“I would think in general, one of the tragedies of this whole situation is that if the Chinese government was more reasonable Ilham Tohti could be one of their greatest allies — this is a peaceful, moderate, thoughtful scholar who has spent his whole life trying to find solutions to China’s ethnic tensions,” said Katy Glenn Bass, the deputy director of free expression programmes at the New York-based PEN American Centre. “What they’re doing with this trial is showing that no criticism, no matter how peaceful or moderate, will be tolerated.” Via The Guardian
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:00:01 +0000
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