. (husband) Testimony 4|6: Almas Nizamidin, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (son) Testimony 5: Juret Nizamidin, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (husband) |
name: Zulpiya Jalaleddin ethnicity: Uyghur gender: female age: probably in her 50s She was arrested immediately after her return to China from the USA in January 2018 and has been imprisoned since then. Her husband Jurat Nizamidin, 54, former senior editor at Xinjiang Daily newspaper, lives in USA together with their son. Based on information obtained from a testimony event held in early 2019 (Testimony 1), she was a math teacher at Urumqi No.2 middle school. DOB: December 6, 1967. According to information in an RFA report, she holds a senior teacher qualification. |
Possibly in Urumqi, as that’s where she worked. | From testimony event: January 4, 2018 | From testimony event: “assembling a crowd to disturb social order” | From testimony event: Chinese Embassy in Australia informed her relatives that Jalalidin was arrested on Nov. 6, 2018 and is currently under investigation for “assembling a crowd to disturb social order”. From RFA report based on victim’s husband’s FB post: The victim’s husband posted on his FB that his two sons talked to his wife during the Qurban Eid. He said that his wife was released for three days because of the Qurban Eid (August 2019). On the phone, she said that she is grateful for the government because she became a good woman and a good mother through education and she also said that she might finish school very soon. Testimony 6: On 15th of September 2019, Almas received news that his mother was released now she is under house arrest and he had several phone talk with her under the supervision of the police until 25th December 2019. |
How the victim’s family learned about her initial arrest is unclear, however it was later confirmed by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, which got the information from the Chinese authorities. Later, the victim’s sons were able to talk to the victim on the phone (presumably with monitoring by the Chinese authorities). | South China Morning Post (Testimony 3), Additional mention in: https://docs.uhrp.org/pdf/UHRP_RepressionAcrossBorders.pdf RFA coverage (Testimony 4-6): https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/lager-08152019235805.html https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/australia-mother-08192019154513.html https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/uyghurda-lager-01202020131548.html |
Testimony 1: Anonymous, as reported by AidET. (relation unclear) Testimony 2: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia, the department of the Government of Australia responsible for foreign policy, foreign relations, foreign aid, consular services, and trade and investment. Testimony 3: Juret Nizamidin, as reported by South China Morning Post. (husband) Testimony 4|6: Almas Nizamidin, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (son) Testimony 5: Juret Nizamidin, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (husband) |
35-55 | F | Uyghur | Urumqi | house/town arrest | Jan. 2018 – Mar. 2018 | — | disturbing public order | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 1185 | Ehmetjan Jume | 65????19????????O? | Testimony 1: Memetjan Jume, as reported by New York Times. (brother) Testimony 2: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) Testimony 3|4: Memetjan Jume, deputy director of Radio Free Asia’s Uyghur service. (brother) Testimony 5: Yasin Eshmet, originally from Shayar County, now residing in Turkey. (former student) |
name: Ahmetjan Juma occupation: teacher at Konisheher No. 1 High School Testimony 5: he also taught at the Mahmudie language school in Urumqi. |
[Presumably in Kashgar.] | Testimony 1: May 2017 | unknown, probably related to being the brother of Mamatjan Juma, a journalist working for Radio Free Asia | detained Testimony 4: missing since his detention. |
Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals (Testimony 2), available at here New York Times (Testimony 1) (published on 1 March 2018), Mentioned in the CECC report |
Testimony 1: Memetjan Jume, as reported by New York Times. (brother) Testimony 2: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) Testimony 3|4: Memetjan Jume, deputy director of Radio Free Asia’s Uyghur service. (brother) Testimony 5: Yasin Eshmet, originally from Shayar County, now residing in Turkey. (former student) |
— | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | no news for over a year | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | relative(s) | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 1247 | Gulchekre Telet | 古丽杰克热木·塔来提 | 654002198001090305 | 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) |
Gulchekre Telet Computer teacher of Yining Nurtay Haji Orphan School |
unknown [Presumably in Ili.] |
June 5, 2018 | — | released on December 2018 | from Chinese friends | — | 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) |
35-55 | F | Uyghur | Ili | unclear (soft) | Apr. 2018 – June 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||||||||||
| 1387 | Gulnar Telet | 古丽娜尔·塔拉提 | 652401197007150021 | 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. |
Gulnar Telet گۈلنار تەلەت Mathematics teacher of Ghulja No.5 elementary school Detained to the camp in 2017 December [from UHRP report: Speaks fluent Chinese.] |
In Ghulja camp around street of Dianchang（电厂） | 2017 December [from UHRP report (Testimony 2): Communications with her son became coded in the years leading up to the arrest, and she would occasionally praise the Communist Party in their phone calls.] [from video testimony on September 7, 2019: released in early 2019 and had to undergo a major surgery] |
no reason given, might because of his son studying in US | still in the camp [from video testimony on September 7, 2019: released but had to undergo surgery, with the person who told Arafat the news only recently saying that “right now she can walk”] [update from testifier in early December 2019: On November 9,2019 , on “Xinjiang” Uyghur Autonomous regional Government’s official statement and on the article published by official WeChat account of China’s state propaganda media “Global times”, they claimed she was never been detained to the camp. They even claimed that she told her son Arfat “your dad harmed society. Don’t lie, quit WUC” , even though Arfat’ still doesn’t have any contact with his mom and his last contact with his mom was more than 2 and half year ago and he is not a member of WUC. A week later, she appeared on Chinese Government’s propaganda video, a video to discredit Uyghurs who spoke to the media about their detained relatives and family members. Yet,. In the propaganda video, she was barely standing, leaning against the TV stand with her hand WITH pale and sad look, blinking her eyes20 times in her 16 second screen time, in a way proved Arfat’s update testimony about her “going through a big life threating surgery following her release from the camp and barely can walk even after months“ published as part of UyghurPulse project on September. 2 days later UN’s Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearance sent an email with official documents to Arfat, as Arfat submitted his parent’s case to them around January 2019, yet no response was given by China when UN asked China their whereabout in early 2019. But this time, China responded to UN’s request , with one line “ Now she lives an ordinary life”, indicating she was detained before but released , in contrary to their statement from 2 weeks ago. (For some unknown reason, They also said she is a teacher at No.9 Kindergarden, but she is not and she has been working as math teacher in Ghulja No.5 elementary scholl in last 25+ years)] Testimony 6: in their reply to the United Nations, the Chinese authorities simply said that the victim “now lives an ordinary life”. |
From a Kazakh family friend who fled to Kazakhstan | UHRP report (Testimony 2) | 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. |
Gulnar Telet was a mathematics teacher at the Ghulja No. 5 Elementary School. She speaks fluent Chinese. | Previously in a camp not far from the electric power plant, but now appears to have been released. [Presumably at home.] | 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. | No reason given, to the best of her son’s knowledge. May be because of his studying in the US. | 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 , 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). |
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. |
An UHRP report 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, Chinese media response |
35-55 | F | Uyghur | Ili | unclear (soft) | Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 | relative(s) | — | — | — | has problems | education | |||
| 1537 | Abdusalam Yasin | 6501??19????????O? | RFA https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/606-til-mektiwi-10292019201902.html |
N/A | His name is Abdusalam Yasin. He is from Urumchi and he works at “606” language school(the founder is Hesenjan Ismayil, in Entry #5392) as a teacher in Korla. He is married. | [Unclear – worked and lived in Korla, but originally from Urumchi.] | in October 2018 | Likely for having felt sympathy for “criminals” and educating the children who came to Korla with their mother (who came to Korla to work) free of charge. | in detention | RFA made phone calls to Korla to get information and during the interview, they learned about the victim’s status. Also, Elijan Emet, one of the founders of the “606” language school and lives in Belgium, told RFA that he has learned the victim’s status as well when he was interviewed. | — | — | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | Oct. 2018 – Dec. 2018 | other | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 1545 | Dilmurat Tursun | 65????19????????O? | Anonymous volunteer | None | Dilmurat Tursun was an instructor in the Department of Computer Science, Xinjiang University. He was detained by the local authorities and whereabouts of the victim is still unknown. | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | UHRP reports | UHRP report, This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here |
— | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 1552 | Nureli Shahyaqup | 65????19????????O? | Anonymous volunteer | None | Nur’eli Shahyaqup was a faculty member from Xinjiang Normal University. He was detained by the local authorities and whereabouts of the victim is still unknown [Friend of victim: Was a student at J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt from 2010 to 2012] [according to someone who knows the victim: he is in his late 30s] |
Unclear | [according to someone who knows the victim: in 2016] | Unclear | Unclear | UHRP report | UHRP report, This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here |
35-55 | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | unclear (hard) | before 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 1562 | Ilham Tahir | 6531??19????????O? | Testimony 1: Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur linguist, scholar, and activist now living in Norway. Testimony 2: Rune Steenberg, an anthropologist from Denmark. |
Testimony 1: unclear Testimony 2: friend |
Ilham Tahir is the son of Tahir Talip and a teacher of a middle school in Kashgar. Former teacher at Kashgar Pedagogical Institute, later worked in the publishing industry in Urumqi. Travelled extensively, has visited the U.S. Met with the U.S ambassador to China on the former’s visit to Xinjiang in 2014. |
Unclear | Testimony 2: April 2017. Released after a month, later detained again in May and sent to a re-education camp in Kashgar. | Unclear | Possibly still detained. No news since. | Testimony 2: shared acquaintances | UHRP report, This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here |
— | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | no news for over a year | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 1563 | Niyaz Imin | 65????19????????O? | Anonymous volunteer | None | Niyaz Imin a former teacher in NO.1 middle school of Kucha county. He was detained by the local authorities and whereabouts of the victim is still unknown. | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | UHRP report | UHRP report, This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here |
