Category Archives: Uighur

Ilham Tohti’s Statement after Receiving a Life Sentence for Allegedly “Separatist” Crimes

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By Ilham Tohti, published: September 25, 2014

On Wednesday, September 24, 2014, lawyer Li Fangping met with Ilham in Urumqi Detention Center, Xinjiang. Ilham signed a 15-page appeal Continue reading →

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NICHOLAS BEQUELIN：The Price of China’s Uighur Repression-Jailing of Ilham Tohti Will Radicalize More Uighurs

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SEPT. 25, 2014

China’s sledgehammer approach to dissent was on display once more this week, when the authorities sentenced the Uighur economist Ilham Tohti to life in prison on Tuesday. The verdict attracted widespread international Continue reading →

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Prominent Uighur scholar in China to appeal life sentence: lawyer

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BY SUI-LEE WEE

Uighur academic Ilham Tohti sits during his trial on separatism charges in Urumqi, Xinjiang region
BEIJING Wed Sep 24, 2014 5:19am EDT

 

Uighur academic Ilham Tohti sits during his trial on separatism charges in Urumqi, Continue reading →

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US Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ over Uighur Scholar’s Life Sentence

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24xinjiang02-master315-v2FILE – Outspoken Uighur scholar and advocate Ilham Tohti speaks during an interview at his home in Beijing.

Victor Beattie

September 24, 2014 2:18 AM

WASHINGTON—The Obama Administration has expressed its “deep concern” over the life sentence handed down Tuesday against prominent Uighur scholar Ilham Continue reading →

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Teng Biao:Ilham Tohti should get the Nobel peace prize, not life in prison

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The Uighur academic, and my friend, has devoted himself to fostering relations between the Uighur and Han people. For this, China has locked him up

theguardian.com, Wednesday 24 September 2014 06.48 EDT

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Ilham Tohti Continue reading →

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Chinese Court Sentences Uighur Scholar to Life in Separatism Case

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By EDWARD WONGSEPT. 23, 2014

ALTAY, China — A university professor who has become the most visible symbol of peaceful resistance by ethnic Uighurs to Chinese policies was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday after Continue reading →

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China: Life sentence for Uyghur PEN member Ilham Tohti is further stain on China’s abysmal freedom of expression record

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London, 23 September 2014

The draconian sentence passed on Ilham Tohti, an academic and member of China’s Uyghur minority is a travesty of justice, PEN International said today, as it reiterated its call for his immediate and unconditional release.

The Urumqi People’s Intermediate Court found Tohti guilty of “separatism” after a two-day trial that ended last week and sentenced him to life Continue reading →

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Timeline of Ilham Tohti’s Case

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Late 2005

Living in Beijing and teaching at Beijing’s Minzu University of China, Ilham Tohti establishes “Uighur Online,” Continue reading →

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