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While teaching, he regularly highlighted the religious and cultural persecution of the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic minority in northwest China\u2019s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was sentenced to life in prison on Sept. 23 the same year following a two-day show trial on charges of promoting separatism and has not been seen or heard from since 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/01\/12UIGHUR-web1-superJumbo-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/01\/12UIGHUR-web1-superJumbo-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/01\/12UIGHUR-web1-superJumbo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/01\/12UIGHUR-web1-superJumbo-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/01\/12UIGHUR-web1-superJumbo-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/01\/12UIGHUR-web1-superJumbo.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. State Department, lawmakers and human rights groups marked the 10th anniversary of jailed Uyghur academic and blogger Ilham Tohti\u2019s arrest on Monday with renewed calls for China to release him, while his daughter urged Beijing to provide proof that he remains alive. 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