Ilham Tohti
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PRESS RELEASE: Seventh Anniversary of Prof. Ilham Tohti’s Verdict
Ilham Tohti Initiative e.V. PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: 10:00 CET Date: 23 September 2021 Subject: Seventh Anniversary of Prof. Ilham Tohti’s Verdict Contact: Enver Can, +491738912048, enver.can@web.de The Ilham Tohti Initiative e.V. is commemorating the seventh anniversary of Prof. Ilham Tohti’s life imprisonment with growing concern and sorrow about both mental and physical health of the Uyghur scholar. Prof. Tohti was unjustly sentenced to life in prison for “separatism” – a notion he vehemently opposed in 2014 following a two-day show trial in an Urumchi Intermediate Court. Before his imprisonment, Prof. Tohti was an economist at Nationality (Minzu) University of China and an outspoken critic of relations between Uyghurs and the Han majority. Thus, Christina Rendon from Martin Ennals Foundation says” QUOTE “… Ilham Tohti, was granted the Martin Award for human Rights Defenders in 2016, two years after he was condemned to a life behind bars. China’s Mandela has been convicted for “separatism”, while Tohti relied on pen and paper only to foster dialogue and understanding between China’s Han majority and the Muslim Uighur ethnic minority…“. UNQUOTE In an essay from 2009 focusing on Han Chinese arrogancy, Ilham Tohti wrote: “Diversity and respect and harmonious coexistence in one country is the ideal life that most Uyghurs aspire to. My hunch tells me that Uyghurs are becoming victims of ethnic politics. Some politicians are even using inter-ethnic discord and contradictions to try to divert the main conflict to achieve their ulterior motives. I am afraid that in the future they will probably stir up ethnic conflicts on the structural rocks they think, they need …. creating tragedy.” Some Uyghur observers say, that Ilham Tohti saw the signs of today’s “ethnic genocide” against Uyghur people in advance and warned the Chinese government to take precaution measures accordingly. According to Mr. Enver Can, the founding […]
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Appeal to the European Parliament to award this year’s prize to Jimmy Lai
We were in Strasbourg in December 2019 when Ilham Tohti, a Uyghur Professor sentenced to a life sentence for expressing his opinions, received the Sakharov Prize. By giving the Sakharov Prize to a Uyghur intellectual, the Parliament sent a strong signal to the world. It was a courageous move as it clearly underlined the dreadful situation of the oppressed citizens of all origins in China. We now urge the Parliament to award this year’s prize to Jimmy Lai, who is now in jail too, for having tried to protect the right to a free press in a free society. We all know how brutal and swift the crushing of any kind of dissent has been in Hong Kong in 2020. Numerous young activists, trade union members, lawyers, students have been arrested and sentenced to jail in 2021. Giving the Prize to Jimmy Lai will be a renewal of the strong message to the Chinese regime which has more and more openly violated the Universal values. Jimmy Lai is the Founder of the Apple Daily tabloid and a fierce critic of Beijing. The media tycoon has refused to leave Hong Kong in spite of the pressure increasing around him and his staff. He has been sentenced to 14 months in prison after being found guilty of “unauthorized assembly”. The truth is Jimmy Lai has always been a fierce critic of the Chinese Communist Party. That is his real “crime”. Giving the Prize to Jimmy Lai will also be a very much needed signal to the entire population of Hong Kong, who is reeling under the newly imposed National Security Law. The progress of the Chinese totalitarian is terrifying and must not be allowed to continue thus. How should the European Parliament respond to such brazen disrespect of the most obvious rights: freedom […]
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Live Webinar in Chinese: The Uyghur Issue(3)
Invitation to a life Webinar in Chinese language on Friday, 12th of March at 4:00 PM (CET). Topic: The Uyghur Issue(3) – Uyghur GenocideAwareness, Dialogue and Outlook Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bQ06w8mQTCOtBMGcb0WCIg Zoom ID: 819 5862 7226 邀請参加Zoom网络研讨会。时间:2021年3月12日 04:00 下午 阿姆斯特丹,柏林,罗马,斯德哥尔摩,维也纳主题:維吾爾議題(3)——維吾爾種族滅絕真相、對話與解決方案 提前注册此网络研讨会:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bQ06w8mQTCOtBMGcb0WCIg Zoom ID:819 5862 7226 注册后,您将收到确认电子邮件,其中包括关于加入网络研讨会的信息。
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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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