FILE – 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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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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Teng Biao:Ilham Tohti should get the Nobel peace prize, not life in prison已关闭评论
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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
Chinese Court Sentences Uighur Scholar to Life in Separatism Case已关闭评论
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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
China: Life sentence for Uyghur PEN member Ilham Tohti is further stain on China’s abysmal freedom of expression record已关闭评论
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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
Timeline of Ilham Tohti’s Case已关闭评论
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Posted 19 September 2014 12:02 GMT
Maya Wang posted two photos comparing the outlook of Ilham Tohti before and after the detention on Twitter. Continue reading
Minority Scholar Ilham Tohti Denies Chinese Authorities’ Accusation That He Led a Double Life at Separatism Trial已关闭评论
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BY MICHAEL MARTINA
BEIJING Fri Sep 19, 2014 5:41am EDT
(Reuters) – China’s trial of a Uighur scholar on separatism Continue reading
China separatism trial of Muslim scholar ends, verdict next week: lawyer已关闭评论
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Policemen in riot gear guard a checkpoint on a road near a courthouse where ethnic Uighur academic Ilham Tohti’s trial is taking place in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Sept. 17, 2014.
September 18, 2014 2:38 AM
Chinese scholar Ilham Tohti is expected to defend himself Continue reading
Prominent Chinese Scholar Defends Himself At Separatist Trial已关闭评论
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