testifying party (submitted by third party)

Qurban Arif we Rushengul, living in Norway

victim's relation to testifier

Mother

about the victim

Rabihan Musa, 84. She was born in Atush. She lives in Bortala city's Altun Diyar neighborhood. She has received 18 phone calls of RFA from 2016 till April, 2017. RFA has news coverage about Ms. Musa.

current location

Unclear

chronology of detention(s)

She was taken from home on April 9th, 2017.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

Unclear

last reported status

Unclear

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Unclear

additional information

Qurban's children saw Wechat posts of their cousins. From which, it seems that Qurban's siblings have also been detained. Rushengul's brother, Ablikim, has served 13 years of prison time since 1995 for distributing flyers with content of "Wake up Uyghur!". However, he has been recently detained again.

supplementary materials

entry created on: 2018-11-18

entry last modified on: 2018-11-18

last update from testifier(s): 2018-10-23