Category Archives: Uighur

Lawyer For Uyghur Scholar Denied Evidence Ahead of Trial

2014-08-13 

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Ilham Tohti in Beijing, August 2012.
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China detains Xinjiang man for ‘online rumours’

11 August 2014 Last updated at 03:20 ET

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Paramilitary policemen stand guard during a ceremony to award those who the authorities say participated in “the crackdown of violence and terrorists activities” in Hotan, Xinjiang 3 August 2014
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This Week in Free Expression: August 1, 2014

By: Dominic Moran
PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 1, 2014

On Wednesday, China indicted 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award Winner Ilham Tohti, a prominent ethnic Uyghur economics professor and Uyghur PEN member, on charges of separatism. The announcement on Tohti’s case came as security forces flooded parts of southern Xinjiang, the Uyghur Autonomous Region, after the government said dozens of knife-wielding attackers were shot dead this week. Continue reading

China charges Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti with separatism

Tohti’s lawyer accuses prosecutors of ‘shocking’ handling of case and ignoring his rights to a defence

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Tania Branigan in Beijing

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UN body rules that Ilham Tohti’s detention “arbitrary,” violates intl law & requests China to release him immediately

UN body rules that Ilham Tohti’s detention “arbitrary,” violates intl law & requests China to release him immediately Continue reading

Uighur Scholar Will Fight Charges of Separatism in China, Lawyer Says

By CHRIS BUCKLEYJUNE 26, 2014

Ilham Tohti, a scholar and advocate for China’s beleaguered Uighurs. Credit Andy Wong/Associated Press
HONG KONG — Ilham Tohti, a prominent Uighur scholar charged with separatism after he repeatedly Continue reading

No Trial Yet for Jailed Uyghur Scholar, Says Lawyer

Last week, the shroud of silence around the case of detained Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti sparked fears that a secret trial had already been held, and a plea from his wife for information. Now, Continue reading

‘Tell me where my husband is’ – wife’s plea to China’s Communist Party

 

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Ilham Tohti disappeared almost six months ago Photo: AFP/GETTY

Nearly six months after her husband disappeared into the custody of China’s security services, the wife of respected Uighur academic Ilham Tohti issues an emotional plea for information on his whereabouts Continue reading