China: Uighur activist held in Beijing

رقم الوثيقة: ASA 17/034/2009
تاريخ النشر: 20 يوليو 2009
التصنيفات: الصين

Ilham Tohti, editor of the website Uighur Online and associate economics professor at Central Nationalities University in the Chinese capital, Beijing, has been held incommunicado by the authorities since 8 July 2009. His whereabouts are unknown, and he is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He is a prisoner of conscience, held solely for exercising his right to peaceful freedom of expression.