(Ebook) We Uyghurs Have No Say: An Imprisoned Writer Speaks by Ilham Tohti (ئىلھام توختى, 伊力哈木·土赫提); Yaxue Cao; Cindy Carter; Matthew Robertson; Rian Thum ISBN 9781839764059, 9781839764066, 1839764058, 1839764066

(Ebook) We Uyghurs Have No Say: An Imprisoned Writer Speaks by Ilham Tohti (ئىلھام توختى, 伊力哈木·土赫提); Yaxue Cao; Cindy Carter; Matthew Robertson; Rian Thum ISBN 9781839764059, 9781839764066, 1839764058, 1839764066

Through his writings, Tohti tries to give the Uyghurs a voice. It is a tragic story that speaks volumes about the UK’s current retreat from international law. — Helena Kennedy, Guardian

In Xinjiang, the large northwest region of China, the government has imprisoned more than a million Uyghurs in reeducation camps. One of the incarcerated—whose sentence, unlike most others, has no end date—is Ilham Tohti, an intellectual & economist, a prolific writer, & formerly the host of a website, Uyghur Online. In 2014, Tohti was arrested; accused of advocating separatism, violence, & the overthrow of the Chinese government; subjected to a two-day trial; & sentenced to life. Nothing has been heard from him since.

Here are Tohti’s own words, a collection of his plain-spoken calls for justice, scholarly explanations of the history of Xinjiang, & poignant personal reflections. While his courage & outspokenness about the plight of China’s Muslim minorities is extraordinary, these essays sound a measured insistence on peace & just treatment for the Uyghurs.

Winner of the PEN/Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award & the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought while imprisoned, this book is the only way to hear from a man who has been called “a Uyghur Mandela.”

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Ilham Tohti is a Uyghur economist, writer, & professor who is a co-founder of the website Uyghur Online, also known as Uyghurbiz, which aimed to promote understanding between Uyghurs & Han Chinese. In February 2014 Tohti was charged with separatism & held incommunicado under inhumane conditions for months before he could meet his lawyer. On 23 September 2014, he was found guilty of 'separatism,' & is currently serving a life sentence. He has been incarcerated incommunicado since 2017, with no access to his family or his lawyers.