The list of detained & imprisoned students 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 |
| 406 | Gulgine Tashmemet | 古丽给娜·塔什麦麦提 | 65400219870917??E? | Testimony 1|2|3*|7: Gulzire Tashmemet, originally from Ghulja but now residing in Germany. (sister) Testimony 4: Anonymous, but with a verified identity. Testimony 5|6: Amnesty International, a human rights organization. |
31 years old Malaysian university student between 2010 to 2017. In December 2017 completed her Studies with excellent grades. In January 2018 was set to commence a doctorate degree. However on 26th of December 2017 returned to ghulja in xinjiang and has not been heard from since then. 2 or 3 days after arriving in Ghulja city she changed her profile picture on wechat to inform her sister Gulzira that she had arrived safely. Then lost contact with her until a few weeks into January 2018 when again she changed her profile picture on wechat. The picture was frightening as it showed a dark room with a shadow figure in the background. From that photo I suspected that my sister was in trouble and this change in profile signaled that she may have been sent to the reducation camp as it was common during that time that people who came back from overseas was sent to these camps. I was then advised that my sister had indeed been sent to a reeducation camp through a friend of mine who gave no other details and subsequently deleted me from her wechat. Since January 2018 i have been investigating my sister Gulgina’s whereabouts. Gulgina was only in malaysia for her studies and never got involved in politics. On the weekend she gave courses in legal studies to students for extra money to cover her expenses but most of all school fees was covered by her father. She was an exceptional student completing her masters, PHD and then onto her Doctorate degree. Gulgina planned to spend 1 month in Ghulja to visit her parents and family as she had missed them greatly. Since end of December 2017 her whereabouts is not know and no news of her whereabouts has become available. [direct submission from testifier (Testimony 3): گۈلگىنە تاشمەمەت ،1987- يىلى 9- ئاينىڭ 17- كۈنى غۇلجا شەھىرىدە تۇغۇلغان ،2010- يىلىدىن 2017- يىلىغىچە مالايسىيە تىخنىلوگىيە ئونۋىرسىتىدە كومپىتۇر ئىلمى كەسپىدە ماگىسترلىق ئونۋانىنى ئالغان ،2017- يىلى 12- ئاينىڭ 26- كۈنى مالايسىيە كۇۋالامپۇردىن جوڭگو گواڭجوۋ ئۈرۈمچى غۇلجا بىلىتىنى ئىلىپ غۇلجىغا قايتقان پىتى ھازىرغىچە خەۋەرى يوق] [according to info from a testimony event (Testimony 4) held in early 2019, her address in Ghulja is: Xinhua West Road, 9th alley, No. 158] |
Re-education camp possible in Ghulja City [direct submission from testifier: غۇلجا شەھىرىدە ] |
End of December 2017 or early January 2018 [direct submission from testifier: تەخمىنەن 2018جى يىلى 1جى ئايدا] |
Possibly because she had studied abroad | Last status is she is still in reeducation centre Testimony 7: Gulgine suddenly called her sister in Germany in early May 2020, and they would talk for around 8 minutes, with Gulgine saying that she was now an English teacher in the city’s development zone. Her parents were also present during the video call. Everyone looked fine, but the father had lost his ability to speak. |
She was informed by a friend on wechat that she was sent to reeducation camp but did not provide other details and subsequently was deleted by her friend on wechat. [direct submission from testifier: غۇلجىدىكى خوشنا دوستۇم ئارقىلىق يەنى ئۈندىدار ئارقىلىق بىلدىم] |
Amnesty International has previously issued an Urgent Action for Gulgina (Testimony 6) Additional info from UHRP report (summarized): At first, Gulgine went back to Ghulja in March 2017 because her father was sick. When she was there, the local police made her sign a statement saying that after she finished her classes in Malaysia, she would return to China. If she didn’t return, she’d lose all connection with her parents. The police were from the neighborhood. It was a direct threat. They said: ‘If you don’t come back, it will be dangerous for your father.’ Her father was under a cloud of suspicion because he had sent money to Gulzire in Germany. Also, the police collected blood samples from her and confiscated her passport for a month, after then she went back to Malaysia for the last time. She is also mentioned in the CECC report |
Testimony 1|2|3*|7: Gulzire Tashmemet, originally from Ghulja but now residing in Germany. (sister) Testimony 4: Anonymous, but with a verified identity. Testimony 5|6: Amnesty International, a human rights organization. |
Gulgine Tashmemet is a student from Ghulja City. From 2010 to 2017, she studied at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), obtaining a BS and an MS in computer science. She was set to commence her a doctorate degree there in January 2018. Most of her tuition was paid by her father, but she also taught classes on the weekends as a part-time job. Address in Ghulja: 158 Ninth Alley, West Xinhua Road. Chinese passport number: G33768927. |
In Ghulja. | Gulgine first ran into issues with the authorities when she went back to Ghulja in March 2017 to see her sick father. While there, she was made to sign a statement by the neighborhood police, promising that she would return to China after she finished her classes in Malaysia. She’d lose all connection with her parents if she didn’t, and what they said to her was a direct threat: “If you don’t come back, it will be dangerous for your father.” By that time, her father was already under suspicion because he had previously sent money to Gulzire in Germany. The police also collected Gulgine’s blood samples and confiscated her passport for a month, prior to allowing her to return to Malaysia (for what would be her last time). Gulgine’s last trip to China was intended as a visit to her family prior to commencing a PhD in Malaysia. She flew there on December 26, 2017 (Kuala Lumpur to Guangzhou to Urumqi). A few days after arriving, she updated her WeChat picture as a sign that she was fine, but a few weeks into January she changed the background to one resembling a prison cell – a wall in a dark room with a shadow of a person. The testifier thus believes that she was detained sometime in January. Afterwards, there was no news for years, until the victim suddenly called Gulgine in early May 2020. The video call, which lasted around 8 minutes, also included their parents, with Gulgine telling Gulzire that she was well and now working as an English teacher in the city’s development zone (开发区). Gulgine says that everyone looked well, but that their father had lost his ability to speak. |
Possibly because she had studied abroad. | Allegedly released and working as an English teacher, though the exact situation remains unclear. | Gulzire learned of the detention through WeChat and through friends/neighbors in Ghulja. She learned about Gulgine’s alleged release from Gulgine herself, when the latter called her. |
Amnesty International has previously issued an Urgent Action for Gulgine Her story is also featured in the UHRP report on disappeared intellectuals She is also mentioned in the CECC report |
18-35 | F | Uyghur | Ili | unclear (soft) | Jan. 2018 – Mar. 2018 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||
| 424 | Sulayman Aman | 654002199702????O? | Testimony 1: Azat Mahmut Kashgari. Has been living in the United States for 20 years. Testimony 2: Submission to Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances. |
Testimony 1: Unclear, did not mention in the video clearly. Testimony 2: unclear |
Sulayman Aman, a student, lives in Yengiyer, Ghulja. He was sentenced to prison because he was practicing Islam. He is the son of Amanulla Metniyaz, who was also sentenced to prison. | [unclear, as possibly sentenced] | Unclear | He was practicing Islam. | Prison [but no sentence length mention, so unclear if real prison] | Probably through other relatives. | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | — | related to religion | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 555 | Arzigul Abdumijit | 653122199???????E? | Rizwangül Ghopur (born Rizwangül Abduqadir, changed when she was a child in order to get citizenship [possibly born “outside the plan”], testifying about her family (a’ilem) | niece (elder sister’s daughter) | Arzigül Abdumijit, 20 years of age daughter of Helimgül Abduqadir, from Shabjan village, Yengisheher County, Kashgar prefecture, went to university, first year, |
She was studying at a “tibbiy universitette”, first year. I presume that would mean in Hotan, so she might also be detained in Hotan and not Kashgar where the family is from (my speculation). Originally from: Shabjan village, Yengisheher County, Kashgar prefecture. | Jun-17 | not clear, speculation by testifying party: she once in 2016 asked her aunt (mother’s younger sister; testifying party) about her health and well being. the aunt believes this may have caused her detention. | not clear | heard from others. not clear whom | picture of victim shown in video | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Hotan | concentration camp | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 680 | Gulshan Abdushukur | 65????19????????E? | Qurban Arif, living in Norway. He is originally from Bortala city. | Friend’s Daughter | Gulshan Abdushukur, a Masters student at the Istanbul Commerce University. | Unclear | According to FB post: went to Xinjiang in June 2016 for her brother’s wedding, sentenced to 5 years in prison in May 2017. | Studying in Turkey | Sentenced for 10 years (5 according to FB post) | Unclear | Facebook post about the victim Her brother was allegedly sentenced to 12 years. Twitter testimony from a friend |
18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | sentenced | — | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 709 | Meryemgul Memet | 65310119????????E? | Testimony 1: Yasin Memet, Uyghur man from Kashgar city. He was born on July 5th, 1985. Testimony 2: Tutigul Tilwaldi, from Kashgar city. She arrived to Saudi in 2004. She moved to Turkey in 2018. |
Testimony 1: Younger sister Testimony 2: Daughter |
Meryemgul Memet, Uyghur woman from Kashgar. She was a Master’s degree student in Saudi Arabia when she got arrested. She was arrested in May, 2016 and placed in concentration camp. Her whereabouts unknown now.She told his brother (the testifier) through wechat that the police was looking for her and she might be arrested. [Testimony 1]; Maryam Mamat, went back from Saudi in June, 2016. She was studying in Saudi and went back during summber break. Her passport was confiscated upon arrival. [Testimony 2] | unknown | Testimony 1: May 2016 Testimony 2: May 2017 |
Testimony 1: Stuying in Saudi Arabia, being a muslim | Testimony 2: Re-education camp or Prison | Testimony 1: through wechat | Testimony 2: Tutigul has had no contact with relatives for the past 2 years. A person with the same name and similar circumstances is mentioned in the Chinese state media article, but it is hard to confirm that it’s really the same person. |
18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | concentration camp | before 2017 | related to religion | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 723 | Yusupjan Ehmed | 65??????????????O? | Testimony 1-2: Ayimgul Abliz, from Korla city. She arrived to Turkey in Aug, 2016 with her family. | Testimony 1-2: Cousin | Yusupjan Ahmad, studied in Turkey and went back for Eid Al Adha in 2016. His parents visited him in spring 2016. | Unclear | Unclear | Studying in Turkey | Re-education camp or Prison | relatives (through WeChat) | — | — | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | — | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 955 | Abdurazaq Abdukerim | 6532011992??????O? | Abdul Qabiz | Cousin | Abdurazaq Abdukerim (possibly: Abdulhekim), who was studying in Beijing, visited his home back in Hotan in July 2017. He kept contact with the testifier Abdual Qabiz through chinese texting App Wechat during his visit. After two weeks, he was disappeared and later the testifier knew Abdurazak Abdukirim was detained, but the whereabouts of the victim is unknown. | [Presumably in Hotan.] | Probably in July 2017 According to info from a testimony event in early 2019: August 14, 2017. Arrested in Hotan when he returned from Tianjin for a summer break. |
Probably contacting his cousin in Turkey | Unclear | Through others | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Hotan | unclear (hard) | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | contact with outside world | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 1254 | Eli Mamut | 6529??199708????O? | H. | information publicly available | name: Eli Mamut age: born in Aug 1997 ethnicity: Uyghur occupation: student at Aksu Technical School, Aksu prefecture gender: maleEli Mamut was accused of leading a terrorist group and watching illegal Uyghur-language videos on his mobile phone. According to his father Mamut Awut, his son has only watched videos on his mobile phone not knowing they had been classified as illegal by Chinese authorities Eli Mamut was arrested with 9 or 13 (?) of his classmates in the end of September 2014 for watching Uyghur-language videos on their mobile phones. Eli Mamut was given a life sentence in a trial in the first week of January 2015. |
relocated from a detention center in Aksu where Eli had spent the first four month after his arrest to No. 3 Regional Forced Labor Camp where he is to serve his life sentence (according to an official document from the No. 3 Regional Forced Labor Camp Administration handed to Eli Mamut’s father) | end of Sept 2014 | leading a terrorist group and watching illegal Uyghur-language videos on his mobile phone | serving a life sentence in prison | https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/uyghur-teenager-serving-life-sentence-is-victim-of-chinas-strike-hard-campaign-11162015141753.html (published 16 NOV 2015) | — | 100 | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Aksu | sentenced | before 2017 | — | terrorism | — | — | — | student | ||||||||||
| 1528 | Mutellip Imin | 65????19????????O? | H. | information publicly available | name: Mutellip Imin gender: male ethnicity: Uyghur age: 24 (as of July 2013), must be around 29 (in December 2018) occupation: student at Istanbul University (sociology) Mutellip Imin (穆塔力浦·伊明) had come to Beijing from Istanbul to visit his girlfriend Atikem Rozi in Beijing in July 2013. When he was about to return to Turkey to continue his studies, he was detained in Beijing Airport just before his flight took off. He used to work as a moderator for Uighur Online, a website founded by Ilham Tohti. He also had a personal blog on which he reported how he was forced by Chinese authorities to disclose access to his email and social media accounts. No official reason for his detention has been given. His current whereabouts are unknown. |
CECC report: sentenced by an Urumqi court on December 8, 2014 | 15 July 2013 According to Mutellip Imin’s blog (9 December 13), on July 14, 2013, authorities previously detained him at the Beijing Capital International Airport as he prepared to board a flight to Turkey. On July 15, 3 security officials escorted Imin to Urumqi, where they detained and interrogated him. In October 2013, authorities escorted Imin to Lop [Luopu] county, XUAR UHRP: he was detained again on January 15, 2014 in Lop County. |
separatism, presumably | CECC report: The Global Times (9 December 14), reported that on December 8, 2014, the Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court in Urumqi municipality, XUAR, imposed prison sentences of between 3 and 8 years on all 7 students for alleged work on the Uyghur-language news website Uyghur Online. | https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/04/21/welcome-to-the-uighur-web/ (published 21 April 2014) https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/student-07222013204016.html (published 22 July 2013) https://uhrp.org/political-prisoners-2015 |
Mentioned in the CECC report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | sentenced | before 2017 | separatism | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 1571 | Aytulla Seydulla | 653001??????????E? | Testimony 1|2*: Hidayetulla Niyaz Rozi, originally from Aksu’s Beshtugmen Township, but now residing in Austria. He previously studied in Egypt from 2012 to 2017. (husband) | Aytulla Seydulla, from Artux city, mother of two. She studied in Egypt. Her residence address was registered in Beysaq Village, Ustun Atush Township, Atush City. Her other address is No.6 Floor, No.2 Block, No. 1 Building, Industrial and Commercial Complex residential campus, Tengritagh District, Atush City. Chinese passport number: G45233431 |
[Presumably in Kizilsu.] | Testimony 1: 2017. In April, 2016, she was told to come back. Due to exam time, she went back 2 months later. She had to do 3 month political education after she went back. Testimony 2: She was in Egypt and she went back home upon the request of [Chinese local authorites] in 2016. Since then, she was sent to study and she has been there until the testifier lost contact with her. |
Unclear | Testimony 1: In re-education camp or prison Testimony 2: The testifier hasn’t been able to contact the victim since the end of 2017. |
Unclear | Testimony 1: Niyaz does not have any contact with anyone now. His wife’s and two children’s conditions are unknonw. Testimony 2: On the 7th of January 2020, the testifier heard from his acquaintances that most of his family members have been sentenced. Also, the testifier hasn’t been able to learn anything about his two kids. |