— | M | Uyghur | Aksu | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 1564 | Zohre Niyaz Sayramiye | 65????19????????E? | Anonymous volunteer | None | Zohre Niyaz is a poet and a teacher at the bay county sayram village middle school. she was detained by the local authorities and whereabouts of the victim is still unknown. | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | UHRP report | UHRP report, This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here |
— | F | Uyghur | Aksu | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 1614 | Yalqun Abdurahman | 65300119????????O? | Testimony 1: Shadiye Shawket, originally from Ustun’atush Township in Atush City, but later a resident of Konsul Street in Urumqi. She has been residing abroad since the early 2010s. (daughter-in-law) Testimony 2: @MeTooUyghur1, an unverified Twitter account. (child) |
Yalqun Abdurahman, Uyghur man 64 years old. He lives in Education building (Ma’arip binasi), Bext residence area of Atush city. He was detained and imprisoned in May, 2017. Current status unknown. Testimony 2: he was a director of a school. |
[Unclear, as sentenced.] | Testimony 1: May,2017 (Testimony 2: taken to camp) Testimony 2: sentenced to 10 years in 2019. |
unknown | unknown | unclear | 8 years old grandchildren called Meryem has no information. | Testimony 1: Shadiye Shawket, originally from Ustun’atush Township in Atush City, but later a resident of Konsul Street in Urumqi. She has been residing abroad since the early 2010s. (daughter-in-law) Testimony 2: @MeTooUyghur1, an unverified Twitter account. (child) |
10 | 55+ | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||||||||||
| 1749 | Yalqun Eysa | 65????19????????O? | Anonymous volunteer | Anonymous volunteer | Yalkun Isa, 56, a professor of mathematics at Aksu Education Institute. He was detained by the local authorities, but whereabouts of the victim is still unknown. | [unclear, as he’s rumored to have been sentenced] | Unclear | [according to the recent news his son has received, he’s been sentenced to 20 years for “separatism”] | [according to the recent news his son has received, he’s been sentenced to 20 years for “separatism”] | UHRP report | UHRP report | 20 | 55+ | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | — | — | separatism | — | — | — | education | ||||||||||
| 1762 | Heytqary Osman | 65292919????????O? | Amina Shemshidin, an Uyghur from Turpan now living abroad | Friend’s husband | Heytqary Osman, 35 years old, from Kalpin county, Aksu prefecture. Had been living in Beijing for many years together with his wife, Eminhan Awut. He was religious and had been teaching Arabic language in Beijing. He has three children. | Unknown | In September 2017, he was arrested on a visit to Aksu and sentenced for 7 years | Presumably related to religion | In prison | Unclear | — | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to religion | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 1819 | Qari Hashim | 65312919????????O? | Testimony 1|2: Muhemmed’eli Ablet, originally from Peyzawat County but now living in the United States. (nephew-in-law) Testimony 3: Muhemmed’eli Ablet, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (nephew-in-law) |
Qari Hashim, around 65 years old as of November 2018. Originally from Gulluq township (古勒鲁克乡), Payiziwat (Jiashi) county, Kashgar prefecture. He is a retired teacher. | Peyziwat, Kashgar | unknown | unknown | Unknown if he is in concentration camp or prison at peyziwat county of Kashgar prefecture. Testimony 3: no news since November 2018 |
unclear | — | Testimony 1|2: Muhemmed’eli Ablet, originally from Peyzawat County but now living in the United States. (nephew-in-law) Testimony 3: Muhemmed’eli Ablet, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (nephew-in-law) |
55+ | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | no news for over a year | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2050 | Weli Barat | 卫利·巴拉提 | 65????19????????O? | H. | information publicly available | name: Weli Barat gender: male ethnicity: unknown (Uyghur, very likely) age: 56 (as of 17 Dec 2018) occupation: former president of Xinjiang Normal University, director of the Economics and Information Committee of XUAR He replaced Tashpolat Teyip as president of Xinjiang University in 2017. |
unknown | Nov-18 | unknown | detained | twitter: @Xjscholar on 17 Dec 2018 | https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/university-president-02202018173959.html (published 20 FEB 2018) This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here |
55+ | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | unclear (hard) | Oct. 2018 – Dec. 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||||||||||
| 2051 | Osman Kerem | 65????19610214??O? | Akbar Osman, Norwegian citizen | My father | Name: Osman Kerem (Wusuman Keranmu). Uyghur, Date of birth: 14. February 1961. Location: Urumchi Career: former teacher of No. 23 middle school in Urumchi (pensioner now) |
Urumchi (probably) | Jul-17 | Unknown | Unknown | From other people | He has some health problems This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here |
55+ | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | unclear (hard) | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | — | — | — | — | has problems | education | |||||||||||
| 2095 | Ablajan Abduwaqi | 6531??19????????O? | 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. | The victim is the testifier’s father. | 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] |
Kashi, Xinjiang,China | October, 2017 | 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. | House arrest currently. | Through Wechat messages from my cousin who is studying in a university in the mainland China. | 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 here |
55+ | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | house/town arrest | Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 | related to religion | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2224 | Ehet Sulaiman | 6522??19????????O? | H. | information publicly available | name: Ehet Sulaiman gender: male ethnicity: Uyghur age: older than his brother Eset (48) (as of April 2018) occupation: school principal Ehet is the older brother of Eset Sulaiman, a RFA journalist. |
Kumul | Oct-17 | probably because his relative works as a reporter at RFA | in a “re-education” camp | https://www.rfa.org/english/news/special/uyghurfamilies/ (published 4 APR 2018) http://www1.alliancefr.com/actualites/les-musulmans-ouigours-en-chine-maltraites-pour-les-reportages-de-leurs-proches-aux-etats-unis-6072795 (published 18 DEC 2018) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/world/asia/china-xinjiang-rfa.html (published 1 MAR 2018) |
Mentioned in the CECC report | — | M | Uyghur | Hami | concentration camp | Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 | relative(s) | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2238 | Arzigul Memet | 6502??19????????E? | Relative | Family member | Arzigul Memet, teacher at (maybe no.4) primary school in Karamay China , around 47 years old. | Karamay | Dec. 2018 | not known. being ethnically uyghur. Neither travelled abroad nor religious | — | From other family member | — | 35-55 | F | Uyghur | Karamay | unclear (hard) | Oct. 2018 – Dec. 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2291 | Asiye Muhemmedsalih | 65010019????????E? | 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 Hanna Burdorf. (relative) Testimony 3: Xinjiang University staff, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (colleague) |
Asiye Muhemmedsalih, born in Urumqi. She was a [relatives: Chinese-language] teacher at Xinjiang University. She is currently in detention. She is sister of Nezire Muhemmedsalih (1911) and the daughter of Muhemmed Salih (256). |
unknown [possibly in Urumqi] | unknown | unknown | in detention [according to relatives: she’s in prison, but the sentence length is unknown] |
Testimony 3: they worked at the same university. | This victim is included in the list of detained prominent Uyghurs (Testimony 1), available at here. According to relatives (Testimony 2): her husband Hemdullah was a teacher in Qarliq (kashgar). He was also taken to prison (sentence length unknown). The couple has 4 underage daughters (the oldest is 13 years old). The whereabouts of the daughters are not known. RFA coverage (Testimony 3). |
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 Hanna Burdorf. (relative) Testimony 3: Xinjiang University staff, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (colleague) |
— | F | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2292 | Abdusalam Ablimit | 65????19????????O? | This victim is in the list of detained intellectuals made by Abduweli Ayup. | none | Abdusalam Ablimit. He was a teacher at Xinjiang University. He is currently in detention. | unknown (possibly in Urumqi) | unknown | unknown | in detention | unclear | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. This victim is also in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals provided by Uyghuraid. |
— | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2295 | Nurmuhemmet Omer Uchqun | 65322219????????O? | Testimony 1|2|3: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (friend) | Nurmuhemmet Uchqun, originally from Qaraqash County, was a professor at Xinjiang Normal University. | — | Testimony 2: around February 2018 | Testimony 3: 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. | in detention | Testimony 3: The reason for his arrest as given by Abduweli Ayup is speculative. | This victim is included in the list of prominent detained Uyghurs (Testimony 1), available at here. Mentioned in Abduweli Ayup’s op-ed for PEN/Opp (Testimony 3). |
Testimony 1|2|3: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (friend) | — | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | Jan. 2018 – Mar. 2018 | nationalism, patriotism | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2354 | Ekrem Islam | 65????19????????O? | This victim is placed in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals made by Abduweli Ayup. | none | Ekrem Islam. He was vice principle of Sanji city Third Middle School. He is now in detention and current situation is unknown. | unknown (maybe in Sanji) | Allegedly taken to a camp on Feb. 5, 2018. | unknown | in detention | unclear | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. This victim is also in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals provided by Uyghuraid. |
— | M | Uyghur | Changji | concentration camp | Jan. 2018 – Mar. 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2355 | Barat Tursunbaqi | 653201??????????O? | 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. (colleague) |
Barat Tursunbaqi. He was vice principle of Hotan Pedagogical Technical College. He is about 50 years old this year (as of November 2019). He has been a Chinese language teacher for about 20 years in Hotan Pedagogical Technical College. Then he became principle of office and recently has been promoted as the vice principle of Hotan Pedagogical Technical College. |
RFA report: a prison in Keriye County. | RFA report: a year ago (as of November 2019). | unknown | RFA report: One of the retired workers of the Hotan Pedagogical Technical College has revealed that Mr. Tursunbaqi has been arrested one year ago and he is now in a prison in Keriye. | unclear | RFA coverage (Testimony 2). This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here (Testimony 1). |
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. (colleague) |
35-55 | M | Uyghur | Hotan | sentenced | Oct. 2018 – Dec. 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2376 | Dilraba Kamil | 65????19????????E? | This victim is placed in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals made by Abduweli Ayup. | none | Dilraba kamil. She was a teacher at Urumqi NO.92 Middle school. She is now in detention and current situation is unknown. | unknown (possibly in Urumqi) | unknown | unknown | in detention | unclear | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. This victim is also in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals provided by Uyghuraid. |
— | F | Uyghur | Urumqi | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2458 | Murat Hoshur | 6501??19????????O? | Testimony 1-2: Furqet Salih | Testimony 1-2: Brother in law | Murat Hoshur, 62. He retired from Xinjiang University File Archive department. Address: Room 404, Block 27, Xinjiang University residency. |
