testifying party

Testimony 1|2: Guzel' Basitova, born in 1984, is an ethnic Uyghur from Kazakhstan and a mother of three. (wife) 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: 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

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about the victim

Aidihaimu Mijiti, born on October 24, 1985, is an ethnic Uighur from China. His Chinese ID number is 654101198510241144. He holds a Kazakhstan Permanent Resident card. The card number is 851024399049. He went to China in 2016 and had his documents confiscated after a few days of his arrival.

Address: Yining city, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China

current location

[Presumably in Ili.]

chronology of detention(s)

Testimony 2: Went back to China on November 6, 2016, when his passport and Green card were confiscated by Chinese officials. After three months, Guzel came to China with the couple’s children, but Chinese officials ordered her to leave the country. In February, Mi’di’t was arrested for the first time and released after questioning.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

Testimony 3: accused of being a traitor and wanting to live in Kazakhstan during his first detention.

last reported status

in the re-education camp [no news since January 2018, however]

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Testimony 3: she met the victim directly following his first detention.

Six months after his wife left China [which must be around October 2017], he sent his last voice message to her on wechat, saying that he would be sent to camp . After two months, the Wechat message disappeared from the server.

additional information

Le Monde coverage (Testimony 3): https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2018/12/28/au-xinjiang-dans-l-univers-concentrationnaire-des-camps-chinois_5402864_3210.html

Testimony 3: his wife came to visit him in his village near Ghulja in 2017, because local authorities did not allow him to return to his family in Kazakhstan, he spent 5 days in camp but was released after his wife complained about it at the police station. The wife said about what her husband told her about his 5 days in camp (translated from French): «He was terrorized. He told me that they had been 50 persons in one cell. That they could not strech. That there was a camera in every corner. He had to watch a film about Muslims and then they asked him questions about it. They accused him of being a traitor, of wanting to live in Kazakhstan. He wispered when he talked to me, because he was afraid that someone could hear him.» His wife left China in April 2017, because her visa was not extended.

In January 2018, his wife learned that the parents of the victim, all his brothers and sisters have been taken as well. There have been no news since then.

supplementary materials

entry created on: 2018-11-15

entry last modified on: 2020-04-18

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