Description
The words of China's most famous political prisoner In Xinjiang, the large northwest region of China, the government has imprisoned more than a million Uyghurs in re-education camps. One of the incarcerated--whose sentence, unlike most others, has no end date--is Ilham Tohti, an intellectual and economist, a prolific writer, and formerly the host of a website, Uyghur Online. In 2014, Tohti was arrested; accused of advocating separatism, violence, and the overthrow of the Chinese government; subjected to a two-day trial; and sentenced to life. Nothing has been heard from him since. Here are Tohti's own words, a collection of his plain-spoken calls for justice, scholarly explanations of the history of Xinjiang, and poignant personal reflections. While his courage and outspokenness about the plight of China's Muslim minorities is extraordinary, these essays sound a measured insistence on peace and just treatment for the Uyghurs. Winner of the PEN/Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought while imprisoned, this book is nonetheless the only way to hear from a man who has been called a Uyghur Mandela.
Author: Ilham Tohti
Publisher: Verso
Published: 03/15/2022
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781839764042
ISBN10: 183976404X
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Human Rights
- Social Science | Discrimination
- History | Asia | China
Author: Ilham Tohti
Publisher: Verso
Published: 03/15/2022
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781839764042
ISBN10: 183976404X
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Human Rights
- Social Science | Discrimination
- History | Asia | China
About the Author
Ilham Tohti is a Uyghur economist, writer, and professor who is a co-founder of the website Uyghur Online, also known as Uyghurbiz, which aimed to promote understanding between Uyghurs and Han Chinese. In February 2014 Tohti was charged with separatism and held incommunicado under inhumane treatment for months before he could meet his lawyer. On September 23, 2014, he was found guilty of separatism, and is currently serving a life sentence. He has been incarcerated incommunicado since 2017, with no access to his family or his lawyers.