Testimony 1|2*: Hidayetulla Niyaz Rozi, originally from Aksu’s Beshtugmen Township, but now residing in Austria. He previously studied in Egypt from 2012 to 2017. (husband) | — | F | Uyghur | Kizilsu | no news for over a year | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 1656 | Adil Israil | 65292619930304??O? | I am victim’s friend. | Friend | Adil Israil, Uyghur, 25 years old, was born in Bay County (Baicheng), Aksu. He was an undergraduate Civil Engineering student at Beihang University in Beijing, class of 2017. During his last semester (02/2017 to 05/2017), he visited Istanbul Technical University with Beihang University’s exchange program (tuition was paid by Beihang University.) He returned to Beijing after he completed his study at ITU in May 2017, then he completely disappeared. While he was studying in Istanbul, local police frequently visited, bothered his family, also added him on Wechat questioned his daily activity and asked him to return many times. |
Probably in a concentration camp in Bay County (Baicheng), the place he was born. | 5-ئاي-17 | His only “crime” is studying in Istanbul one semester. | Unknown [update on July 25, 2019: has changed his WeChat profile and wallpaper, which might mean that he’s “free”, but not clear] |
Since he returned, he never replies message, no any posts on social media and Wechat group. I think he couldn’t even attend his graduation commencement at Beihang University. |
Victim’s photo is sent. | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Aksu | unclear (soft) | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 1691 | Ilyasjan Rahman | 依力亚斯江·热合曼 | 65310119930629??O? | Testimony 1|5: Munire Abdugheni, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (wife) Testimony 2: Amnesty International, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. Testimony 3: Munire Abdugheni, the wife of Ilyasjan Rahman. She escaped Egypt during the Uyghur crackdown and fled to Turkey. (wife) Testimony 4: Amnesty International, a human rights organization. |
name: Elyasjan Rahman / Yiliyasijiang Reheman / 热合曼.依力亚斯江 gender: male ethnicity: Uyghur age: 29/06/1993 place of origin: Kashghar occupation: student at Al Azhar University, Egypt Chin passport no: E30540614 He was arrested by plainclothes police when getting out of a taxi at Cairo airport where he was about to take a plane to Turkey. There had been a police raid the previous days aimed at Uyghur students in Cairo who were suspected of residing illegally in Egypt and many students had already escaped to Turkey. According to Munzire (Eliyasjan’s wife), all Uyghur students, including her husband, were holding legal student visas. Seven days after his arrest, Elyasjan was transferred to Tora Prison in Cairo and Elyasjan was able to call his wife (on 31 August 2017). He said he was arrested because the Chinese government claimed that he was a terrorist. According to local investigators he would not be handed over to the Chinese government. They had realized that they had made a mistake and it would only be a matter of time before he was released. After this conversation, Munzire lost contact with her husband. His daughter was born just after his arrest. |
Previously in Tora Prison in Cairo, Egypt [now unclear] | Jul-17 | the Chinese government accused him of being a terrorist which is the reason why Egyptian police arrested him | earlier testimonies: in prison in Egypt Testimony 5 says that he was deported to China, but doesn’t give any particulars [not clear if this is the author’s presumption]. |
The victim called his wife after his arrest. | RFA coverage: https://www.rfa.org/english/women/student-04102018160046.html (Testimony 1) https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/misir-xitay-10092019172305.html?encoding=latin (Testimony 2) https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/turkiyede-uyghur-01232020201634.html (Testimony 5) Amnesty International call for action (Testimony 4) |
Testimony 1|5: Munire Abdugheni, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (wife) Testimony 2: Amnesty International, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. Testimony 3: Munire Abdugheni, the wife of Ilyasjan Rahman. She escaped Egypt during the Uyghur crackdown and fled to Turkey. (wife) Testimony 4: Amnesty International, a human rights organization. |
Ilyasjan Rahman, originally from Kashgar, was a student at the Al Azhar University in Egypt. He is a husband and a father. Chinese passport number: E30540614. |
Previously in Tora Prison in Cairo, Egypt. Currently, his location is unclear. | In July 2017. Ilyasjan was arrested by plainclothes police when getting out of a taxi in Cairo. He was about to take a plane to Turkey. There had been a police raid in previous days, aimed at Uyghur students in Cairo who were suspected of residing illegally in Egypt. Many students had already escaped to Turkey. According to Ilyasjan’s wife, Munzire, all Uyghur students were holding legal student visas, her husband included. Seven days after his arrest, Ilyasjan was transferred to Tora Prison in Cairo. Ilyasjan was able to call his wife on August 31, 2017. He said he was arrested because the Chinese government claimed that he was a terrorist. According to local investigators he would not be handed over to the Chinese government. They had realized that they had made a mistake and it would only be a matter of time before he was released. After this conversation, Munzire lost contact with her husband. |
Ilyasjan was arrested by Egyptian police after the Chinese government accused him of terrorism. | Earlier testimonies placed Ilyasjan in prison in Egypt. Recently, an article from RFA stated that he was deported to China, but doesn’t give any particulars [unclear if this is the author’s presumption]. |
Ilyasjan called his wife after his arrest. | RFA coverage: https://www.rfa.org/english/women/student-04102018160046.html https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/misir-xitay-10092019172305.html?encoding=latin https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/turkiyede-uyghur-01232020201634.html Amnesty International call for action |
18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | no news for over a year | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | — | terrorism | — | — | — | student | |||
| 1697 | Ablikim Tursun | 652901199???????O? | H. | information publicly available | name: Ablikim Tursun gender: male ethnicity: Uyghur age: born in 1997 or 1998 occupation: student at Aksu Technical School, Aksu prefecture Classmate of Eli Mamut (#1254) He received a two-year prison sentence and was placed in a labour camp for teenagers in Urumchi (he was a minor at the time of the sentence). He and some of his classmates were arrested for watching Uyghur-language videos on their mobile phone and were sentenced for participating in a terrorist group. The existence of the terrorist group or its name have not been specified by Chinese authorities. His current status is unclear. As the two-year term should be over by now, Ablikim should have been released, but this cannot be verified. |
unknown, was detained in labour camps for teenagers in Urumchi | Sep-14 | watching Uyghur-language videos on mobile phone with his classmates, sentenced for participating in a terrorist group | unknown, should have been released, but this cannot be confirmed His mother had visited him at a “labor camp” in Urumqi municipality, XUAR, around December 2015 or January 2016. |
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/uyghur-teenager-serving-life-sentence-is-victim-of-chinas-strike-hard-campaign-11162015141753.html (published 16 NOV 2015) | Mentioned in the CECC report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | before 2017 | — | terrorism | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 1728 | Masjid Musa | 65????19????????O? | H. | information publicly available | name: Masjid Musa gender: male ethnicity: Uyghur occupation: student in Cairo Has was taken in police raid in Cairo on 4th July 2017 during which Egypt police arrested Uyghur students, because they were said to not have legal residence permits. Masjid, however, had a valid visa. It is not clear if he is detained in Egypt or has been sent back to China. |
arrested in Cairo, Egypt; current whereabouts unknown – either detained in Egypt or deported to China | 4-Jul-17 | no valid visa, even though Masjid had a valid student visa | disappeared | https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/students-07072017155035.html (published 7 JULY 2017) | — | — | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | registration issues | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 1740 | Abdusalam Mamat | 65280119????????O? | Anonymous volunteer | None | Abdusalam Mamat from Korla had been studying at Al-Azhar Islamic University in egypt since 2015. After chinese government issued an order for Uyghurs living abroad to return home for inspection, he voluntarily returned to Korla for the safety of his family back in Xinjiang. After his return, he died in chinese police custody. | Dead | In 2017 | Unclear | Dead | UHRP report and RFA news | UHRP report RFA news |
— | M | Uyghur | Bayingolin | in custody | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | deceased | student | |||||||||||
| 1741 | Buzeynep Abdureshit | 65????199???????E? | Testimony 1: Anonymous, as reported by AidET. (relation unclear) Testimony 2: Amnesty International, a human rights organization. Testimony 3: Almas Nizamidin, as reported by The Guardian. (husband) Testimony 4: 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 5|6: Almas Nizamidin, as reported by Australian Broadcasting Corporation. (husband) Testimony 7: Almas Nizamidin, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (husband) Testimony 8: Almas Nizamidin, an Uyghur refugee who moved to Australia in 2009 and is now an Australian citizen. (husband) |
Buzainap Adbureshit (布再娜甫·阿布都热西提) was one of the Uyghur students in Egypt, but she was arrested after her return from USA visiting her father-in-law. She was sentenced to 7 years in prison, however, the charges made against her and her current location are still unknown. She had spent two years studying in Egypt before returning to China to study medicine. According to info provided at a testimony event in early 2019, she’s about 27. Testimony 8: she had applied for a partnership visa in Australia prior to her arrest. |
She was arrested in Urumqi but then transferred to Aksu, before being sentenced and sent to serve her sentence in Urumqi’s Women’s Prison. | Detained on March 29, 2017 in Urumqi, transferred to an unspecified location in Aksu, and then sentenced to 7 years on June 5, 2017. | From testimony event (Testimony 1): Chinese embassy in Canberra told her relatives that Gulzeynep was sentenced to seven years imprisonment and two years deprivation of political rights on June 5, 2017 for the crime of “assembling a crowd to disturb social order”. Testimony 8: for studying Islam in Egypt. |
In prison. She was pregnant at the time of her detention. Testimony 7: In November 2019, Chinese authorities answered questions about his wife through the Australian Foreign Ministry. But his request to meet his wife on the phone was rejected. |
UHRP report | UHRP report Mentioned in the CECC report Her story has been featured in the Guardian (Testimony 3) Amnesty International has a campaign for her (Testimony 2) ABC (Australia) (Testimony 5) |
Testimony 1: Anonymous, as reported by AidET. (relation unclear) Testimony 2: Amnesty International, a human rights organization. Testimony 3: Almas Nizamidin, as reported by The Guardian. (husband) Testimony 4: 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 5|6: Almas Nizamidin, as reported by Australian Broadcasting Corporation. (husband) Testimony 7: Almas Nizamidin, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (husband) Testimony 8: Almas Nizamidin, an Uyghur refugee who moved to Australia in 2009 and is now an Australian citizen. (husband) |
Buzeynep Abdureshit, 27 years old (as of September 2019), was a religious student in Egypt, studying Islam for two years and then returning to China in 2015, where she planned to study medicine. She had applied for a partnership visa in Australia prior to her arrest. The popular Mandarin rendition of her name is 布再娜甫·阿布都热西提, but it is not confirmed that this is the official rendition on her documents (which are not currently available). |
The Xinjiang Women’s Prison. | She was detained on March 29, 2017 in Urumqi, after her return from the United States, where she was visiting her father-in-law. She was thereafter transferred to an unspecified location in Aksu, prior to being given a 7-year sentence on June 5, 2017 (to be served in the Xinjiang Women’s Prison). | According to the Chinese embassy in Canberra, the victim was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment and 2 years deprivation of political rights on June 5, 2017 for the crime of “assembling a crowd to disturb social order”. Her husband, Almas, says that the real reason is her having studied Islam in Egypt. |
In prison, serving a 7-year sentence (to theoretically be followed by 2 years of deprivation of political rights). There was also some concern about her health as she was reportedly pregnant at the time of her detention. According to the Chinese side, medical examinations conducted before her arrest showed that she was not. In November 2019, Almas was able to get answers to some questions regarding his wife from the Chinese authorities via the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. However, Almas’s request to talk to his wife on the phone was rejected. |
Most of the information appears to come from Almas Nizamidin, the victim’s husband. It is not completely clear how he got the different details regarding the victim’s detention, but the confirmation that she was detained came from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs, who obtained it from the Chinese authorities. | A number of publicly available reports (NGO and media) have covered her case: UHRP report CECC report The Guardian Amnesty International ABC (Australia) RFA |
7 | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Urumqi | sentenced | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | related to religion | disturbing public order | — | — | — | student | |||
| 1742 | Perhat Halmurat | 65????19????????O? | Anonymous volunteer | None | Perhat Halmurat (栢尔哈提*哈力木拉提) is Ilham Tohti’s student. He worked as a volunteer on Professor Ilham Tohti’s website, Uighurbiz. | Sentenced in Urumqi. | Sometime in 2014. In September 2014, he made a statement critical of Ilham Tohti in a CCTV broadcast. Sentenced to prison in December 2014. |
separatism | CECC report: The Global Times (9 December 14), reported that on December 8, 2014, the Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court in Urumqi municipality, XUAR, imposed prison sentences of between 3 and 8 years on all 7 students for alleged work on the Uyghur-language news website Uyghur Online. | UHRP report | UHRP report Mentioned in the CECC report |
— | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | sentenced | before 2017 | — | separatism | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 1743 | Shohret Nijat | 6501??19????????O? | Testimony 1: Uyghur Human Rights Project, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC. Testimony 2: Guzelnur Eli, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (acquaintance) |
Shohret Nijat (肖克来提·尼加提) is Ilham Tohti’s student, 26 years old at the time of his arrest (he is reported as “Shohret Tursun” by RFA). He worked as a volunteer on Professor Ilham Tohti’s website, Uighurbiz. He was sentenced to prison in December 2014. | Sentenced in Urumqi, but whereabouts unclear. | 2014 | separatism, presumably | CECC report: The Global Times (9 December 14), reported that on December 8, 2014, the Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court in Urumqi municipality, XUAR, imposed prison sentences of between 3 and 8 years on all 7 students for alleged work on the Uyghur-language news website Uyghur Online. Reports do not specify Nijat’s exact sentence or whereabouts. One of Tohti’s lawyers stated authorities had held Nijat in a solitary cell with his legs shackled. In September 2014, he made a statement critical of Ilham Tohti in a CCTV broadcast. |
UHRP report | UHRP report Mentioned in the CECC report Interview with Chinese media RFA coverage (Testimony 2) |
Testimony 1: Uyghur Human Rights Project, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC. Testimony 2: Guzelnur Eli, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (acquaintance) |
18-35 | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | sentenced | before 2017 | separatism | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 1744 | Abduqeyum Ablimit | 65????19????????O? | Anonymous volunteer | None | Abduqeyyum Ablimit (阿布杜凯尤木*阿卜力米提) is Ilham Tohti’s student. He worked as a volunteer on Professor Ilham Tohti’s website, Uighurbiz. He was sentenced to prison in December 2014. | Sentenced in Urumqi. | Sometime in 2014. Sentenced in December 2014. | separatism, presumably | CECC report: The Global Times (9 December 14), reported that on December 8, 2014, the Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court in Urumqi municipality, XUAR, imposed prison sentences of between 3 and 8 years on all 7 students for alleged work on the Uyghur-language news website Uyghur Online. | UHRP report | UHRP report Mentioned in the CECC report |
— | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | sentenced | before 2017 | separatism | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 1745 | Atikem Rozi | 65????19????????E? | Anonymous volunteer | None | Atikem Rozi (阿提开木*肉孜/阿提克木•如孜) is Ilham Tohti’s student, 22 years old at the time of her arrest. She worked as a volunteer on Professor Ilham Tohti’s website, Uighurbiz. She was detained on January, 2014 and sentenced to prison in December 2014. She was previously detained in February 2013 for writing online posts about difficulties in obtaining a passport for Uyghurs. Her application for passport was denied three times between 2010 to 2012 for the reason of political grounds and political records. | Sentenced in Urumqi. | Jan-14 | separatism, presumably | CECC report: The Global Times (9 December 14), reported that on December 8, 2014, the Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court in Urumqi municipality, XUAR, imposed prison sentences of between 3 and 8 years on all 7 students for alleged work on the Uyghur-language news website Uyghur Online. | UHRP report | UHRP report Mentioned in the CECC report |
18-35 | F | Uyghur | Urumqi | sentenced | before 2017 | separatism | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 1746 | Akbar Imin | 65????19????????O? | Anonymous volunteer | None | Akbar Imin (阿可拜尔*伊明) is Ilham Tohti’s student, 32 years old at the time of his arrest. He worked as a volunteer on Professor Ilham Tohti’s website, Uighurbiz. He was sentenced to prison in December 2014. | Sentenced in Urumqi. | January 15, 2014. | separatism, presumably | CECC report: The Global Times (9 December 14), reported that on December 8, 2014, the Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court in Urumqi municipality, XUAR, imposed prison sentences of between 3 and 8 years on all 7 students for alleged work on the Uyghur-language news website Uyghur Online. | UHRP report | UHRP report RFA news Also from UHRP Mentioned in the CECC report |
35-55 | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | sentenced | before 2017 | separatism | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 1843 | Salih Muhemmeteli | 6501??1995??????O? | Testimony 1: Muxter Niyaz, from shayar county of Aksu prefecture. He was born and raised in Urumqi. on June 5th, 2013 he left country to study. In October, 2014 he came to Turkey. And now living in Turkey with his family. He lost contact with his family since January, 2015. Testimony 2: “Ali Uyghur Bozkurt” (Facebook name) |
Testimony 1: friend Testimony 2: friend and classmate |
Salih Muhemmet(eli), Uyghur man from Urumqi. He went to Egypt in June 2014 and came back in June 2016. After that, he and his parents visited Turkey in August 2016. He returned home afterwards and was imprisoned for 8 years for studying in Egypt. |
possibly in Urumqi | Testimony 1: 2016 Testimony 2: passport confiscated upon arrival in January 2017, sentenced to 7 years later that year |
unknown | Testimony 2: sentenced to 7 years | unclear | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | sentenced | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 1923 | Shahrizat Qurban | 65????19????????O? | polat, Australia | nephew | Xakerizati.Kuerban young healthy man studied in Turkey for 2 years and returned to Urumqi to visit his family |
unknown (possibly in Urumqi) | April 2017 | unknown possibly because studied in Turkey | unknown | his mother | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | unclear (hard) | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 2058 | Abdusemi Turdi | 65????19????????O? | Testimony 1: Adalet Ahmed, an Uyghur from Xayar county, Aksu prefecture. She had been studying in Egypt since September 15, 2015, but had to run to Turkey after receiving rumours on May 2017 that the Chinese government was organizing a forceful eviction from Egypt back to Xinjiang. Testimony 2: Osman Tarim, an Uyghur living in exile. |
Testimony 1: Cousin Testimony 2: unclear |
Abdusami Turdi, 20 years old (as of spring 2019). Studied together with Adalet in Egypt. Went back to Xinjiang in September 2016 after the Chinese officials threatened to put his family in concentration camps should he not return. | Unknown | On March 2017, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. | Studying in Egypt | In prison | Through family circles | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | before 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 2110 | Mihrigul Tursun | 6528251989??????E? | Testimony 1: Mihrigul Tursun, an Uyghur woman from Cherchen County, and a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang. She now lives in the United States with her two children. (the victim) Testimony 2: Tomomi Shimizu, a Japanese manga artist. |
name: Mihrigul Tursun gender: female ethnicity: Uyghur age: 29 (as of 28 Nov 2018) place of origin: Cherchen county, Bayin’gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture occupation: used to be a student in Egypt Mihrigul was detained three times (ten months in total) between 2015 and 2018. She describes physical and psychological torture in detention. In 2010, she moved to Egypt to study English. |
USA | Her first arrest occurred in 2015 when she returned to China. She was separated from her three young children and kept in detention for three months but was released on parole to take care of her children. Her passport, ID card and phone were confiscated. After her detention and separation from her children, she says she was tortured by the guards using electric shock. After she was released on a parole, she was informed that her children were sick and got to see them through a glass in a hospital. The next day, the authorities presented Mihrigul with the body of her dead son. He and her other children had surgery scars on the right side of their necks, caused by a cut which the doctors said was done to feed the children through a tube. Her second arrest occurred in April 2017. She was taken away from her home in Cherchen County to a detention centre where she stayed for three months. She was released to a hospital due to mental health issues and was able to return home later. Her second detention happened when authorities threatened to put her in a ‘wanted’ list if she did not turn herself in. She was interrogated and tortured in the facility and had suicidal thoughts. Injections and pills were given to the detainees, who also had to sing Communist songs in gatherings. Torture was widespread, and Mihrigul recalls a woman dying from overbleeding. Mihrigul claims she was transferred to a mental hospital after losing consciousness after torture. Later, she was released home. There, two government volunteers were staying at her house. Her third arrest occurred in January 2018. She was taken away by local authorities to a hospital and later sent to prison where she spent three months. During her third detention, she was ordered to write a letter to her family about her situation. After her release on April 5, 2018, she went to Egypt, but 26 of her relatives were arrested. The authorities told Mihrigul they would all be released if she returned to China within 2 months. In Egypt, she also learned that her husband had gone back to China to look for her and had been sentenced to 16 years in prison. Later, she moved to the U.S. in September 2018, where she continued to be harassed by calls and CCP stalkers. The reasons for her release are not clear, Chinese authorities allowed her to take her children to Egypt but threatened her not to speak about her experiences in detention. Her parents and siblings are still in China. |
not clear, possibly related to having lived abroad in Egypt | released | Testimony 1: This is an eyewitness testimony. Testimony 2: likely based on the victim’s original testimony. |
Media coverage: Al Jazeera, The Guardian |
Testimony 1: Mihrigul Tursun, an Uyghur woman from Cherchen County, and a survivor of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang. She now lives in the United States with her two children. (the victim) Testimony 2: Tomomi Shimizu, a Japanese manga artist. |
Mihrigul Tursun is originally from Cherchen County. At the age of 12, she was taken to Guangzhou for middle school (as part of the government campaign to have Uyghur children study in inner China), and would later go on to study economics at Guangzhou University, before working for a private company that did business with Arab countries. In December 2010, she went to Egypt to study English, where she would meet her future husband. She gave birth to triplets in March 2015. |
In the United States. | Her first arrest took place in May 2015, when she returned to China from Egypt. She was separated from her three children and kept in detention for three months, before being released on parole to take care of her children, who were said to be ill. Her passport, ID card, and phone were all confiscated. Going to the hospital to see her children, she would learn that the oldest was in critical condition – he would die the following day. According to Mihrigul, the other two children also had scars on their necks, which the doctors claimed were from feeding tubes being installed, as they allegedly could not be fed otherwise. Her second arrest occurred in April 2017. She was taken from her home in Cherchen County to a detention center, where she would then stay for three months. From there, she was released to a mental hospital as she kept having seizures and losing consciousness. She was able to return home later and recover under her father’s care. Her third and final arrest took place in January 2018, when she was taken by local authorities to a hospital and later to “prison”. She would spend three months there, before being released on April 5, 2018. Three days later, she left her hometown and went to Beijing, where she would stay for 20 days, making repeated attempts to leave the country. She was finally able to fly to Cairo on April 28, 2018. |
Not clear, though from Mihrigul’s account it appears that she was interrogated about her time abroad. | Allowed to leave China and now a refugee in the United States. | Mihrigul’s is an eyewitness account. | Media coverage: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/academics-condemn-china-xinjiang-camps-urge-sanctions-181127015605193.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/26/what-has-happened-to-me-manga-depicting-uighur-torture-hits-25m-views |
18-35 | F | Uyghur | outside China | free | before 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | ||||
| 2114 | Bumeryem Abdughopur | 653101198605030440 | Testimony 1: Fatimah Abdughopur, as reported by Hanna Burdorf. (sister) Testimony 2: Fatimah Abdughopur, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (sister) Testimony 3: Fatimah Abdughopur, as reported by Citizen Truth. (sister) Testimony 4: Fatimah Abdughopur, as reported by New York Times. (sister) Testimony 5|6|7: Fatimah Abdughopur, an Uyghur poet, originally from Kashgar but now based in Australia. (sister) |
Meryem Abdughopur, a Master’s student in comparative linguistics at Bursa University in Turkey. | Passport confiscated at Urumqi airport upon return to China/Xinjiang, but not clear if that’s where she is now. It is probably likely that she is in Kashgar, however, as that is where the family is from and that is where she seemed to be in June 2017 – the last time that her sister Fatimah talked to her. Address: 9 Kezidouwei Rd. Unit 4, Apt#411, Kashi, Xin Jiang, 844000, China |
Went home for winter vacation at the end of 2016. According to the report in Citizen Truth, Fatimah’s mother and sister called her in June 2017 to say that they were being “taken to the hospital”. |
studying in Turkey, according to her sister | Testifier says that she is either under house arrest or taken to camp. Presumably taken to camp with her mother according to the Citizen Truth report. Testimony 7: she seems to be at home. |
Tweet by her sister Fatimah Abdulghafur (Testimony 1): @FatimahAbdulgh2 (on 12 JAN 2019) Testimony 7: a friend in China called and was able to contact the family. |
Story featured in the Citizen Truth (Testimony 3) Mention in the New York Times (Testimony 4) |
Testimony 1: Fatimah Abdughopur, as reported by Hanna Burdorf. (sister) Testimony 2: Fatimah Abdughopur, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (sister) Testimony 3: Fatimah Abdughopur, as reported by Citizen Truth. (sister) Testimony 4: Fatimah Abdughopur, as reported by New York Times. (sister) Testimony 5|6|7: Fatimah Abdughopur, an Uyghur poet, originally from Kashgar but now based in Australia. (sister) |
Meryem Abdughopur, a Master’s student in comparative linguistics at Bursa University in Turkey. | She appears to be at home. Address: 9 Kezidouwei Rd. Unit 4, Apt#411, Kashi, Xin Jiang, 844000, China |
Went home for winter vacation at the end of 2016. According to the report in Citizen Truth, Fatimah’s mother and sister called her in June 2017 to say that they were being “taken to the hospital”. It appears that they were released sometime in 2019. |
Studying in Turkey, according to her sister. | Shen now seems to be at home. | A friend in China was able to call and contact the family. | Story featured in the Citizen Truth Mention in the New York Times The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances sent an official mandate to Fatima Abdulghopur on November 18, 2019, confirming that the victim’s case had been transmitted to the Chinese government for investigation. |
18-35 | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | unclear (soft) | before 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | ||||
| 2247 | Saltanat Bahtiyar | ????????????????E? | Gene A. Bunin | No relation. | Saltanat Bahtiyar, a student from China – presumably Uyghur, judging by the name – who studied Russian as a foreign language at the Kyrgyz National University. She was in the third year of studies when she was expelled for failing to complete the study curriculum (by virtue of failing to return from China). | In Xinjiang. | Her expulsion order is dated as July 12, 2018. It is likely that she returned to China after the fall semester of 2017 and then never came back, missing the entire spring semester and then being formally expelled. | — | At the very least, she has been unable to return to Kyrgyzstan to resume her studies, suggesting that her documents were likely confiscated (in the best case). In the worst case, she may be in detention, but this has not been confirmed. | From the staff of the Russian language department at the university. I was also given a copy of her expulsion order. | It is possible that I mistook the name and gender here. While the expulsion order said “Bahtiyar Saltanat”, I don’t think this is likely since Bahtiyar is a man’s name and Saltanat is a woman’s, and an Uyghur man would be unlikely to have the latter as a last name. As such, I think it is most likely that this is a woman with the name of Saltanat Bahtiyar. | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 2248 | Gulnara Nurmemet | 65??????????????E? | Gene A. Bunin | No relation. | Gulnara Nurmaimaiti (Nurmemet), a student from China – presumably Uyghur, judging by the name – who studied Russian as a foreign language at the Kyrgyz National University. She was in the third year of studies when she was expelled for failing to complete the study curriculum (by virtue of failing to return from China). | In Xinjiang. | Her expulsion order is dated as July 12, 2018. It is likely that she returned to China after the fall semester of 2017 and then never came back, missing the entire spring semester and then being formally expelled. | — | At the very least, she has been unable to return to Kyrgyzstan to resume her studies, suggesting that her documents were likely confiscated (in the best case). In the worst case, she may be in detention, but this has not been confirmed. | From the staff of the Russian language department at the university. I was also given a copy of her expulsion order. | — | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 2252 | Guzelay Hamut | 65????19????????E? | Subhi Salih, now residing outside China. (aunt) | ئاكامنىڭ قىزى گۇزەلئاي ھامۇت،29ياش ئاتراپىدا .2011-يىلى تۇركىيەگە چىقىپ ئالىي مەكتەپتە ئوقىغان ۋە 2016- يىلى تەتىلگە قايتىپ بارغاندا تۇتۇلۇپ لاگىرغا سولۇنۇپتىكەن،بۇ ئېنىق ئۇچۇر | غۇلجىدا دەپ ئويلايمەن | 2016 | بىلـمەيمەن | بىلـمەيمەن | دوستلاردىن | — | Subhi Salih, now residing outside China. (aunt) | Guzel’ay Hamut is around 29 years old (as of January 2019). She was a student in Turkey, having gone there in 2011 to attend university. | The testifier believes she’s in Ghulja (Ili). | She was arrested and taken to camp after returning from Turkey during vacation in 2016. | — | Detained in camp. | From friends. | — | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Ili | concentration camp | before 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | ||||
| 2263 | Merdan Helil | 654101199106202434 | Testimony 1: Zhumagul, a resident of Kazakhstan. (aunt-in-law) Testimony 2: Wahap Hakim, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (cousin) |
