Ten Years Since Arrest, SAR Calls for Release of Professor Tohti
January 16, 2024
January 16, 2024
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 -- Scholars at Risk issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2024:
Professor Ilham Tohti was arrested ten years ago today for promoting dialogue and reconciliation between Uyghurs and Han Chinese. Scholars at Risk demands his immediate release.
Professor Tohti is a scholar of economics who taught at the Central Minzu University in Beijing and an advocate for the rights of Uyghurs. On January 15, 2014, police raided Professor Tohti's home, where th . . .
Professor Ilham Tohti was arrested ten years ago today for promoting dialogue and reconciliation between Uyghurs and Han Chinese. Scholars at Risk demands his immediate release.
Professor Tohti is a scholar of economics who taught at the Central Minzu University in Beijing and an advocate for the rights of Uyghurs. On January 15, 2014, police raided Professor Tohti's home, where th . . .