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Peride Yasin
Peride Yasin
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Age
30
Gender
F
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Profession
homemaker
Likely place of origin
Aksu
Likely current location
---
Status
sentenced (10 years)
When problems started
before 2017
Detention reason (suspected | official)
related to going abroad | ---
Health status
---
Lists
Covered in international media 
Locality
(residence)
2020-04-17

consult raw version

testifying party (* direct submission)

Testimony 1: Abdurahman Tohti, as reported by Business Insider. (husband)

Testimony 2|3: Abdurahman Tohti, originally from Beshtugmen Township but now residing in Turkey. (husband)

Testimony 4: Abdurahman Tohti, as reported by This American Life. (husband)

Testimony 5*: Uyghur Hjelp, a Norway-based Uyghur advocacy and aid organization.

about the victim

Peride Yasin married her husband, Abdurahman Tohti, in Istanbul in 2014. They have two children, Abdul'eziz and Nadire.

She was a housewife prior to her arrest.

Address: Unity Road, Aksu City.

current location

[Unclear, as sentenced.]

chronology of detention(s)

She was arrested as soon as she arrived in China from Turkey in August 2016, to allegedly be interrogated and beaten, before being sentenced to 10 years. (Abdurahman could reach neither her nor her parents via WeChat after she left Turkey.)

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

Visiting Turkey.

last reported status

Sentenced to 10 years in prison.

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

From a distant cousin, who met with Abdurahman while in Istanbul on business, about two months following Peride's return to China.

additional information

Business Insider coverage: https://www.businessinsider.com/mans-family-vanished-saw-son-2-years-later-in-china-propaganda-video-2019-2

Mention in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/world/asia/china-xinjiang-children-boarding-schools.html

Story featured in This American Life: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/701/transcript

relatives


supplementary materials

Testimony 3
Testimony 2
photo with husband


entry created on: 2019-12-23

entry last modified on: 2021-11-07

last update from testifier(s): 2020-04-17