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3 Chinese Students, Missing for Months, Surface to Denounce Uighur Scholar

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By EDWARD WONGSEPT. 26, 2014

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Relatives have said students of Ilham Tohti are being held. Credit Andy Wong/Associated Press

URUMQI, China — The three students Continue reading →

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

Posted on 09/27/2014 by | Ilham Tohti’s Statement after Receiving a Life Sentence for Allegedly “Separatist” Crimes已关闭评论

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 →

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

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

Posted on 09/26/2014 by | NICHOLAS BEQUELIN：The Price of China’s Uighur Repression-Jailing of Ilham Tohti Will Radicalize More Uighurs已关闭评论

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

Posted on 09/25/2014 by | Prominent Uighur scholar in China to appeal life sentence: lawyer已关闭评论

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

Posted on 09/24/2014 by | US Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ over Uighur Scholar’s Life Sentence已关闭评论

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

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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

Posted on 09/24/2014 by | Teng Biao:Ilham Tohti should get the Nobel peace prize, not life in prison已关闭评论

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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Chinese Court Sentences Uighur Scholar to Life in Separatism Case

Posted on 09/23/2014 by | Chinese Court Sentences Uighur Scholar to Life in Separatism Case已关闭评论

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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Prominent Chinese Scholar Defends Himself At Separatist Trial

Posted on 09/18/2014 by | Prominent Chinese Scholar Defends Himself At Separatist Trial已关闭评论

0CA89CC9-7652-40DF-ADA7-50E761424BCA_w640_r1_sPolicemen 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 →

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