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Hebibulla Metniyaz
Hebibulla Metniyaz
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Age
49
Gender
M
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Profession
private business
Likely place of origin
Ghulja City
Likely current location
Shihezi
Status
sentenced (2019, 20 y)
When problems started
July 2017 - Sep. 2017
Detention reason (suspected | official)
related to going abroad | ---
Health status
---
Lists
Forced labor cases  Victims in focus  From prolonged detention to prison  Entries mentioning specific prisons  Urumqi Public Security Bureau files 
Locality
(residence)
2019-12-07

police tag(s): "intelligence national-security focus person" (情报国保重点人员), "stability-related focus person" (涉稳类重点人)

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testifying party (* direct submission)

Testimony 1: WGEID submission, a completed form with the details of a missing or detained person, to be sent to the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.

Testimony 2: Nijat Hebibulla, from Ghulja, came to Turkey in 2014 as a student. (son)

Testimony 3: Urumqi police records, as reported by Yael Grauer.

Testimony 4*: Uyghur Hjelp, a Norway-based Uyghur advocacy and aid organization.

about the victim

Hebibulla Metniyaz is a businessman from Tot Dukan, Ghulja City.

current location

According to his son, he is currently being held in Shihezi Prison.

chronology of detention(s)

He was detained on July 1, 2017. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison on April 5, 2019.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

Because his two sons are studying in Turkey.

last reported status

Serving his prison sentence.

[There is a good likelihood of his being subjected to forced labor at the prison, as this practice has been documented at Shihezi Prison.]

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Not stated.

additional information

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places of detention


Shihezi Prison

supplementary materials

Testimony 2
Testimony 1


entry created on: 2019-12-05

entry last modified on: 2020-07-31

last update from testifier(s): 2019-12-07