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EU Joins US in Criticizing China's Detention of Uyghur Scholar

Ct, 01/18/2014 - 14:02 -- Anonymous (doğrulanmamış)
Ilham Tohti pauses before a classroom lecture in Beijing, June 12, 2010.  Photo: AFP

The European Union joined the United States in criticizing China for the detention of outspoken ethnic minority Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti as Beijing maintained its silence on his whereabouts and the specific charges he faces. The Chinese government said the professor at Beijing's Central University for Nationalities was "criminally detained" from his home on Wednesday because he was "under suspicion of committing crimes and violating the law" but it did not give any details.

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