Mai erdan Hei lili (Merdan Helil), born on June 20, 1991, is a Chinese citizen. He studied in Beijing for five years and later went to Egypt. He was the son of victim Abduhelil Hashim (a.k.a. Helil Hashim). RFA reports that he was a recent graduate from a university in Shanghai [not Beijing]. Address: Ghulja City, Ili. |
[Unclear, as sentenced.] | RFA report: Around September 2018 | praying and visiting Egypt RFA: Studied Quran. |
he was sentenced to three years in prison | not stated | This testimony has further been supplemented by info from the RFA report (Testimony 2) | Testimony 1: Zhumagul, a resident of Kazakhstan. (aunt-in-law) Testimony 2: Wahap Hakim, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (cousin) |
3 | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Ili | sentenced | July 2018 – Sep. 2018 | related to religion | — | — | — | — | student | ||||||||||
| 2396 | Nigare Abdushukur | 654101199406010266 | Testimony 1|3*|6: Erpat Abdushukur, originally from Ghulja City but now living in Munich. (brother) Testimony 2: Unknown, but with a verified identity. (relation unclear) Testimony 4: Anonymous, but with a verified identity. (relation unclear) Testimony 5: Erpat Abdushukur, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (brother) Testimony 7: Merhaba Yaqup, originally from Ghulja but now living in Australia. (former neighbor) Testimony 8: Gulzire Tashmemet, originally from Ghulja but now residing in Germany. (friend of relative) Testimony 9: Zohre Abdulmijit, now residing in Turkey. (cousin) |
Nigara Abdushukur, 25 years old. In her senior year of university. She started her studies at the Xinjiang Pedagogical Institute in 2013. Address (according to info from a testimony event, Testimony 4): Yining city, Fazhanxiang Street (发展乡街), 6th Alley, No. 3 |
Testimony 3: a prison in Ghulja City. | November 28th, 2017 with black plastic bags from home. According to info from testimony event in early 2019: November 26, 2017 |
Testimony 3: sending money abroad, being in contact with people abroad | Testimony 3: in prison [from a separate correspondence with testifier, Testimony 5: sentenced to 19 years] | Testimony 1: Unclear. He learned about them in Oct, 2018 Testimony 3: through friends on Douyin |
Erpat is being politically active and started posting on some websites about the condition of his family (Testimony 6): http://www.yeniposta.de/80102.html |
Testimony 1|3*|6: Erpat Abdushukur, originally from Ghulja City but now living in Munich. (brother) Testimony 2: Unknown, but with a verified identity. (relation unclear) Testimony 4: Anonymous, but with a verified identity. (relation unclear) Testimony 5: Erpat Abdushukur, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (brother) Testimony 7: Merhaba Yaqup, originally from Ghulja but now living in Australia. (former neighbor) Testimony 8: Gulzire Tashmemet, originally from Ghulja but now residing in Germany. (friend of relative) Testimony 9: Zohre Abdulmijit, now residing in Turkey. (cousin) |
Nigare Abdushukur was in her senior year of university, having started her studies at the Xinjiang Pedagogical Institute in 2013. Address: No. 3, Alley No. 6, Development Town Street (发展乡街), Yining City. |
A prison in Ghulja City. | Taken from home in late November 2017, with black plastic bags put over her head. | Sending money abroad, being in contact with people abroad. | Serving a 19-year prison sentence. | Erpat mentions learning about it through the app Douyin (via friends/relatives). | Written testimony in Turkish Mention by Crimean News Agency (Turkish) |
19 | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Ili | sentenced | Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 | contact with outside world | — | — | — | — | student | |||
| 2397 | Irpan Abdushukur | 654002199???????O? | Testimony 1: Erpat Abdushukur, living in Munich, Germany for 8 years. He is originally from Ghulja city. Testimony 2: unnamed |
Testimony 1: Brother Testimony 2: unclear |
Erpan Abdushukur, 27 years old. A student at Xinjiang University’s construction department. Address (according to info from a testimony event): Yining city, Fazhanxiang Street (发展乡街), 6th Alley, No. 3 |
[Presumably in Ili.] | November 28th, 2017 with black plastic bags from home. According to info from testimony event in early 2019: November 26, 2017 |
Unclear | Unclear | Unclear. He learned about them in Oct, 2018 | Erpat is being politically active and started posting on some websites about the condition of his family: http://www.yeniposta.de/80102.html |
18-35 | M | Uyghur | Ili | — | Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 2463 | Ewzer Ghapar | 65400219991012??O? | Mutallak Hasanov, born on January 1, 1946, is now a Kazakhstan citizen. His ID number is 040052049. | relative | Avzer Gappar, ethnic Uyghur, born on October 12, 1999, is a Chinese citizen. He studied in Turkey for a year. He’s the son of victim Abdughapar Abdurusul (2461). | Yining city, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture | according to RFA article: detained in 2017 after returning home from Turkey. | studying in Turkey | in a re-education camp | not stated | Mentioned in RFA article | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Ili | concentration camp | — | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 2489 | Hazriti Ali | 6531??199???????O? | FG | No any relations | Hazriti Ali 23years old. has two address, one is Kshgar shamalbag 11th kanit ujmilik kanti, another one is Kashgar dolatbag yiza 16th kanit , since 4 years in the concentration camp. Studied in Beijing. | MOost probably in or near by Kashgar | unknown | unknown | Detained | His schoolmate reported on his FB | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | concentration camp | before 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 2494 | Ablimit Ablikim | 65????19????????O? | This victim is placed in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals made by Abduweli Ayup. | none | Ablimit Ablikim. He was a MA student at Shanghai Arts Institute. He is now in detention and current situation is unknown. | unknown | unknown | unknown | in detention | unclear | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals. This victim is also in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals provided by Uyghuraid |
— | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 2497 | Arzugul Abdurehim | 65????19????????E? | This victim is placed in the list of detained intellectuals made by Abduweli Ayup. | none | Arzigul Abdurehim. She was a graduate student in Japan. She is now in detention and current situation is unknown. | unknown | unknown | unknown | in detention | unclear | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals. This victim is also in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals provided by Uyghuraid |
18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 2520 | Muhter Rozi | 65900319810204??O? | Testimony 1: Abduweli Ayup. Testimony 2: Maryam Muhammad. |
Testimony 1: none Testimony 2: husband |
Muxter Rozi. He was born on February 4th, 1981. His passport NO. is E10551559. He was a computer programmer and computer expert. He was a student at Azhar university at Egypt. He was arrested at Egypt on July 16th, 2017 and then deported back to China (https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/xelqara-xewer/misirda-uyghur-09252017132630.html, https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/xelqara-xewer/misirda-uyghur-04022018164700.html). | according to RFA report, he is at his hometown Tumshuq. | July 16th, 2017 | Being a student at Egypt | presumably in prison (look RFA report for details) | Victim was detained in Egypt and deported. His detention was reported. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals Earlier RFA report (English) |
35-55 | M | Uyghur | Tumshuq | unclear (hard) | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 2846 | Buraziye Memettohti | 65320119????????E? | H. | information publicly available | name: Buraziye Memettohti (布威热则耶·麦麦提托合提) gender: female ethnicity: Uyghur After she graduated from the Hotan “training centre” (毕业后) she chose to work in a textile factory in Hotan city, Shorbagh Town, Gazong village (和田市肖尔巴格乡尕宗村). Now she is teaching other women in the textile factory how to sew clothes. She had already passed the university entrance exam (gaokao) and had been admitted to a university in inner China. Her father who had been influenced by “religious extremist thoughts”, did not let her go as he considered it useless for women to study. Under his influence, she started wearing a niqab and also started spreading “religious extremist thoughts”. Her husband entered the “training centre” with her and also learned skills. |
textile factory in Hotan city, Shorbagh Town, Gazong village (和田市肖尔巴格乡尕宗村) | unknown | probably “religious extremism” | released from “re-education” camp, now working in a factory | http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-11/05/c_1123667476.htm (published 5 NOV 2018) http://www.cnrmz.cn/mzyw/201811/t20181107_1288771.html |
— | — | F | Uyghur | Hotan | unclear (soft) | — | — | extremism | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 2976 | Enwer Abdusemet | 65292219????????O? | Testimony 1: “Ewran_Uyghur” (Twitter handle: @EwranU) Testimony 2 (first-person): I am a student in France |
Testimony 1: unclear Testimony 2 (first-person): His Friend |
Testimony 1: His name is Anwar Abdusemet, Uyghur, 28, he earned his Master’s degree in physics in University of Camerino, Italy. After graduate, he was applying for PhD study and went back to home in 07.2017 to visit his family. But he has been taken into concentration camp. Testimony 2: He is Anwar Abdusamat, from Onsu county of Aksu. He is now 32 years old. He Guangzhou No.6 High School – 廣州六中 (内地新疆高中班）in 2004, and wen to 哈尔滨工业大学 with an excellent marks. When he graduated from his university, he wen to Italy and obtained a master degree in physics in Italy, end of the 2016 and returned home for vacation in the beginning of 2017. Immediately after his arrival, his ID and PC was takein by police and he can not go anyplace from his small village. Then he was detained in so called “Concentration Camps” in the end of 2017. |
Testimony 2: Maybe Aksu | Testimony 1: 07.2017 Testimony 2: end of 2017 |
— | — | Testimony 1: unclear Testimony 2: A friend told me about his situation |
His Facebook page | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Aksu | concentration camp | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3187 | Mirzat Osman | 65????198???????O? | Testimony 1: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) Testimony 2: Adil Qasim, a resident of France. (brother-in-law) Testimony 3*: Adil Qasim, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (brother-in-law) |
Mirzat Osman, 32 years old [as of August 2019]. He got his bachelor’s degree from Xinjiang Agricultural University and was a student in Italy at the time of his disappearance. He was proficient in Mandarin, English, and Italian. | — | Testimony 1: He has been missing since October 2017. Testimony 2: Out of contact since September 2017. |
— | Testimony 1: Missing. Testimony 2: Heard that he was sent to a re-education camp. [in early October 2019, the testifier reported in private correspondence (Testimony 3) that the victim had been released, though further details are still unknown] |
Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals (Testimony 1) His wife gave birth to a boy in January 2018, but the father and son have never seen each other. |
Testimony 1: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) Testimony 2: Adil Qasim, a resident of France. (brother-in-law) Testimony 3*: Adil Qasim, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (brother-in-law) |
Mirzat Osman is in his early 30s and holds a bachelor’s degree from Xinjiang Agricultural University. He was a student in Italy at the time of his disappearance, and would become a father in absentia on January 2018, when his wife gave birth to a baby boy. He is proficient in Mandarin, English, and Italian. |
— | He has been out of contact since September 2017, according to Adil. Abduweli’s list says that he has been missing since October 2017, but this might be an error [Adil’s testimony is more personal and should be given preference]. In early October 2019, it was reported that Mirzat had been released. |
— | Reported “released” in October 2019, but further details are unavailable. | Not stated. | The news of his release came just a month or two after Adil started appealing for him as part of the Uyghur Pulse project (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxtHBfWaWYQPNgfvdvSDn4A/videos). This victim is included in the list of prominent detained Uyghurs, available at here. |
18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (soft) | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | ||||
| 3258 | Irfan Yarmemet | 6501????????????O? | Oz ClosetheCamp (Facebook name) | Close relatives. | Irfan Yarmemet, a student at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey. Originally from Urumqi, according to his Facebook. | — | In camp since 2018, according to testifier. Testifier writes that he was taken to camp twice, with contact lost after his second detention. | — | [Released from camp, according to testifier in late August.] | Not stated, but apparently they were in contact until the second detention. | Irfan’s father is also in camp. His Facebook page |
18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (soft) | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3259 | Suqrat Tashmemet | 654101199404221473 | Testimony 1: Oz ClosetheCamp (Facebook name) Testimony 2 (direct submission): Seyyare Ferhat |
Testimony 1: Close relative Testimony 2: Cousin from mother’s side |
Suqrat Tashmemet, a student at the Istanbul Commerce University. He lived in Turkey for almost 3 years before returning to China. | Testimony 2: likely in Ghulja. | Testimony 1: Taken to a camp twice in 2018, according to the testifier. Testimony 2: At the beginning of 2017, he was detained and taken to a “camp”, then released after 4 months. A few months later, he was detained again and held until a month ago [as of late August 2019]. The testifier then heard that he was sentenced to 15 years. |
— | Sentenced to 15 years. | Testimony 1: Not stated, though it is mentioned that they were in contact until the second detention. Testimony 2: Through Suhrat’s mother. |
— | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3327 | Imran Adil | 6501????????????O? | H. | information publicly available | name: Imran Adil gender: male ethnicity: Uyghur age: 19 (as of 25 SEPT 2018) place of origin: Urumchi place of residence: Beijing occupation: student in BeijingImran was arrested in December 2017 after his parents Nezire Muhammad Salih and Adil Tuniyaz had been arrested. He was arrested in Beijing where he was a student of a college in which the teaching in conducted in Arabic and has either been taken to a “re-education” camp or a prison. His three underage siblings were probably placed in a state-run orphanage. |
unknown, arrested in Beijing | probably in December 2017 | unknown, possibly because of the arrest of both of his parents | arrested, either taken to a “re-education” camp or a prison | 1. https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/scholar-09252018145144.html (published 25 SEPT 2018) 2. A friend of the family now living outside of China confirmed the information given in the RFA report, the last name of the children (Adil) and their place of birth (Urumchi) |
— | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3372 | Mehmet Yusup | 买海买提·玉素甫 | 653021199505270214 | Testimony 1: “Yarmuhemmed Nur”, an unverified Facebook account. (friend) Testimony 2*: Anonymous, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (friend) |
Mehmet Yusup (Rahman) was born on May 27th, 1995 in village of Azak, Atush. He arrived to Turkey in the beginning of 2016 in order to study there. After self studying 6 months and taking college entrance exam, he was accepted to Istanbul University, Ankara University etc. In Sep, 2016, he started pursuing electrical engineering degree at Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University (bülent ecevit üniversitesi). After a semester, he decided to go back and visit his family especially his 90 year-old grandmother. He obtained all necessary documents from the Chinese embassy in Ankara and departed to Urumqi. However, once he landed he was arrested. Address: 207 Osteng Road, Ongruk village (翁艾日克村), Azak township (阿扎克乡), Artux city, Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture. |
[testifier update in December 2019 (Testimony 2): prison in Maralbeshi County] | On January 1, 2017, he went back to China to visit his 90 year-old grandmother. He was arrested at Urumqi airport and has since disappeared. | Unclear. Yarmuhemmed states that it could be because Mamat was a student of Abdurehim Heyt, a prominent Uyghur musician (entry 411). | [testifier update in December 2019 (Testimony 2): sentenced to 9 years in prison] | Unclear | Many people admired his music video of Ertugrul (a Turkish TV series) with Duttar, a popular Uyghur music instrument (see supplementary materials below). Also mentioned in UHRP report |
Testimony 1: “Yarmuhemmed Nur”, an unverified Facebook account. (friend) Testimony 2*: Anonymous, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (friend) |