[Presumably in Urumqi.] | April 8th, 2017 | Unclear | Re-education camp | Unclear | — | 55+ | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | concentration camp | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2486 | Arzugul Tashpolat | 阿孜古力·塔西普拉提 | 650102196709302628 | Testimony 1*: Nur’eli Tashpolat, born in 1973, is a computer engineer now residing in Turkey. (brother) Testimony 2|3|6: Emrulla Ekrem, a student in the US. (son) Testimony 4: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) Testimony 5: Emrulla Ekrem, as reported by Radio Free Asia Mandarin. (son) |
Arzugul Tashpolat, 52 yash (1967.09.30), 1988-yili aliy mektepni putturgendin bshlap 2018-yili 2-ayda ”Terbiyelesh Merkizi” merkizige qamalghuche Xinjang Mashinsazliq Eliktron Sanaet Inistitotida (新疆机电职业技术学院) 30 yilgha yeqin oqutquchi bolup ishligen. Yoldishi bilen birlikte 2015-yili 7-ayda Shiwetsariyige, 2017-yili 1-ayda Turkiye sayahet kelgen. Kimlik No: 650102196709302628 Passport: G58802257 [RFA article gives her Chinese name as 阿孜古力•塔西普拉提.] |
Urumchi Dawen mahallisi etrapidiki caza lagirida bolushi mumkin, hazirghiche hechkim bilen korushturmigen. | caza lagirigha ekitilgen waqit: 2018.03.27 [Testimony 6: her passport was confiscated by her school after she returned from her trip abroad in 2017] |
Tutulush sewebi eniq emes, 2 balisini Amerikida oqutqini(Hazirmu Amerikida), inisi(mening)ning Turkiyede bolishim, Yoldishining qolgha elinishi qatarliq amillarning hemmisi bahane bolghan bolishi mumkin. | Urumchi Dawen mahallisi etrapidiki caza lagirida bolushi mumkin [G. A. Bunin: released “recently” (as of May 13, 2019) according to Abduweli Ayup.] [RFA article: Released on May 1, 2019. The police warned her that she cannot contact with her children in the U.S. Testimony 6: After her release, a relative sent a picture of Arzugul to the testifier, which shows her having lost around 20kg of weight. The relative also said that Arzugul wasn’t allowed to contact Emrulla at the time, but would do so in a month’s time.] |
2017-yili 9-aylarda axirqi qetim undidarda korushtum. Caza lagirigha qamalghan uchurni Amerikidiki ciyenlirim(perzentliri) arqiliq xewer taptim. | [G. A. Bunin: This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals (Testimony 4), available at here. RFA article (Testimony 5). Testimony 6: During the time between her husband’s and her arrests, a designated QR code was installed in the family’s home. Policemen would frequently visit Arzugul at her home and extract information using the QR code.] |
Testimony 1*: Nur’eli Tashpolat, born in 1973, is a computer engineer now residing in Turkey. (brother) Testimony 2|3|6: Emrulla Ekrem, a student in the US. (son) Testimony 4: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) Testimony 5: Emrulla Ekrem, as reported by Radio Free Asia Mandarin. (son) |
Arzugul Tashpolat (阿孜古力·塔西普拉提), 52 years old (DOB: September 30, 1967). She graduated from university in 1988 and had since been working as an instructor – teaching physics, according to her son – at the Xinjiang Mechano-Electrical Vocational and Technical Institute (新疆机电职业技术学院), working there for almost 30 years up until being detained in a “training center” in February 2018. She and her husband had gone travelling to Switzerland in July 2015 and to Turkey in January 2017. Her son mentions that she speaks fluent Chinese. Chinese passport number: G58802257. |
She might have been in an internment camp somewhere around Urumqi’s Dawan neighborhood (but Nureli could not say for sure since no one had been able to see her at the time when he submitted his testimony). Having reportedly been released, she is likely somewhere in Urumqi now – at her home address, most likely (see Chinese ID). | Her passport was confiscated by her school in 2017, soon after her return from her trip abroad. She would be taken to a camp on March 27, 2018 [February 2018, according to her brother]. On May 1, 2019, she was released, but not allowed to contact her children in the USA. | According to Nureli, it is not clear why she was detained, but her 2 kids studying in America (where they still are), her brother (Nureli) being in Turkey, or her husband having been detained could all have been used as excuses. According to her son Emrulla, it was for sending money to her brother (Nureli) in Istanbul (via a Chinese bank). |
On May 13, 2019, Uyghur scholar and activist Abduweli Ayup reported in his most recent list of detained Uyghur intellectuals that Arzugul was recently released. On May 23, 2019, Radio Free Asia’s Mandarin service also reported this – perhaps from the same or derived source – adding that she was released on May 1, 2019 but was forbidden from communicating with her children in the United States. |
Nureli mentions seeing her for the last time around September 2017, when the two had a video call on WeChat. He learned that she was detained in a camp through her children in the United States. Emrulla appears to have been in contact with her shortly before her detention. He mentions that a QR code was installed on the family’s home around this time, with the police coming by to scan it from time to time. After her release, a relative sent a picture of her – much thinner than before – to Emrulla. |
This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here, Radio Free Asia coverage, A propaganda article that mentions the victim and a speech she made, A list of teachers that includes the victim (No. 157) |
35-55 | F | Uyghur | Urumqi | unclear (soft) | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | contact with outside world | — | — | — | — | education | |||
| 2495 | Ablet Shemsi | 65292319????????O? | This victim is placed in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals made by Abduweli Ayup. | none | Ablet Shemsi. He was a teacher at Kucha county Ishxala Village Middle School. He is now in detention and current situation is unknown. | unknown (possibly in Kucha county of Aksu prefecture) | unknown | unknown | in detention | unclear | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. This victim is also in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals provided by Uyghuraid. |
— | M | Uyghur | Aksu | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2496 | Adil Tursun | 65312119????????O? | This victim is placed in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals made by Abduweli Ayup. | none | Adil Tursun. He was vice principal and academic level teacher at Kashgar Konasheher (Shufu) county NO.1 middle school and national level specialist. He is now in detention and current situation is unknown. | unknown (possibly in Kashgar) | unknown | unknown | in detention | unclear | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. This victim is also in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals provided by Uyghuraid. |
— | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2509 | Shahip Abdusalam Nurbeg | 65292919????????O? | This victim is placed in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals made by Abduweli Ayup. | none | Shahip Abdusalam Nurbeg. He was a poet and a teacher at Kelpin County NO.1 Middle School. His younger brother in Japan posted on facebook that he was detained and placed in concentration camp. | Kelpin, Aksu prefecture | unknown | unknown | in concentration camp | His brother made a call to Kelpin NO.1 Middle school and confirmed. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | Aksu | concentration camp | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2512 | Alim Yawa | 65????19????????O? | This victim is placed in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals made by Abduweli Ayup. | none | Alim Yawa. He was a poet and a teacher at Payziwat Gulluk Middle school. He is now in detention and current situation is unknown. | unknown (possibly in Peyziwat county of Kashgar prefecture) | unknown | unknown | in detention | unclear | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. This victim is also in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals provided by Uyghuraid. |
— | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2513 | Halmurat Eysajan | 65????19????????O? | This victim is placed in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals made by Abduweli Ayup. | none | Xakmurat Eysajan. He was a teacher at Ili Pedagogical Institute. He is now in detention and current situation is unknown. | unknown (possibly at Ghulja) | unknown | unknown | in detention | unclear | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. This victim is also in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals provided by Uyghuraid. |
— | M | Uyghur | Ili | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2515 | Turdi Tuniyaz | 65????19????????O? | This victim is placed in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals made by Abduweli Ayup. | none | Turdi Tuniyaz. He was former president of Xinjiang Experimental Middle School. He is now in detention and current situation is unknown. | unknown (possibly in Urumqi) | unknown | unknown | in detention | unclear | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. This victim is also in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals provided by Uyghuraid. |
— | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2516 | Omerjan Nuri | 65322219680425??O? | Testimony 1: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) Testimony 2: Subhidur Omer, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (daughter) Testimony 3: Anonymous, but with a verified identity. (relation unclear) |
Omerjan Nuri. He was born on April 25th, 1968 at Karakash county of Hotan prefecture. He was a PhD graduate on the History major at Ankara University of Turkey. He was working as an instructor at Hotan Pedagogical Institute. He was arrested on March 10th, 2017. Current situation is unknown. | possibly in Hotan | March 10th, 2017 | Being a historian and owns a lot of books | in detention [according to a source who knows him (Testimony 3): he suffers from diabetes] |
His daughter confirmed and RFA reported. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals (Testimony 1), available at here. RFA coverage (Testimony 2). |
Testimony 1: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) Testimony 2: Subhidur Omer, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (daughter) Testimony 3: Anonymous, but with a verified identity. (relation unclear) |
35-55 | M | Uyghur | Hotan | unclear (hard) | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | problematic literature | — | — | — | has problems | education | |||||||||||
| 2522 | Mihrigul Tahir | 6530??19????????E? | This victim is placed in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals made by Abduweli Ayup. | none | Mihrigul Tahir. She was a teacher at Kashgar Children’s Pedagogical School. She was daughter of well-known Uyghur poet Tahir Talip. She is in detention like her father and current situation is unknown. | Kashgar | unknown | unknown | in detention | unclear | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. This victim is also in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals provided by Uyghuraid. |
— | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2523 | Nijat Ablimit | 65????19????????O? | This victim is placed in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals made by Abduweli Ayup. | none | Nijat Ablimit. He was a teacher at Kashgar University. He is in detention and current situation is unknown. | Kashgar | unknown | unknown | in detention | unclear | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. This victim is also in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals provided by Uyghuraid. |
— | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2590 | Sheripjan Muhemmet | 65400219????????O? | Abdushukur Sherip, an Uyghur from 11th alley, Dong Mehelle avenue, Ghulja (possibly one of the streets surrounding东郊路 next to the East Neighbourhood Bus Station). Living in the Netherlands now and has not seen his family members for 12 years | Father | Sheripjan Memet, 67 years old as of December 2018. Retired teacher from No. 6 elementary school in Ghulja | Ghulja | 3-ئاي-18 | Unclear | Rumoured to have received a prison sentence | Unclear | RFA coverage | 55+ | M | Uyghur | Ili | unclear (hard) | Jan. 2018 – Mar. 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2882 | Juret Dolet | 65????19????????O? | Testimony 1: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) Testimony 2: Local government employee, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. |
