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Qahar Mehsut
Qahar Mehsut
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Age
20-80
Gender
M
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Profession
scholar
Likely place of origin
Toksu
Likely current location
Urumqi
Status
no news for over a year
When problems started
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Detention reason (suspected | official)
related to religion | ---
Health status
---
Lists
Locality
(work/study)
2020-12-11

testifying party

Abduweli Ayup, as reported by Maya Mitalipova.

about the victim

Qahar Mehsut is a religious scholar from Toqsu County, Aksu Prefecture. He taught at "the university" between 1992 and 2017 [presumably referring to the Xinjiang Islamic Institute in Urumqi, based on context and information pertaining to other victims that are mentioned before him in the video].

current location

[Presumably in Urumqi.]

chronology of detention(s)

It is known that Qahar Mehsut was arrested at some point in 2017. The testifier says that the length of his sentence is unknown [which seems to imply that he was sentenced, but this could also be a way of saying that not much is known about his detention].

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

[Presumably related to religion.]

last reported status

The victim was arrested in 2017 and may have been sentenced to prison. There has been no news about him since his arrest.

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Unclear.

additional information

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supplementary materials

video testimony


entry created on: 2020-12-21

entry last modified on: 2021-04-16

last update from testifier(s): 2020-12-11