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Scholars Want Sanctions On China Over Mass Detention Of Muslim Uighurs
Countries must hit China with sanctions over the mass detention of ethnic Uighurs, hundreds of scholars said on Monday, warning that a failure to act would signal acceptance of "psychological torture of innocent civilians".
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China Tries Students of Convicted Minority Scholar
Seven minority students working for a website run by a prominent Muslim Uighur scholar recently convicted of separatism stood trial on the same charge on Tuesday in China's far west region of Xinjiang, a rights lawyer said.
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China Courts Put Reporter on Trial, Reject Uighur Scholar's Appeal
Chinese authorities put on trial on Friday an outspoken journalist accused of revealing state secrets and rejected an appeal by a prominent Uighur scholar whose life sentence on separatism charges had sparked an outcry from the West.
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China Uighur Scholar Jailed Over Lecture
A prominent Chinese scholar from the mostly-Muslim Uighur ethnic group was jailed for life because of remarks he made in a university class about the restive Xinjiang region, state-media reported Thursday.
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Uighur Scholar's Life Sentence in China Will Chill Dissent: Experts
China's sentencing of a leading Uighur academic to life in prison is an ominous turning point that will deter other intellectuals and risks silencing debate on Beijing's handling of ethnic issues including Tibet, experts say.
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Uighur Scholar Sentenced to Life Urges 'Peace' from Prison, Says Lawyer
A prominent Uighur academic sentenced to life in prison called Wednesday for "peace", his lawyer said, as China hit back at western powers which accused it of silencing a moderate voice.
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China Court Sentences Uighur Scholar to Life in Prison For Separatism
A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced to life in prison the country's most prominent advocate for the rights of Muslim Uighur people, his lawyer said, the latest sign of Beijing's determination to suppress dissent.
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Minority Scholar Denies Separatism Charges at China Trial
A Muslim Uighur scholar accused of separatism sought to show on Thursday that his writings and classroom lectures, including rhetoric saying Chinese are dragons and Uighurs are wolves, were not a campaign to split his native Xinjiang region from China.
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China Trial of Uighur Scholar Within Weeks, Imam Reported Killed
A prominent ethnic Uighur professor from China's Xinjiang could be tried on separatism charges within weeks, his lawyer said on Thursday, as a senior pro-government Islamic leader was reported killed in turmoil in the region.
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China Uighur Scholar Denied Food in Detention: Lawyer
Authorities in China's restive Xinjiang denied food for 10 days to a prominent Uighur academic detained on separatism charges, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday, as nine in the region were sentenced for terror offences.
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Concerns Rise Over China's Detention of Uighur Scholar
Concerns about the prolonged detention in China of prominent Uighur academic Ilham Tohti are rising amid a crackdown by Beijing on Islamist separatists it says are seeking to establish an independent state in the far west.
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Scholars Want Sanctions On China Over Mass Detention Of Muslim Uighurs
Countries must hit China with sanctions over the mass detention of ethnic Uighurs, hundreds of scholars said on Monday, warning that a failure to act would signal acceptance of "psychological torture of innocent civilians".
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China Tries Students of Convicted Minority Scholar
Seven minority students working for a website run by a prominent Muslim Uighur scholar recently convicted of separatism stood trial on the same charge on Tuesday in China's far west region of Xinjiang, a rights lawyer said.
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China Courts Put Reporter on Trial, Reject Uighur Scholar's Appeal
Chinese authorities put on trial on Friday an outspoken journalist accused of revealing state secrets and rejected an appeal by a prominent Uighur scholar whose life sentence on separatism charges had sparked an outcry from the West.
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China Uighur Scholar Jailed Over Lecture
A prominent Chinese scholar from the mostly-Muslim Uighur ethnic group was jailed for life because of remarks he made in a university class about the restive Xinjiang region, state-media reported Thursday.
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Uighur Scholar's Life Sentence in China Will Chill Dissent: Experts
China's sentencing of a leading Uighur academic to life in prison is an ominous turning point that will deter other intellectuals and risks silencing debate on Beijing's handling of ethnic issues including Tibet, experts say.
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Uighur Scholar Sentenced to Life Urges 'Peace' from Prison, Says Lawyer
A prominent Uighur academic sentenced to life in prison called Wednesday for "peace", his lawyer said, as China hit back at western powers which accused it of silencing a moderate voice.
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China Court Sentences Uighur Scholar to Life in Prison For Separatism
A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced to life in prison the country's most prominent advocate for the rights of Muslim Uighur people, his lawyer said, the latest sign of Beijing's determination to suppress dissent.
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Minority Scholar Denies Separatism Charges at China Trial
A Muslim Uighur scholar accused of separatism sought to show on Thursday that his writings and classroom lectures, including rhetoric saying Chinese are dragons and Uighurs are wolves, were not a campaign to split his native Xinjiang region from China.
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China Trial of Uighur Scholar Within Weeks, Imam Reported Killed
A prominent ethnic Uighur professor from China's Xinjiang could be tried on separatism charges within weeks, his lawyer said on Thursday, as a senior pro-government Islamic leader was reported killed in turmoil in the region.
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China Uighur Scholar Denied Food in Detention: Lawyer
Authorities in China's restive Xinjiang denied food for 10 days to a prominent Uighur academic detained on separatism charges, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday, as nine in the region were sentenced for terror offences.
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Concerns Rise Over China's Detention of Uighur Scholar
Concerns about the prolonged detention in China of prominent Uighur academic Ilham Tohti are rising amid a crackdown by Beijing on Islamist separatists it says are seeking to establish an independent state in the far west.
