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A Documentary on Ilham Tohti: His Current Situation and His Work

October 29, 2015

Flag of China, human rights violator

CCS has been working for the release of Ilham Tohti, formerly a professor at Minzu University in Beijing. He has been involved in attempting to improve the plight of the Uighur population in the People’s Republic of China. He was sentenced to life in prison in September 2014 for advocating for basic economic, cultural, religious and political rights for this population. Watch the documentary on ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Press Tagged With: China, Ilham Tohti, Uighur People

Ilham Tohti Requesting Legal Counsel for Appeal of His Case

October 19, 2015

Ilham Tohti

Ilham Tohti has called on his family to engage lawyers and lodge an appeal for him through the Chinese judicial system. Tohti was arrested on July 30, 2014 and charged, after a period of detention, with separatism, which he denies. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Tohti was a Professor at Central Minorities University in Beijing. He has been an advocate for the Uighur ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Press Tagged With: Academics, Beijing, China, Ilham Tohti, Uighur People, Uyghur people

Ilham Tohti, Arrested in January
Now Charged with Separatism

August 13, 2014

Ilham Tohti

On July 30, prosecutors announced online that Ilham Tohti, a professor at Central Minorities University in Beijing, had been formally charged with separatism, a crime which carries a potential death penalty. Tohti, an economics professor of economics and advocate for the rights of the Chinese Uighur minority, was arrested on January 15, 2014 and held incommunicado until late June. Tohti's ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: Academics, Beijing, Human Rights Activists, Ilham Tohti, Uighur People, Xi Jinping

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