Juret Dolet, director of the student affairs office at the Hotan Teachers College. | Testimony 2: believed to be in Keriye Prison. | Unclear. | — | Testimony 1: Detained. Testimony 2: the victim is among nearly 50 teachers and civil personnel who are in detention, among them five retirees, some of them have health problems. They are in Keriye prison. According to the sources, Keriye prison are directly under Autonomous Region’s administration Hoten Pedagogical Technical College is directly under the Department of Education’s administration, so those detainees were investigated and arrested directly by the National Security Police from above in Autonomous Region (Urumchi). |
Testimony 1: unclear Testimony 2: RFA got the information directly from government workers. |
This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here (Testimony 1). RFA coverage (Testimony 2). |
Testimony 1: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) Testimony 2: Local government employee, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. |
— | M | Uyghur | Hotan | sentenced | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2885 | Ablajan Memet | 65????19????????O? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Ablajan Memet, a teacher at the Konisheher No. 1 High School. | Likely in Kashgar. | Unclear. | — | Detained. | Unclear. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 2886 | Sajidigul Ayup | 65312119????????E? | Testimony 1-2: Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Norway. | Testimony 1-2: Sister. | Sajidigul (Sajida) Ayup, a geography teacher at the Konasheher No. 1 Middle School. | Most likely in Kashgar. | According to a friend’s #MeTooUyghur tweet, she’s been detained since 2017. Testimony 2: late 2017 |
— | Detained. | Unclear. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar now living in Norway. | The victim is the testifier’s sister. | Sajidigul (Sajide) Ayup was a geography teacher at the Konasheher No. 1 Middle School. | [Presumably in Kashgar.] | In late 2017. | — | Unclear. Presumably detained. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of prominent detained Uyghurs, available at here | — | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | — | Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||
| 2887 | Abla Memet | 65????19????????O? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Abla Memet, former principal of the Kucha No. 1 High School. He received a chemistry award in 2017. | Most likely in the Aksu prefecture. | Unclear. | — | Detained. | Unclear. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | Aksu | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3084 | Bumeryem Qadir | 65????19????????E? | Testimony 1-2: Patime (user name on twitter) | Testimony 1-2: sister | Bumeryem Kadeer, a graduate of Lanzhou University. She was an English teacher. She was taken to the concentration camp. No information about her. | unknown | unknown | unknown | in concentration camp | unclear | — | — | F | Uyghur | — | concentration camp | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3126 | Mihray Mijit | 65????19????????E? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Mihray Mijit, the principal of a No. 20 Middle School (unclear which) and editor of an Uyghur textbook. | — | Not stated. | — | In detention. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | F | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3138 | Abduqeyum Tohtaji | 65????19????????O? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Abduqeyum Tohtaji, from the Xinjiang Experimental High School. | Likely in Urumqi, given his job. | Not stated. | — | In detention. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3140 | Mahire Rozi | 65????19????????E? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Mahire Rozi, a teacher at the Urumqi No. 16 High School. | Likely in Urumqi, given her job. | Not stated. | — | In detention. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | F | Uyghur | Urumqi | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3142 | Ghalip Nasir | 65????19????????O? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Ghalip Nasir, from the administration office of Xinjiang Normal University. | Likely in Urumqi, given his job. | Not stated. | — | In detention. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3147 | Gheyret Eysa | 65????19????????O? | Testimony 1-2: Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | Testimony 1-2: the victim is the testifier’s cousin. | Gheyret Eysa, a publisher from the Kashgar No. 10 High School. | [Very likely in Kashgar, given his job, and the fact that the family seems to be from there.] | Not stated. | — | In detention. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals (Testimony 1), available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3164 | Perhat Kazim | 65????19????????O? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Perhat Kazim, an Uyghur-textbook editor. | — | Not stated. | — | In detention. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3165 | Eysajan Turdi Achchiq | 65????19????????O? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Eysajan Turdi Achchiq, a grade-8 Uyghur textbook editor. | — | Not stated. | — | In detention. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3166 | Muqeddes Mirza | 65????19????????E? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Muqeddes Mirza, a grade-8 Uyghur textbook editor. | — | Not stated. | — | In detention. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | F | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3167 | Enwer Omer | 65????19????????O? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Enwer Omer, a grade-8 Uyghur textbook editor. | — | Not stated. | — | In detention. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3168 | Hebibulla Eli | 65????19????????O? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Hebibulla Eli, a grade-8 Uyghur textbook editor. | — | Not stated. | — | In detention. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3176 | Imam Muhemmet | 65????19????????O? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Imam Muhemmet, a staff member of the computer center at Xinjiang University. | — | Not stated. | — | In detention. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3189 | Buwejer Memeteli | 65????19????????O? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Buwejer Memeteli, a teacher at the Kashgar No. 10 Primary School. | Presumably in Kashgar. | Not stated. | — | In detention. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3191 | Erkinjan Abdukerim | 65????19????????O? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Erkinjan Abdukerim, a primary school teacher in Kashgar’s Awat township. | Body in Kashgar, presumably. | Not stated. | — | Released from camp on September 30, 2018. Died shortly after. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | unclear (soft) | — | — | — | — | — | deceased | education | |||||||||||
| 3256 | Qurban Haji | 库尔班·阿吉 | 653021195803010893 | Testimony 1|2|4|5|7|8: Dilnur Qurban, a biostatistician living in Canada. (daughter) Testimony 3: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) Testimony 6: Anonymous, but with a verified identity. (relation unclear) |
Qurban Haji (库尔班*阿吉), born on March 1, 1958 in Artux city, Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture. Worked as a teacher in a secondary school (Atush No. 4 High School) for more than 30 years until his retirement in January 2016. After then, he had been living in Urumqi. [supplemented by testifier: Address prior to retirement was 阿图什市幸福小区.] [more detailed address a provided at a testimony event (Testimony 6): Room 301, Unit 7, #48 Building, Xingfu residential area, Wenhua Road, Atush, Xinjiang China] |
[Unclear if in Atush or Urumqi.] | On March 1, 2019, Kurban was summoned back to Artux, after which he disappeared. Testimony 7: In Mid-2017, Dilnur started limiting her communication with her family members due to fear of them being detained for talking to a relative abroad. Their conversations became void of any Uyghur cultural phrases. Last contact between Dilnur and her father Qurban Haji was on February 15, 2019. On March 15, just after her husband’s detention, Dilnur’s mother asked her daughter to stop calling completely. |
Unclear [Potentially relevant is that the victim visited his daughter in Canada in 2016, going to the United States afterwards as well.] |
Previously believed to be in detention. On May 26, 2019, the testifier announced that she learned that her father was not in a camp. In a September 5 tweet (Testimony 5), the testifier said that she hadn’t spoken to her father in 6 months, and added that the last time she tried to call it said that his number didn’t exist. According to Globe and Mail article: He recently had a neck surgery and requires constant medication for his stomach problems. Testimony 7: On May 26, 2019, Dilnur managed to get on phone with her father through an acquaintance who lives in eastern China. After he recognized her voice, Qurban Haji told his daughter that she had been warned not to contact him and hung up. After that, both Qurban and his wife changed their phone numbers. |
May 26, 2019 update (Testimony 4): through a Chinese friend. | Covered in Globe and Mail (Testimony 2). This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals (Testimony 3), available at here. CBC interview (Testimony 7). |
Testimony 1|2|4|5|7|8: Dilnur Qurban, a biostatistician living in Canada. (daughter) Testimony 3: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) Testimony 6: Anonymous, but with a verified identity. (relation unclear) |
55+ | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (soft) | Jan. 2019 – Mar. 2019 | — | — | — | — | has problems | education | ||||||||||
| 3342 | Jumaji Juma | 65300119????????O? | Sister in law who lives in North America and does academic research | Sister in law [victim is testifier’s brother-in-law] | Jumaji Juma was born in Artux (possibly in 1979). He was a teacher in an elementary school in Azaq village [G. A. Bunin: Qulanchi Primary School, according to list of detained intellectuals]. He was detained in Feb 2016 at his house for contacting his half brother in Turkey. After a ‘closed’ trial, he was sentenced to a 7 year prison. | Aksu prison | Feb-16 | Contacting his half brother in Turkey. [G. A. Bunin: sending a gift to Turkey, according to list of detained intellectuals] |
Unknown | Family told. | On the same day he was detained, his sister was also detained for contacting the same half brother in Turkey. She was sentenced to 2 year prison. coverage in Globe and Mail. This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here |
35-55 | M | Uyghur | Aksu | sentenced | before 2017 | contact with outside world | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3373 | Eshmet Ehmet | 65292419560314??O? | Testimony 1|2|3: Yasin Eshmet, originally from Shayar County, now residing in Turkey. (son) | Eshmet Ehmet (艾什麦提.艾合麦提). DOB: March 14, 1956. A retired teacher. Address: No. 30, Group 3, Qianggatiereke village (强尕铁热克村/桥根特勒克村), Hailou township (海楼乡), Xayar county, Aqsu prefecture |
[Presumably in Aksu.] | Testimony 1: October 2017 Testimony 2: August 2017 |
— | Testimony 1: In re-education camp Testimony 3: Testifier hasn’t had any news of his father or brother for a year. |
Unclear | — | Testimony 1|2|3: Yasin Eshmet, originally from Shayar County, now residing in Turkey. (son) | 55+ | M | Uyghur | Aksu | no news for over a year | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3381 | Iskander Enwer | 65????19????????O? | Zupikar Uyghur, an Uyghur man living in Turkey. | Brother | Iskander Enwer, 36 years old, teacher of English language in Urumqi. Chinese passport no. E04567337 | Urumqi | Unclear | — | In re-education camp | Through friends, since direct contact has been cut since March 2017 | — | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | concentration camp | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3626 | Ehet Aman | 65290119????????O? | Testimony 1: @UyghurScientist, an unverified Twitter account. (relation unclear) Testimony 2: Erkin Sidiq, an Uyghur-American NASA engineer living in the United States. He was born in Aksu and is a graduate of Xinjiang University. (former student) |
Ehet Aman, the former principal of a No. 1 Middle School in Aksu. He was 78 when he died. | [In Aksu, presumably.] | Testimony 1: Taken to a concentration camp in 2018. | — | He recently died (as of February 2019). | Testimony 1: Testifier cites “reliable sources”. Testimony 2: not stated. |
— | Testimony 1: @UyghurScientist, an unverified Twitter account. (relation unclear) Testimony 2: Erkin Sidiq, an Uyghur-American NASA engineer living in the United States. He was born in Aksu and is a graduate of Xinjiang University. (former student) |
