Testimony 3: she is a widow, as her husband passed away at some point in 2017 or earlier (at the age of 78). She is from Toyboldi Municipality [judging by her daughter-in-law visiting her there in 2012].
current location
[Presumably in Aksu.]
chronology of detention(s)
Contact was initially lost in 2017.
Testimony 4:
Aziz Isa Elkun received messages from Hepizem Nizamidin in July 2019. Hepizem Nizamidin had sent him some pictures of herself and asked him to contact her. The messages were sent via WhatsApp from a Turkish number he didn't recognise. Aziz Isa Elkun interpreted the messages as a warning [from the Chinese government] to stay silent.
From July 2019, over the course of approximately one year, Aziz Isa Elkun received more voice messages [left by Hepizem Nizamidin] via foreign numbers from Turkey and Hong Kong. Aziz Isa Elkun believes that Hepizem Nizamidin was forced by Chinese police to record the messages. In at least one message, Hepizem Nizamidin's voice trembled as she stated "today, a working group of officials came to visit me. They said 'we will help you to speak with your son.'"
Aziz Isa Elkun says that the messages he received from his mother starting in July 2019 were Chinese agents attempting to contact Aziz Isa Elkun and stop his activities; the messages were essentially telling Aziz Isa Elkun that the Chinese government were keeping Hepizem Nizamidin hostage.
suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention
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last reported status
[Presumably not in detention - at least, for when the state media had her go on camera.]
Testimony 4: Aziz Isa Elkun is reportedly still unable to call Hepizem Nizamidin directly.
how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation
Testimony 1: Isa Elkun last spoke with his mother in 2017 and has not had any contact since.
Testimony 2: All telephone communication between the testifier (Aziz Isa Elkun, son of the victim) and the victim ceased before the end of 2017, shortly after the death of the victim's husband, Isa Abdulla. (The last time the testifier heard the victim's voice prior to the CGTN interview was reportedly February 2017.)
Testimony 2: Prior to the CGTN interview conducted with the victim (which was published on 13 January 2020), the testifier learnt from friends that the victim was still alive more than two years after contact with the victim ceased.
Testimony 2: The victim's husband worked "for 40 years as a medical doctor for Shayar County, Toyboldi town hospital" and died on 4 November 2017.
Testimony 2: The testifier discerned from IMINT via Google Earth satellite photography that the graveyard and tomb of the victim's husband had been destroyed.
Testimony 2: The testifier also learnt from friends at some point before the CGTN interview (dated 13 January 2020) was published that the testifier's sister had been detained in an interment camp for more than a year and a half. The name of the testifier's sister is not provided and no further information is given. The current status and whereabouts of the testifier's sister are unknown.
