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Jailed Uighur Scholar's Daughter Pleads for His Freedom

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   STATE DEPARTMENT -- "My father is a fixer, a bridge-builder, a
   connector. He knows that a better future is one where Han Chinese and
   Uighur children are in school together, are friends together and have
   the same opportunities," saidJewherIlham, who pleaded for the release
   of her father, prominent jailed Uighur scholar and economist Ilham
   Tohti.
   She also petitioned Chinese authorities to release all Uighur girls
   from so-calledre-education camps before Beijing hosts the 2022 Winter
   Olympics.
   Tohti has been serving a life sentence onseparatism-related charges
   since 2014. Chinese authorities [1]accused him of encouraging terrorism
   and advocating separatism in his lectures, articles and comments to
   foreign media.
   

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