Entry of 25205
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Uyghur
government
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Hami
concentration camp
Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017
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testifying party
H.
victim's relation to testifier
information publicly available
about the victim
name: Memeteli Sopi
gender: male
ethnicity: Uyghur
age: 70s (in March 2018)
occupation: worked at prefectural government (retired)
Memeteli Sopi is the father-in-law of Eset Sulaiman, a RFA journalist.
current location
[Presumably in Hami.]
chronology of detention(s)
October 2017
suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention
probably because his relative works as a reporter at RFA
last reported status
in “re-education” camp
how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/world/asia/china-xinjiang-rfa.html (published 1 MAR 2018)
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.rfa.org/english/news/special/uyghurfamilies/ (published 4 APR 2018)
additional information
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: 2019-01-21
entry last modified on: 2021-02-03
last update from testifier(s): 2019-01-21