Opera, ice cream, activism – daughter of jailed Uyghur scholar shares Father’s Day memories

Opera, ice cream, activism – daughter of jailed Uyghur scholar shares Father’s Day memories

Jewher Ilham will not see her father, the Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, this Father’s Day. In fact, she has not seen him since 2013, when he was detained by the Chinese authorities and later sentenced to life in prison on baseless charges of “separatism”. Here Jewher, who has campaigned tirelessly for her father’s release and against repression of Uyghurs in their homeland in western China, recalls some of her fondest memories of him. A hallway li…

Opera, ice cream, activism – daughter of jailed Uyghur scholar shares Father’s Day memories - Amnesty International Ireland

Jewher Ilham will not see her father, the Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, this Father’s Day. In fact, she has not seen him since 2013, when he was detained by the Chinese authorities and later sentenced to life in prison on baseless charges of “separatism”. %