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Juret Qurban
Juret Qurban
居来提·库尔班
653021198603120813
Age
34
Gender
M
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Profession
private business
Likely place of origin
Atush
Likely current location
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Status
unclear (soft)
When problems started
Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017
Detention reason (suspected | official)
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Health status
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Lists
Covered in international media  Urumqi Public Security Bureau files 
Locality
(ID card)
2021-02-14

police tag(s): "intelligence national-security focus person" (情报国保重点人员), [tag redacted for privacy reasons]

testifying party (* direct submission)

Testimony 1|2|4|6: Dilnur Qurban, a biostatistician living in Canada. (sister)

Testimony 3: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear)

Testimony 5: Anonymous, but with a verified identity. (relation unclear)

Testimony 7*: Dilnur Qurban, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (sister)

Testimony 8: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.

about the victim

Juret Qurban (居来提*库尔班), born on March 12, 1986 in Artux city, Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture. Since 2016, he had been running a business in Urumqi (Zamzambolaq International Trade Company). He's an entrepreneur in the hospitality business, with his company specializing in producing local Uyghur delicacies.

Passport number (as obtained from a testimony event, Testimony 5): 61675911

current location

[Previously in] re-education camp in Urumqi

chronology of detention(s)

October 2017

Testimony 7: in February 2021, Dilnur saw a photo of Juret at home, with his wife and two children (suggesting that he has been released).

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

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last reported status

In re-education camp

According to Globe and Mail article: In early 2018, her father told Dilnur that Juret had been “transferred”, but did not specify to where.

Testimony 7: appears to have been released.

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Unclear

additional information

Coverage in Globe and Mail (Testimony 2): https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-my-uyghur-family-is-quietly-living-in-fear-this-is-how-we-become-lost/

This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals (Testimony 3), available at: shahit.biz/supp/list_003.pdf

CBC interview (Testimony 4): https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/silence-yourself-1.5333234/vancouver-woman-tries-to-come-to-grips-with-losing-all-communication-with-her-family-in-china-1.5333238

Business listing for his company: http://archive.is/UKQCR

relatives


supplementary materials

Testimony 1
Testimony 6
tweet with ID
passport photo
Chinese ID


entry created on: 2019-03-23

entry last modified on: 2021-02-15

last update from testifier(s): 2021-02-14