Tuesday, September 23, 2014

China jails Uighur scholar for life for ‘separatism’: lawyer

BEIJING, China, Sep 23 – A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced a prominent scholar from China’s mostly-Muslim Uighur minority to life in prison for “separatism,” his lawyer said, in a case which critics say could add to tensions in the restive Xinjiang region. Ilham Tohti, a former university professor and outspoken critic of Beijing’s policies […]

China jails Uighur scholar for life for ‘separatism’: lawyer