Story Archive
2014-02-27
But little is known about the fate of his two business partners.
2014-02-26
Chinese authorities inform their families of the charges against them.
2014-02-25
Ilham Tohti could face a life sentence, but his lawyer says there is little evidence to support the charges.
2014-02-18
Tohti's family has yet to receive any official documents regarding his detention or the charges against him.
2014-02-14
A Uyghur exile group blames the latest incident on China’s ‘violent’ policies.
2014-02-07
He underlines his fears in a lengthy statement months before he was held on Jan. 15.
2014-02-05
His mother breaks her silence over his whereabouts after more than three years.
2014-02-03
Violence rocks a township in Aksu prefecture.
2014-01-31
Family members receive the first official news since his arrest five months ago.
2014-01-30
Amnesty International issues an 'urgent action' alert for Ilham Tohti.
2014-01-28
The whereabouts of professor Ilham Tohti however remain unknown.
2014-01-27
His lawyer visits Xinjiang's capital Urumqi to inquire about his whereabouts but returns without any clues.
2014-01-24
The World Uyghur Congress raises concerns the men may have been fleeing 'repression' in Xinjiang.
2014-01-24
The decade-long campaigner says authorities conspired to downplay his case.
2014-01-22
Authorities say the attack was an act of separatism.
2014-01-22
His family is forcibly evicted from their Atush home after a nearly decade-long fight.
2014-01-17
Beijing maintains silence over Ilham Tohti's whereabouts and the specific charges he faces.
2014-01-17
Residents say they have been given few opportunities in their new suburban homes.
2014-01-16
An exile group says the detention may set the stage for a new hardline approach in the restive Xinjiang region.
2014-01-15
Ilham Tohti is taken away and his family placed under close surveillance by police from Beijing and Xinjiang.
2014-01-13
Witnesses say another woman was brought in to the same hospital for an abortion.
2014-01-09
Increased armed raids on Uyghur households could lead to more deadly violence, an exile group warns.
2014-01-08
A section of the Urumqi River that formerly ran to the city has now dried up, according to sources.
2013-12-31
After more than 12 years in US custody at Guantanamo Bay, three men are freed.
2013-12-30
Beijing says those who died staged a 'terror attack' on a police station near Kashgar, fueled by religious extremism.
2013-12-30
One of them was nine months into her pregnancy.
2013-12-27
Relatives say they don’t know where he is being held.
2013-12-18
Residents say the violence was triggered by the lifting of a woman's veil by a police officer.
2013-12-16
New clashes in China's restive region leave 14 Uyghurs and two police officers dead.
2013-12-05
His house was flattened while he was locked up in detention.
