伊力哈木‧吐赫 Uighur Professor Ilham Tohti

From China Free Press

Uighur Professor Ilham Tohti Arrested in Beijing: Central Nationalities University Professor, Founder of Uighur Online Blog
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By chinafreepress.org (translation)
Jul 8, 2009 - 12:47:36 PM

Uighur Professor Ilham Tohti Arrested in Beijing: Central Nationalities University Professor, Founder of Uighur Online Blog

China Free Press via Boxun reports that on Tuesday July 7 moderate Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti--founder of the Uyghur Online blog (http://www.uighurbiz.cn) and economics professor at Beijing’s Central Nationalities University--was arrested in Beijing.

Ilham resolutely opposes the use of violence in resolving China's ethnic disputes. He advocates Uighurs and Hans working together to secure their democratic rights. Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Chairman Nur Bekri has labeled Uighur Online as a primary instigator of the Sunday July 5 violence in Urumqi.

Full Chinese report: http://news.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2009/07/200907081401.shtml

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維吾爾在線創辦人中央民族大學教授傳被捕
2009-07-09 15:45:07　中央社台北9日電

大陸消息人士透露，溫和派維吾爾族學者、中央民族大學教授伊力哈木‧吐赫提昨晚與親友失去聯繫，傳已被逮捕。伊力哈木是「維吾爾在線」網站創辦人。
博訊網消息指出，伊力哈木反對以暴力解決民族關係，主張維族應與漢族民眾一起爭取民主權利。但「維吾爾在線被新疆自治區主席努爾‧白克力指為7.5事件的背後煽動者之一。」

伊力哈木在博客（部落格）上最後發表的文章稱：「我只想對努爾‧白克力說，您說的對，您說的什麼都對，你說了算。我已經得罪了太多的老大，也可能包括您和其他我不想也不敢得罪的人。但是，是非有公道。

我給自己說：心平氣和、冷靜分析。」

伊力哈木認為，司法訴訟是解決法制社會糾紛最公平的方式。「我有自己的律師團，到時請不要給我指定律師，我拒絕任何指定的律師。