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Chinese court upholds life sentence for Uyghur scholar

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ethnic Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti. On Nov. 21, 2014, a Chinese appeals court upheld a sentence of life imprisonment for Tohti, who was convicted of separatism in September, according to his lawyer.

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Chinese court sentences Uyghur scholar to life in prison

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in June 2010 shows Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti. On Sept. 23, 2014, the Urumqi People's Intermediate Court in the western China region of Xinjiang sentenced Tohti to life in prison for separatism, an unusually severe conclusion to a case that has drawn condemnation from around the world. The sentence, which includes the seizure of all of Tohti's assets, is the harshest punishment handed down to a Chinese activist in the recent past.

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Chinese court sentences Uyghur scholar to life in prison

URUMQI, China - The roads around the Urumqi People's Intermediate Court (C back) in the western China region of Xinjiang are blockaded by police on Sept. 23, 2014. The same day, the court sentenced Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti to life in prison for separatism, an unusually severe conclusion to a case that has drawn condemnation from around the world.

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Chinese court sentences Uyghur scholar to life in prison

URUMQI, China - Photo taken Sept. 23, 2014, shows the Urumqi People's Intermediate Court in the western China region of Xinjiang. The same day, the court sentenced Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti to life in prison for separatism, an unusually severe conclusion to a case that has drawn condemnation from around the world.

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Minority Uyghur scholar accused of separatism goes on trial

BEIJING, China - File photo taken in June 2010 shows Ilham Tohti, a prominent scholar of China's Uyghur ethnic minority. Tofti, accused of advocating independence for the country's restive Xinjiang region, went on trial on Sept. 17, 2014, amid a stepped-up crackdown on what Beijing says is terrorism committed by separatists.

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China indicts prominent Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows prominent Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, who was indicted by Chinese prosecutors on July 30, 2014, on charges of inciting separatism. Tohti has denied any wrongdoing and involvement in separatism, his lawyer said late last month after meeting the scholar at a cell in Urumqi, the capital of the far-western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

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Uyghur scholar

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, an associate professor at Minzu University of China in Beijing. China has arrested Tohti on suspicion of inciting secession, after he was taken away from his home more than a month ago without explanation, his lawyer said on Feb. 25, 2014.

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China detains Uyghur scholar

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Ilham Tohti, an associate professor at the Beijing-based Minzu University of China. On Jan. 16, 2014, China acknowledged it has detained the Uyghur scholar but disclosed no details on what he is alleged to have done.

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Uyghur scholar

BEIJING, China - File photo shows Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti during an interview in Beijing, China, in June 2010.

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Chinese court upholds life sentence for Uyghur scholar

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ethnic Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti. On Nov. 21, 2014, a Chinese appeals court upheld a sentence of life imprisonment for Tohti, who was convicted of separatism in September, according to his lawyer. (Kyodo)

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Chinese court sentences Uyghur scholar to life in prison

URUMQI, China - The roads around the Urumqi People's Intermediate Court (C back) in the western China region of Xinjiang are blockaded by police on Sept. 23, 2014. The same day, the court sentenced Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti to life in prison for separatism, an unusually severe conclusion to a case that has drawn condemnation from around the world. (Kyodo)

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Minority Uyghur scholar accused of separatism goes on trial

BEIJING, China - File photo taken in June 2010 shows Ilham Tohti, a prominent scholar of China's Uyghur ethnic minority. Tofti, accused of advocating independence for the country's restive Xinjiang region, went on trial on Sept. 17, 2014, amid a stepped-up crackdown on what Beijing says is terrorism committed by separatists. (Kyodo)

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China indicts prominent Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows prominent Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, who was indicted by Chinese prosecutors on July 30, 2014, on charges of inciting separatism. Tohti has denied any wrongdoing and involvement in separatism, his lawyer said late last month after meeting the scholar at a cell in Urumqi, the capital of the far-western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Kyodo)

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Michael Zantovsky, Enver Can, Jamshed Yorov, Ivan Djuric (Duric)

L-R Director of the Vaclav Havel Library Michael Zantovsky, Enver Can representing the Uyghur activist Ilham Tohti, Jamshed Yorov - brother of a lawyer and a human rights defender Buzurgmehr Yorov and Program Director of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) Ivan Djuric (Duric) attend the 7th international conference in honour of Vaclav Havel Prize laureate, on October 2, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Enver Can, 7th international conference in honour of Vaclav Havel Prize laureate

Enver Can speaks during the 7th international conference in honour of Vaclav Havel Prize laureate, on October 2, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Can, another speaker at the conference, representing the Uyghur activist Ilham Tohti, 49, who is imprisoned in China and Can arrived to the conference in order to accept the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize in his place. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Michael Zantovsky, Enver Can, Jamshed Yorov, Ivan Djuric (Duric)

L-R Director of the Vaclav Havel Library Michael Zantovsky, Enver Can representing the Uyghur activist Ilham Tohti, Jamshed Yorov - brother of a lawyer and a human rights defender Buzurgmehr Yorov and Program Director of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) Ivan Djuric (Duric) attend the 7th international conference in honour of Vaclav Havel Prize laureate, on October 2, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Enver Can, 7th international conference in honour of Vaclav Havel Prize laureate

Enver Can speaks during the 7th international conference in honour of Vaclav Havel Prize laureate, on October 2, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Can, another speaker at the conference, representing the Uyghur activist Ilham Tohti, 49, who is imprisoned in China and Can arrived to the conference in order to accept the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize in his place. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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7th international conference in honour of Vaclav Havel Prize laureate, Vaclav Havel Prize for Chinese advocate of minority Uighurs Ilham Tohti

Vaclav Havel Prize for Chinese advocate of minority Uighurs Ilham Tohti is seen during the 7th international conference in honour of Vaclav Havel Prize laureate, on October 2, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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7th international conference in honour of Vaclav Havel Prize laureate, Vaclav Havel Prize for Chinese advocate of minority Uighurs Ilham Tohti

Vaclav Havel Prize for Chinese advocate of minority Uighurs Ilham Tohti is seen during the 7th international conference in honour of Vaclav Havel Prize laureate, on October 2, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)