Ilham Tohti | Status: Imprisoned | China
Ilham Tohti, a Uyghur economist, writer, and professor, is currently serving a life sentence for promoting ethnic harmony and understanding. More
PEN Condemns the Denial of Family Visits or Support in Prison for Ilham Tohti
PEN expresses serious concern over reports that prison authorities in Xinjiang have refused to allow the jailed Uyghur writer and scholar Ilham Tohti to receive visits or support from… More
Hundreds Rally in New York for Release of Ilham Tohti
"Tohti is exactly the kind of influential moderate the Chinese government should have courted in their professed efforts to build social harmony,” said Dominic Moran, Director of Free Expression… More
China Charges Uighur Scholar Ilham Tohti With ‘Separatism’
The Beijing-based professor of economics is a moderate but determined critic of China's treatment of ethnic minorities More
PEN Condemns Indictment of Ilham Tohti on Charges of Separatism
The government claims an aim to discourage violence, but the denial of peaceful means of expression risks having the exact opposite effect. More
PEN Takes Action, Beijing Takes Notice
Beijing is trying to intimidate and isolate Ilham Tohti’s supporters. These paranoid security measures are in inverse proportion to the solidity of the case against him. More
China Denies Entry to an American Scholar Who Spoke Up for a Uighur Colleague
BEIJING — When Elliot Sperling, an American professor, landed here in Beijing after a 12-hour flight from the New York area last weekend, he found himself dragged by border… More
Writer Ilham Tohti Subjected to Prisoner Abuse, Says PEN
Uyghur writer Ilham Tohti has faced long periods of food deprivation and restraint by shackling during his detention, in violation of China’s international obligations under Article 16 of the… More
Chinese Authorities Confirm Ilham Tohti Has Not Yet Been Tried
While we are relieved to learn that justice was not yet completely thwarted in Ilham Tohti's case, PEN remains immensely concerned about Ilham's prospects for a fair trial if… More
PEN Raises the Alarm: Reports of Secret Trial and Conviction in Tohti Case
If corroborated, this action will mar an already declining human rights record in China, where free expression is ostensibly protected under Article 35 of the Chinese Constitution. More
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