Ilham Tohti
China (Xinjiang)
A professor of economics and an Uyghur rights activist who was detained in 2006 and again in 2014; he is currently serving a life sentence for “separatism”.
Ilham Tohti - Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, United States Congress
Ilham Tohti - 2019 Sakharov Prize Laureate, European Parliament
Follow his daughter, Jewher Ilham’s, advocacy to free her father and all Uyghurs:
Testimony of Jewher Ilham - Congressional-Executive Commission on China, United States Congress, Feb. 3, 2022
Because I Have To: The Path to Survival, The Uyghur Struggle. Ilham, Jewher (2021). New Orleans, Louisiana: University of New Orleans Press.