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Detained & imprisoned law professionals

The list of detained & imprisoned law professionals in China, comprising ethnic Uyghurs and other minorities, is shown below:

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
2614 Gulbahar Eziz 65????19????????E? This victim is placed in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals made by Abduweli Ayup. none Gulbahar Eziz. She was a lawyer, psychological advisor, cadre at the head office of XUAR Prison Authorities. She is 43 years old and her husband is a police. She was detained and placed in the concentration camp in 2017 (likely around October, 2017).https://twitter.com/uyghurspeaker/status/1061375031975010305?lang=en
http://weiwuer.com/?p=794
urumqi around October, 2017 (weiwuer.com says placed in camp for a year) reading Muhammad Salih’s book (legal books, but possibly related to Islam) likely in a police detention center (“kanshousuo”), as according to Gulbahar Jelilova they were in the same place A former detainee testified for her. http://weiwuer.com/?p=794 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
35-55 F Uyghur Urumqi in custody Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 related to religion law
2880 Gulazat Tursun 65????19????????E? Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Norway. No known relation. Gulazat Tursun, a human rights specialist and instructor at Xinjiang University’s School of Law.
From AidET list: Law professor in Sichuan University, visiting scholar at Harvard University and Denmark Human Rights Research Center, a counter-terrorism study expert. Named to the “New Century Excellent Talent” list by the Chinese government
Possibly in Urumqi, as that’s where she taught. Unclear. Detained. Unclear. This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. F Uyghur Urumqi unclear (hard) law
4501 Ghalip Qurban 653001195902????O? H. Information publicly available name: Ghalip Qurban (阿力甫·库尔班)
gender: male
ethnicity: Uyghur
age: born in February 1959 (according to baidu)
place of origin: Atush city
occupation: deputy head of the Intermediate People’s Court in the XUAR capital Urumqi (新疆维吾尔自治区乌鲁木齐市中级人民法院) , CCP member since 1997
According to RFA report, Ghalip Qurban was arrested in April 2018 at the airport of Urumchi when returning from Beijing where he had attended a conference. Ghalip Qurban had previously beed invited for several ‘chats’ with officials from the State Security Deparment after having having spoken out about the treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. He had also filed official complaints about the conditions in Xinjiang with the central government in Beijing.
According to a staff member at the Urumchi Intermediate People’s Court, quoted by RFA, Ghalip Qurban has been removed from his post six to twelve months ago (as of 18 Dec 2018).
According to a notice published by the XUAR People’s Procuratorate on 26 DEC 2018, Ghalip Qurban is currently under investigation for bribery and other issues.
probably Urumchi, as this is the place where he worked and where he was arrested April 2018 RFA: “‘two-faced’ tendencies after he expressed concern over the mass incarceration of members of his ethnic group in recent years”. XUAR People’s Procuratorate: suspected bribery and other issues (因涉嫌受贿等问题) currently under investigation (according to XUAR People’s Procuratorate published on 26 DEC 2018) https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/arrest-12182018153514.html (published 18 DEC 2018) Notice XUAR People’s Procuratorate
Baidu entry
55+ M Uyghur Urumqi in custody Apr. 2018 – June 2018 two-faced taking bribes law
5103 Hezreteli Rashidin 653129198504252614 Fatimah Abdulghafur was born on March 21, 1980. Originally from Kashgar, she now resides in Australia. The victim is the testifier’s brother-in-law. Hezret’eli Rashidin, a judge from Kashgar.
Address: Apt. 351, Unit 4, Jiankang Neighborhood, Peyzawat County, Kashgar, Xinjiang 844000.
[Presumably in Kashgar.] Unclear, but Fatimah last spoke to him on the phone on January 12, 2016. Not stated. Fatimah Abdulghafur was born on March 21, 1980. Originally from Kashgar, she now resides in Australia. The victim is the testifier’s brother-in-law. Hezret’eli Rashidin, a judge from Kashgar.
Address: Apt. 351, Unit 4, Jiankang Neighborhood, Peyzawat County, Kashgar, Xinjiang 844000.
[Presumably in Kashgar.] Unclear, but Fatimah last spoke to him on the phone on January 12, 2016. Not stated. 18-35 M Uyghur Kashgar law