NY Times, 25Jan2014: China Accuses Uighur Intellectual of Separatism for His Advocacy Work

China Accuses Uighur Intellectual of Separatism for His Advocacy Work
from the NY Times, 25Jan2014, by Andrew Jacobs

"BEIJING — In an ominous sign of the fate awaiting one of China’s best-known Uighur intellectuals, security officials in the far western region of Xinjiang issued a statement on Saturday that accused him of separatism and inciting ethnic hatred.

The statement provides the first concrete indication that the scholar, Ilham Tohti, an economics professor in Beijing, could face a long prison term for his advocacy on behalf of Uighurs, the Turkic-speaking Muslim minority whose uneasy coexistence with the Chinese authorities has grown increasingly violent."

Full article here:  http://nyti.ms/1f0KauJ