By Isabel Marques da Silva, Laura Ruiz Trullols • last updated: 19/12/2019 Euronews The Uyghur economist and human rights activist Ilham Tohti is this year’s Sakharov Prize winner for dedicating his life to the fight for the rights of China’s Muslim minority. In prison...
By Ilham Tohti Institute 28th September 2019 Two days before announce the European “Václav Havel Human Rights Prize” 2019 for three nominees including Uyghur Professor Ilham Tohti whom sentenced for life in prison by Chinese government for his campaign...
Reporters Without Borders calls on the authorities to stop holding Uyghur academic and citizen-journalist Ilham Tohti incommunicado. Tohti’s family has received no news of him since his arrest at his Beijing home on 15 January. No one knows for sure, but he...
Mr. Enver Can received the “Freedom Prize” from the Liberal International on 30th November 2018 in Den Haag on behalf of Uyghur professor Ilham Tohti who was sentenced to life in prison by Chinese court in 2014.
Imprisoned Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti awarded the 2017 Human Rights Prize of the city of Weimar (Germany).Mr. Enver Can, Prezident of the Ilham Tohti Initiative e. V. Has received the Prize on 10 th December 2017 at a special...
Dec 06, 2017 Huffpost This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in Washington D.C. to meet with President Barack Obama. It will be President Xi’s first state visit to the U.S. and an impressive—and tight—itinerary of bi-lateral talks, meetings, banquets...
Mr. Enver Can received the “Citizen Power Award 2017” from the “Initiative for China” in Tokyo on behalf of Prof. Ilham Tohti on 16th November 2017 during a special Ceremony held at the Japanese Parliament.
Founding Assembly Conference of Ilham Tohti Initiative e. V. Conference on 12th December 2016 Ilham Tohti and the Uyghur Human Rights Ilham Tohti and the human rights of the Uyghurs – broadcast on Monday, December 12, 2016, live as...
On 15 January 2014, Chinese authorities arrested Ilham Tohti, a Uighur economics professor at the prestigious Minzu University in Beijing. Today, February 16, marks the 32nd day of his detention. His family has yet to receive any legal document...
Human Rights Watch September 15, 2014 Late 2005 Living in Beijing and teaching at Beijing’s Minzu University of China, Ilham Tohti establishes “Uighur Online,” a website published in Chinese and Uighur “to provide Uighurs and Hans with a platform for discussion and...