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Ehet Sulayman

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Age
58

Gender
M

Ethnicity
Uyghur

Profession
education

Likely place of origin
Kumul

Likely current location
Hami

Status
no news for over a year

When problems started
Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2017

Detention reason (suspected | official)
relative(s) | ---

Health status
---

Lists

 

Locality
(relative)

Qizilyar Village, Tianshan Township, Iwirghol District, Hami
(哈密市伊州区天山乡三道沟村)

2021-05-01

testifying party

Testimony 1: Eset Sulayman, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (brother)

Testimony 2: Eset Sulayman, as reported by New York Times. (brother)

Testimony 3: Eset Sulayman, originally from Hami, but now living in the United States. He has been working for Radio Free Asia since 2013. (brother)

Testimony 4: Oghuzhan Eset, a citizen of the United States. (nephew)

Testimony 5: Local government employee, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (colleague)

Testimony 6: Local police, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (from same town/region)

Testimony 7: Anonymous, as reported by Amnesty International. (relative) 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: 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 5: 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 6: 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 7: 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 8: 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

Update 

Name:    Description:    unverified verified    1 2 3 4 5    Add

about the victim

name: Ehet Sulaiman
gender: male
ethnicity: Uyghur
age: older than his brother Eset (48) (as of April 2018)
occupation: school principal

Ehet is the older brother of Eset Sulaiman, a RFA journalist.

Testimony 3: born in 1963 (Testimony 7: April). He graduated from Xinjiang Normal University in 1986 with a degree in physical education, and would go on to have a long career as an educator, later becoming the head of the Hami City Tianshan Township Education District (哈密市天山乡学区校长).

current location

[Presumably in Hami.]

chronology of detention(s)

Testimony 1: sent to camp in October 2017.

Testimony 3: arrested in March 2017.

Testimony 6: RFA spoke with an anonymous employee at the Tengritagh Police Station, who said that Ehet Sulayman was arrested in 2018 and stripped of his position at the Tengritagh Township Teaching District. The anonymous employee explained that Ehet Sulayman was taken away by "national security" and that the Tengritagh Police are unaware of what happened after that.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

probably because his relative works as a reporter at RFA

last reported status

Testimony 3: no news since detention.

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Testimony 1: through a relative in Sweden. His family in Xinjiang also contacted him sometime between 2015 and 2017 to ask him about his activities in the US (working for RFA), but he didn't tell them and ended up cutting off contact.

Testimony 5: a male Han Chinese staff member at the Kumul branch of the Tengritagh Township Teaching District confirmed the detention (presumably having relatively direct knowledge of the case).

additional information

RFA profile (Testimony 1):
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/special/uyghurfamilies/ (published 4 APR 2018)

RFA coverage (Testimony 5-6):
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/brothers-03032021193155.html

Amnesty International cafe info (Testimony 7): https://xinjiang.amnesty.org/#case-SR013

Media coverage:
http://www1.alliancefr.com/actualites/les-musulmans-ouigours-en-chine-maltraites-pour-les-reportages-de-leurs-proches-aux-etats-unis-6072795 (published 18 DEC 2018)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/world/asia/china-xinjiang-rfa.html (Testimony 2) (published 1 MAR 2018)

Mentioned in the CECC report: https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20181011_1424.pdf

relatives

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Memeteli Sopi

Saadet Kichik

Jelil Osman

Muhemmet Osman

Eli Ablelim

Ablajan Ablelim

Adil Ablelim

Ehet Sulayman

Ehmet Sulayman

relative (non-victim)

relative (non-victim)

supplementary materials

photo

Testimony 3

entry created on: 2019-01-21

entry last modified on: 2021-09-28

last update from testifier(s): 2021-05-01