A Swede’s Life Sentence in China Shines Light on a Dark Crevice

Cecilia Samuelsson  |  Epoch Times George Karimi was the first European to receive a life sentence in China. He spent the first two years in a detention center without even knowing what he was accused of. Then he stood trial as the ringleader of a gang counterfeiting U.S. dollars. All this was news to Karimi, he […]

Professor Ilham Tohti Calls for Family to Appeal His Case

<!–[CDATA[China Change This article was first published in China Change on October 16, 2015 Ilham Tohti, the Uighur scholar and public intellectual currently serving a life sentence in prison, has called on his family to engage lawyers and lodge an appeal for him through the Chinese judicial system. Ilham made the request on the second occasion that family […]