Mehmet Yusup (Rahman) was born in the town of Azaq in Atush. A skilled dutar player, he was a student of the famous musician Abdurehim Heyt (411). At the beginning of 2016, he came to Turkey with the goal of studying there. After 6 months of self-study, he took the college entrance exam and was accepted to several places, including Istanbul University and Ankara University, and started pursuing an electrical engineering degree at the Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University (bülent ecevit üniversitesi) in the September of that year. After a semester, he decided to go back to Xinjiang to visit his family – his 90-year-old grandmother, in particular – and departed for Urumqi after obtaining all the necessary documents from the Chinese embassy in Ankara. However, he was arrested upon landing. Address: 207 Osteng Road, Ongruk Village, Azaq Township, Atush City, Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture (新疆阿图什市阿扎克乡翁艾日克村吾斯堂路207号). |
In a prison in Maralbeshi County, Kashgar Prefecture. | He disappeared on January 1, 2017, when he went back to China. In December 2019, the testifier got news that he had been sentenced to 9 years. | Unclear. The testifier states that it could be because Mehmet was Heyt’s student. | Serving a 9-year prison sentence. | Not stated. | Many people admired his dutar rendition of a musical piece from “Ertugrul”, a Turkish TV series (see supplementary materials). He has been mentioned in the UHRP report |
9 | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | sentenced | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | ||
| 3383 | Gheyret Qahar | 6540??19????????O? | Victim’s name is in the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Gheyret Qahar, born in Ghulja (Yining) | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | — | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3384 | Shepqet Tohtasun | 65410119????????O? | Testimony 1: Uyghur Human Rights Project, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC. Testimony 2|3: Mehbube Abla, originally from Ghulja City, but now living in Austria. (cousin) |
Shepqet Toxtasun, born in Ghulja (Yining), was a student at the Al-Azhar university in Egypt. | [Unclear, as he’s allegedly been sentenced.] | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017. According to his cousin, Mehbube, he was detained in Beijing after being forced to return to China (following local authorities’ pressure on his family). | Testimony 1: [Presumably,] studying abroad | Testimony 2: sentenced to 18 years. | Not stated. | UHRP report (Testimony 1) Testimony 2: the victim’s father has also been detained and sentenced. |
Testimony 1: Uyghur Human Rights Project, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC. Testimony 2|3: Mehbube Abla, originally from Ghulja City, but now living in Austria. (cousin) |
18 | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | ||||||||||
| 3385 | Abdulla Telet | 6540??19????????O? | Victim’s name is in the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Abdulla Tel’et, born in Ghulja (Yining) | — | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3386 | Intizar Turghan | 6540??19????????E? | Victim’s name is in the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Intizar Turghan, born in Ghulja (Yining) | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3387 | Adile Ablimit | 6540??19????????E? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Adile Ablimit, born in Ghulja (Yining) | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3388 | Medine Behtiyar | 6540??19????????E? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Medine Behtiyar, born in Ghulja (Yining) | — | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3389 | Merhaba Abdurusul | 6540??19????????E? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Merhaba Abdurusul, born in Ghulja (Yining) | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3390 | Daniyar Hesen | 6540??19????????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Daniyar Hesen, born in Ghulja (Yining) | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3391 | Irfan Iminjan | 6540??19????????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Irfan Iminjan, born in Ghulja (Yining) | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3392 | Evzel Memetjan | 6540??19????????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Evzel Memetjan, born in Ghulja (Yining) | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3393 | Irshat Torghan | 6540??19????????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Irshat Torghan, born in Ghulja (Yining) | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3394 | Turmemet Ilyar | 6540??19????????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Turmemet Ilyar, born in Ghulja (Yining) | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3395 | Raziye Islam | 65280119????????E? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Raziye Islam ,born in Korla, Junior Two of Al-Azhar University | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3396 | Meghfiret Muhemmeteli | 65310119????????E? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Meghfiret Muhemmeteli, Born in the city of Kashgar, Senior one of Al-Azhar University | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3397 | Almire Muhemmet | 65280119????????E? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Almire Muhemmet, born in Korla, Junior two of Al-Azhar University | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3398 | Reshide Memetnur | 65????19????????E? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Reshide Memetnur, born in Kashgar | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3399 | Munewer Imin | 65????19????????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Munever Imin | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3400 | Amannisa Aysa | 65292819????????E? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Amannisa Aysa, born in Awat county, Aksu prefecture | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3401 | Shireli Abdusattar | 652101199???????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Shireli Abdusattar (Shiaili.Abudousataer), 23 years old (as of October 2018). Born in Kalun Tagh (Huoyanshan/火焰山), Turpan municipality. Went to Egypt’s Al Azhar university in 2014. In the beginning of 2017, his mother got detained at a concentration camp | Unclear | Arrested in May 2017 at the airport (possibly in Urumqi) | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3402 | Tahirjan Imam | 65300119????????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Tahirjan Imam, born in Artux | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3403 | Yehya Qari | 65300119????????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Yehya Qari, born in Artux | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3404 | Kewser Molla Ehmet | 65310119????????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Kevser Molla Ehmet, born in Zegerlik Road, Kashgar | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3407 | Hesenjan Abdusemet | 65292619????????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Hesenjan Abdusemet, born in Baicheng county of Aksu prefecture. Husband of Elanur Esqer, with whom he studied geograhpy at Al-Azhar University in Egypt. Father of Bilal Hesen and Bushira Hesen. Was detained by Egyptian police in May 2016, deported to China and immediately arrested. [according to direct submission by Abdulla Tohti Arish, he had obtained a Master’s from Xinjiang University] |
Unclear | 5-ئاي-16 | Studying abroad | A letter from a friend of a friend says that Hesenjan was sentenced to 10 years. | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | before 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3410 | Miradil Hemdulla | 652801??????????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Miradil Hemdulla, born in Korla | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3411 | Abdusemet Muhemmedomer | 65310119????????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Abdusemet Muhemmedomer, born in Oil Bazaar, Kashgar. Studied history in Egypt for 10 months until his deportation | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3412 | Sharife Muhemmedomer | 65310119????????E? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Sharife Muhemmedomer, born in Oil Bazar of Kashgar | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3413 | Abdusalam Batur | 6529????????????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Abdusalam Batur, born in Aksu | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3414 | Memetjan Awut | 65300119????????O? | Victim’s name is on the list of Impacted Uyghur intellectuals | – | Memetjan Avut, born in Artux | Unclear | Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after being deported back to China by Egypt in July 2017 | Studying abroad | — | Information publicly available online | UHRP report | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3419 | Abdurahman Ghalip | 65302219940426??O? | Testimony 1: Hezretaili Ubulqasym Testimony 2-3: Zumret Ghalip |
Testimony 1: Brother-in-law Testimony 2-3: Younger brother |
Abdurahman Ghalip, born on April 26, 1994. Was supposed to graduate university in June 2018 | Testimony 1-2: Likely Pilali township (皮拉力乡), Akto county, Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture Testimony 3: His sister suspects he might be in a concentration camp in Aqto County in Kizilsu. |
Oct-17 | His sister Zumret Ghalip studied in Egypt from January 2014 to July 2017 | In re-education camp | Unclear | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Kizilsu | concentration camp | Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 | relative(s) | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3440 | Hezirteli Tursun | 653001??????????O? | Patigul Qurban, an Uyghur living in Finland | Nephew | Hezirteli Tursun, 20 years old (as of March 2019). Went to Egypt for studies but his relatives were pressured to organize for his return just 6 months into his education. | Yaqabagh (亚喀巴克村) village, Sun Tagh township (松他克乡), Artux city, Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture | 5-ئاي-17 | Studying in Egypt | At first, his passport was confiscated, then he was sentenced to 5 years in prison in May 2017 | Unclear | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Kizilsu | sentenced | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3490 | Shemsidin Eziz | 652901??????????O? | “Uyghur.Boy” (Twitter handle: @BoyUyghur) | The victim is the testifier’s (second) brother. | Shemsidin Eziz, a student from Aksu City. | In Aksu, presumably. | Arrested in 2017. | — | Unclear, but presumably still in detention. | Not stated. Testifier notes being unable to get any news about him. | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Aksu | no news for over a year | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3491 | Surayya Abla | 652901??????????E? | “Uyghur.Boy” (Twitter handle: @BoyUyghur) | The victim is the testifier’s cousin. | Surayya Abla, a student from Aksu City. | Presumably in Aksu. | Arrested in 2017. | — | Unclear, but presumably still under arrest. | Not stated. Testifier notes that he has been unable to get any news about her. | — | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Aksu | no news for over a year | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3499 | Abdusalam Muhammad | 65??????????????O? | “Mehtum sula” (Twitter handle: @MehtumS) | The victim is the testifier’s brother. | Abdusalam Muhammad, 18 (as of February 2019), student. | — | Taken to a camp in 2018. | — | Still in detention, presumably. | Not stated. | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | concentration camp | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3502 | Reqip Eshmet | 65292419880308??O? | Testimony 1|2|3: Yasin Eshmet, originally from Shayar County, now residing in Turkey. (brother) | Rekip Eshmet (热克浦.艾什麦提). DOB: March 8, 1988. Studies in the Law Faculty of Xinjiang University (PhD student). | Family’s home 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 | Testimony 1: October 2017 Testimony 2: August 2017 |
Unclear | Testimony 1: In re-education camp Testimony 3: The 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. (brother) | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Aksu | no news for over a year | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3544 | Abdusalam Ablimit | 65????19????????O? | “Aykün Awut” (Twitter handle: @Aykn90919772) | The victim is the testifier’s cousin. | Abdusalam Ablimit. He was a student at Xinjiang University but had to drop out for health reasons. | — | Sentenced to 5 years in prison on November 2016. | Sentenced for keeping a copy of the Quran in his bedroom. | In prison, presumably. The testifier worries about his health. | Not stated. | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | before 2017 | related to religion | — | — | — | has problems | student | |||||||||||
| 3808 | Metabdulla Iminniyaz | 65322119????????O? | Victim’s name is included in the Congressional-Executive Commission on China Political Prisoner Database | – | Metabdulla Iminniyaz (麦提阿卜拉•伊敏尼亚孜), nickname “Kare” (卡热), a 20 year old (at time of detention) resident of Changchun originally from Hotan county, Hotan prefecture. | Unclear | July 13, 2013 | Authorities accused him and another Uyghur, Eli Exmet, of of recruiting Uyghur university students in Jilin to watch and read “jihadist’ materials; Iminniyaz denied being a separatist and said that he had only been speaking Arabic.” | On October 10, 2014, the Changchun Intermediate People’s Court sentenced him to 6 years in prison and 3 years’ deprivation of political rights on the same charge. He served his sentence in Gongzhuling Prison, in Gongzhuling city, Siping municipality, Jilin. The Jilin High People’s Court rejected his appeal on December 15. In May 2017, the Siping Intermediate People’s Court reduced his sentence by 8 months. That means he should have been released already. | – | https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20181011_1424.pdf | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | inner China | sentenced | before 2017 | — | terrorism | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3809 | Eli Ehmet | 65??????????????O? | Victim’s name is included in the Congressional-Executive Commission on China Political Prisoner Database | – | Eli Exmet (Erli Aiheti), a student in a university in Jilin. | Unclear | Unclear, some time between 2013 and 2014 | Accused of recruiting Uyghur university students to watch and read “jihadist” materials. | Unclear | – | https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20181011_1424.pdf | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | inner China | unclear (hard) | before 2017 | — | terrorism | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3818 | Aydidar Qahar | 650102199???????E? | Testimony 1: Victim’s name is included in the Congressional-Executive Commission on China Political Prisoner Database Testimony 2: Rabiya Kadeer |
Testimony 1: no relation Testimony 2: granddaughter |
Aydida Kahar, 24 years old (as of June 2019), Qaher’s daughter (granddaughter of Rabiya Kadeer), she was studying in Xinjiang University in Urumqi, there are no any information about her whereabouts. | Testimony 2: Urumqi | Before October 2017 | Unclear, but officials have exhibited a pattern of persecution and harassment against Kadeer’s family in the XUAR since her release from prison in March 2005 and subsequent relocation to the U.S., warning her in 2005 that her businesses and children would suffer consequences if she spoke out about Uyghur human rights issues overseas. | In re-education camp | – | https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20181011_1424.pdf Amnesty call for action |
18-35 | F | Uyghur | Urumqi | concentration camp | — | relative(s) | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 3921 | Abduweli Rozi | 阿卜杜外力·如则 | 65292419961107??O? | Isa Orhun, an Uyghur living in Australia, testifying on behalf of my family and relatives that are in China’s “internment camps”. | The victim is the testifier’s relative. | Abduweli Rozi (阿卜杜外力·如则), from Aksu’s Shayar County, was a student in Egypt. DOB: November 7, 1996. Chinese passport: E19547722. |
In a prison in Shayar Municipality. | The victim’s mother, under house arrest, was forced to call him in 2016 and tell him to return to China from Egypt. He did so voluntarily, and was arrested in November 2016. | “for no reason other than his ethnic identity” | Serving a 10-year sentence. | Through reliable sources in the region. | His father, Rozi Kiwer (3920), had been arrested and sentenced to prison in 2014 (allegedly, for sending his son to study in Egypt). | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Aksu | sentenced | before 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | ||||||||||
| 4037 | Arafat Erkin | 65????19951120??O? | Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) | Arafat Erkin (Aierpati Aierken), a student at Kocaeli University in Turkey. DOB: November 20, 1995. |
— | Missing since returning to China in 2017. | — | Missing. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at: shahit.biz/supp/list_003.pdf | Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) | The victim is Arafat Erkin (Aierpati Aierken), a student at Kocaeli University in Turkey. | — | Missing since returning to China in 2017. | [Unknown, but students returning from international study are often detained or go missing.] | Missing. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of prominent detained Uyghurs, available at here. | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | ||||
