Strong support for Ilham Tohti’s Nobel nomination: More than 150 academics in Turkey nominated Ilham Tohti for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. As the nomination deadline for this year’s Nobel Prizes ended on January 31, Uyghur academic Assoc. Prof....
A panel discussion was held at Istanbul University on the struggle of Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for defending the constitutional rights of Uyghurs, and his significance in the East Turkistan cause. An important...
On the 11th anniversary of Ilham Tohti’s unjust imprisonment, Germany-based human rights organizations called on German politicians to take action for his release. On the 11th anniversary of Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti’s arrest by the Chinese government on January...
Activists and academics have sent an open letter to Czech President Petr Pavel, urging him to call on China to release Ilham Tohti and support his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in international fora. Activists and academics from different...
NGOs have written to prominent politicians in Europe, urging them to make a call for the release of imprisoned Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti and to support his nomination for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Enver Can, founding chairman of...
On the 10th anniversary of Ilham Tohti’s unjust life sentence, the EU reiterates its call for his release.
The Ilham Tohti Initiative places three billboard trailers with various slogans reflecting Chinese atrocities against Uyghur people or protesting the CCP’s policy on genocide. The trailers all hold official license plates and are parked in alternating rotations across different...
RFA 12/11/2023 More than 180 high-level officials and experts have nominated jailed Uyghur academic and blogger Ilham Tohti to receive the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his role as “the true symbol of the Uyghur people’s fight for freedom”...
More than 180 ministers, legislators, rectors and professors nominate the most renowned Uyghurscholar imprisoned by China for the Nobel Peace Prize
On the tenth anniversary of Uyghur scholar and activist Ilham Tohti’s wrongful life imprisonment, international calls for his release are intensifying and calls for action are growing.