Xinjiang Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/xinjiang/ 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. Thu, 10 Jun 2021 03:20:10 +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 Xinjiang Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/xinjiang/ 32 32 59910430 Professor of Chinese History Forced to Denounce Daughter to Gain Freedom https://concernedscientists.org/2020/09/professor-of-chinese-history-forced-to-denounce-daughter-to-gain-freedom/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 04:04:00 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8664 The post Professor of Chinese History Forced to Denounce Daughter to Gain Freedom appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 8664 The Situation for the Uyghur Population in Xinjiang Deteriorates and Becomes More Dangerous Daily https://concernedscientists.org/2019/11/the-situation-for-the-uyghur-population-in-xinjiang-deteriorates-and-becomes-more-dangerous-daily/ Sat, 30 Nov 2019 23:29:05 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7708 China is in the process of spying on and detaining its Uyghur population in an attempt to wipe out all groups that are not traditional Hans Chinese. This creates a situation that is very dangerous for the Uyghur population, many of whom get snatched off the street for no reason and detained in what the […]

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]]> 7708 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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]]> 3642 Jailed Uyghur Professor’s Family in Beijing Is Harassed by Police, Daughter Testifies https://concernedscientists.org/2014/04/jailed-uyghur-professors-family-in-beijing-is-harassed-by-police-daughter-testifies/ Wed, 23 Apr 2014 21:00:33 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3277 The wife of Ilham Tohti, who was arrested and charged with separatism (see our letter), cannot access his bank account since his arrest, Tohti’s daughter told the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. Tohti’s young children are traumatized by police harassment, she said, especially after witnessing mistreatment of her father. CCS urges authorities to end to restrictions […]

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