Secret ruling on sensitive Uighur life sentence wrong response to radicalism of repressed minority
A great article in the Economist made this note:
Mr Tohti himself had long expected this day to come. In the video interview below, conducted in November 2009, he talks of being prepared for a long term in prison, or even a death sentence. “That just might be the price our people have to pay,” he says. “Though I may have to go, perhaps that will draw more attention to the plight of our people. People will think more about it and perhaps more people will know about me.”
Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles
Chinese authorities on Friday rejected an appeal against a life sentence by Ilham Tohti, a renowned Uighur scholar jailed on separatism charges. The court also held a closed-door trial for a journalist, Gao Yu, for revealing state secrets. The case against Tohti, who has been a critic of Beijing’s policies toward the Xinjiang region’s Uighur community,…
China Rejects Tohti’s Appeal, Tries Gao
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