| 4164 | Imam Husen | 65322419????????O? | Hidayetulla (Facebook name: “Hidayetullah Hidayetullah”) | The victim is the testifier’s classmate. | Imam Husen, a student in Egypt. Originally from Lopnur County. | Possibly in Bayingolin. | In 2016, not long after returning from Egypt. | — | Detained. No news since his arrest. | Not stated. | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Bayingolin | — | before 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4302 | Abdurahman Abdulla | 65????19????????O? | Muradil Emer, originally from Kashgar but now living in Turkey. (friend) | Abdurahman Abdulla. He was studying in Egypt | Unknown | Between March and May 2017 | — | Forced to go back to China, after which his status is unknown. | Not stated | Obtained Xinjiang government records mention an Abdurahman Abdulla (阿布都热合曼·阿布都拉, 653221199004020453) from Jamida Village, Tusalla Township, Hotan City being sent to study (送培). It is unclear if this is the same person, though it is unlikely given how common the name is. | Muradil Emer, originally from Kashgar but now living in Turkey. (friend) | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4303 | Qadir Abla | 65????19????????O? | Muradil Imir, originally from Kashgar, now living in Turkey | Friend | Qadir Abla. He was studying in Egypt. | Unknown | Between March and May 2017 | — | Forced to go back to China, after which his status is unknown. | Not stated | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4304 | Alim Gheni | 65????19????????O? | Muradil Imir, originally from Kashgar, now living in Turkey | Friend | Alim Ghene. He was studying in Egypt. | Unknown | Between March and May 2017 | — | Forced to go back to China, after which his status is unknown. | Not stated | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4340 | Ilzat Gheni | 6541011994??????O? | Testimony 1*|2|3|4: Arafat Erkin, originally from Ghulja, but now living in the United States. (cousin) Testimony 5: @VOgc2ESyOSX7Yw3, an unverified Twitter account. (sibling) |
Ilzat Gheni Born in 1994, went to Egypt Al-Azhar university to study in the end of 2016. In 2017 He was asked to return by family ,even though people tried to stop him in fear of him being detained,but he returned at the end because his girlfriend was in the region. He got sentenced to around 10+ years prison. |
Ghulja | 2017 [Testimony 4: end of 2016] |
not clear [Testimony 3: studying abroad] |
in prison [Testimony 2: 15-year sentence] [Testimony 4: 14-year sentence] |
From a kazakh family friend who fled to Kazakhstan | — | Testimony 1*|2|3|4: Arafat Erkin, originally from Ghulja, but now living in the United States. (cousin) Testimony 5: @VOgc2ESyOSX7Yw3, an unverified Twitter account. (sibling) |
15 | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Ili | sentenced | — | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | ||||||||||
| 4341 | Zeynur Turdi | 6531??19????????E? | Addison McTague, an American graduate student at Harvard University. (friend) | Zainur Turdi/Turti? (last name unknown, pinyin: Zainuer Tuerdi) graduted from Beijing University of Chemical Technology (北京化工大学) in 2017 with a degree in English. She had been accepted to a master’s program in Australia in the hopes of earning a degree in teaching English as Second Language (ESL). | Concentration camp in Kashgar | 5-Jul-17 | While I am unsure if a reason was properly given, I assume it is because she traveled to Egypt in 2016 to visit her older brother who was there studying Islam. To my knowledge, he still remains abroad. Some may also claim her detention is because she refused to take off hijab while in Beijing, or because she prayed in her dorm room with five Han Chinese girls around and in classrooms where some occasionally witnessed these overt acts of religiosity. Or, they may cite her undergraduate thesis for her English major as “inciting terrorism.” I’ve included it here under supplementary materials. She had sent it to me asking that I edit it; I’ve included both the original version she sent me and the one I edited with tracked changes. I include both because if the thesis is by any chance available anywhere, it is likely the edited version. | Assumably still detained. | She was a dear friend of mine when I studied in Beijing in the spring of 2017. While I left Beijing in May 2017, she and I remained in contact throughout the following month. She blocked me for one week on WeChat in anticipation of her return to Kashgar to take some test apparently mandated before she could graduate from her university. Upon her return to Beijing, she added me again and told me, crying, that authorities had promptly confiscated her passport in the airport in XJ — “for safe keeping.” She knew then she could not go to Australia and instead began to muse about trying for a master’s program in Beijing or Shanghai the following year. The day she graduated was the last I heard from her. I returned to Beijing in the summer of 2018 to learn that she had been detained July 2017. |
She was 24 or 25 at the time of her graduation in 2017, making her 26 or 27 now. Her email was [email protected] Her English name was Rita. Her university ID may have been 2013017307 (as pulled from the file name of the final draft of her thesis) The confidant who told me she was detained was the same who told me her older brother, Muhammad, was able to flee to Turkey from Egypt. Muhammad was last heard from in June 2018. The confidant had not heard anything from him in some time, so requested I attempt reaching out in July 2018. I similarly received no response. The numbers I previously had for him on varying platforms (i.e. WeChat, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal) have all been disconnected. |
Addison McTague, an American graduate student at Harvard University. (friend) | Zeynur Turdi (pinyin: Zainuer Tuerdi, English name “Rita”) graduated from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 2017 with a degree in English. She had been accepted to a master’s program in Australia, and hoped to later achieve her English as Second Language (ESL), a teacher certification degree. Zeynur was 24 or 25 at the time of her graduation, during the summer 2017. Her university ID may have been 2013017307, as pulled from the file name of the final draft of her thesis. |
Concentration camp in Kashgar (as learned through an undisclosed confidant). | After her studies at Beijing University (between May and June 2017), Addison was blocked for one week on WeChat in anticipation of Zeynur’s return to Kashgar. This was to take a test, seemingly mandated before she could graduate from her university. Upon her return to Beijing, Zeynur returned to WeChat, informing her friend that authorities had promptly confiscated her passport at the airport in Xinjiang “for safekeeping.” The day that Zeynur graduated was the last that the testifier had contact with her. On return to Beijing in the summer of 2018, she learned that Zeynur had been detained on July 5, 2017. |
Addison assumes that it is because Zeynur traveled to Egypt in 2016 to visit her older brother, Muhammad, who was there studying Islam. Other possible reasons include Zeynur wearing a hijab in Beijing, praying in her dorm room with five Han Chinese girls around, or praying in classrooms with occasional witnesses. Her undergraduate thesis for her English major may also be accused of “inciting terrorism” [included under supplementary materials, edited and not]. |
Presumably still detained. | They were close friends while studying in Beijing in the spring of 2017. After leaving Beijing in May 2017, they remained in contact throughout the following month. During the testifier’s return to Beijing in the summer of 2018, she learned from an undisclosed confidant that Zeynur was detained on July 5, 2017. |
The confidant who disclosed Zeynur’s detention also stated that her older brother, Muhammad, was able to flee to Turkey from Egypt. Muhammad was last heard from in June 2018. He is currently unresponsive and his previous numbers of various platforms (i.e. WeChat, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal) have all been disconnected. | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | concentration camp | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to religion | — | — | — | — | student | ||||
| 4469 | Yusup Turghun | 65????19????????O? | This testimony has been imported from a report of disappearances collected by the World Uighur Congress. | – | Yusup Turghun (玉素甫. 吐尔逊), a student, was disappeared at the age of 20 in Urumqi. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | The victim is missing. | Unknown. | https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/enforced-disappearances/ Mention by Ilham Tohti |
18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | before 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4482 | Miradil Yasin | 65????19????????O? | This testimony has been imported from a report of disappearances collected by the World Uighur Congress. | – | Miradil Yasin was arrested alongside Mutellip Teyip on charges relating to the distribution of leaflets containing “reactionary” and “malicious” content. They were reportedly arrest by Urumqi authorities for distributing leaflets at Xinjiang University calling on students to protest. Both men were students at Urumqi university. Miradil was 20 at the time of his arrest. | He was last seen in Urumqi. | The victim was detained on the 20th of December in 2008. | He was detained for the distribution of “reactionary” and “malicious” content. The “malicious” and “reactionary” content distributed were leaflets calling on students to hold peaceful demonstration against tobacco and alcohol sellers in conjunction with two other Urumchi universities. Miradil and Mutellip were students of Xinjiang Medical University. |
The victim’s status is unknown. | Unknown. | https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/enforced-disappearances/ http://docs.uyghuramerican.org/Sacred-Right-Defiled-Chinas-Iron-Fisted-Repression-of-Uyghur-Religious-Freedom.pdf |
18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | before 2017 | — | other | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4483 | Mutellip Teyip | 65????19????????O? | This testimony has been imported from a report of disappearances collected by the World Uighur Congress. | – | Mutellip Teyip was arrested alongside Miradil Yasin on charges relating to the distribution of leaflets containing “reactionary” and “malicious” content. They were reportedly arrest by Urumqi authorities for distributing leaflets at Xinjiang University calling on students to protest. Both men were students at Urumqi university. Mutellip was 19 at the time of his arrest. | The location of the victim is unknown he was last seen in Urumqi. | The victim was detained on the 20th of December in 2008. | The victim was detained for distributing “reactionary” and “malicious” content. The “malicious” and “reactionary” content distributed were leaflets calling on students to hold peaceful demonstration against tobacco and alcohol sellers in conjunction with two other Urumchi universities. Miradil and Mutellip were students of Xinjiang Medical University. |
The victim has been missing since detention. | Unknown. | https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/enforced-disappearances/ http://docs.uyghuramerican.org/Sacred-Right-Defiled-Chinas-Iron-Fisted-Repression-of-Uyghur-Religious-Freedom.pdf |
18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | before 2017 | — | other | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4575 | Ulam Abduqadir | 65322619????????O? | shahit.biz volunteer | No relation, information publicly available | Ulam Abdulqadyr (吾拉木•阿不地卡地尔). He studied music in Beijing. | Yutian county, Hotan prefecture. | Unknown | Unclear, but according to the article, during his father’s funeral in Xinjiang, he was influenced by a “wild imam” (野阿訇), and infected with “extremist thought”. | Forced labour camp | Xinjiang Daily report about work in the “vocational centers”, published in November 2018 | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Hotan | forced job placement | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4613 | Mukerem Rehmitulla | 65????19????????E? | Ihlasiye Rena | friend | Mukerem Rehmitulla. She’s a graduate of Xinjiang University of Finance & Economics. She went to Suzhou in April or May, 2018 to work and prepare for graduate school. June 10th, 2018, she was arrested by local authorities in her place in Suzhou. Later she was transferred to Urumqi. Current situation is unknown. | Urumqi | June 10th, 2018 | unknown | in detention | unclear | — | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Urumqi | — | Apr. 2018 – June 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4620 | Shukran Muhemmet | 65????19????????O? | Nurabiya Gaitul from Urumqi | Son | Shukran Muhammad, a student in Beijing | Taken back from Beijing to Xinjiang, unknown where | Jul-17 | — | Unknown | Not stated | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4656 | Patigul Sidiq | 65????19????????E? | نەجمىدىن شىرىف | تونۇشۇم | پاتىگۈل سىدىق [additional from testifier: she was a student at a university in inner China] |
تۈرمىدە | 2015-يىلى 3-ئاي | قانۇنسىز كتابلارنىڭ پ د ف نۇسخىسىنى ساقلىغان | كېسىلىپ كەتكەن | ۋەتەندىكى دوستلىرىمدىن ئاڭلىدىم | — | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | — | problematic literature | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4813 | Memeteli Tohti | 65322219????????O? | Abduweli Tohti. He is from Qarabagh, group 5 (xiaodui), NO.3 neighborhood, Qaraqash county, Hotan prefecture. He went to Egypt in March, 2016 to study. In July, 2017 he went to Turkey. His last contact with his mother was in July, 2018. | brother | Memet’Eli Tohti. He was a student at a medical college in Atush. He was asked back to Hotan by police and arrested to a concentration camp. | Hotan | April, 2018 | unknown | in concentration camp | His mother told him in July, 2018 | — | — | M | Uyghur | Hotan | concentration camp | Apr. 2018 – June 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4814 | Obulhesen Tohti | 65322219????????O? | Abduweli Tohti. He is from Qarabagh, group 5 (xiaodui), NO.3 neighborhood, Qaraqash county, Hotan prefecture. He went to Egypt in March, 2016 to study. In July, 2017 he went to Turkey. His last contact with his mother was in July, 2018. | brother | Obulhesen Tohti. He was a student at a medical college in Atush. He was asked to go back to Hotan in April, 2018 and detained in a concentration camp. | Hotan | April, 2018 | unknown | in concentration camp | His mother told him in July, 2018 | — | — | M | Uyghur | Hotan | concentration camp | Apr. 2018 – June 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4820 | Nesirdin Ehmet | 65322219????????O? | Abduweli Tohti. He is from Qarabagh, group 5 (xiaodui), NO.3 neighborhood, Qaraqash county, Hotan prefecture. He went to Egypt in March, 2016 to study. In July, 2017 he went to Turkey. His last contact with his mother was in July, 2018. | friend | Nesirdin Ehmet. He is 20 years old, from Qaraqash, Hotan. He was a student and never participated anything against China. He was detained in March, 2017 and placed in a concentration camp. | Qaeaqash, Hotan | March, 2017 | unclear | in concentration camp | unclear | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Hotan | concentration camp | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4829 | Turkizat Gheyret | 65????19????????O? | Testimony 1-2: Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Norway. | Testimony 1-2: the victim is the testifier’s first cousin once removed. | Turkizat Gheyret, student activist in Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics | [Presumably in Kashgar, as that’s where the family is from.] | Not stated. | — | Detained. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals (Testimony 1) | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4966 | Abdurehim Abdulhemid | 65210119????????O? | Testimony 1|2: Muherrem Muhemmed’eli, originally from Turpan but now living and working in Japan. (friend) | Abdurehim Abdulhemid, about 26 (as of July 2019). In around 2015, he went to Egypt to study. Address: Piyazchilar Mehelle, Yar Town, Turpan City. |
Testimony 2: Turkey. | Testimony 1: He disappeared in mid-2017. Testimony 2: it turns out that he was able to escape to Turkey in July 2017. |
Unknown. Testifier mentions that he went to Egypt legally, having properly gone through all the necessary procedures. | Disappeared. | [Presumably from the victim directly.] | — | Testimony 1|2: Muherrem Muhemmed’eli, originally from Turpan but now living and working in Japan. (friend) | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | outside China | free | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | other | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 4969 | Abduqahar Abdurehim | 6531??199???????O? | J. Bagdonas, database volunteer | N/A | Abdukahar Abdurehim, around 27 years old. Born in Kashgar prefecture. From 2008 to 2012 he visited high school in North-East (Dong Bei 东北) region in China under the state sponsored program ` Nei Di Xinjiang Ban` `内地新疆班`. 2013 he got a scholarship from Turkish government and he accepted by Ankara University. In 2013 he started his study at the Ankara University. Later, under the pressure of Chinese police to his parents, he was forced to go back to China. |
