Outspoken Uighur Scholar Detained in Beijing

Posted on 29 January 2014. Tags: Beijing, detained, outspoken, scholar, Uighur

Outspoken Uighur Scholar Detained in Beijing Ilham Tohti, a professor at Minzu University of China, was taken into custody when 30 to 40 police officers raided Mr. Tohti’s Beijing apartment on Wednesday afternoon, his wife, Guzaili Nu’er, said in a telephone interview. Mr. Tohti’s mother, who …

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