Nurmangul’s husband told Amnesty International that his wife was sent to prison around September 2016 because he was working abroad and could not go back to China when the Chinese authorities asked him to do so. He remembered the last call he received from Nurmangul: “The police called me and said that if you don’t come to Xinjiang, we will detain your wife and kids.” She was taken away just a couple of months after that call. Her husband found out later about her detention through friends still living in China. Despite his numerous attempts to get in touch with the Chinese authorities, he never received information or official documentation about her case. He doubts that there was a fair trial or that she has access to a lawyer of her choice. Nurmangul’s husband, now in Kyrgyzstan, is unable to get in touch with his family in China and is worried for his wife and children. He heard that she is detained in a prison in Kucha, which he describes as “the worst prison in the area”.