【新唐人2014年09月24日讯】维族学者被判无期徒刑 舆论哗然
北京维族学者伊力哈木•土赫提（Ilham Tohti），9月23号，被新疆乌鲁木齐中级法院以“分裂国家”的罪名，判处无期徒刑，剥夺政治权利终身，并没收个人全部财产。
宣判公布后，海内外舆论哗然。
关注伊力哈木案的大陆活动人士纷纷在网上发言，指责这个判决“无耻”，是政治报复性判决。
西藏问题学者王力雄在社交网站推特上说：“2014年9月23号，当局制造了一位维吾尔的曼德拉。”
福建泉州网民“一头活猪”则质问说：“一个和你讲道理的人都能判无期？你们真的就只听得懂枪炮声吗？”
国际社会也纷纷发表声明表示谴责，“国际特赦”组织形容这次判决“侮辱司法”，欧盟认为中共判伊力哈木无期徒刑“完全没有理由”，“人权观察”组织中国部主任索菲•理查森也表示，“伊力哈木一贯明确以和平方式倡导不同族群与国家之间的理解与对话，如果北京是这样定义‘分裂主义’活动，新疆当地和族群之间的紧张将难望平息。”
“世界维吾尔人大会”发言人迪里夏提则表示，中共当局重判伊力哈木，让对中共还抱有希望、和摇摆不定的维吾尔人感到彻底的失望。
北京“中央民族大学”经济学教授伊力哈木，被外界普遍认为是一位温和的批评者，主张改善新疆维族人与汉人之间的沟通，他在2006年创办“维吾尔在线”网站，经常发表捍卫维族人权利的言论，并多次公开质疑中共高压统治新疆的政策。
香港罢课学生 要求与梁正英对话
香港大专院校学生为期一个星期的罢课，9月23号进入第二天，抗议学生前往政府总部，要求与香港特首梁振英对话，并警告说，如果梁振英四十八小时内不与学生及市民对话，他们的抗议活动将会升级。
同一天，香港“占领中环”发起人、香港大学法学院副教授戴耀廷，也在他的个人脸书上向香港市民发出参与“占中”的邀请，他说，“在别人庆祝国家的大日子时，我们也会在中环摆下一场争取香港民主的盛宴，欢迎所有支持民主并愿意为达此目标而有所付出的人来赴宴。”
外界认为，这是“和平占中”发起人，首次发出明确暗示，他们将于十月一号启动“占中”行动。
编辑/周玉林
Public Outcry over Life Sentence for Uyghur Scholar
On Sept. 23, Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti was sentenced to life imprisonment, deprived of political rights for life
and has had all of his personal property confiscated on charges
of “separatism" by Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court.
The announcement has triggered global public outcry.
Mainland Chinese activists closely watching his case all posted
online, criticizing the sentence as “shameless" political revenge.
Tibet scholar Wang Lixiong posted on Twitter that day, saying
“the authorities have created a Uyghur Nelson Mandela."
A Quanzhou, Fujian, netizen with the alias, “A Live Pig"
questioned: “How can you sentence a reasonable person?
Do you only understand guns thundering?”
Voices in the international community
have also condemned the sentence.
Human rights group Amnesty International
says the sentence is “an affront to justice".
The EU says that there is no reason for the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP)’s sentence on Tohti.
The China director Sophie Richardson at Human Rights Watch
said, “Tohti has consistently, courageously and unambiguously
advocated peacefully for greater understanding and dialogue."
“If this is Beijing’s definition of ‘separatist’ activities,
it’s hard to see tensions in Xinjiang
and between the communities decreasing"
The World Uyghur Congress spokesman Dilshat Rexit says the
Uyghurs who had held hope and uncertainty toward the CCP
feel thoroughly disappointed in it after Tohti’s heavy sentence.
Tohti, who was an economist at Minzu University of China,
was widely considered as a moderate critic.
He advocated improving communication
between Uyghur and Han Chinese in Xinjiang.
In 2006, he founded the Uyghur Online website
and often defended the Uyghur rights on it.
He has publicly questioned the CCP’s high pressure policy
on Xinjiang.
Hong Kong Strike Students Demand Dialogue with Leung Chun-ying
Hong Kong university students’ are now into the second day
of their week-long strike.
The students went to the government to request dialogue with
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, and warned
that if there was no dialogue within forty-eight hours,
they would upgrade their protest.
Daiyao Ting implied that occupy central would begin on Oct. 1
On the same day, Hong Kong Occupy Central founder,
University of Hong Kong Associate Professor of Law
Benny Tai Yiu-ting, also invited people on Facebook.
He said that the day while other people are celebrating
the national holiday, they will provide a feast for Hong Kong
democracy in Central on the day.
“We welcome all people who support democracy
and are willing to work for it."
Observers say that this could be the first clear hint from
Tai that the Occupy Central activity will begin on Oct. 1.
Edit/Zhou Yulin
