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Rusul Eziz
Rusul Eziz
热苏力·艾孜孜
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Age
73
Gender
M
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Profession
government
Likely place of origin
Toksun
Likely current location
Turpan
Status
in custody
When problems started
---
Detention reason (suspected | official)
--- | ---
Health status
deceased
Lists
Deaths (2017-)  Chinese Communist Party members  Covered in international media 
Locality
(residence)
2020-09-30

testifying party (* direct submission)

Testimony 1|2: Abdulla Rusul, now living in Istanbul, Turkey. (son)

Testimony 3: Abdulla Rusul, as reported by Agence France-Presse. (son)

Testimony 4*: Abdulla Rusul, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (son)

about the victim

Rusul Eziz, 69 years old Uyghur man from toxsun, Turpan. He was famous in their village for seeking justice, and he was a famous person. He was poisoned and killed in a local officials tea invitation in February, 2018.

Address: House No. 2-8-330, Group 11, Jigde Village, Bostan Municipality, Toqsun County, Xinjiang (新疆托克逊县博斯坦乡吉格代村十一组2-8-330号).

Testimony 4: he was the head of the village before and was responsible for erecting many greenhouses. (according to a local media article, he was the local Party branch secretary.)

current location

killed

chronology of detention(s)

Testimony 1: February 2018.

AFP report: the last video message Abdulla received from his father was in May 2017, saying that everything was fine but looking around nervously, suggesting he felt that he was being watched.

Testimony 2: The testifier states that he lost his father (the victim, Rasul Aziz) at the end of May, 2018, and got the information 3 months later due to the tight internet control in China.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

---

last reported status

died

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

unclear

additional information

All adults of his family are in detention, no information about young children.

Mentioned in AFP report (Testimony 3): https://news.yahoo.com/uighur-refugees-freedom-means-losing-family-045434849.html

He is mentioned and quoted in a local report: https://archive.vn/yTiOn

relatives


supplementary materials

Testimony 1
Testimony 2
Chinese ID


entry created on: 2019-01-07

entry last modified on: 2020-12-13

last update from testifier(s): 2020-09-30