Nur Bekri, chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo: AFP
Nur Bekri, chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo: AFP
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Xinjiang official Nur Bekri says evidence against Uygur academic Ilham Tohti ‘irrefutable’

Ilham Tohti has been charged with separatism, which can carry the death penalty

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Updated: 9:16pm, 6 Mar, 2014

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Nur Bekri, chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo: AFP
Nur Bekri, chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo: AFP
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