Abdushukur Abliz, commonly known as Abdushukur Hajim, was a businessman who did business in Ghulja and Urumqi. He knew several languages and was also into poetry. In the 1990s, he served as the president of the government-organized Ghulja Islam Association.
His home is in Ghulja's Dong Mehelle Subdistrict.Abdushukur Abliz (Known as Abdushukur Hajim)
Businessman
detained a day before his neck surgery,his health condition was tremendously bad even before the arrest
sentenced, very probably no longer alive
[additional from testifier via private correspondence (Testimony 2): he was the president of Ghulja islam association(government organization) in 1990s. After Ghulja Feburary 5 incident, he was arrested and was in jail for around 10 year.Released with severe back and neck problems, he spent a lot of time in hospitals. He is multilingual, and he was also into poetry , he did business in Urumqi and Ghulja. His house is in Dongmehelle,Ghulja.]
current location
[Unclear, as sentenced.]Unknown
[G. A. Bunin: presumably in Ili, as that was where he was based]
chronology of detention(s)
He had previously been sentenced to 10 years following the 1997 Ghulja incident. When he was released, he had severe back and neck problems, and had to spend much time in hospitals.
He was detained again in August 2017. It was later learned that he had been sentenced to life.2017 August
suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention
---No reason given
last reported status
Sentenced to life.
He was in very poor health at the time of his detention.might be dead
Testimony 5: sentenced to life.
how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation
Arafat heard about the initial detention from a Kazakh family friend who had fled to Kazakhstan.From a Kazakh family friend who fled to Kazakhstan
Testimony 5: not stated.
additional information
The victim's son, wife, and daughters were later also detained, taken to camp but possibly released in 2019 after over a year of detention.[additional from testifier via private correspondence: His son, wife and daughters were later also detained to camp but might have released in 2019 after being detained in internment camp for over a year. There is still no any information about himself]
