Jewher.Ilham

@JewherIlham

Author.Human rights advocate.Daughter of Uyghur scholar Ilham.Tohti-- The laureate of European Parliament’s 2019 Sakharov award E:Jewher.ilham@workersrights.org

Washington, DC
Joined March 2013

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    25 Oct 2021

    Today is my father Ilham Tohti’s 52 year old birthday. I often get asked by journalists about which one is my favorite photo of my father. I usually pick this one. This pic was shot in my old Nokia phone back on Feb 2nd, 2013- my last time seeing him at the Beijing international

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    🎙️ UPCOMING EVENT 🎙️ "We Uyghurs Have No Say": Ilham Tohti and His Ideals (Chinese language event) 📅 Thursday, April 14, 2022 🕙 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT 📍 /

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    Forced Labor Checker! Please add this extension that notifies you when you’re shopping with a brand that may be implicated in using forced labor – so you can ensure your purchases are not complicit in the .

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    《我们维吾尔人没有发言权》(暂,We Uyghurs Have No Say),伊力哈木·土赫提著。 在被监禁期间获得芭芭拉·戈德史密斯自由写作奖与沙卡洛夫思想自由奖,若想倾听这位被尊称为“维吾尔曼德拉”的勇者的声音,这本书是目前唯一的途径。

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    Mar 10

    New book alert!🚨 “We Uyghurs Have No Say,” by Ilham Tohti, called a “Uyghur Mandela,” for his activism. His words revolutionize the world, reverberating through China’s prison bars.

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    We Uyghurs Have No Say, by Ilham Tohti. Winner of the PEN/Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award & the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought while imprisoned, this bk is nonetheless the only way to hear from a man who has been called "a Uyghur Mandela".

    We Uyghurs Have No Say, by Ilham Tohti.
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    "The comparison of Ilham Tohti to Nelson Mandela rings true as regards his moral courage and the absence of bitterness displayed in his writings." peer Helena Kennedy writes on the new set of essays from Ilham Tohti.

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    Mar 10

    Scholar & father, Ilham Tohti book published on freedom, essays by . End Tohti’s sham life prison sentence by genocidal . Where is Ilham Tohti? Free all Uyghurs!

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    Over the last year, has interviewed prominent female experts on education, diplomacy, democracy, and other urgent issues facing the nation and the world for . Watch their full conversations :

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    Mar 3

    🧵I am starting a writing project (happy to provide more details) and am looking for Uyghurs and Uyghur-Americans willing to be interviewed about their experiences (or their family's experiences) of repression at the hands of the CCP.

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    Mar 3

    Apple’s board is urging shareholders to vote against ALL proposals at this year’s AGM, including our SumOfUs resolution calling on to come clean about forced labor in its supply chain. So, what do they have to hide?

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    Mar 2

    A Uyghur activist talks to customers – revealing the dirty truth about their favorite products. Watch and share this before Apple’s AGM on March 4:

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    Mar 1

    “首相先生,你现在是来到波兰,你没有来到基辅,没有来利沃夫,因为你害怕。” 3月1日,英国首相约翰逊(Boris Johnson)在波兰出席记者会时,遭到一名乌克兰记者含泪质问。

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    Mar 2

    A Russian soldier surrendered. Ukrainians gave him tea, food, and let him call his mother on video. I want to cry from how much I love my country.

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    俄乌战争硝烟弥漫。一个中文名叫“吉利”的乌克兰年轻人,一遍又一遍的用流利的中文,向中国方面不断发出求救的信号。

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    Mar 1

    With immediate effect I am resigning my role as the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law’s Vice Principal for Internationalization and Global Engagement at UCD Dublin.

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    Feb 24

    : "There's a substantive body of evidence that the Chinese government is subjecting [Uighurs] and other Turkic groups to state-imposed forced labor." For more:

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    Feb 24

    : "The one hopeful shift we are seeing with some policy changes such as the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act that really does give [Uighurs] in the diaspora some hope that more change could be possible in the future." For more:

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    Feb 24

    : "We also need to know the importance of providing safe havens for Uighur refugees that have successfully made it out of China." Watch:

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    Feb 23

    Update: will provide remarks on Biden administration’s approach on Xinjiang, in addition to comments by John Allen and an all-star panel including . Please join tomorrow. via

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