To mark the tenth anniversary on Monday of his sentencing to life in prison, Marie Holzman writes at the online human-rights journal Diyin on Ilham Tohti’s case and its enduring significance. The essay, which is also...
September 23 marks the tenth anniversary of prominent Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti being sentenced to life in prison on unsubstantiated charges of “separatism” for his work advocating for better treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang...
On November 5, 2023, the Double Exposure Film Festival in Washington, D.C. screened the U.S. premiere of the documentary “All Static and Noise,” which investigates the arbitrary mass detention of Uyghurs and other...
In the span of a week, court cases targeting individuals from a variety of backgrounds have demonstrated the repressive and arbitrary nature of the Chinese judicial system. Journalists, activists, intellectuals, and monks from...
With the release of the Xinjiang Police Files on Tuesday, the world has seen what Xinjiang’s “re-education” camps look like from inside official Chinese government databases: mugshots of thousands of faces, spreadsheets filled...
After Chinese users flocked to Clubhouse to engage in uncensored and freewheeling conversation on topics both serious and silly, authorities blocked the app. One room, “Is there a concentration camp in Xinjiang?,” was...
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Uyghur intellectual Ilham Tohti has been serving a life sentence for separatism since 2014. Widely known during his career as a moderate voice aiming for productive dialogue between Uyghurs and Han within China, the scholar and...
On Tuesday, International Human Rights Day, spokesperson Hua Chunying mounted a familiar defense of China’s rights record at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ regular press conference: Q: It’s the Human Rights...
Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti, who is currently serving a life sentence on separatism charges, has been awarded the prestigious Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament. In granting him the honor, the European Parliament wrote:...
Last Saturday was Human Rights Day, the 68th anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of...
After being detained in early 2014 and formally charged that July, Uyghur intellectual Ilham Tohti...
Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti was detained under accusations of separatism in January 2014, and...
At China Policy Institute Blog, Elliot Sperling of Indiana University looks at how the Chinese...
At least five police officers have reportedly died after being stabbed in a knife attack at a coal...
Xi Jinping’s first state visit to the United States begins on September 22 in Seattle, will...
In 2013, Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti penned the draft of a 24,000 word essay examining various...
At the Lowy Interpreter, Human Rights Watch’s Maya Wang examines planned regulations of...
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