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Entry of 25205
Arzugul Tohti
65290119????????E?
Age
24-25
Gender
F
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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Lists
Locality
(residence)
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:
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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
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direct
third-party
Update
Name:
Description:
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about the victim
Her name is Arzigul Tohti. She is married.
Testimony 2: she is 24 years old (as of February 2020).
Testimony 4:
Address: House No. 13, Group No. 4, Yuqarqi Yengi'osteng Village, Beshtugmen Township, Aksu City, Aksu Prefecture.
Arzugul traveled to Turkey in September 2014 and returned to China in June 2015.
current location
[Probably in Aksu as Aksu is where the testifier comes from.]
chronology of detention(s)
Testimony 4: All contact between the victim and testifier ceased in December 2015.
suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention
Unknown.
last reported status
Testimony 1: 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 2: sentenced. (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
supplementary materials
entry created on: 2020-03-28
entry last modified on: 2021-11-07
last update from testifier(s): 2020-04-17