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You are here: Home / CCS Cases / China / U.S. Congressmen Have Nominated Economics Professor Ilham Tohti for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

U.S. Congressmen Have Nominated Economics Professor Ilham Tohti for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

February 3, 2019

Members of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China recommended to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee that the prize for 2019 be awarded to Ilham Tohti, a jailed Uyghur academic for his commitment to peaceful dialogue between members of the Uyghur and Hans Chinese communities. Tohti was sentenced in 2014 to life in prison for “promoting separatism.” The lawmakers stated that Tohti knew the risks when he spoke out about the state of the Uyghur community but chose to proceed. Since his imprisonment the situation for the Uyghur community in XUAR has escalated to the point that reportedly millions of Uyghur citizens have been placed under surveillance in their own homes, have been taken to re-education camps and their children have been confined to reprogramming schools. Thirteen U.S. Congressmen were participants in this nomination.

Filed Under: China Tagged With: Ilham, Ilham Tohti, Nobel Peace Prize, Tohti, uyghur

Who We Are

Co-chairs

Joel L. Lebowitz, Rutgers University

Paul H. Plotz, M.D., Washington, DC

Walter Reich, George Washington University

Eugene Chudnovsky, Lehman College

Alexander Greer, Brooklyn College

Vice-chairs

Astronomy – Arno Penzias, New Enterprises Associates*

Biology – Max E. Gottesman, Columbia University

Chemistry – Zafra Lerman, MIMSAD Inc.

Computer Science – Jack Minker, University of Maryland, College Park

Engineering – Philip Sarachik, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering

Mathematics – Simon Levin, Princeton University

Medical Sciences – J. Joseph Blum, Duke University

National Sponsors

Nancy Andrews, Duke University

David Baltimore, California Institute of Technology*

Alan J. Bard, University of Texas

Jacob Bigeleisen (deceased), SUNY, Stony Brook

Raoul Bott (deceased), Harvard University

Owen Chamberlain (deceased), University of California, Berkeley

Stanley Deser, Brandeis University

Edward Gerjuoy, University of Pittsburg

Pierre Hohenberg, New York University

James Langer, University of California, Santa Barbara

Peter Lax, New York University

Louis Nirenberg, New York University

Marshall Nirenberg (deceased), National Institutes of Health*

National Sponsors

John C. Polanyi, University of Toronto*

Stuart Rice, University of Chicago

Myriam Sarachick, City College of New York

Harold Scheraga, Cornell University

Sylvan Schweber, Brandeis University

Maxine Singer, Carnegie Institution of Washington

Alfred I. Tauber, Boston University

Steven Weinberg, University of Texas, Austin*

Myrna Weissman, Columbia University

Rosalyn S. Yalow (deceased), Mount Sinai School of Medicine*

* Nobel laureate

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