WGEID submission, a completed form with the details of a missing or detained person, to be sent to the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. (relation unclear)
Testimony 1:
Testimony 2:
The victim is named Imam Tohti [Imamu Tuoheti]. According to the UN WGEID report, he is a blacksmith who was born in Kashgar and resided at No. 50-55, 14th Kukang Village, Beshkirem (Korghan) Township, Kashgar. He is a Chinese citizen. At the time of the information being provided to UN WGEID (August 12, 2020), he was 47 years old. His UN WGEID case number is 10010748.
Imam Tohti is apparently related to Nejmidin Raman (testifier for Raman Idris [371] et al.), but the precise relation is unclear.
current location
[Presumably in Kashgar.]
chronology of detention(s)
According to Sections II.1 (Date of arrest) and III.1 (Place of arrest) in the UN WGEID report, Imam Tohti was arrested at an unknown location in China at some point in 2017.
According to Section VII (Summary) of the same report, he "allegedly disappeared in 2017 or 2018."
It is believed that Imam Tohti was taken to a "re-education" facility, but there has been no official confirmation so far.
Unspecified individuals associated with Imam Tohti asked the Chinese embassy in the Hague, Netherlands in May 2019 for information pertaining to Imam Tohti (and other members of his family), but were informed that they should "ask for a visa and go look for [Imam Tohti] themselves."
Unspecified individuals associated with Imam Tohti also called a number of police stations in Kashgar City to no apparent avail.
suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention
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last reported status
The current status and whereabouts of Imam Tohti are unknown.
