CHINA-INTERNAL: UIGHUR UNREST/ILHAM TOHTI
Authorities of the Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region have formally charged Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti with separatism, a serious crime that carries a potential death sentence. Prosecutors in Xinjiang announced the news on their microblog account and said they had filed a motion with the Intermediate People’s Court in Urumqi. Tohti was taken by the police from his Beijing apartment in January 2014. |