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Shepqet Tohtasun

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Age
18-35

Gender
M

Ethnicity
Uyghur

Profession
student

Likely place of origin
Ghulja City

Likely current location
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Status
sentenced (18 years)

When problems started
July 2017 - Sep. 2017

Detention reason (suspected | official)
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Health status
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Lists

   

2021-04-06

testifying party

Testimony 1: Uyghur Human Rights Project, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC.

Testimony 2|3: Mehbube Abla, originally from Ghulja City, but now living in Austria. (cousin) Testimony 1: father daughter brother sister son mother grandfather grandmother grandson granddaughter uncle aunt nephew niece brother-in-law sister-in-law father-in-law mother-in-law son-in-law daughter-in-law cousin friend colleague former student relative relation unclear from same town/region n/a husband wife the victim lawyer child friends, family, and students great-nephew great-niece former schoolmate cousin once removed friend of relative boyfriend girlfriend friend of friend aunt-in-law acquaintance judge cousin-in-law nephew-in-law niece-in-law uncle-in-law former neighbor stepbrother stepsister stepfather stepmother stepdaughter stepson neighbor of relative detained together former teacher relative of friend relative of teacher sibling grandchild cousin twice removed trial attendee ex-wife great-uncle great-aunt in-law grandmother-in-law grandfather-in-law great-grandmother great-grandfather half-brother half-sister ex-husband direct third-party
Testimony 2: father daughter brother sister son mother grandfather grandmother grandson granddaughter uncle aunt nephew niece brother-in-law sister-in-law father-in-law mother-in-law son-in-law daughter-in-law cousin friend colleague former student relative relation unclear from same town/region n/a husband wife the victim lawyer child friends, family, and students great-nephew great-niece former schoolmate cousin once removed friend of relative boyfriend girlfriend friend of friend aunt-in-law acquaintance judge cousin-in-law nephew-in-law niece-in-law uncle-in-law former neighbor stepbrother stepsister stepfather stepmother stepdaughter stepson neighbor of relative detained together former teacher relative of friend relative of teacher sibling grandchild cousin twice removed trial attendee ex-wife great-uncle great-aunt in-law grandmother-in-law grandfather-in-law great-grandmother great-grandfather half-brother half-sister ex-husband direct third-party
Testimony 3: father daughter brother sister son mother grandfather grandmother grandson granddaughter uncle aunt nephew niece brother-in-law sister-in-law father-in-law mother-in-law son-in-law daughter-in-law cousin friend colleague former student relative relation unclear from same town/region n/a husband wife the victim lawyer child friends, family, and students great-nephew great-niece former schoolmate cousin once removed friend of relative boyfriend girlfriend friend of friend aunt-in-law acquaintance judge cousin-in-law nephew-in-law niece-in-law uncle-in-law former neighbor stepbrother stepsister stepfather stepmother stepdaughter stepson neighbor of relative detained together former teacher relative of friend relative of teacher sibling grandchild cousin twice removed trial attendee ex-wife great-uncle great-aunt in-law grandmother-in-law grandfather-in-law great-grandmother great-grandfather half-brother half-sister ex-husband direct third-party
Testimony 4: add father daughter brother sister son mother grandfather grandmother grandson granddaughter uncle aunt nephew niece brother-in-law sister-in-law father-in-law mother-in-law son-in-law daughter-in-law cousin friend colleague former student relative relation unclear from same town/region n/a husband wife the victim lawyer child friends, family, and students great-nephew great-niece former schoolmate cousin once removed friend of relative boyfriend girlfriend friend of friend aunt-in-law acquaintance judge cousin-in-law nephew-in-law niece-in-law uncle-in-law former neighbor stepbrother stepsister stepfather stepmother stepdaughter stepson neighbor of relative detained together former teacher relative of friend relative of teacher sibling grandchild cousin twice removed trial attendee ex-wife great-uncle great-aunt in-law grandmother-in-law grandfather-in-law great-grandmother great-grandfather half-brother half-sister ex-husband add add direct third-party

Update 

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about the victim

Shepqet Toxtasun, born in Ghulja (Yining), was a student at the Al-Azhar university in Egypt.

current location

[Unclear, as he's allegedly been sentenced.]

chronology of detention(s)

Is one of the Uyghur students in Al-Azhar university who disappeared after returning to China from Egypt in July 2017. According to his cousin, Mehbube, he was detained in Beijing after being forced to return to China (following local authorities' pressure on his family).

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

Testimony 1: [Presumably,] studying abroad

last reported status

Testimony 2: sentenced to 18 years.

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Not stated.

additional information

UHRP report (Testimony 1): https://docs.uhrp.org/pdf/Detained-and-Disappeared-Intellectuals-Under-Assault-in-the-Uyghur-Homeland.pdf

Testimony 2: the victim's father has also been detained and sentenced.

relatives

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Ablajan Hebibulla

Peyzohre Omerjan

relative (non-victim)

relative (non-victim)

relative (non-victim)

relative (non-victim)

Adiljan Ablajan

Gulbahar Eysa

Shepqet Tohtasun

supplementary materials

photo

entry created on: 2019-04-01

entry last modified on: 2021-03-14

last update from testifier(s): 2021-04-06