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Hernisahan Semet
Hernisahan Semet
65280119????????E?
Age
60
Gender
F
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Profession
homemaker
Likely place of origin
Korla
Likely current location
Bayingolin
Status
unclear (soft)
When problems started
---
Detention reason (suspected | official)
--- | ---
Health status
critical
Lists
Examples of international / media pressure on Xinjiang authorities  Local media coverage 
Locality
(origin)
2021-12-19

testifying party (* direct submission)

Testimony 1|3|6: Omerjan Hemdul, originally from Korla but now residing in Turkey. (son)

Testimony 2: PRC consulate-embassy staff, a staff member at a People's Republic of China embassy or consulate.

Testimony 4: Omerjan Hemdul, as reported by Bitter Winter. (son)

Testimony 5*: Uyghur Hjelp, a Norway-based Uyghur advocacy and aid organization.

about the victim

Her name is Hernisahan Semet. She is 60 years old. She can't walk [as the testifier says that she sits on a wheel chair.] (Testimony 4: she is paralyzed)

Testimony 5: She is from Group No. 2, Shaqur Village, Lengger Township, Korla City, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. She is a housewife.

Testimony 4: she is a widow, as her husband passed away while in Saudi Arabia.

current location

[Presumably in Bayingolin.]

chronology of detention(s)

Unclear if detained.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

---

last reported status

Testimony 1: Unknown. The testifier says that he doesn't know if the victim is in the camp or at home; or alive.

Testimony 2: in a message to Omer Hemdul, the PRC mission in Turkey staff told him that his parents don't want to talk to him because of his involvement in "anti-China organizations" (his video petitions).

Testimony 3: she is living by herself.

Testimony 6: She allegedly suffers from brain cancer.

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

[Presumably by virtue of being unable to contact her.]

Testimony 2: this is an official source.

additional information

RFA coverage (Testimony 2): https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/uyghurda-tutqun-02142020184252.html

Bitter Winter coverage (Testimony 4): https://bitterwinter.org/missing-uyghurs-do-not-reappear-the-case-of-the-hamdullah-family/

relatives


supplementary materials

Testimony 1
Testimony 3
Testimony 6
photo with son


entry created on: 2020-05-09

entry last modified on: 2021-12-26

last update from testifier(s): 2021-12-19