Unclear | Unclear | Studying in Turkey | Sentenced to 15 years in prison | Letter received from a friend of a friend of the victim. | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | — | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 5009 | Abduweli Hesen | 65????19????????O? | Ilminur Yusuf, from Lopnur, Bayingilon. | Husband | Abduveli Hasan, was studying at Al-Azhar university in Egypt. On July 7th, 2017, Ilminur and Abduveli were planning to go to Turkey together. However, he was detained at Alexandria airport in Egypt. After a week, he was transferred to Cairo. In the following 2 months, Ilminur had some contact with him. He was detained along with other Uyghur students that time. 16 of them were deported back to China and Abduveli was one of them. | Unclear | On July 7th, 2017 in Egypt | Unclear | Unclea | Unclear | — | — | M | Uyghur | — | — | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | other | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 5015 | Ibrahim Suleyman | 65400219????????O? | Turghunay Iminjan, from Baykol, Ghulja | neighbor | Ibrahim Suleyman, from Baykol, Ghulja. He studied in Egypt and went back in 2016 | — | 2016 | unclear | unclear | unclear | Source: https://youtu.be/THNbNU0vLX8?t=1026 | — | M | Uyghur | — | — | before 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 5017 | Abdumutellip Yusupjan | 65????19????????O? | Turghunay Iminjan, from Baykol, Ghulja | friend | Abdumutallip Yusupqan, studied in Turkey and went back. | [Presumably in Ili, as that’s where his family seems to be from.] | Unclear | Studying in Turkey | Concentration camp | unclear | Whole family is detained. Doors are locked. Source: https://youtu.be/THNbNU0vLX8?t=1026 |
18-35 | M | Uyghur | Ili | concentration camp | — | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 5025 | Turghunay Abduweli | 65????19????????E? | Turghunay Iminjan, from Baykol, Ghulja | Friend’s daughter | Turghunay Abduweli, daughter of Abduweli Heyit {1837}. She was studying in Turkey. When she got sick, her parents Abduweli and Nurgul went to Turkey to bring her back home. After going back, they were all detained. | [Presumably in Ili.] | Unclear | Could be for studying at a college in Ankara, Turkey. | Concentration camp | unclear | Source: https://youtu.be/THNbNU0vLX8?t=1026 | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Ili | concentration camp | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 5037 | Muhammet Tursun | 65312919????????O? | Hidayetullah Hidayetullah (Facebook name) | classmate | Muhammet Tursun. He is from Peyziwat county of Kashgar. He was a student in Egypt, and returned to China around March, 2017 and disappeared at Beijing Airport. No information since then. | unknown | around March, 2017 | studying in Egypt | disappeared | He talked before victim left to China. victim’s parents couldn’t get any information about him. | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 5095 | Nurmemet Muhter | 65????19????????O? | “Elyar T 艾力亚尔” (Twitter handle: @TursunElyar) | Not stated. | Nurmemet Muhter (努尔买买提·木合塔尔) was a mathematics Master’s student at Xinjiang University. He was set to graduate soon when he was detained. | — | April 2017. | — | In a concentration camp. | Not stated. | — | “Elyar T 艾力亚尔” (Twitter handle: @TursunElyar) | Not stated. | Nurmemet Muhter (努尔买买提·木合塔尔) was a mathematics Master’s student at Xinjiang University. He was set to graduate soon when he was detained. | — | April 2017. | — | In a concentration camp. | Not stated. | — | — | M | Uyghur | — | concentration camp | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | ||
| 5277 | Aynurem Yaqup | 6531??19????????E? | I am the victim’s cousin and currently living in US with my husband and two little children. We lost all contact with our family members in China after October, 2017, after the arrest of my father. | The victim is the testifier’s cousin. | The victim’s name: Aynurem Yakub (Ayinuremu Yakepu in Chinese) She is 28 years old and unmarried. She has a sister, Aytunem Yakub (Ayitunaimu Yakepu), who was also arrested later because of her sister and her husband (exact date is unknown) and a brother, Mawlanjan Yakub (Mawulanjiang Yakepu),who was also arrested in December, 2016. She was living with her parents before the arrest. Her father: Yakubjan (Yakepujiang) was given 7 years of imprisonment because of her. |
Concentration camp in Kashi, Xinjiang, China | Around June, 2016. Kashi, Xinjiang, China | She was arrested for For wearing Islamic clothes like headscarf and long dress. For practicing Islam like praying, earning how to read Qur’an from his uncle, who was arrested together with her. | Still in the concentration camp. | From a cousin who is studying in a university in the mainland China. | She graduated from Kashi University in Kashi, Xinjiang, China. She studied math. She didn’t work after graduation and she was studying Turkish and preparing for her master degree exam. As I mentioned above, her two siblings, herself and her father were all arrested. Only her mom was left outside. |
18-35 | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | concentration camp | before 2017 | related to religion | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 5284 | Muhemmedemin Sabir | 65????19930115??O? | Halmurat, an Uyghur activist | No relation | Memet Amin Sabir, born on January 15, 1993. He’s an Uyghur student who received scholarships from an Uyghur foundation in Istanbul. He was mistakenly registered as a Tajik citizen in Turkey. His foreigner ID number in Turkey: 99794697886. | Somewhere in China | Deported from Turkey in summer of 2018 | — | Unclear | Not stated | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 5286 | Mewlanjan Yaqup | 653121??????????O? | I am currently living in US with my husband and my two little children. We lost all contact with our family members after the summer of 2017. | The victim is my cousin. | Name: Mawlanjan Yakub (Mawulanjiang Yakepu in Chinese). He was a high school student in the Shufu County of Kashi Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. He has two sisters, Aytunem Yakub (Ayitunaimu Yakepu), and Aynurem Yakub (Ayinuremu Yakepu). He was living with his parents before the arrest. His father is Yakubjan (Yakepujiang) and his mother is Arzigul Abduwaki (Aziguli Abuduwake) | Kashgar, Xinjiang, China | In December, 2016. | Because of her sister, Aynurem Yakub (Ayinuremu Yakepu), who was arrested for wearing Islamic Clothes and learning about basic Islamic Knowledge like prayer and learning how to read Qur’an from his uncle. | In concentration camp | The victim was arrested in December, 2016. My brother was a PhD student in Germany. He took his vocation from his professor and went home to visit my parents in January, 2017. During his visit, he came to know that Mawlanjan and his father, Yakubjan, were arrested to the concentration camp because of Aynurem’s, his sister’s. arrest. | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | concentration camp | before 2017 | relative(s) | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 5296 | Seyithaji Nurmemet | 653101199???????O? | Uyghur from E.T. (Twitter handle: @Uyghurspeaker) | Not stated. | Seyithaji Nurmemet, a 24-year old student from 7th village, Group 11, Nezerbagh township. | [unclear, as sentenced] | Between 2017 and 2019 | Studying abroad | Sentenced to 15 years | Not stated. | — | 15 | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | — | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | ||||||||||
| 5297 | Abduselim Zeydin | 653101199???????O? | Uyghur from E.T. (Twitter handle: @Uyghurspeaker) | Not stated. | Abduselim Zeydin, a 22-year-old student from 7th village, Group 11, Nezerbagh township. | [unclear, as sentenced] | Between 2017 and 2019 | Studying abroad | Sentenced to 10 years in prison | Not stated. | — | 10 | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | — | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | ||||||||||
| 5368 | Abduquddus Abdusemet | 65320119910501??O? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances. | unknown | Abduquddus Abdusemet. He is from Han’eriq village (kent), Yorungqash township (yeza), Hoten city. He was born on May 1st, 1991. He is a student. He is currently in concentration camp. | [Presumably in Hotan.] | unknown | unknown | in concentration camp | unclear | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Hotan | concentration camp | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 5460 | Zulpiqar Hakim | 6540021997??????O? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances. | unknown | Zulfiqar Hakim. He was born in 1997, and from Dongmehelle, Ghulja. He was a student and he is in prison now. | [Presumably in Ili.] | unknown | unknown | in prison [but no sentence length specified, so unclear if formal prison] | unclear | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Ili | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 5492 | Qamar Alip | 652822199???????E? | Gene A. Bunin, shahit.biz curator. | No relation. | Qamar Alip (Mandarin: Gulikamaier Alifu) was a graduate student at the Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, where she had studied marketing and tourism. In 2017, she received an award from the Association of Tourism in Higher Education (ATHE) for her volunteer work. She is proficient in English, Mandarin, Turkish, and German. She is originally from Bugur County in Bayingolin. |
[Presumably in Bayingolin.] | She was detained in the beginning of 2018 when she returned home from the UK, being taken to a camp. She was allegedly released in May 2019. | — | Released from camp, but situation remains unclear. | It was conveyed to me by someone who knows the victim. | She is featured in the banner of the International Students Stories section of Queen Margaret University’s website Her Linked In profile Coverage of her award: https://www.qmced.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2017/20171208-tourism-award-success-for-qmu-postgraduate-graduate-gulikamaier-alifu/ https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/student-award-edinburgh-dog-and-cat-home-fundraiser-593834 Her Research Gate Her international student profile |
Gene A. Bunin, shahit.biz curator. | No relation. | Qamar Alip (Mandarin: Gulikamaier Alifu) was a graduate student at the Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, where she had studied marketing and tourism. In 2017, she received an award from the Association of Tourism in Higher Education (ATHE) for her volunteer work. She is proficient in English, Mandarin, Turkish, and German. She is originally from Bugur County in Bayingolin. |
[Presumably in Bayingolin.] | She was detained in the beginning of 2018 when she returned home from the UK, being taken to a camp. She was allegedly released in May 2019. | — | Released from camp, but situation remains unclear. | It was conveyed to me by someone who knows the victim. | She is featured in the banner of the International Students Stories section of Queen Margaret University’s website Her Linked In profile Coverage of her award: https://www.qmced.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2017/20171208-tourism-award-success-for-qmu-postgraduate-graduate-gulikamaier-alifu/ https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/student-award-edinburgh-dog-and-cat-home-fundraiser-593834 Her Research Gate Her international student profile |
18-35 | F | Uyghur | Bayingolin | — | Jan. 2018 – Mar. 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | student | ||
| 5537 | Adiljan Rahman | 阿迪力江·热合曼 | 6501??19990429??O? | Nurgul Ghappar is from Urumchi. She lives in Istanbul, Turkey now. | Her son | His name is Adiljan Rahman(阿迪力江·热合曼). He was born in Urumqi and he is a student. His passport number is E00175798. |
[Presumably in Urumqi.] | April the 7th, 2017 | Having traveled abroad. | In detention. | Not Stated | She hasn’t been able to contact him or any of her direct relatives ever since her son had been detained. | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | — | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student | ||||||||||
| 5676 | Rizwangul Ehet | 653128??????????E? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances | N/A | Her name is Rizwangul Ehet. SHe is a student. Her address is No.1 Neighborhood( Mehelle), Tarim Township, Yupurgh County, Kashgar Prefecture. | [Presumably in Kashgar.] | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unclear. | — | — | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 5733 | Ablimit Memtimin | 6531011996??????O? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances | N/A | His name is Ablimit Memtimin. He is from Kashgar City. He was born in 1996 and he was a student when he was detained. | [Presumably in Kashgar] | Unknown. | Unknown. | In concentration camp. | Not Stated. | WA0023 | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | concentration camp | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 5734 | Aynur Nurmemet | 6531011997??????E? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances | N/A | Her name is Aynur Nurmemet. She is from Kashgar City. She was born in 1997 and she was a student when she was detained. | [Presumably in Kashgar] | Unknown. | Unknown. | In concentration camp. | Not Stated. | — | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | concentration camp | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 6003 | Nurmangul Tursunniyaz | 653201??????????E? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances | N/A | Her name is Nurmangul Tursunniyaz. She is 20 years old and she is a student. Her address is No.11 Village, Jiya Township, Hoten City. | [Presumably in Hoten.] | Unknown. The testifier has not been able to contact the victim since 2016. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Not Stated. | — | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Hotan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 6004 | Ablet Tursunniyaz | 653201200???????O? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances | N/A | His name is Ablet Tursunniyaz. He is 18 years old and he is a student. His address is No.11 Village, Jiya Township, Hoten City. | [Presumably in Hoten.] | Unknown. The testifier has not been able to contact the victim since 2016. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Not Stated. | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Hotan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 6056 | Ilminur Mehmut | 653129??????????E? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances | N/A | Her name is Ilminur Mehmut. She is 19 years old and she is a student. | [Probably in Kashgar because the testifier’s ID card indicates that he is from Kashgar.] | Unknown.According to the testifier, he has lots contact with his family since 2017. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Not Stated. | — | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 6057 | Muhammetsali Mehmut | 653125200???????O? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances | N/A | His name is Muhammetsali Mehmut. He is 18 years old and he is a student. | [Probably in Kashgar because the testifier’s ID card indicates that he is from Kashgar.] | Unknown. According to the testifier, he has lots contact with his family since 2017. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Not Stated. | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 6058 | Abdulbasit Hamut | 653129??????????O? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances | N/A | His name is Abdulbasit Hamut. He is 19 years old and he is a student. | [Probably in Kashgar because the testifier’s ID card indicates that he is from Kashgar.] | Unknown.According to the testifier, he has lots contact with his family since 2017. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Not Stated. | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 6065 | Mihrigul Eziz | 653129199???????E? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances | N/A | Her name is Mihrigul Eziz. She is 22 years old she is a student. | [Probably in Kashgar because the testifier’s ID card indicates that he is from Kashgar.] | Unknown.According to the testifier, he has lots contact with his family since 2017. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Not Stated. | — | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Kashgar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 6282 | Aygul Ablet | 65292319????????E? | Testimony 1: Tursunjan Ablet, an Uyghur now residing in Turkey. (brother) Testimony 2: Tursunjan Ablet, as reported by Euronews. (brother) |
Aygul Ablet was a master’s student in clinical medicine at Xinjiang Medical University. Testimony 2: she finished her middle and high school in Beijing. |
