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My ideals and the career path

I was born in 1969 into a Uighur family in Atush City, Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). I grew up in a government employee residential compound where Uighurs and Hans lived together. My grandfather’s generation was illiterate, but ...[Full text]
 

A Conference on Uyghur crisis and professor Ilham Tohti

Two days before announce the European “Václav Havel Human Rights Prize” 2019,  a “Conference on Uyghur crisis and professor Ilham Tohti” held in Utrich, Netherland, organised by Ilham Tohti Institute … [Full]
 

Interview With Ilham Tohti by Tsering Woeser on 1st Nov 2009

 

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  • USCIRF Welcomes Appointment by Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Nury Turkel to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

    USCIRF FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 26, 2020 USCIRF Welcomes Appointment by Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Nury Turkel to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom  Washington, DC – Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced the appointment of Nury Turkel, a lawyer and Uyghur rights advocate, to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). “USCIRF welcomes the appointment of Nury Turkel to the Commission,” said USCIRF Chair Tony Perkins. “Mr. Turkel brings significant experience as a lawyer and human rights advocate making him a great asset to the Commission’s work. He will especially bring insight and knowledge to the plight of Uyghur Muslims in China and elsewhere.” Turkel was born in a re-education camp at the height of the Cultural Revolution and spent the first several months of his life in captivity with his mother. He came to the United States in 1995 as a student and was granted asylum in 1997. He is the first U.S.-educated Uyghur lawyer. Turkel holds a Master of Arts in International Relations and a Juris Doctorate from the American University in Washington, DC. In addition to his professional career, he has devoted his time and energy to defending the rights of Uyghurs in China and promoting international human rights for all. Turkel is currently a Washington, D.C.-based attorney and Chairman of the Board for the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), which he co-founded in 2003. He also served as the president of the Uyghur American Association, where he led efforts to raise the profile of the Uyghur people in the United States, including organizing and leading the campaign to obtain the release of a Uyghur prisoner of conscience, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, in March 2005. He has testified before Congress, speaking about Uyghur camps and advocating a legislative response to China’s atrocities. Many of his recommendations have […]

     
  • ‘We Shouldn’t Allow Ilham Tohti to Become a Second Liu Xiaobo’

    RFA Uyghur 2018-07-27 Hu Jia, a Chinese human rights activist and critic of the Communist Party of China, has closely followed the case of Ilham Tohti, an outspoken economics professor who regularly highlighted the religious and cultural persecution of the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic minority. Tohti was sentenced to life in prison for promoting ethnic separatism on Sept. 23, 2014 following a two-day show trial and is serving his sentence in No.1 Prison in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where the human rights situation continues to deteriorate. Hu, himself a former political prisoner and winner of the 2008 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, has often served as a conduit for information from Tohti’s family to the outside world. He spoke to Mihray Abdilim of RFA’s Uyghur Service about his fears that Tohti could suffer the fate of 2010 Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died of liver cancer last year in a Chinese prison, where his treatment was late and inadequate. For two years, Ilham hasn’t seen his wife and children. The political situation in the Uyghur region is so terrible that his wife Guzelnur decided not to go back there this year. For a long time, the Chinese government has been implementing a policy called ‘Serve Prison Sentence elsewhere’ mainly targeting the high-profile political prisoners. Because Beijing is the political capital where the embassies of all the democratic countries are located, and the main offices of the UN are also based here. As most political events take place in Beijing, most people who are interested in politics gather here as well. Petitioners from all over the country also come here, and we can say that this is where people who were persecuted in past gather as well. From the Chinese authorities’ point of view, Beijing’s stability is their top priority. That […]

     
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  • ئۇيغۇر ئاكادېمىيىسىنىڭ ئىنىستىتۇتىمىز ئۈستىدىكى رەددىيە باياناتىنى تور بېتىدىن ئۆچۈرۋەتكەنلىكى ھەققىدە

    ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم ئەزىز ۋەتەنداشلار! ئىلھام توختى ئىنستىتۇتى 2020-يىلى 27-ئاپرىل ئۆزىنىڭ قۇرۇلۇش باياناتىنى ئېلان قىلغاندىن كېيىن، ئۇيغۇر ئاكادېمىيىسى رەددىيە باياناتى ئېلان قىلغان ئىدى. بىز ئىلھام توختى ئىنستىتۇتى بۇ مەسىلىگە جىددىي قاراپ، بۈگۈنكى ۋەزىيەتتە ئۆمۈرلۈك قاماق جازاسى بېرىلگەن خىتاي تۈرمىسىدىكى ئىلھام توختى ئەپەندىمنىڭ مەسىلىسى ھەلقىلغۇچلۇق بىر باسقۇچتا تۇرۇۋاتقانلىقى، بولۇپمۇ مۇشۇنداق بىر باياناتىنىڭ ئىنىستىتۇتىمىزنىڭ كېيىنكى خىزمەتلىرى، ئىلھام توختى مەسىلىسى ۋە كېلەچەكتىكى ئىلھام توختى ھەرىكىتىگە بىۋاسىتە زىيان ئېلىپ كېلىدىغانلىقى بىلەن بىرلىكتە، خەلقىمىز ئىچىدە ئىنستىتۇتىمىزغا نىسبەتەن خاتا چۈشەنچىلەرنى پەيدا قىلىۋاتقانلىقىنى نەزەردە تۇتۇپ، ئۇيغۇر ئاكادېمىيىسىنىڭ بىز ناتوغرا دەپ قارىغان مەزكۇر باياناتىنى قايتۇرۇۋېلىشنى ۋە بۇ ھەقتە خەلقىمىزگە چۈشەنچە بېرىشىنى تەلەپ قىلغان ئىدۇق. (ئۇيغۇر ئاكادېمىيىسىنىڭ خاتا يېزىلغان باياناتىنى قايتۇرۇۋېلىشى ھەققىدە چاقىرىق: www.ilhamtohtiinstitute.org/?p=596) بىزگە مەلۇم بولدىكى، ئۇيغۇر ئاكادېمىيىسى ئۆزىنىڭ تور بېتىدىن “ئىلھام توختى ئىنستىتۇتىنىڭ باياناتىغا رەددىيە” ناملىق باياناتىنى ئېلىپ تاشلاپتۇ. ئاكادېمىيەنىڭ بۇ ئىجابىي قەدىمدىن مەمنۇنمىز. نۆۋەتتە، ئۇيغۇر مىللىتى خىتاي ھاكىمىيىتى تەرىپىدىن يۈرگۈزۈلۈۋاتقان ئومۇمىيۇزلۇك مەدەنىيەت ۋە ئىرقىي قىرغىنچىلىقلىرىغا ئۇچراۋاتقان مۇشۇنداق تراگېدىيىلىك كۈنلەردە، بىز ئىلھام توختى ئىنستىتۇتى مىللىتىمىزنىڭ ئومۇمىي مەنپەئەتىنى چىقىش قىلىپ، ۋە ئۇيغۇر تەشكىلاتلىرى ئارا ئىناق ۋە ھەمكارلىق مۇناسىۋەتلىرىنى نەزەردە تۇتۇپ، پۈتۈن كۇچ ۋە زېھنىمىزنى ھازىرقى جىددىي ۋەزىيەتتە خەلقىمىزنى قۇتۇلدۇرۇشقا مەركەزلشەتۇرۇشنى زۆرۈر دەپ قارىغانلىقىمىز سەۋەبلىك بۇ ھەقتىكى قانۇنىي جاۋابكارلىق مەسىلىلىرىنى سۈرۈشتە قىلىش قەدىمىمىزنى توختىتىشنى قارار قىلدۇق. مانا مۇشۇ مۇناسىۋەت بىلەن بىز ئىلھام توختى ئىنستىتۇتى مۇھاجىرەتتىكى ۋەتەنداشلىرىمىزغا بۇ ئەھۋالنى ۋاقتىدا خەۋەردار قىلىپ قويۇشنى زۆرۈر دەپ قارايمىز، ۋاقىپ بولغايسىلەر. ھۆرمەت بىلەن:ئىلھام توختى ئىنستىتۇتى ئىدارە ھەيئىتى 2020-يىلى 10-ماي

     
  • P R E S S R E L E A S E / 27 April 2020

    Ilham Tohti Institute 27/4/2020______________________________________________________________________________ Address: Ilham Tohti InstituteC/o. Enver Can Eichenstrasse 19, 85235 OdelzhausenGermany Topic:    Ilham Tohti Institute For Immediate Release (CET) With this press release, we are kindly informing you that the name of the Ilham Tohti Initiative is being changed to the Ilham Tohti Institute (ITI in abbreviation) to engage with the media, research and publication. The Ilham Tohti Initiative, was officially established on the 6th of August 2016 in Germany. So far the Initiative, among other activities has nominated Prof. Ilham Tohti for many international human rights awards, including the “Sakharov Freedom of Thought Award“ of the European Parliament. The newly formed Ilham Tohti Institute is a non-governmental NGO organisation named after the unjustly imprisoned Uyghur academic Professor Ilham Tohti. The multi-national entity is open to anyone regardless of nationality, ethnicity and religious affiliation, who agrees with Tohti’s ideas and shares his vision. The Ilham Tohti Institute has the goal to promote Ilham Tohti’s ideas and make them into a reality. The ITI will promote them internationally as an instrument to help achieve freedom, equality, democracy, peace and stability for the Uyghur people. To achieve these goals, the ITI will hold international seminars and conferences, make research, publish statements, brochures, books and other printed materials, engage in advocacy work and cooperate with various international bodies, including democratic governments, relevant UN agencies and NGOs, national and local Parliaments to seek their support and solidarity. In scientific and cultural events, the public is to be made aware of the Uyghur people and their present critical human rights situation in China and these interests must be aroused. In this regard, scientists, politicians, writers, activities and artists will provide lectures and other events to draw attention to the culture of the Uyghur’s and their achievements in various fields.  We will campaign for the immediate […]

     
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  • Jailed Uyghur Scholar Ilham Tohti Receives Freedom House’s ‘Freedom Award’

     
  • Ilham Tohti: 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award Winner

     
  • Ilham Thoti: Martin Ennals Award Ceremony 2016

     
  • Enver Can on behalf of I. Tohti, co-winner of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize