Daughter of 2019 Sakharov Prize winner Ilham Tohti receives prize on his behalf

This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Ilham Tohti’s daughter accepted the 2019 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Wednesday on behalf of her jailed father. Tohti, a Uyghur scholar fighting for the rights of China’s Muslim Uyghur minority, has been in prison since 2014 on separatism-related charges. “Ilham Tohti, […]

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