testifying party (submitted by third party)

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

victim's relation to testifier

No known relation.

about the victim

Nurmemet Niyaz, 30 (as of March 2019), from the Kashgar city water administration department.

current location

[Presumably in Kashgar.]

chronology of detention(s)

Not stated.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

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last reported status

In detention.

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

entry created on: 2019-03-23

entry last modified on: 2021-02-12

last update from testifier(s): 2019-01-02