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Mehmud Muhemmet

买合木提·买买提

652101197201061819

Age
48

Gender
M

Ethnicity
Uyghur

Profession
farmwork, herding

Likely place of origin
Turpan

Likely current location
Turpan

Status
no news for over a year

When problems started
Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017

Detention reason (suspected | official)
--- | related to religion

Health status
---

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Locality
(residence)

Bulaq Village, Viticulture Municipality, Gaochang District, Turpan
(吐鲁番市高昌区葡萄镇布拉克村)

2020-11-07

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testifying party

Testimony 1|2|4: Muherrem Muhemmed'eli, originally from Turpan but now living and working in Japan. (nephew)

Testimony 3: The Guardian, a British daily newspaper. 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

Mehmud Muhemmet is a farmer from Turpan.

Address: No. 2 Group, Bulaq Village, Uzumchilik (Putao) Town, Turpan City. Mehmud Muhemmet, a farmer from Turpan.

Address: No. 2 Group, Bulaq Village, Uzumchilik (Putao) Town, Turpan City.

current location

[Presumably in Turpan.] At his home in Turpan.

chronology of detention(s)

Mehmud was detained at the end of 2017, and released from camp in early 2019 [exact dates unknown]. At the end of 2017. Released from camp in early 2019.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

According to Mehmud's own letter from camp, he was detained for "illegally" receiving religious education from his father in 1987. He wrote that this act should have been sentenced to 1-3 years of prison under Article 120 [this is the article of China's penal code specifying punishment for people engaged in terrorist activities]. According to his own letter from camp, for "illegally" receiving (religious) education from his father in 1987, for which he should have been sentenced to 1-3 years of prison under Article 120 [this is the article of China's penal code specifying punishment for people engaged in terrorist activities].

last reported status

As of his release from camp, he was under house/town arrest, with his movements restricted.

However, Muherrem has had no news of him since the summer of 2019. Under house/town arrest, with movement restricted.

Testimony 4: no news since summer 2019.

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

[Presumably through friends/relatives in the region.] [Presumably through friends/relatives in the region.]

additional information

Covered in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/14/uighur-man-held-after-leaking-letters-from-xinjiang-camp-inmates-says-family Covered in The Guardian (Testimony 3): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/14/uighur-man-held-after-leaking-letters-from-xinjiang-camp-inmates-says-family

letter from detention

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relatives

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Memet Ismayil

Ayshemhan Yasin

Muhemmedeli Tursun

relative (non-victim)

Mehmud Muhemmet

Abdurahman Memet

Ehmed Muhemmed

Abdusalam Muhemmed

Nureli Ehmed

Omer Ehmed

Nurislam Ehmed

supplementary materials

photo

entry created on: 2019-07-08

entry last modified on: 2020-10-11

last update from testifier(s): 2020-11-07