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Emetjan Tohti

65290119????????O?

Age
35-36

Gender
M

Ethnicity
Uyghur

Profession
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Likely place of origin
Aksu

Likely current location
Aksu

Status
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When problems started
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Detention reason (suspected | official)
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Health status
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Locality
(residence)

Yuqarqi Yengi'osteng Village, Beshtugmen Township, Aksu City, Aksu Prefecture
(阿克苏地区阿克苏市拜什吐格曼乡尤喀克英吾斯塘村)

2020-04-17

testifying party (* direct submission)

Testimony 1|2: Abdurahman Tohti, originally from Beshtugmen Township but now residing in Turkey. (brother)

Testimony 3: Abdurahman Tohti, as reported by This American Life. (brother)

Testimony 4*: Uyghur Hjelp, a Norway-based Uyghur advocacy and aid organization. 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: 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 4: 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 5: 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

Update 

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about the victim

His name is Emetjan Tohti. He is 35 years old and he got a family.

Testimony 2: he graduated from university and works at Damp (?) Water Plant of Beshtugmen Township.

Testimony 4:

Address: Group No. 4, Yuqarqi Yengi'osteng Village, Beshtugmen Township, Aksu City, Aksu Prefecture.

He is a chef and has a university education.

current location

[Probably in Aksu as Aksu is where the testifier comes from.]

chronology of detention(s)

Testimony 4: He traveled to Turkey and Dubai in September 2015. This trip was arranged by the Tourism Bureau. All contact between the victim and the testifier then ceased in December 2015.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

Unknown.

last reported status

Unknown. According to the testifier, no one is left in his extended family; all of them have been sentenced. But he doesn't know if they are in the camp or in prison for sure. (Testimony 3: it doesn't sound like Abdurahman has more knowledge than the home now being empty.)

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Testimony 1: The testifier says that he learnt it via the Internet.

Testimony 3: The speaker on This American Life (Durrie Bouscaren) and Abdurahman also called the police in Aksu and were allegedly able to get confirmation that there was no one left at the family's home.

additional information

The testifier doesn't know how the victim's family is now either.

The family's story was featured in This American Life (Testimony 3): https://www.thisamericanlife.org/701/transcript

relatives

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Tohti Emet

Aynurhan Qasim

Arzugul Tohti

Aygul Tohti

Memetjan Tohti

Emetjan Tohti

Abdurahman Tohti

Peride Yasin

Abdulla Emetjan

Abduleziz Abdurahman

Nadire Abdurahman

supplementary materials

entry created on: 2020-03-28

entry last modified on: 2021-11-07

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