China - Uyghur citizen-journalist Ilham Tohti detained again

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is worried about Uyghur academic and citizen-journalist Ilham Tohti, who was arrested at his Beijing home on 15 January and has been held at an unknown location ever since. “We call for Tohti's immediate release in view of the clearly arbitrary and illegal nature of his arrest and detention,” Reporters Without Borders said. “It shows how the authorities keep cracking down on the Uyghur community, including those who just freely express their views and inform the world (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - vendredi 17 janvier 2014