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Abdusalam Abdurehim

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Age
8

Gender
M

Ethnicity
Uyghur

Profession
minor

Likely place of origin
Yopurgha

Likely current location
Kashgar

Status
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When problems started
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Detention reason (suspected | official)
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Health status
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Locality
(residence)

Yiltizliq Village, Terim Municipality, Yopurgha County, Kashgar Prefecture
(喀什地区岳普湖县铁热木镇依勒提孜力克村)

2020-01-20

testifying party

Testimony 1|2|3: Qelbinur Tursun, originally from Yopurgha County in Kashgar, but residing in Turkey since 2016. (mother)

Testimony 4: Enwer Ablimit, director of the Kashgar Education Bureau. 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: 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: Abdusalam Abdurehim
gender: male
ethnicity: Uyghur
age: 8 (as of 16 Jan 2019)

His mother Qelbinur Tursun (from Terim township, Yupurgha village in Kashgar prefecture) left for Turkey on 12 April 2016 together with Abdusalam’s father Abdurehim Rozi and one of Abdusalam’s siblings. While his mother and sibling remained in Turkey, his father was arrested and imprisoned upon his return to China.
Abdusalam has been living with his uncle and aunt and four siblings in Urumchi. His last known whereabouts were at his mother’s home in Kashgar, where he stayed with his mother’s older sister and his four siblings. The last time his mother received news about him and his siblings from her older sister was on 27 July 2017. After this date, his mother does not know what happened to him and his siblings or where they are. His sister Ayshe was identified on a video by his mother on 24 December 2018, apparently showing her in a school or orphanage with other children in Hotan.

current location

[Presumably in Kashgar.]

chronology of detention(s)

unknown, he has been missing since 27 July 2017

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

unknown, probably not detained

last reported status

disappeared

Testimony 4: Enwer Ablimit claims that at some point after Qelbinur Tursun left Xinjiang, her brother-in-law, Abduweli Rozi, took her children in, and has been raising them ever since at his home in Yopurgha County. Enwer Ablimit denies that the five children have been sent to a school in Hotan, and claims that they are attending a local school. [It is not clear how genuine this is.]

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

[By virtue of not being able to receive any news of him.]

additional information

RFA interview (Testimony 2): https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/children-01162019155411.html (published 16 JAN 2019)

Mentioned in New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/world/asia/china-xinjiang-children-boarding-schools.html

Xinjiang press conference where the case was mentioned, held on January 20, 2020 (Testimony 4): https://archive.vn/GeG3E

relatives

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Tuhan Abdurusul

Ibrahim Qurban

Abdurehim Rozi

relative (non-victim)

Roziqari Tursun

relative (non-victim)

relative (non-victim)

Abduhaliq Abdurehim

Subhinur Abdurehim

Ayshe Abdurehim

Abdusalam Abdurehim

Abdullah Abdurehim

Sadiq Sayim

supplementary materials

Testimony 3

entry created on: 2019-01-24

entry last modified on: 2021-05-19

last update from testifier(s): 2020-01-20