Bakytgul Oralbay
巴合提古丽 · 吾力拜依
Assumed Location
Prison, Kunus, Ghulja
Suspected Reasons for Arrest or Detention
Visiting relatives in Kazakhstan several times
Official Reason for Arrest or Detention
Unknown
Last Contact
March 2018
The last time her sister spoke to Bakytgul was over a phone call in August 2016. Bakytgul was working as a journalist before she was taken to an internment camp in Kuytun in March 2018. 45-year-old Bakytgul was later sentenced to 19 years imprisonment and transferred to a prison in Kunes county around September 2018. Her sister, who lives in Turkey, believes that she might have been detained because she used to visit other family members in Kazakhstan. Before her detention, Bakytgul had a chest surgery. Bakytguls brother Dilshat Oralbay] (#case-SR094), and sister [Bagila Oralbay, are also in detention.
Personal Details
Bakytgul loves singing, dancing, going to KTV, and hanging out with her sisters. She has two children who miss her.
Date of Birth
10 May 1977
Ethnicity
Kazakh
Hometown
Ghulja (Yining)
Profession
Journalist, previously worked in a printing house
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