Entry of 25205

Merhaba Hamit

65410119760312??E?

Age
43

Gender
F

Ethnicity
Uyghur

Profession
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Likely place of origin
Ghulja City

Likely current location
Ili

Status
unclear (soft)

When problems started
Apr. 2018 - June 2018

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

Health status
---

Lists

   

Locality
(residence)

Kochetzarliq Neighborhood, Liberation Road Subdistrict, Ghulja City, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
(伊犁哈萨克自治州伊宁市解放路街道科切提扎尔勒克社区)

2020-03-03

testifying party

Testimony 1: Mutallak Hasanov, born in 1946, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. (relative)

Testimony 2: "Turghunay", as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (former neighbor)

Testimony 3: CGTN, an international English-language news channel based in Beijing and owned by China Central Television. 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

Update 

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

about the victim

Merhaba Hamit, ethnic Uyghur, born on March 12, 1976, is a Chinese citizen. Her ID number is 6541017606031202 [incorrect?]. Her relatives heard that she was dead in prison.

Address: House No. 23, 7th alley [card in testimony says "fan", but this is assumed to be a typo of "hang" (巷, alley)], Yining city, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

current location

[Presumably in Ili.]

chronology of detention(s)

Testimony 2: April 2018

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

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last reported status

Testimony 1: in prison, but possibly deceased

Testimony 2: her death certificate was given to the family after her death in a re-education camp

Testimony 3: a proof-of-life video for her husband, Abdughappar Abdurusul, shows her at the dinner table together with her husband and their daughter [thereby indicating that the information from Testimony 1-2 was incorrect].

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Testimony 1: through relatives

Testimony 3: CGTN put the family on camera.

additional information

RFA coverage (Testimony 2): https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/philanthropist-11212018131511.html

relatives

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Gulbostan Abdulla

relative (non-victim)

Reyhangul Abduqadir Abdurusul

Sayipjamal Abdurusul

Firoza Guljamal Abdurusul

Abdughappar Abdurusul

Merhaba Hamit

Ebeydulla Hebibulla

Ewzer Ghappar

supplementary materials

entry created on: 2019-01-31

entry last modified on: 2021-09-16

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