[Unclear if she was detained in Urumqi or transferred to Aksu.] | Taken to camp in 2018. | Testimony 2: unclear, but according to Aygul’s brother Tursunjan, in May 2017, Aygul called him and told him that the police came and questioned their parents about him – where he was studying, which class he was in and so on, they asked for his telephone number and other things. Tursunjan asked the police’s number to contact them himself, but they haven’t talked to him. In the middle of 2018, he was left without any contact with his family. | Testifier says that he recently learned she was taken to camp in 2018. [Current status appears to be unclear.] | Not stated. | On February 4, 2020, the testifier reported being contacted by the PRC embassy in Ankara, who told him that they would be able to restore his contact with his family in the future (without specifying when). They also gave him the option of going back to China. Euronews coverage (Testimony 2) |
Testimony 1: Tursunjan Ablet, an Uyghur now residing in Turkey. (brother) Testimony 2: Tursunjan Ablet, as reported by Euronews. (brother) |
Aygul Ablet, originally from Kucha County, finished her middle and high school in Beijing and was a master’s student in clinical medicine at Xinjiang Medical University. | [She was a student in Urumqi, but is originally from Aksu, so it is likely that she is in one of these two places, but unclear which.] | Taken to camp in 2018. | Unknown, but her brother Tursunjan says that she contacted him in May 2017 to tell him that the police had questioned their parents about his studies abroad. | Testifier says that he recently learned she was taken to camp in 2018. [Current status appears to be unclear.] | Not stated. | On February 4, 2020, the testifier reported being contacted by the PRC embassy in Ankara, who told him that they would be able to restore his contact with his family in the future (without specifying when). They also gave him the option of going back to China. Euronews coverage |
18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | ||||
| 6493 | Abduleziz Edhem | 65????19????????O? | “Belgium Uyghur Association” (Twitter handle: @BelgiumUyghur) | N/A | Abdul’eziz Edhem was a student at the Xinjiang Agricultural University. | [Unclear, as he’s been sentenced.] | Detained in October 2014 and held in a pre-trial detention center for a year, before being sentenced to 5 years of prison on terrorism charges. | “Terrorism”. | [Presumably] still serving his prison sentence. | Not stated. | — | 5 | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | before 2017 | — | terrorism | — | — | — | student | ||||||||||
| 6641 | Ruqiye Perhat | 65???19????????E? | Ruqiye Perhat, as reported by Washington Post. (the victim) | Ruqiye Perhat, an Islamic studies student, 30 years old (as of 5 OCT 2019). | Turkey | After the Urumqi riots in 2009. She was imprisoned for four years in different prisons. [The Hareetz article claims that she spent 4 years in different camps. Given the time of her arrest (after the Urumqi riots in 2009) at a time when no camp system existed in Xinjiang, it is more probable that she was imprisoned rather than sent to a camp.] | unknown, it might be related to the 2009 Urumqi riots. | released from prison, now outside China | This is an eyewitness account. | Ruqiye says that during her imprisonment she was repeatedly raped by Han Chinese guards, resulting in two pregnancies which were forcibly aborted. According to Ruqiye, rape and sexual abuse was common in the prisons for men and women under the age of 35. Washington Post coverage (published 5 OCT 2019) |
Ruqiye Perhat, as reported by Washington Post. (the victim) | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | outside China | free | before 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 6659 | Adile Abdurahman | 652122??????????E? | Anonymous, but with a verified identity. (from same town/region) | Adile Abdurahman. She studies in Beijing. Address: Qumbagh Neighborhood, No. 4 Hamlet, Turpighari, Jing, Pichan County, Turpan Prefecture. |
[Presumably in Turpan.] | Not stated. | — | Missing and out of contact; feared to be detained. | Not stated. | — | Anonymous, but with a verified identity. (from same town/region) | Adile Abdurahman, 19 years old (as of January 2020). She studies in Beijing. Address: Qumbagh Neighborhood, No. 4 Hamlet, Turpighari, Jing, Pichan County, Turpan Prefecture. |
[Unclear if she is still in Beijing or if she had to return to Xinjiang.] | Not stated. | — | Missing and out of contact; feared to be detained. | Not stated. | — | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | ||||
| 6809 | Perhat Ablet | Guzelnur Eli, as reported by Uighur Online. (acquaintance) | Perhat Ablet (尔哈提·阿不来提), one of Ilham Tohti’s students in the Minzu University of Beijing. He was studying at the School of Electronic and Computer Engineering. | Unclear | On January 15, 2014, after the arrest of Ilham Tohti, he was summoned by the authorities and disappeared without a trace | Association with Ilham Tohti | Disappeared | [Presumably by being in contact with friends/relatives.] | Uighur Online coverage | Guzelnur Eli, as reported by Uighur Online. (acquaintance) | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | before 2017 | problematic association | — | — | — | — | student | ||||||||||||
| 6810 | Abdumijit Jelil | Guzelnur Eli, as reported by Uighur Online. (acquaintance) | Abdumejid Jelil (阿卜杜米吉提·杰利力), one of Ilham Tohti’s students at the Minzu University of Beijing. He was a postgraduate student of Uyghur Language Studies. | — | In January 16, he was detained by security at the university at 11am on January 16, 2014, just after Ilham Tohti’s arrest | Association with Ilham Tohti | As of January 2014, still detained | [Presumably through friends/relatives of the victim.] | Uighur Online report | Guzelnur Eli, as reported by Uighur Online. (acquaintance) | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | — | before 2017 | problematic association | — | — | — | — | student | ||||||||||||
| 7858 | Shireli Sidiq | 西尔艾力·斯迪克 | 653125199402153876 | Xinjiang government records, as reported by Adrian Zenz. | Shireli Sidiq (potential Mandarin spelling: 西尔艾力·斯迪克). He has a brother and is a university student at [Xinjiang] Normal University (师范大学学生). Address: House No. 75, Group No. 3, Qumbolmay Village [name may be approximate], Azatbagh Municipality, Yeken County, Kashgar Prefecture (莎车县阿扎提巴格镇库木博勒买村3组75号). |
[Most likely in Kashgar.] | Prior to October 2018. | Flagged by IJOP (一体化推送人员). | Marked as being a “guarantor” (担保) in the “three kinds of people” (三类人员) category, which suggests that the victim, though possibly not detained, is at risk, as they may be punished for the actions of another person. | The data was obtained from internal sources in Xinjiang. | — | Xinjiang government records, as reported by Adrian Zenz. | Shireli Sidiq is a university student at [Xinjiang] Normal University (师范大学学生). He has a brother. Address: House No. 75, Group No. 3, Qumbolmay Village [name may be approximate], Azatbagh Municipality, Yeken County, Kashgar Prefecture (莎车县阿扎提巴格镇库木博勒买村3组75号). |
[Most likely in Kashgar.] | Prior to October 2018. | Flagged by IJOP (一体化推送人员). | Marked as being a “guarantor” (担保) in the “three kinds of people” (三类人员) category, which suggests that the victim, though possibly not detained, is at risk, as they may be punished for the actions of another person. He is also marked as being under local jurisdiction (在辖区). |
The data was obtained from internal sources in Xinjiang. | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | other | — | — | guarantor | — | — | — | student | |||
| 8086 | Adil Abdurazaq | 6527??19????????O? | Halmurat Uyghur, a Finland-based activist, originally from Turpan but now a citizen of Finland. (relative) | Adil Abdurazaq, from Bortala, around 30 years old (as of 21 March 2020) and married with two sons (around 4 and 6 years old as of 21 March 2020). He was a student in Egypt, studying at the Al-Azhar University. His wife’s name is Mahire. | [Unclear, as sentenced.] | Unclear, late 2016 or after: In late 2016, Chinese authorities pressured Adil to return to Xinjiang from Egypt, threatening to imprison his parents and to confiscate their property. Adil returned to Xinjiang with his wife and two sons. He and his wife were both imprisoned upon their return. | unknown, possibly for having studied in Egypt | in prison | Not stated. | Adil’s parents were sent to a “re-education” camp and Adil’s children were taken away as well [unclear by whom and where to]. After Adil’s parents were released from the “re-education” camp, two boys started living with them. Petition |
Halmurat Uyghur, a Finland-based activist, originally from Turpan but now a citizen of Finland. (relative) | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 8242 | Muhemmed Qurban | 买买提·库尔班 | 652123196707151575 | Testimony 1|2: Gulnisa Qawul, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (wife) | His name is Muhammed Qurban. He is married and has got three children. He was a student at Al-Azhar University in Egypt before returning to Urumqi. [The official spelling of his Chinese name, as it appears on his passport, is 买买提·库尔班. However, another variant that appears in official databases is 木合买提·库尔班.] |
[Possibly in Urumchi as it is where his wife from and that’s where he disappeared, but not clear.] | In the end of August in 2015 as he went back to Urumchi from Turkey and he was detained at the Urumchi airport when he got off the plane. | Unknown. | Unknown. There has been no news about the victim since he was detained at Urumchi airport. | Not Stated. | The testifier is now raising her three children with a lot of difficulties in Turkey. RFA coverage (Testimony 1) Another RFA coverage (Testimony 2) |
Testimony 1|2: Gulnisa Qawul, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (wife) | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | — | no news for over a year | before 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | student | ||||||||||
| 8428 | Tudajim Memet | 653101200???????O? | @BOX00550793, an unverified Twitter account. (relation unclear) | Tudajim Memet is a 18-year-old student from Kashgar City, Doletbagh village, Tokay county | Presumed to be in a camp in Kashgar | Believed by testifier to be in the children’s camps, missing and presumed detained | — | — | Unclear | — | @BOX00550793, an unverified Twitter account. (relation unclear) | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | no news for over a year | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 8508 | Seypidin Eziz | 65292319????????O? | Rukiye Turdush, an Uyghur activist living in Canada. (relation unclear) | Seypidin Eziz is a 21-year-old student from Kucha County. He is the only child in his family. | [Presumably in Aksu.] | He was arrested on June 13, 2014. | Listening to Voice of America | Missing | Unclear | — | Rukiye Turdush, an Uyghur activist living in Canada. (relation unclear) | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Aksu | — | before 2017 | contact with outside world | — | — | — | — | student | |||||||||||
| 8519 | Rustemjan Abduweli | 652701198906020432 | Anonymous, but with a verified identity. (relation unclear) | His name is Rustemjan Abduweli (Rousidanjiang Abuduwaili in Chinese Pinyin). He graduated from the Department of Finance of Lanzhou Business School. Upon graduation in 2012, he was accepted by the University of Medina in Saudi Arabia. So, he went to Saudi Arabia in September in 2012 and used to go back home once a year. He went back home in Bortala in June 2015 fo the last time and he was detained since then. | In Urumchi as he serving in the prison there. | In June 2015. | According to the testifier, he was first detained on the charge of incitement to ethnic hatred. Later he was charged with disturbing public order. However, in August 2017, he and other seven people were sentenced on the charge of establishing a terrorist organization and participating in it. | In prison. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He is serving in No.10 prison area of No.1 prison in Urumchi. | Not Stated. | The victim came back home from his university in Saudi Arabia on the 2nd of June 2015 and on the 26th of June, he was taken from his home with the excuse of checking his passport. One week later, he was transferred to Kelpin in Aksu Prefecture. On the 4th of August 2017, he was charged with establishing a terrorist organization and participating in it by the Aksu Prefecture Intermediate Court and sentenced to life imprisonment. The reason why he was charged with this crime, according to the testifier, was that in 2008 when he was at university, the victim took part in an Arabic Course that was opened by Majun-Chairman of Office of Religious Affairs in Lanzhou Province and all of its programs were legally registered. Later the victim appealed to higher courts in Urumchi, but the court upheld the original verdict. |
Anonymous, but with a verified identity. (relation unclear) | 100 | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | sentenced | before 2017 | related to religion | inciting ethnic hatred | disturbing public order | terrorism | — | student | ||||||||||
| 8955 | Abdurahman Eysa Talip | 65??????????????O? | @kasimsayram, an unverified Twitter account. (brother) | Abdurahman Eysa Talip was a student at the Islamic Institute in Madina. | — | Not stated. Arrested when he went back to Xinjiang to see his parents. | — | Detained. | Not stated. | — | @kasimsayram, an unverified Twitter account. (brother) | Abdurahman Eysa Talip was a student at the Islamic Institute in Madina. | — | Not stated. Arrested when he went back to Xinjiang to see his parents. | — | Detained. | Not stated. | — | — | M | Uyghur | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | ||||
| 8956 | Abdusalam Abdulla | 65??????????????O? | @YTurkistanli, an unverified Twitter account. (relation unclear) | Abdusalam Abdulla was a student at the Islamic Institute in Madina. | — | Not stated. Arrested when he returned to China during vacation. | — | Detained. | Not stated. | — | @YTurkistanli, an unverified Twitter account. (relation unclear) | Abdusalam Abdulla was a student at the Islamic Institute in Madina. | — | Not stated. Arrested when he returned to China during vacation. | — | Detained. | Not stated. | — | — | M | Uyghur | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | ||||
| 8960 | Reshit Ablimit | 65????19????????O? | Testimony 1|2: @magfire_emin, an unverified Twitter account. (sister) | Reshit Abduhamit (Ablimit, according to Testimony 2). Testimony 2: he was a student at a language school in Hotan City. 17 years old at the time of his arrest. |
— | Testimony 2: the testifier learned 2 years ago (as of May 2020) that her brother had been arrested by Chinese police in 2017 and taken to a concentration camp. | — | Testimony 1: Presumably detained (his sister demands for him to be freed). Testimony 2: sister demands his freedom. [Unclear if he is still at camp or transferred elsewhere.] |
Not stated. | — | Testimony 1|2: @magfire_emin, an unverified Twitter account. (sister) | Reshit Ablimit, 17 years old (as of 2017), was a student at a language school in Hotan City. | [Presumably in Hotan.] | Arrested by police and taken to a camp in 2017. | — | Presumably still detained (his sister demands for him to be freed). | Not stated. | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Hotan | unclear (hard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | student | ||||
| 8974 | Aygul Eli | 65402319860701??E? | Testimony 1: Mariye Muhemmed, originally from Atush but now residing in Boston, where she helps operate an Uyghur restaurant. (cousin-in-law) Testimony 2*: Mariye Muhemmed, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (cousin-in-law) |
Aygul Eli is from Qorghas County’s Suydung Municipality. After going to high school at a young age, she attended Nanjing University, graduating in 2009 and going to Turkey in January 2010 to study Turkish, before enrolling at the Ankara Gazi University to pursue a master’s in finance and management. She did a lot of research on the Turkey and China electronic banking and accounting systems, and would be awarded for her work. She finished her master’s in 2016, going back to China after graduation. She is fluent in Mandarin, English, and Turkish. |
[Unclear, as sentenced.] | She was arrested by the Chinese authorities in July 2017. Later, her family was informed that she had been sentenced to 20 years of prison. | Likely for having studied abroad. | Presumably serving a prison sentence. | [Presumably through contacts in the region.] | — | Testimony 1: Mariye Muhemmed, originally from Atush but now residing in Boston, where she helps operate an Uyghur restaurant. (cousin-in-law) Testimony 2*: Mariye Muhemmed, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (cousin-in-law) |
Aygul Eli is from Qorghas County’s Suydung Municipality. After going to high school at a young age, she attended Nanjing University, graduating in 2009 and going to Turkey in January 2010 to study Turkish, before enrolling at the Ankara Gazi University to pursue a master’s in finance and management. She did a lot of research on the Turkey and China electronic banking and accounting systems, and would be awarded for her work. She finished her master’s in 2016, going back to China after graduation. She is fluent in Mandarin, English, and Turkish. |
[Unclear, as sentenced.] | She was arrested by the Chinese authorities in July 2017. Later, her family was informed that she had been sentenced to 20 years of prison. | Likely for having studied abroad. | Presumably serving a prison sentence. | [Presumably through contacts in the region.] | — | 20 | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | — | sentenced | July 2017 – Sep. 2017 | related to going abroad | — | — | — | — | student |
