testifying party (submitted by third party)

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

Testimony 2: Yucel Tanay (Facebook name).

victim's relation to testifier

Testimony 1-2: No known relation.

about the victim

Abdukerem Paltu, 76, a professor of history at Kashgar University.

current location

[Likely in Kashgar, given his position.]

chronology of detention(s)

2018.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

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last reported status

In detention.

Testimony 2: In camp. He had previously undergone a surgery and is not in good health.

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Not stated.

additional information

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

supplementary materials

entry created on: 2019-03-22

entry last modified on: 2021-02-11

last update from testifier(s): 2019-02-17