55+ | M | Uyghur | Aksu | concentration camp | Jan. 2018 – Mar. 2018 | — | — | — | — | deceased | education | |||||||||||
| 3683 | Juret Memet | 65????19????????O? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Juret Memet, a teacher and vice president of Karamay’s regional education department. | Possibly in Karamay, in view of his position. | Not stated. | — | In detention. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | Karamay | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3810 | Tursun Hoshur | 65312919????????O? | Victim’s name is included in the Congressional-Executive Commission on China Political Prisoner Database | – | Tursun Hoshur, a 64-year-old retired teacher and Communist Party member. Father of victim Tursun Yasin. | Shaptul town (夏普吐勒镇), Peyziwat (Jiashi) county, Kashgar prefecture | Jul-17 | Local police told RFA his detention was connected to his religious practice, including attending weekly prayer services and regularly fasting during Ramadan. He and his son Yasin Tursun were accused of being “two-faced” | In re-education camp | – | https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20181011_1424.pdf | 55+ | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | concentration camp | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | — | two-faced | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 3860 | Rehime Abliz | 65400419????????E? | Victim’s name is included in the Congressional-Executive Commission on China Political Prisoner Database | – | Rehime Abliz / Reyim Abliz (热依曼·阿布力孜), a 33 year old (at time of detention) teacher in Huocheng county | Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture | Between April and June 2014 | People’s Daily reported that Abliz, who taught in Huocheng [Qorghas] county, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, XUAR, had, in cooperation with “overseas separatist forces,” used an online microblog in February and April 2014 to transmit pictures and audiovisual materials of a sensitive nature, “seriously harming state security and social stability.” A World Uyghur Congress spokesman told Radio Free Asia (28 August 14) that according to WUC’s information, the material Abliz transmitted was information from Radio Free Asia. | Sentenced to 15 years in prison on July 8, 2014 | – | https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20181011_1424.pdf | 35-55 | F | Uyghur | Ili | sentenced | before 2017 | — | separatism | endangering state security | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4026 | Ehet Himit | 6529241967??????O? | Osman Tarim, an Uyghur living in exile | local acquaintance | Ehet Himit, born in 1967, a teacher and an imam. Has 4 children. | Shayar county, Aksu prefecture | 2015 | Ethnicity | Sentenced to 7 years in prison | From reliable sources in the region | — | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | Aksu | sentenced | before 2017 | other | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4036 | Perwaz Tahire | 65292919????????E? | Osman Tarim, an Uyghur living in exile. | local acquaintance | Perwaz Tahire, a teacher | Kalpin county, Aksu prefecture | 2018 | Reading a book by author Aqadir Jelalidin on Wechat | In re-education camp | From reliable sources in the region | — | — | F | Uyghur | Aksu | concentration camp | — | problematic literature | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4070 | Guzelnur Idris | 6532??198???????E? | Osman Tarim, an Uyghur living in exile. | acquaintance | Guzelnur Idris is a 34 year-old teacher. | A camp in Hotan prefecture | Sep-18 | Ethnicity | In re-education camp | From reliable sources in the region | — | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Hotan | concentration camp | July 2018 – Sep. 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4115 | Aminan Momishi | 65????19????????E? | Imported from China Rights Forum. | – | Aminan Momixi, a 56-year-old teacher, was detained along with 37 students with whom she was studying the Koran in her home. Most of the students were aged 7–20. | Unknown | 1-Aug-05 | Illegally possessing religious materials and subversive historical information. | Unknown | Unknown | https://www.hrichina.org/sites/default/files/PDFs/CRF.4.2006/CRF-2006-4_Custody.pdf | 55+ | F | Uyghur | — | — | before 2017 | related to religion | related to religion | inciting subversion | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4231 | Ershidin Israil | 65400219????????O? | This testimony has been imported from a report by the World Uighur Congress. | n/a | Ershidin Israil, was a 38-year-old former geography teacher from Ghulja. He fled East Turkestan on September 24th, 2011 to Almaty following his disclosure of witnessing the September 18th beating death of Shohret Tursun, who had been detained among a group of about 40 Uyghurs in July 2009 following ethnic riots in Urumqi. After making his way to Almaty, Israil was eventually granted refugee status in March 2010 and accepted for resettlement in Sweden on April 1st. Kazakh authorities, however, denied Israil’s application for an exit visa and arrested him on June 23rd, 2010. In May 2011, a Kazakh court denied his application for political asylum. Israil was reportedly deported from Kazakhstan to China on May 30th, 2011. | The victim is in detention in China. | The victim was deported to China on May 30th 2011. | According to the Kazakh foreign ministry in a statement, Israil’s arrest in June 2010 was on account of alleged “terrorism charges”. It is unclear, but seemingly Interpol assisted in maintaining his detention. Israil had previously served a six-year jail sentence in 1999 for “separatism.” Kazakh authorities alleged that Israil confessed to taking part in a “terrorist act” in July 1997. Together this ensured the Kazakh authorities could detain him and prevent his flight to Sweden. | Deported to China in May 2011 despite having initially been granted refugee status by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Kazakhstan. He was set to face trial on terrorism charges. | Radio Free Asia and the Human Rights Council. | https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/WUC-Refugee-Report-Updated-June-2017.pdf https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/charges-06142011163646.html WUC/UHRP report, RFA report |
35-55 | M | Uyghur | — | — | before 2017 | — | terrorism | separatism | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4281 | Reyhangul Muhemmet | 65292919????????E? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, activist, and linguist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Reyhangul Muhemmet, a teacher in Kelpin Township. | Presumably in Aksu. | Not stated. | — | She died in camp on February 27, 2018. | Not stated. | — | — | F | Uyghur | Aksu | concentration camp | — | — | — | — | — | deceased | education | |||||||||||
| 4335 | Mihrigul Tursun | 6502??19????????E? | Ekber Amat, a former worker in the Maitagh (独山子区) oil fields near Karamay. Came to Turkey in January 2017 | classmate | Mihrigul Tursun, a teacher. | Karamay | 2017 | — | In re-education camp | Not stated | — | — | F | Uyghur | Karamay | concentration camp | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4476 | Abdulla Jamal | 65312419????????O? | This testimony has been imported from a report of disappearances collected by the World Uighur Congress. | – | Abdulla Jamal was a middle school teacher at the No. 1 Middle School of Poskam County in Kashgar, who was detained on the 12th of March in 2005 and formally arrested in April 2005 (which explains the WUC discrepancy) in Kashgar. Amnesty International reported that he was arrested for “Disaster in the Oil Well”, a text that Chinese authorities claimed incited separatism. Radio Free Asia said this was actually a novel titled “Tragedies at the Oil Well.” RFA reports that Abdulla Jamal had been detained alongside Abdushukur, Aynur Abdugheni and Aniqiz Ghurpur, all of whom were teachers. They had also been detained alongside 17 or 18 students, apparently because of involvement in a fight between ethnic Uyghur and Han Chinese students. According to Amnesty International, his detention took place after he submitted his manuscript for publication. Further details about Abdulla Jamal’s status are not known. |
Unknown. | The victim was detained in March 2005. | “Problematic Literature.” | His current status is unknown. | Multiple public sources, high profile case. | https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/abdulla-jamal/ https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/enforced-disappearances/ Amnesty International (AI), Fear of Torture and Ill-Treatment – Abdulla Jamal, 16 June 2005, available at here. Radio Free Asia, Uyghur Youths, Teacher Detained After School Brawl, Residents Say, 21 June 2005, available at here. U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Entry for “Abdulla Jamal” in Political Prisoner Database (CECC Record Number: 2005-00097), available at here. |
55+ | M | Uyghur | — | — | before 2017 | problematic literature | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4477 | Aniqiz Ghopur | 65312419????????E? | Radio Free Asia | The victim is a reportee. | Aniqiz Ghopur, a teacher at the Poskam Petroleum No. 1 Middle School (as of June 2005). | Possibly still in Kashgar, but unclear. | March 12, 2005. | She was somehow involved in a fight incident at her school. The semi-official reason appears to have been “influencing the friendship between China’s nationalities”. | Unknown. Very possibly released since the incident and detention, but this would still leave her at risk in the current environment. | From local residents in Poskam. | Article | — | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | — | before 2017 | — | other | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4478 | Aynur Abdugheni | 65312419???????E? | Radio Free Asia | The victim is a reportee. | Aynur Abdugheni, a teacher at the Poskam Petroleum No. 1 Middle School (as of June 2005). | Possibly still in Kashgar, but unclear. | March 12, 2005. | She was somehow involved in a fight incident at her school. The semi-official reason appears to have been “influencing the friendship between China’s nationalities”. | Unknown. Very possibly released since the incident and detention, but this would still leave her at risk in the current environment. | From local residents in Poskam. | Article | 55+ | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | — | before 2017 | — | other | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4616 | Abduweli Ayup | 65312119730104??O? | Testimony 1|3: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (the victim) Testimony 2: Abduweli Ayup, as reported by La Presse. (the victim) Testimony 4: Anonymous, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (relative) |
Abduweli Ayup was born in Kashgar in 1973. He spent some time in the U.S.A before returning to Xinjiang. He has been arrested, interrogated and tortured several times by Chinese police for opening an Uyghur language kindergarten in Kashgar and promoting Uyghur language education. He has since fled China for Turkey. | Turkey [G. A. Bunin: in mid-2019, he relocated to France] |
First time on August 19, 2013. He was then freed in November 2014 and found work teaching English in Kashgar. During his work period, he experienced frequent ID checks and police pressure, his student number became less and less. He was arrested in December 2014 for 4 hours and ordered to clean the toilets. He was then arrested again on July 7, 2015 and tortured repeatedly. Testimony 2: He was raped the same day of his arrest (19/8/13), and was later subjected to torture, including the “tiger chair.” Despite this torture, he refused to confess. On March 21, 2015, he learned that he was being accused of a financial crime, which he agreed to confess to in exchange for a sentence of 18 months. During his incarceration, he spent time in prisons [likely pre-trial detention centers] in Kashgar and Urumqi. In prison, he was submitted to many different biometric tests, including eye scans, DNA test and facial scans. He reports that the cells were overcrowded and in bad condition. Prisoners were fed only chicken soup and cabbage soup. He was forced to repeat three times a day, “I am a criminal, I am a separatist, I am here because society gave me a chance to repent”. He was released after 15 months. |
Promoting Uyghur language Testimony 3: Chinese officials tried to persuade him to admit he was organizing a separatist movement, since the International Mother Language Day was an initiative by Bangladesh and that separatist movement in Bangladesh started by raising issues of mother language protection. Testimony 4: he was accused of “illegal fundraising” |
