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Sakharov Prize - Professor Ilham Toti
November 1 , 2019
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- The European Parliament has awarded the “Sakharov Prize for human rights” to Uighur intellectual Ilham Tohti.
- He has been unfairly sentenced to life imprisonment in China for “separatism”.
- The outspoken former Professor of economics at a Beijing university was sentenced in 2014.
- European Parliament head David Sassoli urged China to immediately release Ilham Tohti and called for the respect of minority rights (Muslims) in China.
Uighurs
- The Uighurs are a Muslim ethnic minority mostly based in China’s Xinjiang province.
- They make up around 45% of the population there.
- Xinjiang is officially designated as an autonomous region within China, like Tibet to its south.
- Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have submitted reports to the UN committee documenting claims of ‘mass imprisonment of Uighurs’.
- The World Uyghur Congress said in its report that ‘detainees’ are held indefinitely without any charge.
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