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24 September 2014 All Headlines, Argument, İlham Tohti, News
Prominent Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday after a court in the troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang convicted him for "separatism," a charge he has vehemently rejected.
The former Beijing-based Central University for Nationalities economics professor immediately protested when the verdict was announced by the Intermediate Peop...
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19 September 2014 All Headlines, İlham Tohti, News
Chinese authorities in the troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang on Thursday wrapped up the separatism trial of Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, who rejected the charges against him, saying he had done no more than express his views.
The trial of the former Beijing-based Central University for Nationalities economics professor entered its second and final day amid heavy ...
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18 September 2014 All Headlines, İlham Tohti, News
Outspoken Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti denied charges of separatism brought against him at the first day of his trial in the troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang on Wednesday, as human rights groups slammed the hearing as a "politicized show trial."
The former Beijing-based Central University for Nationalities economics professor stood trial amid heavy security at the ...
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13 September 2014 All Headlines, İlham Tohti, News
Chinese authorities in the troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang said on Friday that outspoken Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti will stand trial on separatism charges at a court in the regional capital Urumqi next week, his lawyer said.
Tohti, who has denied all the charges against him as "baseless," will stand trial in at the Urumqi Intermediate People's Court on Sept. 17,...
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05 September 2014 Argument, Culture and Art, İlham Tohti, World
Ilham Tohti speaks during an interview at his home in Beijing, China, before his arrest. He has been charged with the serious offence of separatism. Photograph: Andy Wong/AP
The Guardian, Monday 28 April 2014
As writers and artists, we join PEN American Center today in protesting the arrest of our colleague, Uighur writer and scholar Ilham Tohti, who is bei...
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05 September 2014 All Headlines, İlham Tohti, News, Video Gallery
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05 September 2014 All Headlines, İlham Tohti, News
On 15 January 2014, Chinese authorities arrested Ilham Tohti, a Uighur economics professor at the prestigious Minzu University in Beijing. Today, February 16, marks the 32nd day of his detention. His family has yet to receive any legal document detailing his whereabouts or the charges against him. For years, Tohti has discussed and commented on not only Ch...
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05 September 2014 All Headlines, İlham Tohti, News
Detained Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti has claimed that several inmates in his prison in northwestern China's Xinjiang region ganged up on him and humiliated him, forcing a confrontation that led to him being shackled again, his lawyer said Thursday.
Lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan said he learned about the clash between Tohti and the other prisoners when he met the scholar at the dete...
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04 September 2014 Culture and Art, Video Gallery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-h141RsRA...
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04 September 2014 Culture and Art, Video Gallery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gfLp9J-qU0...
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04 September 2014 Culture and Art, Video Gallery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh64vAyr3jo...
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31 August 2014 All Headlines, Culture and Art, News
Chinese authorities in the troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang have announced a slew of cash incentives for interracial marriages between members of ethnic minority groups and majority Han Chinese, local officials said.
The move immediately drew criticism from overseas exile Uyghur groups, who called it an extension of the ruling Chinese Communist Party's policy of ...