Living abroad | This is an eyewitness testimony. | La Presse coverage (Testimony 2), His story has also been covered in BuzzFeed, The victim’s op-ed for PEN/Opp (Testimony 3), RFA coverage (Testimony 4) |
Testimony 1|3: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (the victim) Testimony 2: Abduweli Ayup, as reported by La Presse. (the victim) Testimony 4: Anonymous, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (relative) |
35-55 | M | Uyghur | outside China | free | before 2017 | other | other | separatism | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4636 | Goherqiz Rejep | 653224196202182344 | Gulixian ali | 母女 | 古哈尔克孜，日杰甫 [addition by testifier: a retired teacher] |
和田 [addition by testifier: in camp in Hotan] |
2017年十月 | 朝圣到沙特阿拉伯 | 体重降低25公斤，无法走路。精神fenlie父亲的电话 | 父亲最后一次联系 | — | Gulshen Eli. | The victim is the testifier’s mother. | Goherqiz Rejep (古哈尔克孜·日杰甫), a retired teacher. | In a camp in Hotan. | October 2017. | Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. | She’s lost 25 kilograms and can no longer walk. She is also suffering from schizophrenia. | From the last time that the testifier contacted her father. | — | 55+ | F | Uyghur | Hotan | concentration camp | Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 | related to religion | — | — | — | critical | education | ||
| 4642 | Shireli Abdukerim | 希尔艾力·阿布都克力木 | 65010419740205441X | Testimony 1: Anonymous, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (friend) Testimony 2|3: @ChinaFreeUyghur, an unverified Twitter account. (relation unclear) |
Shireli Abdukerim was a lecturer at Xinjiang Normal University and had been running a private business since 2009. Testimony 2: CCP member Address: Apt. 403, Entrance No. 1, Building 24, 18 Liyushan Road, Xinshi District, Urumqi (乌鲁木齐市新市区鲤鱼山路18号24号楼1单元403号) Chinese passport number: G52112981. |
Likely in Urumqi, given his registration. | February 2019. | Testimony 3: posting a Halal chicken advertisement on WeChat. | earlier: In detention. Testimony 3: sentenced to 1.5 years in prison. |
Unclear, but probably through friends/relatives in the region. | — | Testimony 1: Anonymous, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (friend) Testimony 2|3: @ChinaFreeUyghur, an unverified Twitter account. (relation unclear) |
Shireli Abdukerim was a lecturer at Xinjiang Normal University and had been running a private business since 2009. He was a CCP member. Address: Apt. 403, Entrance No. 1, Building 24, 18 Liyushan Road, Xinshi District, Urumqi (乌鲁木齐市新市区鲤鱼山路18号24号楼1单元403号) Chinese passport number: G52112981. |
[Unclear, as sentenced.] | February 2019. | Posting a Halal chicken advertisement on WeChat. | Sentenced to 1.5 years in prison. | Unclear, but probably through friends/relatives in the region. | His company’s listing | 1 | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | Jan. 2019 – Mar. 2019 | related to religion | — | — | — | — | education | ||
| 4668 | Keram Jamal | 6502??19????????O? | Anonymous testifier. | The victim is the testifier’s friend’s father. | Keram Jamal (克然木·加马力) is a retired math teacher who used to work at the Karamay No. 2 high school. He’s the father of victim Mustafa Keram (4667). | Presumably, in Karamay. | Four months after his son’s detention in September 2017 (so, approximately January 2018). | — | Released on June 1, 2019. | Presumably through contacts in the region. | — | Anonymous testifier. | The victim is the testifier’s friend’s father. | Keram Jamal (克然木·加马力) is a retired math teacher who used to work at the Karamay No. 2 high school. He’s the father of victim Mustafa Keram (4667). | Presumably in Karamay. | Four months after his son’s detention in September 2017 (so, approximately January 2018). | — | Released on June 1, 2019. | Presumably through contacts in the region. | — | — | M | Uyghur | Karamay | — | Jan. 2018 – Mar. 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||
| 4781 | Ayshemgul Muhemmet | 65282819????????E? | Arzugul Muhemmet is originally from Hoshut County in Bayingolin. | Sister | Ayshamgul Muhammat, a teacher at a Hoshut elementary school. | Presumably in Bayingolin, as that is where the family is from and that is where the victim worked. | Unclear | Unclear | The testifier is certain she has been detained. | Unclear | She did not have any contact with her relatives for 3 years. She has no info about their condition. | — | F | Uyghur | Bayingolin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4783 | Aygul Niyaz | 6528??19????????E? | Arzugul Muhemmet is originally from Hoshut County in Bayingolin. | Sister in law | Aygul Niyaz, a teacher of 5th elementary school of Korla. | Presumably in Bayingolin, as that is where the family is from and that’s where she worked. | Unclear | — | Testifier is convinced she’s in detention. | Unclear | She did not have any contact with her relatives for 3 years. She has no info about their condition. | — | F | Uyghur | Bayingolin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4825 | Gholamjan Ghopur | 65????19????????O? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Gholamjan Ghopur, English teacher and founder of Tewpiq Language and Technology Training School. | Not stated | Not stated | — | Detained | — | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4827 | Qelbinur Hamut | 65????19????????E? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Qelbinur Hamut, a teacher, Number 19 Primary School, one of the editors of Uyghur textbook, retired in 2015. | Urumqi or Karamay (these are the only cities with 19 or more primary schools) | 2017 | — | Detained. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | F | Uyghur | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 4914 | Ayguzel Ghiyas | 652923197311280723 | Yakup | my aunt | Ayguzel Ghiyas (阿依古再丽格亚斯), she is 45 years old primary school teacher. She loves what she has been doing and she qualified as an excellent teacher by the local government several times. Since November 2018 I lost contact with my lovely aunt and she totally disappears from social media. Before that time we had regular contact. I tried to call her mobile phone through my connection inside China, but no one could reach her out. I presume that she is detained in one of the concentration camps. | unknown | Kuche | unknown | unknown | I am enabled to contact her since Nov 2018. | — | Yakup. | The victim is my aunt. | Ayguzel Ghiyas (阿依古再·丽格亚斯), a 45-year-old (as of July 2019) primary school teacher from Kuche. She loved what she did and received “excellent teacher” awards from the local government several times. | Presumably in Aksu Prefecture. | Presumably at the end of 2018, as I lost contact with her in November 2018, with her completely disappearing from social media. We were in constant contact before that. I had contacts in China try to call her mobile number, but no one could reach her. | — | Unclear, though I presume that she’s being detained in a concentration camp. | I’ve been unable to contact her since November 2018. | — | 35-55 | F | Uyghur | Aksu | — | Oct. 2018 – Dec. 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||
| 4955 | Batur Isa Hapiz | 6522??19730530??O? | J. Bagdonas, database volunteer | N/A | Batur (Isa) Hapiz, a PE teacher in a school in Qumul. DOB: May 30, 1973. | Presumably in Hami prefecture | Unclear | — | Unclear | Info from a testimony document | — | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | Hami | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 5053 | Ababekri Perhat | 65??????????????O? | Testimony 1: @TursunElyar (Twitter handle) Testimony 2 (direct): Uyghur American residing in Maryland. Colleague of Ababekri Perhat who has now been sentenced to jail in Chinese prison. |
Testimony 1: unclear. Testimony 2 (direct): Colleague of Ababekri Perhat. Worked together in Atlan Language Training Center. |
Ababekri Parhat (阿巴白克力•帕尔哈提), a freelance English language instructor who earned his bachelor’s degree from Xinjiang University. Testimony 2: Ababekri Perhat was an English teacher at Atlan Language Training Center (Urumqi). After he left Atlan Language Training Center, he started his own English Training Center (Can’t remember the name) in Urumqi with a few other teachers such as Abbas (who is also sentenced to prison). He was taken 1.5 years ago in around 2017 then we received the news that he was sentenced to prison. |
Testimony 2: Chinese prison | Testimony 1: Spring of 2018 Testimony 2: approx 2017 |
Testimony 2: He was an independent English teacher helping Uyghur youth advance knowledge in English. | [A comment next to the tweet notes that he has been released/transferred] | Testimony 2: Through friends from urumqi | — | — | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 5090 | Hemidem Helpehaji | 海米代·海力帕吉 | 652401195610050026 | Shemsiye Tursun, an ethnic Uyghur who moved from Xinjiang to Turkey 7 years ago. | The victim is the testifier’s aunt (mother’s sister). | Hemidem Helpehaji, now retired, taught literature at the Ghulja City No. 2 middle school for 40 years and is officially recognized as an “accomplished teacher”. Address: Yard No. 43, First Alley, Baghcha Street, Ghulja City, Xinjiang (新疆伊宁市公园街1巷31号院). Chinese passport: G51335465. |
[Presumably in Ili.] | Called back to China from Turkey on December 1, 2017 by her school, who told her that she needed to come in person immediately to resolve some issues regarding her pension. She hurried back and was arrested immediately upon arrival (outside the plane). | Unclear, but she was visiting her sons in Turkey when she was called back to China. | No news since her arrest. | Not stated. | Others were arrested together with the victim (right at the airport). | Shemsiye Tursun, an ethnic Uyghur who moved from Xinjiang to Turkey 7 years ago. | The victim is the testifier’s aunt (mother’s sister). | Hemidem Helpehaji, now retired, taught literature at the Ghulja City No. 2 middle school for 40 years and is officially recognized as an “accomplished teacher”. Address: Yard No. 43, First Alley, Baghcha Street, Ghulja City, Xinjiang (新疆伊宁市公园街1巷31号院). Chinese passport: G51335465. |
[Presumably in Ili.] | Called back to China from Turkey on December 1, 2017 by her school, who told her that she needed to come in person immediately to resolve some issues regarding her pension. She hurried back and was arrested immediately upon arrival (outside the plane). | Unclear, but she was visiting her sons in Turkey when she was called back to China. | No news since her arrest. | Not stated. | Others were arrested together with the victim (right at the airport). | 55+ | F | Uyghur | Ili | — | Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |
| 5099 | Roziahun Perhat | 65????19????????O? | “Elyar T 艾力亚尔” (Twitter handle: @TursunElyar) | The victim is a friend’s cousin. | Rozi’ahun Perhat (肉孜阿洪·帕尔哈提), a teacher at and a graduate of the civil engineering department at Xinjiang University. He had a good reputation in the field of local [probably means “traditional Uyghur style”] architectural design. | — | Taken to a camp in mid-February 2018. | — | [Presumably still in camp.] | From his friend (the victim’s cousin). | — | “Elyar T 艾力亚尔” (Twitter handle: @TursunElyar) | The victim is a friend’s cousin. | Rozi’ahun Perhat (肉孜阿洪·帕尔哈提), a teacher at and a graduate of the civil engineering department at Xinjiang University. He had a good reputation in the field of local [probably means “traditional Uyghur style”] architectural design. | — | Taken to a camp in mid-February 2018. | — | [Presumably still in camp.] | From his friend (the victim’s cousin). | — | — | M | Uyghur | — | concentration camp | Jan. 2018 – Mar. 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||
| 5133 | Ilmurat Ibrahim | 65400219781222??O? | Qelbinur Kamal’s testimony via RFA. | cousin | Ilmurat Ibrahim. He was born in Ghulja city on December 22nd, 1978. He studied in Han Chinese schools from his young age. He was an instructor for taxi drivers at Taxi company in Ghulja city. He was arrested on August 25th, 2017 and placed in a concentration camp. | [Presumably in Ili.] | August 25th, 2017 | unknown | in concentration camp | unclear | — | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | Ili | concentration camp | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 5134 | Ilyar Ibrahim | 65400219690720??O? | Qelbinur Kamal’s testimony via RFA. | cousin | Ilyar Ibrahim. He was born in Ghulja city on July 20th, 1969. He worked at Maytagh (Dushanzi in Chinese) NO.1 high school as a teacher for 20 years after graduating from Xinjiang University. He was arrested and placed in concentration camp in December, 2017. | [Presumably in Karamay.] | December, 2017 | unknown | in concentration camp | unclear | — | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | Karamay | concentration camp | Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 5145 | Yarmemet Tursun | 亚力买买提·吐尔逊 | 652401196106071412 | سەييارە فەرھات | .ئاپامنىڭ ئاكىسى | ئاپامنىڭ ئاكىسى بولىدۇ.ئۆزى ئۇزۇن يىل ھۆكۈمەت ئۈچۈن خىزمەت قىلغان ئوقۇتقۇچى.غۇلجا شەھەرلىك 5.ئوتتۇرا مەكتەپتە ئوقۇتقۇچى بولۇپ ئىشلەپ، پىنسىيەگە چىققان.ياش ۋاقتىدا ئۆزبەكىستاندا سودا قىلغان.كېيىن ئىزچىل باشقا دۆلەتكە چىقمىغان.3 بالىسى بار. [victim’s name through separate correspondence: Yarmemet Tursun] |
