testifying party

Victim's name is included in the Congressional-Executive Commission on China Political Prisoner Database

victim's relation to testifier

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about the victim

Pezilet Bekri, Communist Party secretary of Yarwagh (亚瓦格) subdistrict of Kashgar city. Bekri's responsibilities as Party secretary had included overseeing the detention of individuals and their transfer to re-education camps.

current location

[Presumably in Kashgar.]

chronology of detention(s)

January 17, 2018

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

Han Chinese officials who worked with Bekri reportedly told superiors she had expressed sympathy toward people detained in "political education centers."

last reported status

In detention

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

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additional information

According to two sources RFA cited, authorities at one point held Bekri in a re-education camp, though this has not been confirmed.

https://www.cecc.gov/sites/chinacommission.house.gov/files/documents/CECC%20Pris%20List_20181011_1424.pdf

entry created on: 2019-04-25

entry last modified on: 2021-02-23

last update from testifier(s): 2019-04-25