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The Uyghur Issue(2): Commemoration of the 7th Anniversary of Prof Ilham Tohti’s Imprisonment
January 15 is the 7th anniversary of the arrest of Professor Ilham Tohti. Ilham Tohti Institute organized an online seminar, titled: “Commemoration of the 7th Anniversary of Prof Ilham Tohti’s Imprisonment” 一月十五日,为纪念伊力哈木土赫提教授被捕七周年,伊力哈木土赫提国际机构召开了在线中文研讨会,主题是《维吾尔问题(2):伊力哈木·土赫提教授被监禁7周年纪念》
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Founding Assembly Conference of Ilham Tohti Initiative [Archive]
Founding Assembly Conference of Ilham Tohti Initiative e. V. Conference on 12th December 2016 Ilham Tohti and the Uyghur Human Rights Ilham Tohti and the human rights of the Uyghurs – broadcast on Monday, December 12, 2016, live as the Bavarian State Parliament. Human rights activist Ilham Tohti was sentenced to life imprisonment in China two years ago. Now the Ilham Tohti Initiative met on the occasion of Human Rights Day together with the Society for Threatened Peoples, the Organisation of Unrepresented Nations and Peoples (UNPO) at the invitation of the Bavarian Greens in the Landtag.
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Enver Can on behalf of Ilham Tohti, co-winner of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2019
Council of Europe 02 October 2019 Enver Can explains the fight of the renowned Uyghur public intellectual in China, co-winner of 2019 Václav Havel Prize. Mr Can, member of the Ilham Tohti Initiative, explains that the 2019 co-winner has worked for over 20 years to improve the situation of the Uyghur minority and to foster inter-ethnic dialogue and understanding in China. In September 2014, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Relevant article: Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize awarded to Ilham Tohti
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Ilham Tohti: 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award Winner
PEN America 10 May 2014 Long harassed by Chinese authorities for his outspoken views on the rights of China’s Muslim Uyghur minority, 44-year old Tohti—a member of the Uyghur PEN Center—was arrested by authorities at his home in Beijing on January 15, 2014. The arrest occurred in front of Tohti’s two youngest children, aged 4 and 7, who were forced to sit silently and watch as their home was ransacked and their father taken away. An official arrest warrant and notification of the charges presented to Tohti’s wife on February 25 indicate Tohti has been charged with “separatism” and is being held incommunicado at a detention center thousands of miles from Beijing in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Even Tohti’s lawyer has no access to his client. Tohti stands accused of recruiting followers through his now-banned website Uyghur Online. The charge of “separatism” carries a penalty of 10 years to life imprisonment, or even the death penalty in extreme cases. “Tohti represents a new generation of endangered writers who use the web and social media to fight oppression and broadcast to concerned parties around the globe,” said PEN American Center President Peter Godwin. “We hope this honor helps awaken Chinese authorities to the injustice being perpetrated and galvanizes the worldwide campaign to demand Tohti’s freedom.” Music by: Ted Reichman: http://www.tedreichman.com/ Ilan Isakov: http://ilanisakov.bandcamp.com/ Source: PEN Americahttps://youtu.be/gm6YLWrnKPw
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