On October 23, 2014, former Nationalities University professor and Uighur Online founder Ilham Tohti was sentenced by the Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court to life imprisonment for the crime of secession. Ilham opposes this decision and filed an appeal.
Boxun has learned that on Saturday October 4, 2014, Ilham Tohti’s attorney filed his appeal. On Thursday October 9, 2014, Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court forwarded the appeal to the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Higher People’s Court.
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