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Muhter Mehmetniyaz

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Age
57

Gender
M

Ethnicity
Uyghur

Profession
private business

Likely place of origin
Ghulja City

Likely current location
Ili

Status
sentenced (2019, 15 y)

When problems started
July 2017 - Sep. 2017

Detention reason (suspected | official)
related to going abroad | ---

Health status
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Locality
(residence)

Tot Dukan Neighborhood, Qazanchi Subdistrict, Ghulja City, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
(伊犁哈萨克自治州伊宁市喀赞其街道托特度康社区)

2019-12-07

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testifying party (* direct submission)

Testimony 1: Azat Mehmut Kashgari, originally from China but having now lived in the United States for over 20 years. (cousin)

Testimony 2: WGEID submission, a completed form with the details of a missing or detained person, to be sent to the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.

Testimony 3: Nijat Hebibulla, from Ghulja, came to Turkey in 2014 as a student. (nephew)

Testimony 4*: Uyghur Hjelp, a Norway-based Uyghur advocacy and aid organization. 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: 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 5: 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 

Name:    Description:    unverified verified    1 2 3 4 5    Add

about the victim

Muhter Mehmetniyaz was a businessman.

Address: Tot Dukan Neighborhood, Ghulja City. Muhter Mehmetniyaz, a businessman from Totdukan, Ghulja. He was sent to concentration camp and sentenced to 10 years in prison on August 2018. The reason probably was he visited Turkey to meet with his sister.

current location

Kunes Prison. [Presumably 新源监狱.] Now he is Kunes Prison in Ghulja City [probably the prison in Kunes County].

chronology of detention(s)

According to his nephew, he was originally detained on August 1, 2017, and would later be sentenced to 15 years in prison on May 3, 2019.

[The testimony from Azat Mehmut Kashgari conflicts, as it says that he was sentenced in August 2018. However, this is seen as less reliable as it (a) is part of a batch testimony for very many people, and (b) is from a less direct relative. As such, the nephew's testimony is given priority.] Testimony 1 or 2: Concentration camp, unclear. Sentenced to prison on August 2018.

Testimony 3: He was taken on the 1st of August 2017. On the 3rd of May 2019, he was sentenced for 15 years.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

For having gone to Turkey to see relatives and for having done business in Kazakhstan. Testimony 1: The reason probably was he visited Turkey to meet with his sister.

Testimony 3: because of coming to Turkey to visit his brother in 2011 and doing business in Kazakhstan.

last reported status

Believed to be in prison.

[There is a good likelihood of the victim being subjected to forced labor, as the Yixin Ruiyuan Industry & Commerce LLC (伊新瑞源工贸有限责任公司) operates out of Kunes Prison.] Testimony 1-3: In prison (early testimony says 10 years, later says 15)

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Not stated. [Probably through other relatives]

additional information

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relatives

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Perhat Mehmut

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Maynur Mahmut

Juret Mahmut

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Shawket Ablat

Shohret Ablet

Mehpuze Mutellip

Sherwan Mutellip

Muhter Mutellip

Pezile Perhat

Abdurehim Erkin

Ablikim Erkin

Qasimjan Abdukerim

Melike Metniyaz

Muhter Mehmetniyaz

Hebibulla Metniyaz

Amanulla Metniyaz

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Selime Kerim

Ilham Imammemet

Mutellip Muhter

Mubarek Muhter

Mehbube Muhter

Shehide Muhter

Shehide Amanulla

Sulayman Aman

Ismayil Eli

Esidulla Abdulla

Zulpiqar Hakim

places of detention

Kunes Maximum-Security Prison

supplementary materials

Testimony 2

entry created on: 2018-11-10

entry last modified on: 2020-07-31

last update from testifier(s): 2019-12-07