Imamhesen was only 11 years old when he spoke for the last time with his father in August 2016. His father, living in Kyrgyzstan, remembers the words from that last call he received from Imamhesen and his twin brother, Imamhusen Memetrasul: “They called me saying, ‘Dad, you should come, otherwise they will detain us’.” Imamhesen’s father moved abroad for work and believes that the police were threatening the family because he left Xinjiang. When interviewed, he told Amnesty International: “I think, yes, they disappeared because I didn’t return [to Xinjiang]; even if I would go back, they would still detain my family and myself.” After that call, the father lost contact with his family. The last update he received was in 2017. Since then, he has tried in many ways to gather information from the Chinese authorities about his family’s whereabouts, with no success. He added, “I have no idea where they may be.”