testifying party (submitted by third party)

Testimony 1+3: The testifier Gulpash Bekinur acquired Khazakstan citizenship in 2014 and currently resides in Khazakstan.

Testimony 2: unclear

Testimony 4: Qurmangul Madinam Islamqyzy and others (group testimony video)

Testimony 5: Beginur Naqysbek.

victim's relation to testifier

Testimony 1+3: Brother

Testimony 2: Son

Testimony 4: unclear

Testimony 5: unclear

about the victim

Testimony 1: The victim Esqat Bekinur was detained in a reeducation camp since March 2018.

Testimony 2: Esqat Bekinur, the only son in the family, born on February 5, 1991. Lives in Zhaosu County, has a job in construction business. On October 2017, the Chinese customs refused him entry into Kazakhstan.

Address: Upper Qyzylmoinaq Village, Aqdala Township, Mongolkure (Zhaosu) County.

current location

No information since detention, but presumably in the Mongolkure area.

chronology of detention(s)

March 8, 2018

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

Testimony 3: visiting Kazakhstan

Victims list (https://shahit.biz/supp/list_006.pdf): having relatives who are Kazakhstan citizens.

last reported status

Testimony 4: released from camp to house arrest on December 26, 2018.

Testimony 5: He cannot get his passport back to visit his parents in Kazakhstan. The village administration demand him to waive his farmland in order to get it.

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Unclear

additional information

The testifier's elderly parents live in Khazakstan with no financial support. [Testimony 1]

This victim is included in the lists of Mongolkure victims provided to Qazaq Uni (https://qazaquni.kz/2018/09/28/90575.html) by Lezzat Belqozha, also available at: https://shahit.biz/supp/list_005.pdf and https://shahit.biz/supp/list_006.pdf

supplementary materials

entry created on: 2018-10-30

entry last modified on: 2019-05-24

last update from testifier(s): 2019-04-16