CHINA: Uyghur PEN member, writer and academic Ilham Tohti formally - TopicsExpress



          

CHINA: Uyghur PEN member, writer and academic Ilham Tohti formally charged with separatism; fears for safety. PEN International is seriously concerned for the well-being of Uyghur writer, academic and Uyghur PEN member, Ilham Tohti, who was formally charged with “splittism” on 20 February 2014, amid a crackdown on Chinese Uyghurs critical of the government. His wife received formal notification of the charges on 25 February. Arrested at his home on 15 January 2014, Tohti remains detained incommunicado in an Urumqi detention centre. His lawyer has yet to be granted access to his client. Three of Tohti’s students arrested around the same time, have been formally charged with “splittism” and “revealing state secrets”. PEN believes that Tohti is held for peacefully exercising his right to free expression and calls for his immediate and unconditional release.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:34:48 +0000

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