Entry of 25205
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Uyghur
tradesperson
Aksu
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no news for over a year
Apr. 2017 - June 2017
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(relative)
testifying party (submitted by third party)
Testimony 1+2+3+5+6: Reyhangul Tohti, from Aksu. Due to the repression, she left Xinjaing ("East Turkestan" she refers) in 2017.
Testimony 4 (direct): Name not specified.
victim's relation to testifier
Testimony 1+2+3+5+6: Uncle
Testimony 4: Father
about the victim
Tursun Qurban, 45 (as of October 2019), an imam of the mosque in Aksu's Qartal's No. 9 Neighborhood, No. 6 Group. He was also a gardener.
current location
earlier: Arrested in Urumqi
Testimony 4: unclear [if in Aksu or Urumqi]
chronology of detention(s)
May, 2017
Testimony 3: he was sent to Urumqi for imams training, but then was arrested in Urumqi in May 2017.
Testimony 4: he went to Urumqi for 6 months of imams training in 2016, then on May 25, 2017 sent the testifier a WeChat message saying he was going back to Aksu, and disappeared.
suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention
Testimony 6: contacting his children studying abroad
last reported status
Re-education camp
Testimony 4: testifier mentions that they haven't had contact with their parents in 2 years, and doesn't know their current status.
how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation
Unclear
additional information
Reyhangul has no contact with anyone for past 2 years.
Testimony 4: the testifier hasn't been able to contact his mother either (she would wear a veil).
relatives
supplementary materials
entry created on: 2018-11-26
entry last modified on: 2020-01-17
last update from testifier(s): 2019-12-06