Detained Uyghur Scholar 'Denied Legal Defense': Lawyer
2014-02-18
East Turkestan & the Uyghurs
Forced disappearance of Ilham Tohti
The Rafto Foundation calls for the immediate release of Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti.
China’s war on common sense: The case of Ilham Tohti
For a few weeks we have been following an increasing amount of information regarding the arrest of the Uyghur Professor at Beijing Central Minorities University, Ilham Tohti.
‘Attack’ on Police Patrol in Xinjiang Leaves 11 Dead
Chinese authorities said Friday that 11 people, believed to be ethnic minority Uyghurs, were killed when they allegedly attacked a police patrol in the latest deadly violence in northwestern China’s restive Xinjiang region.
Meet Canada’s defender of the faiths
The ambassador in charge of Ottawa's Office of Religious Freedom defends his mission to support global communities under threat. But some critics see the office as a political tool.
Police Kill 8 Uighurs as China Cites a Terrorist Ambush
The police in Xinjiang, the ethnically divided region in far western China, fatally shot eight people on Friday after what the state-run news media described as an attack by assailants armed with bombs made from gas cylinders.
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Chairmen Express Deep Concern Over the Recent Arrest of Uyghur Economics Professor Ilham Tohti
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission co-chairmen Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Frank Wolf (R-VA) today expressed deep concern over the recent arrest and continued detention of economics professor and Uyghur rights advocate Ilham Tohti.
CHINA: HRF CONDEMNS THE ARREST AND DISAPPEARANCE OF UYGHUR PROFESSOR ILHAM TOHTI
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the arrest and enforced disappearance of Uyghur professor Ilham Tohti and calls on the Chinese government to release him immediately.
Xinjiang Obscures State Security Stats, Trials Likely Up 10%
Dui Hua estimates that the number of endangering state security (ESS) trials in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) rose 10 percent to nearly 300 trials in 2013.
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