Source: Pen/Opp CREDITSTEXT: MARIA GEORGIEVA TRANSLATION FROM SWEDISH: CHRISTINA CULLHED APRIL 06 2020 he academic and activist Ilham Tohti had fought for twenty years for Uyghur rights and to enhance a dialogue between the Uyghur and the Han Chinese, before
“My father was trying to be a peaceful bridge between Han Chinese and Uyghurs,” said Jewher Ilham. “He never advocated for independence, never advocated for violence.” In this SAR Spotlight, we feature Jewher Ilham, the daughter of imprisoned Uyghur scholar Ilham
Jewher Ilham, the daughter of jailed Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti, is a graduate from Indiana University who has spoken out in support of his peaceful promotion of equal rights and greater autonomy for the Turkic speaking Uyghur ethnic group in
(Picture: Kamalturk Yalqun, Dr. Rishat Abbas are speaking with Congressman Chris Smith) Kamalturk Yalqun is the General Secretary and Chairman of the Youth Committee for Campaign for Uyghurs. Kamalturk’s Father, Yalqun Rozi, is a famous Uyghur scholar and literary critic.
Campaign for the democratic rights of the Uyghur people by investigating, exposing and confronting the CCP’s Uyghur Genocide.
