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Ablikim Hesen
Ablikim Hesen
6541011971??????O?
Age
48-49
Gender
M
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Profession
publishing
Likely place of origin
Ghulja City
Likely current location
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Status
unclear (soft)
When problems started
Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017
Detention reason (suspected | official)
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Health status
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Lists
Local media coverage 
Locality
(origin)
2020-03-31

consult raw version

testifying party

Testimony 1|5: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear)

Testimony 2: Alerk Ablikim, a citizen of the Netherlands. (son)

Testimony 3: Weli Hesen, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (brother)

Testimony 4: Atike Emet, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (ex-wife)

about the victim

Ablikim Hesen, born in Ghulja City's Uchderwaza neighborhood, is a graduate of Lanzhou's Northwest Minzu University. He worked as the chief editor and head of the Uyghur-language department at the Xinjiang Youth Press, and is also known as a writer who made many contributions to children's education.

current location

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chronology of detention(s)

According to his brother and ex-wife, he was arrested and placed in a concentration camp around October 2017. (However, his son says in his video testimony that he has been detained since 2016.)

In March 2020, Abduweli Ayup reported that Ablikim had been released in December 2019.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

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last reported status

Released from (hard) detention.

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Not stated.

additional information

Radio Free Asia report:
https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/siyaset/ablikim-hesen-10022018161511.html

Profile by China National Radio's Uyghur service (now removed):
http://latin.uycnr.com/newbook_697/zz/201012/t20101212_71061.html

This victim is included in the list of prominent detained Uyghurs, available at: shahit.biz/supp/list_003.pdf

relatives


supplementary materials

Testimony 2
photo
television appearance


entry created on: 2019-01-25

entry last modified on: 2020-06-22

last update from testifier(s): 2020-03-31