The Persecution of the Intellectuals in the Uyghur Region Continues
Specific details are emerging about an alarming number of university professors within China’s Uyghur minority who have been imprisoned...
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Ebby Abramson
Nov 28, 20185 min read
Statement by Concerned Scholars on China’s Mass Detention of Turkic Minorities
As concerned scholars who study China, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Central Asia, and other related regions of the...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 4, 20182 min read
Five Uyghur Professors from Xinjiang University Held in Political "Re-education Camps"
At least five ethnic Uyghur professors from Xinjiang University in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are being held in...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 2, 20184 min read
We Shouldn’t Allow Ilham Tohti to Become a Second Liu Xiaobo
Hu Jia, a Chinese human rights activist and critic of the Communist Party of China, has closely followed the case of Ilham Tohti, an...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 19, 20184 min read
After Liu Xia’s Freedom, it is Time to Redouble the Call for Others’ Freedom in China
On July 10, 2018, Chinese authorities finally ended their de facto house arrest of Liu Xia, a painter, poet, and the widow of Liu...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 15, 20181 min read
Liu Xia, Widow of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo Leaves China for Germany
Liu Xia, the widow of the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, arrived in Berlin, having left Beijing after almost eight years of living under...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 21, 20172 min read
Chinese Dissidents Die After Being Denied Medical Care
Less than four months after the death from liver cancer of scholar, writer, and Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo, another Chinese...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 16, 20172 min read
Liu Xiaobo's Friends Renew Calls for Greater Democracy in China in Wake of Nobel Peace Prize
Friends of China's most prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo have accused the Chinese Government of violating human rights after the activist...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 10, 20173 min read
Chinese Authorities Deny Friends Access to Dying Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo
Friends of China’s most famous political prisoner, the Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo, have issued a plea to Chinese authorities to be allowed...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 26, 20171 min read
Chinese Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo Released from Prison with Terminal Cancer
Chinese Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo has been released from prison on medical parole after being diagnosed with terminal liver...
Ebby Abramson
Mar 27, 20171 min read
China Bars Professor at Australian University from Leaving
An Australian academic researching human rights and barred from leaving China by state security agents on suspicion of endangering...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 18, 20162 min read
Jewher Ilham—"My Father Shouldn't Be in Jail At All"
The daughter of jailed Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti has spoken out in support of his peaceful promotion of equal rights and greater...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 9, 20162 min read
Six Years On, Jailed Nobel Peace Prize Laureate's Family Faces Severe Hardship & Social Isolation
Six years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo seems unlikely to be given a chance to "seek medical...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 15, 20161 min read
China Sentences Lawyer to 7 Years in Jail for Subversion
A Chinese court sentenced lawyer Zhou Shifeng to seven years in prison. Zhou’s Beijing-based law firm, Fengrui, has defended some of...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 27, 20162 min read
Family of Ilham Tohti Faces Severe Hardship
According to Radio Free Asia, the family of jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti is facing extreme hardship and increasing isolation as his...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 22, 20161 min read
China to Allow Family Visit for Jailed Uyghur Scholar
Authorities in Northwestern China’s troubled Xinjiang region have given permission for relatives of jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti to...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 15, 20155 min read
Nobel Laureate & Other Dissidents Remain in Chinese Prisons
The trial of Chinese lawyer Pu Zhiqiang drew condemnation from human rights groups and foreign diplomats on Monday. Pu joins a long list...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 9, 20152 min read
Ilham Tohti Calls on Family to Appeal
Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti was sentenced to life in prison on September 2014 for advocating basic economic, cultural, religious, and...
Ebby Abramson
May 22, 20153 min read
llham Tohti Denied Family Visits and Support
The Chinese authorities have denied the relatives of jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti permission to visit him or to send him clothing...
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