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testifying party

Testimony 1|2: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.

Testimony 3: Xinjiang government records, as reported by an anonymous source. 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: 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 3: 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 4: 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

Islamjan Bawudun.

Registration address: House No. 132, Bayanday Village, Bayanday Municipality, Ghulja City (伊宁市巴彦岱镇巴彦岱村132号). Islamjan Bawudun (possible spelling: 依斯拉木江·巴吾东).

Testimony 3:

Registration address: House No. 132, Bayanday Village, Bayanday Municipality, Ghulja City (伊宁市巴彦岱镇巴彦岱村132号).

current location

Kunes Prison, as of 2015 [this facility is now Qarabura Prison]. Testimony 3: Kunes Prison as of 2015 [this facility is now Qarabura Prison].

chronology of detention(s)

The start date of his sentence is reported as May 25, 2014, which should in principle be the date of his initial detention. This is also reported as the date when he was officially taken into custody. On August 19, 2014, he was sentenced to 5 years in prison, with release scheduled on May 24, 2019. He was transferred to Kunes Prison on April 15, 2015. As of 2017-2018, the victim was listed, together with approximately 8000 other people, as belonging to the WASFRY group (危安释放人员, or "endangering (state) security released persons"). All of these people were specified as being entered into the iTap surveillance system on July 27, 2017. [It is assumed that the victim was initially detained at some point before 2017, as the seriousness of the charge makes it very unlikely that they were both detained and released in 2017 or later. It is not known if the victim was detained again after their release, though this is likely if they were in the region in 2017-2018, as many of the people in the list have sensitive (red/orange-level) police tags, and as WASFRY is itself an orange-level tag.]

Testimony 3: The start date of his sentence is reported as May 25, 2014, which should in principle be the date of his initial detention. This is also reported as the date when he was officially taken into custody. On August 19, 2014, he was sentenced to 5 years in prison, with release scheduled on May 24, 2019. He was transferred to Kunes Prison on April 15, 2015.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

His "reason for punishment" (处置原因) is reported as "organizing and using superstition to undermine law enforcement" (组织利用迷信破坏法律实施罪). His crime (罪名) is reported as "endangering state security" (危害国家安全罪). A "notes" column also reports him as a "person with strong religious extremist thinking" (宗教极端思想浓厚人员). [Presumably for "endangering state security", given the victim's membership in the WASFRY list.]

Testimony 3: His "reason for punishment" (处置原因) is reported as "using superstition to undermine law enforcement, in groups" (组织利用迷信破坏法律实施罪). His crime (罪名) is reported as "endangering state security" (危害国家安全罪). A "notes" column also reports him as a "person with strong religious extremist thinking" (宗教极端思想浓厚人员).

last reported status

In prison.

[There is a strong likelihood of him being subjected to forced labor, as the Kunes County Qarabura Agriculture & Commerce LLC (新源县哈拉布拉农贸有限责任公司) operates out of Qarabura Prison.] Not specified. [There is a very high likelihood of the victim being in detention - given the sensitivity of the WASFRY tag, given many people on the WASFRY list having other sensitive tags, and given the majority of the better documented victims in the list being reported as detained in the post-2017 period also. However, it is also possible that the victim left the region/country prior to the mass incarcerations of 2017-2018, and thereby escaped detention.]

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

These data come directly from Xinjiang government sources. These data come directly from the Xinjiang police.

additional information

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places of detention

Qarabura Prison

entry created on: 2021-08-18

entry last modified on: 2021-12-20

last update from testifier(s): 2015-08-10