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Zahidem Helpehaji

杂依旦母·咳依伯阿吉

652401195212089240

Age
67

Gender
F

Ethnicity
Uyghur

Profession
medicine

Likely place of origin
Ghulja City

Likely current location
Ili

Status
sentenced (20 years)

When problems started
Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017

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

Health status
critical

Lists

 

Locality
(ID card)

Park Street Neighborhood, Dong Mehelle Subdistrict, Ghulja City, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
(伊犁哈萨克自治州伊宁市墩买里街道公园街社区)

2020-08-07

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testifying party

Testimony 1|3: Shemsiye Tursun, originally from Ghulja, but residing in Turkey since the early 2010s. (daughter)

Testimony 2: Shemsiye Tursun, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (daughter) 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: 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 

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about the victim

Zahidem Helpehaji ("Heypihaji" on ID) worked as a doctor at the Ethnic Friendship hospital in Ghulja [according to the testifier's own letter, though the Radio Free Asia report about the victim reports her as being a retired accountant].

Address: Yard No. 31, First Alley, Baghcha Street, Ghulja City, Xinjiang (新疆伊宁市公园街1巷31号院).

Chinese passport: G27299018. Zahidem Helpehaji ("Heypihaji" on ID) worked as a doctor at the Ethnic Friendship hospital in Ghulja.

Address: Yard No. 31, First Alley, Baghcha Street, Ghulja City, Xinjiang (新疆伊宁市公园街1巷31号院).

Chinese passport: G27299018.

current location

[Unclear, as sentenced.] [Unclear, as sentenced.]

chronology of detention(s)

Shemsiye lost contact with her parents in October 2017. In April 2018, she learned that they had been arrested and secretly sentenced to 20 years in prison. Shemsiye lost contact with her parents in October 2017. In April 2018, she learned that they had been arrested and secretly sentenced to 20 years in prison.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

Visiting Shemsiye in Turkey (her parents visited her on three occasions, once in 2012 while making a pilgrimage to Mecca, with the last visit being in 2016).

Shemsiye attributes both visiting Turkey and going on a Hajj as the likely reasons for the detention and sentence. Visiting Shemsiye in Turkey (her parents visited her on three occasions).

Testimony 3: The victim made the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in 2012 together with her husband (Tursun Barat), going via Turkey to visit the testifier (Shemsiye Tursun) along the way. After the Hajj pilgrimage in 2012, the victim went to Turkey with his wife to see the testifier two more times. The last time was in 2016. The victim kept in contact with the testifier from the point of the last visit to Turkey in 2016 until October 2017, when the victim lost contact with both the victim and his wife.

last reported status

Presumably in prison.

She has health issues, as she suffers from diabetes and is insulin-dependent, in addition to suffering from serious liver problems. Presumably in prison.

She has health issues, as she suffers from diabetes and is insulin-dependent, in addition to suffering from serious liver problems.

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Not stated. Not stated.

additional information

RFA coverage: https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/uyghurda-lager-09092019172338.html RFA coverage (Testimony 2): https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/uyghurda-lager-09092019172338.html

relatives

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Tursun Barat

Zahidem Helpehaji

Hemidem Helpehaji

supplementary materials

Chinese ID

Chinese passport

photo with husband

testifier's statement

testifier's statement (translation)

entry created on: 2019-08-08

entry last modified on: 2020-09-17

last update from testifier(s): 2020-08-07