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Uighur academic Ilham Tohti sits during his trial on separatism charges in Urumqi, Xinjiang region, in this still image taken from video shot on September 17-18, 2014.
The economics professor, Ilham Tohti, China's most prominent advocate for the rights of Muslim Uighur people, stood trial in the western region of Xinjiang last week.
(Reporting by Sui-Lee Wee; Editing by Robert Birsel)
Entities 0 Name: Xinjiang Count: 2 1 Name: Ilham Tohti Count: 2 2 Name: Robert Birsel Count: 1 3 Name: Urumqi Count: 1 4 Name: China Count: 1 5 Name: Reuters TV Uighur Count: 1 6 Name: Muslim Uighur Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1uxblVC Title: Explosions Kill at Least 2 in Restive Region of China Description: BEIJING - A series of explosions in the Xinjiang region of northwest China has killed at least two people and caused an unknown number of injuries, state news media reported Monday. The blasts, which occurred Sunday, were the latest outbreak of violence to hit Xinjiang despite increasingly tight security.
