testifying party

Rights Protection Network (维权网), a Chinese blog covering rights abuses in China. Testimony 1: father daughter brother sister son mother grandfather grandmother grandson granddaughter uncle aunt nephew niece brother-in-law sister-in-law father-in-law mother-in-law son-in-law daughter-in-law cousin friend colleague former student relative relation unclear from same town/region n/a husband wife the victim lawyer child friends, family, and students great-nephew great-niece former schoolmate cousin once removed friend of relative boyfriend girlfriend friend of friend aunt-in-law acquaintance judge cousin-in-law nephew-in-law niece-in-law uncle-in-law former neighbor stepbrother stepsister stepfather stepmother stepdaughter stepson neighbor of relative detained together former teacher relative of friend relative of teacher sibling grandchild cousin twice removed trial attendee ex-wife great-uncle great-aunt in-law grandmother-in-law grandfather-in-law great-grandmother great-grandfather half-brother half-sister ex-husband direct third-party
Testimony 2: add father daughter brother sister son mother grandfather grandmother grandson granddaughter uncle aunt nephew niece brother-in-law sister-in-law father-in-law mother-in-law son-in-law daughter-in-law cousin friend colleague former student relative relation unclear from same town/region n/a husband wife the victim lawyer child friends, family, and students great-nephew great-niece former schoolmate cousin once removed friend of relative boyfriend girlfriend friend of friend aunt-in-law acquaintance judge cousin-in-law nephew-in-law niece-in-law uncle-in-law former neighbor stepbrother stepsister stepfather stepmother stepdaughter stepson neighbor of relative detained together former teacher relative of friend relative of teacher sibling grandchild cousin twice removed trial attendee ex-wife great-uncle great-aunt in-law grandmother-in-law grandfather-in-law great-grandmother great-grandfather half-brother half-sister ex-husband add add direct third-party

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about the victim

Memetimin Mettursun (买麦提明•买吐松), a farmer from Garzun village, Ilchi township, Hotan municipality (伊里其乡嘎宗村) [there is no such village in Ilchi, however].

current location

Hotan City Detention Center

chronology of detention(s)

Sentenced in September 2017

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

"Illegal religious activity"

last reported status

Sentenced to 4 years in prison. Preliminary release date: April - May 2021 [presumably the initial detention was then in April-May 2017]

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Not stated.

additional information

Mention in list of victims collated by Rights Protection Network: https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2019/08/201983147-1040_48.html (The blog post writes that the victim is an ethnic Kazakh, but this is unlikely due to his name and locality.)

entry created on: 2021-05-06

entry last modified on: 2021-05-20

last update from testifier(s): 2019-08-31