testifying party (submitted by third party)

Testimony 1: Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey.

Testimony 2: "Oghuz Uyghurian" (Facebook name)

victim's relation to testifier

Testimony 1-2: No known relation.

about the victim

Abletjan Ismayil (阿不来提·斯马义), ~35 years old, creator of the Yaltapan software (founder of Yaltapan Inc.) and an IT engineer for the XUAR government website ts.cn.

current location

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chronology of detention(s)

Last time he was online was in July 2018. When testifier asked someone, he was told Abletjan is in school, which refers to the concentration camp.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

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last reported status

"in school" [likely camp]

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Not stated.

additional information

Since 2005, the company released many free/paid software, including Yeltapan Uyghur keybooard on Apple Store. It was the first Uyghur keyboard app that was released. "Almost 80% Uyghurs use this app" testifier estimates. According to a coversation testifier had with Abletjan in 2012, the company's main profit was coming from their "Restaurant Managing App".

The apps that were uploaded by him to Apple Store can be found here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/developer/yeltapan-inc/id898695943

His company's address is Urumqi Tianshan District South Liberation Road No.148 Room 1506 (新疆乌鲁木齐市天山区解放南路148号宝亨大厦1506室). More details about his company can be found here: https://archive.vn/8AfF1

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

supplementary materials

entry created on: 2019-03-20

entry last modified on: 2021-01-22

last update from testifier(s): 2018-11-14