Description
| Product ID: | 9781839764042 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | We Uyghurs Have No Say |
| Subtitle: | An Imprisoned Writer Speaks |
| Authors: | Author: Ilham Tohti |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: historical, political and military, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Memoirs, Social discrimination and social justice, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Human rights, civil rights, Memoirs, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Freedom of information & freedom of speech, China |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The words of China's most famous political prisoner The words of China’s most famous political prisoner 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 and economist, a prolific writer, and formerly the host of a website, Uyghur Online. In 2014, Tohti was arrested; accused of advocating separatism, violence, and the overthrow of the Chinese government; subjected to a two-day trial; and 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, and poignant personal reflections. While his courage and outspokenness about the plight of China’s Muslim minorities is extraordinary, these essays sound a measured insistence on peace and just treatment for the Uyghurs. Winner of the PEN/Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award and 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.” |
| Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
| Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-03-15 |
