Entry of 25205

Ehmet Metniyaz

艾合麦提·麦提尼亚孜

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Age
50

Gender
M

Ethnicity
Uyghur

Profession
religion

Likely place of origin
Aksu

Likely current location
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Status
sentenced (2017, 25 y)

When problems started
Apr. 2017 - June 2017

Detention reason (suspected | official)
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Health status
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Lists

 

Locality
(work/study)

Lengger Neighborhood, Lengger Subdistrict, Aksu City, Aksu Prefecture
(阿克苏地区阿克苏市栏杆街道栏杆社区)

2020-05-03

testifying party (* direct submission)

Testimony 1*: "Weli", an anonymous testifier. (friend)

Testimony 2: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (relation unclear) 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: 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

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about the victim

Ahmet (TunyazAihemaiti Maitiniyaz, 艾合麦提·麦提尼亚孜), male, 50 years old (Fig.1, photo possible taken in 2012), also well known as name of Ahmat Damollam, very popular among the Aksu citizens. He was well supported by governments and one of the most prized patriotic religious scholars, imam of Langer Mosque of Aksu city (阿克苏市栏杆大清真寺) (Fig.2)[1], general secretary of Aksu Islamic religious association. Because of his good behavior and strong loyalty for the governments, each years he get a lot of reward and prize by governments. The government top officials in Aksu city always meet him and discuss with him the government religious policies (Fig.3) [2]. He is very good speaker. Every Fridays pray speech, he always prized governments religious policies and required people to keep discipline and do not participate illegal religious activities. He not only prized by the governments, but also got good reputation among the Uyghur people. In 2015, he got « model of ethnic unity and progress » prize by Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous regions governments (Fig.4) [3].
He is one of the 90 patriotic religious scholars which received by Chenchuan Guo (陈全国) in Urumqi at 1 December 2016(Fig.5 and Fig.6)[4][5]. In this conference, he also give a speech with other eight scholars and Imams.
According to the video which someone uploaded on YouTube[5], all religious scholar shake hand with newly arrived Communist Party Secretary of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Chenchuan Guo and other officials (including Shohrat Zakir, 雪克来提·扎克尔, Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, we can see from group photo in ending of the video). They also claps their hand and express they strong loyalty for the governments. However, in approximately January to April 2017, Ahmet Damollam have been sent to the “reeducation center” and end of 2017, sentenced to 25 years considered as religious extremist. Since then, there is no information about him in government news and media as like before.
Ahmet Damollam is father of four children and his daughter graduated from Xinjiang Medical University in 2017. After her father became a prisoner, she also failed to get job in hospitals and forced to participate the governments arranged “poverty elimination program”( 脱贫工作). He is a good father and always want to well educate his children. He visited many times the inner land of china with governments arranged “patriotic education programs” and each two years go to the Beijing for participate “Chinese religious conference” as representative of Muslim people in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
He has strong loyalty to Chinese governments and communist party and never have singe of extremist behavior. However, the government shamelessly prisoned such patriotic Imam and ruined his families. We never believe such a person also became a victim of Chinese governments.

current location

Unknow

chronology of detention(s)

Approximately January to April 2017, Ahmet Damollam have been sent to the “reeducation center” and end of 2017, sentenced to 25 years.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

Unkown

last reported status

in prison

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

by family members

additional information

[various state-media articles mentioning him: https://archive.vn/D4WqM
https://archive.vn/dxqOm
https://archive.vn/ud0Zs

listed as a representative at a conference dedicated to ethnic harmony:
https://archive.vn/5ud1y

Ehmet's public appearances are documented by the local media: in July 2015, he spoke at a joint Ramadan dinner between the Islamic associations of Ili and Aksu. The purpose of the event was to "show gratefulness to the party" and "refute the fictitious claims that Xinjiang's Muslims are prevented from fasting during Ramadan": http://www.chinaxinjiang.cn/zixun/xjxw/201507/t20150715_497316.htm; http://archive.ph/D4WqM. On November 2016, Ehmet spoke at a meeting of Xinjiang's Patriotic Religious Persons and the newly-appointed Secretary of Xinjiang Chen Quanguo: https://www.sohu.com/a/120345580_118570; http://archive.ph/598xt.]

supplementary materials

attached testimony

at Chen Quanguo meeting (1)

ID card

at Chen Quanguo meeting (2)

entry created on: 2020-05-03

entry last modified on: 2020-09-03

last update from testifier(s): 2020-05-03