testifying party (* direct submission)

Testimony 1: Marhaba Tursunhoja, an ethnic Uzbek from Ghulja City who is now living in Norway. (sister-in-law)

Testimony 2*: Marhaba Tursunhoja, as reported by Gene A. Bunin. (sister-in-law) 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

Her name is Muqeddes Bilal. She is the wife of the director, Enwer Tursun {5072}, of Taksim Shopping Mall in Ghulja.

current location

[Presumably in Ili.]

chronology of detention(s)

According to the testifier, she was was taken to camp with her family in 2018.

[Testifier in private correspondence (Testimony 2): she was taken around July-August 2018, spent nine months in detention - first in the Boz camp/prison [Ghulja City Pre-Trial Detention Center] and then in a Yengi Hayat "prison" [Ghulja City Administrative Detention Center] - and then came out on April 21, 2019.]

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

According to the testifier, for sending her son to Turkey for study,traveling to Europe and having previously made a pilgrimage to Mecca

last reported status

[Testifier in private correspondence (Testimony 2): she came out of detention in a mentally unstable state - "crazy" (sarang) according to the testifier. She also says that they sterilized her (baliyatquni eliwetiptu).]

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

According to the testifier, from her friends who go to China for business.

additional information

According to the testifier, she doesn't why and where her brother and his family were taken and whether they are in prison or if they are alive. The victim's mother who is over 80 years old always cries and worries for her son and his family so that now she is ill in bed.

relatives

places of detention

Ghulja City Detention Center Former Ghulja City Detention Center

supplementary materials

entry created on: 2019-11-08

entry last modified on: 2021-07-07

last update from testifier(s): 2019-11-10