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Detained & imprisoned athletes

Entry Victim’s Name Chinese name ID no. About the Testifier Relation About the Victim Assumed Location When Detention Took Place Detention Reason Victim’s Status How Testifier Learned of Status Additional Info About the Testifier (Translated/Edited) Relation (Translated/Edited) About the Victim (Translated/Edited) Assumed Location (Translated/Edited) When Detention Took Place (Translated/Edited) Detention Reason (Translated/Edited) Victim’s Status (Translated/Edited) How Testifier Learned of Status (Translated/Edited) Additional Info (Translated/Edited) Prison Term (Years) Age Gender Ethnicity Location Detention type Detention time Detention reason Official detention reason (1) Official detention reason (2) Official detention reason (3) Health status Profession
416 Pazilya Parhat 65402119????????E? Azat Mahmut Kashgari. Has been living in the United States for 20 years. Azat Mahmut’s niece Pazilya Parhat, 29 years old, a professional soccer player. she was sent to concentration camp in the beginning of 2017. The reason probably was she visited USA in 2014 to attend Azat Mahmut’s son’s wedding. Unclear, probably in Ghulja (Ili) In the beginning of 2017 The reason probably was she visited USA in 2014 to attend Azat Mahmut’s son’s wedding. Concentration camp Probably through other relatives. 18-35 F Uyghur Ili concentration camp Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 related to going abroad athlete
419 Mutellip Muhter 6541011985??????O? Testimony 1: Azat Mahmut Kashgari. Has been living in the United States for 20 years.
Testimony 2: Submission to Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances.
Testimony 1: Azat Mahmut’s cousin’s son
Testimony 2: unclear
Muhter Mutellip, 30 years old, an athlete from Totdukan, Ghulja. He was sent to concentration camp in 2016. Unclear In 2016 Unclear Unclear Probably through other relatives. 18-35 M Uyghur Ili concentration camp before 2017 athlete
1905 Erpat Ablekrem 654101199402100512 Mukaddes, lives in Turkey.
this testimony has been supplemented with info from a testimony event held in early 2019]
cousin Erpat Ablekrem, male, uyghur, 25 (Feb,1994), from Ghulja (yi ning), a professional football player.
[Chinese name: 艾尔帕提·阿不来克热木
Address: Dong Mehelle (墩买里社区), Ghulja]
[longer bio sent directly by testifier:
Erpat Ablekrem (Aierpati Abulaikeremu), male, Uyghur, 25 (born in Feb, 1994), from Ghulja (Yining), professional football player. Erpart started to play football at a very early age and joined Ghulja No.16 Primary School football team. At the age of 10 (in 2004) he was selected by Ghulja Elementary School Children Team to play in Hope Cup National Football Match for Elementary School Children in Shandong. Since then, he had become an important part of his school teams as goalkeeper. Apart from that, he played for a number of professional sports teams and clubs, such as Cholpan football Team, Ili Star Sports Clup, Ghulja No.1 football Team, Ghulja Qarghay football Team, Shandong Luneng Taishan Football School Club until he was taken to concentration camp in march, 2018.
Some of the football matches he played with his teams:
2004, Hope Cup National Football Match for Elementary School Children, Shandong, China
August 2010, the 12th Regional Football Match, Urumqi, Xinjiang
2012, National Youth U17 League Match, Shandong, China
2012, Turpan Agricultural Cup, Turpan, Xinjiang
2012, the 12th Unity Cup Football Match, Turpan, Xinjiang
2013, China Mobile Cup Xinjiang Youth League Match, Urumqi, Xinjiang (His team won Silver Medal)]
Ghulja March, 2018 contacting with outside world in concentration camp
[update at the end of July 2019: released, judging from WeChat activity]
from a friend RFA coverage of his case
His name is mentioned in the list of students who took a football gaokao exam
18-35 M Uyghur Ili unclear (soft) Jan. 2018 – Mar. 2018 contact with outside world athlete
5021 Abdurehim Omer 65312619????????O? Testimony 1*|2: Ibrahim Yusup, a resident of Sweden. (brother) Abdurrahim Ömer, he is my little brother
[Testimony 2: born in Qaghiliq County, but lived in Urumqi with his family. Previously represented China at some events, competing against international fighters. He later opened a martial arts school.]
Jail or concentration camp in the east Turkistan After 2016,I don’t know dates
[Testimony 2: contact lost in 2016, recently learned that he had been taken to camp and learned tailoring there.]
Sport teacher and work together with abdurreshidhan who was a famous boxers in the east Turkistan Married and father of 4 children By Friends of abdurreshidhan He was very healthy and friendly Testimony 1*|2: Ibrahim Yusup, a resident of Sweden. (brother) Abdurehim Omer, a sports trainer who worked with Abdureshithan (a famous boxer in Xinjiang). He was very healthy, friendly, and was married with 4 kids.
He had represented China in several international events and had opened his own martial arts school.
Address: Urumqi.
[Presumably in Urumqi.] After 2016. The testifier lost contact with the victim that year, only recently (as of January 2020) learning that his brother had been taken to camp and was taught tailoring there. [Testifier mentions him being a trainer and working with Abdureshithan in this field.] Unclear if still in camp. From Abdureshithan’s friends. M Uyghur Urumqi other athlete
9045 Abduhelil Tohti 65312119????????O? Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (from same town/region) Abduhelil Tohti, a wrestler and teacher at Konasheher First High School
Address: Konasheher (Shufu) county, Kashgar prefecture
[Presumably in Kashgar.] April 2017 Unclear Detained. Not stated The victim is included in the list of prominent detained Uyghurs, available at here Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (from same town/region) M Uyghur Kashgar unclear (hard) Apr. 2017 – June 2017 athlete

1. Abdurishit Palwan, nickname is Ependim, 40 years old, from Qarghiliq, Kashgar. The founder of Palwan Training Club. He is missing since the end of 2017. He is said to have been prosecuted or incarcerated in camp.
2. Eziz Qari, around 45 years old, a teacher at Kashgar Sports School, a wrestler who participated in national competitions. He is an outstanding wrestling coach. Sentenced to 20 years in prison.
3. Ezizjan (also known as Little Ezizjan in Kashgar). He is a wrestling coach at Kashgar Sports School, a gold medalist from Kashgar Yengisheher. He was sentenced to nine years in prison.
4. Hemit Abdusayit: Sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in 2016. He is from Qarghilik, Kashgar. He has won gold medals many times from the Qarghiliq Sports Bureau. He was an accomplished boxer. In 2016, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for non-existent slanders.
5. Abdukerim Janbaz: From Yenghisar county, Kashgar. He founded the Ataman Club in Urumqi. He was arrested in 2017.
6. Ehmet Turgun: Footballer and wrestling, a teacher of Urumqi City No. 24 Primary School. He was arrested in 2017.
7. Ekbar Awut: Athlete, Urumqi City 24th Primary School Sports Teacher. He was arrested in Qaraqash in 2018. His deceased body came out after 10 days. He was buried without being shown to his family.
8. Abduvasit Sayim: A wrestler from Kara Ujma village, Yopurga district, who was first arrested in April 2017. He died during his arrest.