Ürümqi Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/urumqi/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:12:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ürümqi Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/urumqi/ 32 32 59910430 CCS Joins International Outcry At Life Sentence for Ilham Tohti https://concernedscientists.org/2014/09/ccs-joins-international-outcry-at-life-sentence-for-ilham-tohti/ Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:12:10 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3642 After a two-day trial closed to the public, Professor Ilham Tohti, an advocate for China’s Uighur minority, was sentenced to life in prison for “separatism,” a charge he denies. In addition, the court ordered all of his assets confiscated, leaving his family in severe economic distress. The trial appears to have denied him an opportunity […]

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