Rahile Dawut:
Testimony 1: Anonymous, as reported by New York Times. (relative)
Testimony 2*: Darren Byler, an anthropologist at the University of Colorado. (colleague)
Testimony 3: Sarah Tynen, a geography scholar from the United States. (colleague)
Testimony 4: Lisa Ross, a photographer living in the United States. (friend)
Testimony 5|6|7: Eqide Polat, a student in the United States. (daughter)
Testimony 8: Elise Anderson, an ethnomusicologist from the United States. (colleague)
Testimony 9: Abduweli Ayup, a language activist, linguist, and writer, originally from Kashgar but now residing in Norway. (former student)
Testimony 10: Xinjiang University staff, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (colleague)
Testimony 11: Eqide Polat, as reported by William Yang. (daughter)
About the victim
Professor Rahile Dawut is a scholar of Uyghur folklore and the geography of Uyghur Sufi shrines. She founded the Ethnic Minorities Folklore Research Center at Xinjiang University where she built an intellectual home for dozens of young researchers. She is widely celebrated for her pathbreaking work as one of the first female Uyghur academics to receive her PhD and rise through the ranks of Chinese academia.
Address: Urumqi.