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stanley cup scholar of China s Uighur ethnic minority, speaks during an interview at his home in Beijing on Feb. 4, 2013Andy Wong鈥擜PBy Per LiljasJuly 31, 2014 4:14 AM EDTProminent Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti was charged by Chinese authorities with 8220 eparatism on Wednesday. The long-expected announcement came amid a period of violent unrest in Chinarsquo far-western Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.The Beijing-based professor of economics is a moderate but determined critic of China treatment of ethnic minority groups. He has been held since January, but was not allowed to see his lawyer until June. His lawyer, Li Fangping, only heard about the charges when the local gove
stanley cup rnment posted the news online, the Guardian reports.Charges against Tohti come at a particularly sensitive time. This week alone, dozens were killed or injured in violence outside the ancient city of Kashgar. Beijing blamed the unrest on Uighur extremists, but human-rights groups claim Chinese authorities exaggerate terrorist ties in order to justify their own use of force. On Wednesday, an imam in the city of Kashgar, who was frequently quoted by state media as praising the Communist Party and denouncing terrorism, was reportedly stabbed to death.Chinese authorities allege that Tohti used a website to, among other things, ldquo pread separatist thinking, and accuse him of urging his
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By Chantelle LeeOctober 8, 2024 9:26 AM EDTHurricane Helenes aftermath could disrupt voting in the 2024 election for North Carolina residents, leaving election officials scrambling to contain the fallout in a crucial swing state.Experts worry that the storm could reduce voter turnout, disrupt ballot delivery, or hamper accurate polling in a state with slim margins. Its going to be more difficult for people to vote, says Jason M. Roberts, a political science professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. And, quite frankly, given the challenges these people are facin
af1 g, voting is probably going to be much farther down on the list of priorities than it otherwise would be. State officials passed emergency measures on Monday to make it easier for disaster victims to cast their ballots in the battleground state. The bipartisan North Carolina State Board of Elections unanimously approved changes in 13 counties where infrastructure, access to polling places, and postal services are likely to continue to be disrupted through the election, the boards Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell said in a press conference. Some of the changes include allowing county boards of elections to change early voting and Election Day voting locations with a bipartisan majority vote, recruiting more poll workers, and allowing voters to drop off their
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