testifying party

CCTV interview

victim's relation to testifier

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about the victim

Humargul Abdulsattar (胡马古•阿不都沙塔尔）, a 20 years old Uyghur chosen by the CCTV for an interview seeking to promote a positive image of re-education camps. She claims to have been influenced by "extremist thoughts" from early childhood.

She watched religious extremist videos and spread extremist thoughts (probably when she was a teenager, Chin : 十几岁). She has previously been to the Vocational Education Training Centre in Kashgar city (喀什市职业技能教育培训中心), but has already « graduated ». She has found a job in the economic development zone of Kashgar city (喀什市经济开发区) in a textile factory making clothes. She goes home everyday after work.

current location

Kashgar

chronology of detention(s)

Unclear

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

Watching illegal content on the internet, or as Humargul put it, "breaking the country's cybersecurity law". She also claims to have worn a headscarf and abaya.

In the documentary: for having watched religious extremist videos and spread extremist thoughts.

last reported status

She now seems to be a team leader in a tailoring factory - a satellite factory (卫星工厂) in Nezerbagh township (乃则尔巴格镇), Kashgar municipality.

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

video : http://tv.cntv.cn/video/VSET100316111419/02957c0f88774f7a9c9b50164a481a61
also available: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av46820306/
news article based on the video : http://news.ts.cn/system/2019/03/20/035607848.shtml
also available at : http://news.ifeng.com/a/20190320/60500856_0.shtml (published 20 MAR 2019)
also mentioned in: http://www.ijiandao.com/2b/baijia/200567.html

additional information

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supplementary materials

entry created on: 2019-04-02

entry last modified on: 2019-06-15

last update from testifier(s): 2019-04-02