غۇلجا | 2017يىلىنىڭ ئاخىرى | بىلمەيمەن | بىلمەيمەن | ئۇرۇق تۇئقانلار ئارقىلىق | — | Serraye Ferhat. | The victim is my uncle (mother’s older brother). | Yarmemet Tursun worked as a teacher at the No. 5 Ghulja City Middle School for many years. He’s now retired. In his younger years, he did business in Uzbekistan, but has not gone abroad since. He’s a father of three. | In Ghulja. | At the end of 2017. | — | — | Through relatives. | — | 55+ | M | Uyghur | Ili | — | Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |
| 5164 | Memettursun Dayim | 买买提吐松·达依木 | 65292319????????O? | Testimony 1: Abdurehim Gheni, an Uyghur activist famous for his solo protests in Amsterdam. (former student) Testimony 2: @Nasir__Sidik, an unverified Twitter account. (former student) |
Memettursun Dayim (买买提吐松·达依木), worked for 25 years as a chemistry teacher in Kucha’s No. 4 Middle School (school address: 库车县东城街道石化新村社区福鸿路14号). His wife is disabled. Address: Kucha county, Aksu prefecture |
[Presumably in Aksu.] | April 2019 | — | Testimony 1: In re-education camp Testimony 2: Testifier demands the Chinese authorities to show the victim. |
Not stated | His article on children’s education: http://www.cnki.com.cn/Article/CJFDTotal-CZZX201420131.htm (https://archive.vn/ePOqx) | Testimony 1: Abdurehim Gheni, an Uyghur activist famous for his solo protests in Amsterdam. (former student) Testimony 2: @Nasir__Sidik, an unverified Twitter account. (former student) |
— | M | Uyghur | Aksu | unclear (hard) | Apr. 2019 – June 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||||||||||
| 5199 | Qeyser Rahman | 65????19????????O? | “Elyar T 艾力亚尔” (Twitter handle: @TursunElyar) | Not stated. | Qeyser Rahman is a graduate of Xinjiang University, who majored in business and later became a prominent English language instructor. | — | Taken to a camp in April 2017. | — | Still in camp. | Not stated. | — | “Elyar T 艾力亚尔” (Twitter handle: @TursunElyar) | Not stated. | Qeyser Rahman is a graduate of Xinjiang University, who majored in business and later became a prominent English language instructor. | — | Taken to a camp in April 2017. | — | Still in camp. | Not stated. | — | — | M | Uyghur | — | concentration camp | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||
| 5384 | Ghelibe Tursun | 652401197108200243 | I am a son of the victim. I live in the United States. | mother | She is my mother and she is a math teacher at 21st elementary school in Ili, Xinjiang. By the end of 2017 and till the mid of April 2018, she always told me that she’s been constantly bothered and interrogated by the government officials/police for having a son abroad. Then she disappeared since April 2018. after a few months, I learned that she was taken to the camp. [supplement from testifier: her name is Ghelibe Tursun] |
Ili, Xinjiang | 10-Apr-18 | For having connection with her son abroad. | Unknown | By calling my other family members. | My younger brother told me beginning of 2019 that she might get sentenced for 3 years so I am assuming that she’s already been sentenced. | 35-55 | F | Uyghur | Ili | — | Apr. 2018 – June 2018 | contact with outside world | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 5399 | Abdureshit Tohti | 阿布都热西提·托胡提 | 65312119????????O? | Testimony 1: Nurmangul Abdureshit, as reported by Radio Free Asia Mandarin. (daughter) Testimony 2|3|4: Nurmangul Abdureshit, originally from Kashgar but now living in the US. (daughter) Testimony 5: Nursiman Abdureshit, originally from Kashgar but now residing abroad. (daughter) |
Abdurishid Tohti, a teacher, 54 (as of September 2019). He also has his private business. Address: Saybagh township (萨依巴格乡)， Konasheher county, Kashgar prefecture |
[Presumably in Kashgar.] | Contact lost on June 20, 2017. Learned a month later that he had been taken to camp. Testimony 5: he was transferred to Tumshuq Prison on February 1, 2020. |
— | [Presumably still in camp.] | Contact lost on June 20, 2017 | RFA coverage (Testimony 1), The testifier’s article in Foreign Policy (Testimony 4) |
Testimony 1: Nurmangul Abdureshit, as reported by Radio Free Asia Mandarin. (daughter) Testimony 2|3|4: Nurmangul Abdureshit, originally from Kashgar but now living in the US. (daughter) Testimony 5: Nursiman Abdureshit, originally from Kashgar but now residing abroad. (daughter) |
Abdurishid Tohti, 54 (as of September 2019), worked as a teacher. He also has his own private business. Address: No. 035, Group No. 6, Shar Village, Saybagh Township, Konasheher County, Kashgar Prefecture (疏附县沙依巴格乡肖尔村6组035号). |
In Tumshuq Prison. [Presumably the Third Division Prison, as this is the only known prison in Tumshuq.] | Contact was lost on June 20, 2017. Nur’iman learned a month later that he had been taken to camp. [According to the article in Foreign Policy, their last phone call was on June 18, 2017, when Nurmangul called from Turkey.] In February 2020, the victim’s daughter Nursiman reported that he had been transferred to prison on February 1, 2020. |
— | Believed to be serving a prison sentence. | The original detention was heard about through relatives. It is not clear how the information regarding his being transferred to prison was obtained. | RFA coverage Testifier’s article in Foreign Policy |
35-55 | M | Uyghur | Tumshuq | sentenced | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||
| 5416 | Mewlude Hilalidin | 毛丽旦·依拉吾冬 | 654101198607011762 | Testimony 1|2|3: Medine Hilalidin, originally from Ghulja City but now a citizen of Turkey. (sister) Testimony 4: Medine Hilalidin, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (sister) |
Mewlude Hilalidin. She first went to Turkey in 2006 as an international student and obtained a degree in business administration from Istanbul University. She returned to China in late 2012 / early 2013, working as an English and Turkish instructor in a private school. Address: No. 33 Residential Area, Alley No. 5, Ili Street, Ghulja City. Chinese passport: G41576042. |
[Presumably in Ili.] | She was taken to a camp at the end of 2017. In May 2019, she was released, but was again arrested on June 12, 2019 on suspicion of separatism. Three months later, it was learned that she is to be tried in court. Testimony 3: she was allegedly sentenced to 10 years for “separatism” (the testifier learned this in December 2019). |
Her second detention was on “separatism” charges. The testifier mentions that she studied in Turkey legally and never got involved in any political activities there, and says that her only “crime” is being Uyghur and having studied in Turkey. | [Presumably in a detention center as she is being tried.] Testimony 3: sentenced to 10 years |
Unclear, but she says she got the news a week ago (as of mid-September 2019). | The testifier mentions that she and her husband have been unable to contact their relatives for over 2.5 years now (as of September 2019). RFA coverage (Testimony 4) |
Testimony 1|2|3: Medine Hilalidin, originally from Ghulja City but now a citizen of Turkey. (sister) Testimony 4: Medine Hilalidin, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (sister) |
Mewlude Hilalidin. She first went to Turkey in 2006 as an international student and obtained a degree in business administration from Istanbul University. She returned to China in late 2012 / early 2013, working as an English and Turkish instructor in a private school. Address: No. 33 Residential Area, Alley No. 5, Ili Street, Ghulja City. Chinese passport: G41576042. |
[Unclear, as she’s been sentenced.] | She was taken to a camp at the end of 2017. In May 2019, she was released, but was again arrested on June 12, 2019 on suspicion of separatism. Three months later, it was learned that she is to be tried in court. In December 2019, the testifier learned that Mewlude had been sentenced to 10 years. | Her second detention was on “separatism” charges. The testifier mentions that she studied in Turkey legally and never got involved in any political activities there, and says that her only “crime” is being Uyghur and having studied in Turkey. | Presumably serving a 10-year sentence. | Not stated. | The testifier mentions that she and her husband have been unable to contact their relatives for over 2.5 years now (as of September 2019). RFA coverage |
10 | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | sentenced | Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 | — | separatism | — | — | — | education | ||
| 5505 | Shawket Abdulla | 65410119690305??O? | Testimony 1-2: His name is Perhat Abdulla. He is a Norway citizen and he has been living in Noway for 17 years. | Testimony 1-2: His elder brother | His name is Shawket Abdulla. He was born on the 5th of March 1969 and he is 50 years old this year. He lives in No. 4 Alley, Uch Tarwuz Neighborhood, in Ghulja city. He graduated from Xinjiang Normal University and studied biology. Since then he has been working in Ili Normal University as a teacher. | [Presumably in Ili.] | According to the video testimony, on the fist day of 2017 | Testimony 2: Accoding to the testifier, he has recently learned from others that his brohter had been sentenced for 25 years in prison on the charge of following: 1) having sent money abroad.Perhat says that around 2013, his father said on the phone that he would send money to him. Perhat refused. But his father insisted, saying that he is 80 years old and this is just a help and gift from him as a father and he would be so sand if he didn’t agree. And 50000 Yuan had been sent to Perhat by the victim. He used to this money to buy a house; 2) having talked and discussed about books with the testifier on the phone. Accoring to the testifier, he doesn’t remember anything about this. If they had talked and discussed, it would be about legally published books by government publication agencies; 3) having participated in Meshrep. According to Perhat, his brother had participated in Meshrep with his friends for short period of time when Meshrep was popular among young and middle-aged people duing 1995 and 1997. Later, the government banned the Meshrep and stated it as illegal activity when they saw Meshrep’s effects of uniting Uyghur people and furnishing Uyghur culture. [In November 2010, China successfully petitioned UNESCO to list the traditional Meshrep in its List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.]; 4) having had more children than indicated in family planning law. The victim has two daughters and one son. According to the Chinese Family Planning Law, those in violation of the law are faced with economic and administrative punishment; where the circumstances are serious, the person is legally stopped and dismissed from work. |
Testimony 2: sentenced to 25 years in prison. | From some people who came abroad from Xinjiang. | RFA coverage | 25 | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | Ili | sentenced | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||||||||||
| 5525 | Sherep Heyit | 65280119????????O? | Testimony 1: Emurula Dawut, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (former student) Testimony 2: Rustem Tursun, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (former student) Testimony 3: Local police, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. |
His name is Sherep Heyit, about 50 years old (as of October 2019). He is from Korla and he was the former vice-president of the Education Department of Korla City and is the principle of No.6 High School | At the Kaifa District of Korla City. | Approximately in the middle or the last quarter of 2018 | Having invited famous Uyghur intellectuals Abduqadir Jalalidin {254} and Yalqun Rozi {965} to give lectures in Korla for several times. | In Concentration Camp | RFA obtained the news from his students (now abroad) and a police officer in Korla. | He was taken in front of the crowd of Level 3 Cadres’ meeting while handcuffed. According to his student who is studying in Japan, he was arrested because he had invited famous intellectuals Abduqadir Jalalidin and Yalqun Rozu to give lectures in Korla for several times. ( because of his ethnic consciousness and righteousness.) His detention and the reason for the detention was confirmed by a police officer in Korla [when interviewed by RFA). According to this police officer, he has been in a concertation camp in Korla Open District for a year. RFA coverage (Testimony 1-3): https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/sherep-heyt-09242019200520.html https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/concerned-10142019174054.html |
