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Imprisoned Chinese Minority Scholar Given Human Rights Award
A group of advocacy organizations has awarded its annual prize for human rights defenders to imprisoned Chinese Muslim minority economics professor Ilham Tohti, shining new attention on a case that has brought strong international condemnation.
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Backlash Against Chinese Plan to Film Professors
A Chinese province's plans to install CCTV cameras in university classrooms have come under fire from lawyers who say the move will curb academic freedom, state-run media said today.
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China Uighur Scholar Jailed Over Lecture
A prominent Chinese scholar from the mostly-Muslim Uighur ethnic group was jailed for life because of remarks he made in a university class about the restive Xinjiang region, state-media reported Thursday.
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Uighur Scholar Sentenced to Life Urges 'Peace' from Prison, Says Lawyer
A prominent Uighur academic sentenced to life in prison called Wednesday for "peace", his lawyer said, as China hit back at western powers which accused it of silencing a moderate voice.
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China Court Sentences Uighur Scholar to Life in Prison For Separatism
A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced to life in prison the country's most prominent advocate for the rights of Muslim Uighur people, his lawyer said, the latest sign of Beijing's determination to suppress dissent.
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Minority Scholar Denies Separatism Charges at China Trial
A Muslim Uighur scholar accused of separatism sought to show on Thursday that his writings and classroom lectures, including rhetoric saying Chinese are dragons and Uighurs are wolves, were not a campaign to split his native Xinjiang region from China.
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Chinese Minority Scholar Indicted for Separatism
An outspoken Chinese minority scholar was indicted on separatism charges amid a renewed flare-up of bloody anti-government violence in the country's far west.
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Concerns Rise Over China's Detention of Uighur Scholar
Concerns about the prolonged detention in China of prominent Uighur academic Ilham Tohti are rising amid a crackdown by Beijing on Islamist separatists it says are seeking to establish an independent state in the far west.
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Report excessive facial hair in your neighbourhood, get cash reward
Authorities in China's restive Xinjiang region are offering cash to informants who report on neighbours with excessive facial hair, state media has reported.
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Imprisoned Chinese Minority Scholar Given Human Rights Award
A group of advocacy organizations has awarded its annual prize for human rights defenders to imprisoned Chinese Muslim minority economics professor Ilham Tohti, shining new attention on a case that has brought strong international condemnation.
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Backlash Against Chinese Plan to Film Professors
A Chinese province's plans to install CCTV cameras in university classrooms have come under fire from lawyers who say the move will curb academic freedom, state-run media said today.
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China Uighur Scholar Jailed Over Lecture
A prominent Chinese scholar from the mostly-Muslim Uighur ethnic group was jailed for life because of remarks he made in a university class about the restive Xinjiang region, state-media reported Thursday.
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Uighur Scholar Sentenced to Life Urges 'Peace' from Prison, Says Lawyer
A prominent Uighur academic sentenced to life in prison called Wednesday for "peace", his lawyer said, as China hit back at western powers which accused it of silencing a moderate voice.
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China Court Sentences Uighur Scholar to Life in Prison For Separatism
A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced to life in prison the country's most prominent advocate for the rights of Muslim Uighur people, his lawyer said, the latest sign of Beijing's determination to suppress dissent.
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Minority Scholar Denies Separatism Charges at China Trial
A Muslim Uighur scholar accused of separatism sought to show on Thursday that his writings and classroom lectures, including rhetoric saying Chinese are dragons and Uighurs are wolves, were not a campaign to split his native Xinjiang region from China.
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Chinese Minority Scholar Indicted for Separatism
An outspoken Chinese minority scholar was indicted on separatism charges amid a renewed flare-up of bloody anti-government violence in the country's far west.
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Concerns Rise Over China's Detention of Uighur Scholar
Concerns about the prolonged detention in China of prominent Uighur academic Ilham Tohti are rising amid a crackdown by Beijing on Islamist separatists it says are seeking to establish an independent state in the far west.
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Report excessive facial hair in your neighbourhood, get cash reward
Authorities in China's restive Xinjiang region are offering cash to informants who report on neighbours with excessive facial hair, state media has reported.
