testifying party (submitted by third party)

Testimony 1-5: Dana Nurashqyzy

victim's relation to testifier

Testimony 1-5: mother

about the victim

Adia Muratqyzy (阿地亚*木拉提), Kazakh. Born August 20, 1959, Chinese ID no. 654221195908200062. Kazakhstan Green card no. 042075818. Hukou address: Arshat Road (阿尔夏特路) 676, Emin town, Emin county, Tacheng Prefecture. Worked as a teacher of the Chinese language at the Emin No. 5 Primary School, has since retired. Went back to China by request of her former school on August 21, 2017.

current location

Originally from Dorbiljin (Emin) County in the Tarbagatai (Tacheng) Region, but now back in Kazakhstan.

chronology of detention(s)

Documents were confiscated in August 2017. Detained on March 4, 2018.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

unclear

last reported status

Three months since the detention, the family received information that the victim has become disabled in the re-education camp and now uses a wheelchair, and that she was also hospitalized during June-July. [G.A. Bunin, from meeting with testifier: On July 5, she was transferred from the local Emin township hospital to a hospital in Tacheng, where she would stay around two months before being transferred back to camp.]

Testimony 3: Released to house arrest on November 23, 2018.

Testimony 5: Under house arrest in her sister's home.

[G. A. Bunin: on June 3, 2019, the testifier informed me that her mother has passed customs and is now in Kazakhstan.]

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Through contacts in China.

additional information

The victim's husband’s health worsened after he heard the news about the disability.

Testimony 4: the victim's daughter saw a photo of her holding a wine glass (even though she had never drunk alcohol before).

[G. A. Bunin: according to the testifier, she could still stay in touch with her mother during the first week of detention.]

photos before/after detention

supplementary materials

entry created on: 2018-11-02

entry last modified on: 2019-06-03

last update from testifier(s): 2019-06-03