Testimony 1: Emurula Dawut, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (former student) Testimony 2: Rustem Tursun, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (former student) Testimony 3: Local police, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. |
35-55 | M | Uyghur | Bayingolin | concentration camp | — | problematic association | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 5533 | Gulselayim Rozi | 65312819????????E? | Testimony 1: Turkistan Oghli- تۈركىستان ئوغلى تۈركىستان ئوغلى (facebook name) Testimony 2: Yasin Zunun from No.4 Neighborhood, No.9 Village, Terim Township, Yupurgha County, Kashgar Prefecture, born in 1983 |
Testimony 1-2: his acquaintance | Her name is Gulselayim Rozi. She’s about 40 (as of December 2019), a teacher. Address: No.3 Village, Bay’awat Township, Yupurgha. |
[Presumably in Kashgar.] | on the 11th of June 2016. | Unknown | [Testifier says that he hasn’t received any news of his relatives since 2016.] | Not Stated | According to the testifier, she was taken from the Urumchi airport when she was going to Istanbul with her children and two children of the testifier. Yasin Zunun’s list of missing/detained relatives (Testimony 2) |
35-55 | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | no news for over a year | before 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 5549 | Mayinur Abdureyim | Olsi Jazexhi, an Albanian journalist who was invited to visit the camps in Xinjiang | None | Mayinur Abdureyim, a teacher in one of Kashgar’s re-education camp’s E-Commerce class [it is likely that she was previously a regular teacher who was then assigned to teach at a camp, as this pattern has been noted regularly] |
A camp in Kashgar | Unclear | — | Working as a teacher in the camp | Mayinur introduced herself during the guided tour of the facility | — | — | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | forced job placement | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||||||||||||
| 5561 | Maynur Jume | The victim herself, in a staged interview with foreign journalists posted by Olsi Jazexhi | Herself | Mainur Jume, a teacher in one of the re-education centers in Kashgar. She is the supervisor of the class that specializes in tourism and also a teacher of law. [it is probably safe to assume that she was in the education system before, and was transferred to teach at the camp, as has happened to many others] |
Kashgar | Started working in mid-2018 | — | Working as a teacher in re-education camp | – | — | — | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | forced job placement | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||||||||||||
| 5582 | Altungul Ismayil | 65280119????????E? | RFA | N/A | Her name is Altungul Ismayil. She is from Korla and she works at her brother’s (Entry #5392) “606” language school. She is married. She graduated from Agricultural University and was offered a job at the university. | [Presumably in Bayingolin.] | In October 2018 | Likely for having felt sympathy for “criminals” and educating the children who came to Korla with their mother (who came to Korla to work) free of charge. | in detention | RFA made phone calls to Korla to get information and during the interview, they learned about the victim’s status. Also, Elijan Emet, one of the founders of the “606” language school and lives in Belgium, told RFA that he has learned the victim’s status as well when he was interviewed. | — | — | F | Uyghur | Bayingolin | — | Oct. 2018 – Dec. 2018 | other | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 5758 | Ehmet Semet | 65292419????????O? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances | N/A | His name is Ehmet Semet. He is from Shayar County, Aksu Prefecture. He is a teacher. | [Presumably in Aksu.] | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Not Stated. | — | — | M | Uyghur | Aksu | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 5765 | Rizwangul Rishit | 65292419????????E? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances | N/A | Her name is Rizwangul Rishit. She is from Shayar County, Aksu Prefecture. She is a teacher. | [Presumably in Aksu.] | Unknown. | Uknown. | Unknown. | Not Stated. | — | — | F | Uyghur | Aksu | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 5780 | Nurimangul Reshit | 65????19????????E? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances | N/A | Her name is Nurimangul Rishit. She is a teacher. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Not Stated. | — | — | F | Uyghur | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 6607 | Biliqiz Emet | 653101198012160821 | Testimony 1: Tohtihaji Emet, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Turkey. He started doing business between Turkey and China in 2011, but this ended in October 2016. (sister) Testimony 2: “ئوغلۇم ئابدۇللاھ نىممەت”, an unverified Facebook account. (relation unclear) |
Her name is Bilqiz Emet. She is a middle school teacher. Her address is No.40, No.6 Group, Orda Ishki Street, Kashgar City. |
[Presumably in Kashgar.] | Unknown. The testifier hasn’t been able to get any information about her after November 2017. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Not Stated. | — | Testimony 1: Tohtihaji Emet, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Turkey. He started doing business between Turkey and China in 2011, but this ended in October 2016. (sister) Testimony 2: “ئوغلۇم ئابدۇللاھ نىممەت”, an unverified Facebook account. (relation unclear) |
35-55 | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | no news for over a year | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 6768 | Enwer Hoshur | Local government employee, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. | His name is Enwer Hushur. He is [probably a teacher at Hotan Pedagogical Technical College because he was included among those who were detained from this Collage.] | [Probably in Hoten.] | Unknown. | Unknown. | Probably in Keriye prison as the detainees from Hotan Pedagogical Technical Callege are allegedly in Keriye prison. | RFA report: One of the former political law cadres who was responsible for the education in Hoten has revealed that the victim and Muhter Supurge along with other nearly 50 people from the College were in Keriye prison. | According to the news, there are five retirees among the detainees from Hoten Pedagogical Technical College and some of them have health problems. RFA coverage |
Local government employee, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. | — | M | Uyghur | Hotan | sentenced | — | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||||||||||||
| 8178 | Erkin Sidiq | Erkin Sidiq, an Uyghur-American NASA engineer living in the United States. He was born in Aksu and is a graduate of Xinjiang University. | Erkin Sidiq was a teacher at Urumqi Electronics Vocational School. | [Presumably deceased in Urumqi.] | In 2015, he accompanied 12 other from his school on an international trip to Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. Upon returning to China, Erkin Sidiq was detained at Beijing Capital Airport, allegedly confused for the testifier, US resident Erkin Sidiq (despite the fact that victim has a Chinese passport, and testifier has a US passport). He was held for five days and “tortured” by Chinese authorities. When he returned to Urumqi, he allegedly complained frequently how he was mistreated, and seemed “a changed person.” He died 12 days after his release from unspecified reasons. | Confused for the Uyghur Scientist Erkin Sidiq | Deceased | Testified heard about victim’s story from friends | — | Erkin Sidiq, an Uyghur-American NASA engineer living in the United States. He was born in Aksu and is a graduate of Xinjiang University. | — | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | — | before 2017 | other | — | — | — | deceased | education | ||||||||||||
| 8252 | Abdulla Qurban | 65292919????????O? | Yasin Qurban, originally from Aksu’s Kelpin County but now residing in Sweden. (brother) | His name is Abdulla Qurban and he is about 45 years old. He graduated from Aksu Normal University. After graduation from university, he started to work in University of Finance. | [Probably in Aksu as the testifier (his brother) is from Aksu.] | In 2017. | Being double-faced. | He died due to heart disease. | From a distant relative via Wechat. | In 2017, the testifier heard that the victim was detained in the camp on the charge of being double-faced Two months ago (around in December 2019), he learnt from a distant relative that the victim died due to heart disease. And the testifier doubts that the victim might have died in the camps or he had the heart disease after he got out the camps and might have died away as the victim didn’t have any heart disease; plus, his relative told him not to ask any further as to let him live peacefully and safe. |
Yasin Qurban, originally from Aksu’s Kelpin County but now residing in Sweden. (brother) | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | Aksu | — | — | two-faced | — | — | — | deceased | education | |||||||||||
| 8457 | Reyhan Hamut | Anonymous, identity not verified. (friend) | Reyhan Hamut, history teacher of No 1 middle school of Qizilsu prefecture. obtained master degree in journalism from Xinjiang University. [Her age was tagged as being between 18 and 35 by the testifier.] |
Qizilsu Prefecture | July, 2017 | detained in concentration camp | — | from another friend in Xinjiang | — | Anonymous, identity not verified. (friend) | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Kizilsu | concentration camp | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | education | ||||||||||||
| 8460 | Arzugul Yasin | 6532??19????????E? | Anonymous, identity not verified. (friend) | Arzigul Yasin, was born in Hoten, worked as a teacher in No. 5 primary school of Hoten City, awarded as a teaching champion of Autonomous Region. wife of former general manager of Erdem Investment company- Abdulla Barat. She has reigned from her job in 2016. | — | Feb-18 | — | detained in concentration camp | From another friend in Turkey | — | Anonymous, identity not verified. (friend) | — | F | Uyghur | — | concentration camp | Jan. 2018 – Mar. 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | education | |||||||||||
| 8485 | Mihrigul Abla | 米合热古力·阿布拉 | 65280119????????E? | Testimony 1: Ablet Mehsut, as reported by Christian Science Monitor. (uncle) Testimony 2: Official court document, as used in court proceedings in the People’s Republic of China. |
Mihirigul Abla is a high school teacher from Korla. | In prison in Korla | Mihirigul was arrested for the second time and sentenced to two years of imprisonment and a 10,000 yuan fine in 2017. Her sentence was due to end in June 2019, but she was never released. In December 2019, she spent four days in a hospital for a surgery related to her uterus, believed by the testifier to be a forced sterilization. She was returned to the prison after that, and is believed to still be detained. | Possession of “Materials propagating terrorism or extremism” According to testifier, she had a digital copy of the Quran. | Sentenced to two years, not released after sentence end date. | Testimony 1: Testifier’s brother (Qurbanjan, another uncle of victim) was in Xinjiang and texted testifier a photo of victim’s sentencing notice. In June 2019 after the sentence was set to end testifier called district police and courts in Korla, and learns from officials that victim “didn’t perform well” in prison, as well of learning of her surgery. Testimony 2: this is a primary source. |
Testifier spoke to Christian Science Monitor in 2019 and again in April 2020 about his family members. | Testimony 1: Ablet Mehsut, as reported by Christian Science Monitor. (uncle) Testimony 2: Official court document, as used in court proceedings in the People’s Republic of China. |
— | F | Uyghur | Bayingolin | sentenced | — | related to religion | terrorism | extremism | — | — | education |
