Entry of 25205
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Uyghur
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Aksu
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sentenced (19 years)
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(relative)
testifying party (submitted by third party)
Erkin Turdi, Uyghur man from Aksu city. He came to Turkey with his family in September, 2016.
victim's relation to testifier
nephew
about the victim
Ershat Abdureshit, Uyghur from Aksu city. He was arrested in 2017 and sentenced for 19 years.
current location
[Unclear, as sentenced.]
chronology of detention(s)
2017
suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention
CECC report: Unclear, but one of the relatives told RFA that some people in the family were detained in connection with growing beards, or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones.
last reported status
in prison, according to the video testimony
CECC report: in a political education camp
how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation
unclear
additional information
Entire family in detention, including his father in prison, his brother in concentration camp and his mother in concentration camp.
Mentioned in the CECC report: https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20181011_1424.pdf
relatives
supplementary materials
entry created on: 2019-01-03
entry last modified on: 2020-12-10
last update from testifier(s): 2018-12-19