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Halit Abdushukur
Halit Abdushukur
哈力提·阿布都许库尔
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Age
33
Gender
M
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Profession
private business
Likely place of origin
Ghulja City
Likely current location
---
Status
sentenced (2019, 7 y)
When problems started
Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017
Detention reason (suspected | official)
related to going abroad | ---
Health status
---
Lists
Camp releases (late 2018 / early 2019)  Local media coverage  From prolonged detention to prison 
Locality
(ID card)
2020-02-07

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testifying party (* direct submission)

Testimony 1*: Tursun Ibrahim, now residing outside China. (former schoolmate)

Testimony 2*|3|4*|5|6: Arafat Erkin, originally from Ghulja, but now living in the United States. (cousin once removed)

about the victim

Halit Abdushukur is a restaurant owner from Ghulja City.

Address: No. 2, No. 6 Alley, Development Township Street, Ghulja City, Xinjiang (新疆伊宁市发展乡街6巷2号).

current location

[Unclear, as he has been sentenced.]

chronology of detention(s)

Detained in October 2017 and taken to camp, from where he was released a few months ago (as of September 2019). Afterwards, he was detained again and held in a pre-trial detention center. In December 2019, Arafat Erkin reported that Halit has been sentenced to 7 years.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

Studying and doing business in Malaysia and Turkey.

Tursun also mentions that his father's identity as a religious figure was used as a reason for his detention since the authorities couldn't find any legitimate legal reason otherwise.

last reported status

Sentenced to 7 years.

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Tursun Ibrahim received "trustworthy" info through other former classmates in Xinjiang.

additional information

What is very likely the official listing of his restaurant: http://archive.is/oTEAZ

Radio Free Asia coverage: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/jieduxinjiang/xj-11252019113215.html

relatives


supplementary materials

Testimony 3
Testimony 6
Testimony 5
Chinese ID
photo


entry created on: 2019-09-05

entry last modified on: 2020-01-20

last update from testifier(s): 2020-02-07