The last time Jewher Ilham’s family saw her father, he had lost 40 pounds and his hair had turned grey. He was jailed for life in 2014 after being accused by the Chinese regime of advocating separatism for Xinjiang. Jewher Ilham last saw her father on February 2nd, 2013, in Beijing airport. As well as being imprisoned in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, thousands of miles away from Beijing where his family lived, Ilham Tohti was physically tortured, says Jewher. This file photo taken on June 12th, 2010, shows Ilham Tohti before a classroom lecture in Beijing.

Source: The Irish Times April 29, 2021 10:29 UTC