Abdurahman Tohti, from Aksu prefecture, 32 years old (as of 5 Sept 2019), father of Abdulaziz Abdurahman (entry 3563).
Testimony 2: The victim was originally a cotton farmer when he was in Xinjiang, but now sells used cars in Istanbul.
current location
Istanbul, Turkey.
chronology of detention(s)
[very likely arrested before the 2017- repressions, judging by the context and what's been reported in other articles]
Testimony 2: The victim left Xinjiang and immigrated to Turkey in 2013.
suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention
Testimony 1: The police suspected that he, being a Muslim, supported "militant groups".
Testimony 3: arrested and subsequently tortured "for learning Arabic."
last reported status
He was arrested and mistreated by police in Xinjiang several times. Furthermore, he was detained by police for one month in Urumchi. He was hung up on his arms every day and his feet were put in water. This happened in november when it was cold. Until today, he does not have any feeling in his feet. He went to Turkey after having been mistreated by police in Xinjiang.
how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation
This is an eyewitness account.
additional information
His wife Helime [Peride, according to most reports] was detained after having returned to Xinjiang in August 2016 with the couple's three children. She is now serving a 10-year prison sentence (note in entry 3563). In the deutschlandfunk.de article, her status is described as probably being in a "re-education" camp. All three children are still in China and Abdurahman has lost contact with them.
Testimony 3: In approximately April 2020, a contact on Douyin told Abdurahman Tohti that local government officials in Aksu went on the village loudspeaker and made a public announcement saying that anyone with information about the Tohti family (Abdurahman Tohti's family) was forbidden to share it.
