testifying party (submitted by third party)

Testimony 1+4+5+6+7: Duisenbek Nursydyq, born on November 4, 1974. Kazakh citizen, his Kazakh ID number is 741104399070.

victim's relation to testifier

Testimony 1+4+5+6+7: spouse

about the victim

Bahargul Muhtarqyzy is a Chinese citizen. She has obtained Kazakhstan Permanent Resident card.
She moved to Kazakhstan with her family in 2013. She went to China on May 18, 2017.

She has 3 kids: Aisha Duisenbiqyzy, born in Kazakhstan, 4 years old, and Muradil Duisenbekuly and Nuradil Duisenbekuly. They live with their father in Taldyqorgan.

Address: Dorbiljin(Emin) County, Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China

Kazakhstan green card: 026686776.

current location

Presumably in Tacheng.

chronology of detention(s)

21 May, 2017

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

unknown

last reported status

G. A. Bunin: at the end of December 2018, I was able to confirm through a source who knows the testifier that the victim has been transferred from camp to what is presumably house arrest.

Testimony 4: After her release, the Chinese government didn’t let her talk with her family.

Testimony 6: she is still "in jail", according to the testifier (April 20, 2019)

Testimony 7: She was transferred to a "jail" in January 2019 from the camp. The Chinese consulate in Almaty phoned the testifier on January 25, 2019 and told him that she was still under investigation. [judging by this information, it is more likely than she is in police custody]

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

unclear

additional information

This story is also mentioned in a story by the Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/08/kazakh-citizens-lured-china-imprisoned-crackdown-muslims-reaches/):

Duisenbek Nursidik, 45, hasn’t seen or heard from his wife for nearly two years.

After moving with their three children to Kazakhstan in 2013, the couple returned to visit family and settle affairs – Mr Nursidik and his kids had received Kazakh citizenship, and his wife had obtained a residency permit.

Upon arrival, authorities collected biometric data from Mr Nursidik and his wife, and stalled his request to cancel their Chinese household registration. Two security officials then said they needed to interrogate his wife, Muktar Bakhargul.

“I asked why,” he said. “They just said they would contact me later, and forced my wife in a car and left.”

That was May 2017. Since then, Chinese authorities have only said that she was under investigation and transferred to a prison without explanation.

Despite small wins as a single parent – Mr Nursidik has painstakingly figured out how to plait his four-year-old daughter’s hair – he struggles to explain to his children where their mother has gone.

supplementary materials

entry created on: 2018-10-18

entry last modified on: 2019-06-20

last update from testifier(s): 2019-04-20