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51ÂÜÀò Library Talking in the Library Series & Scholars at Risk Student Advocacy Seminars present In conversation: a virtual discussion with Jewher Ilham, daughter of Uyghur imprisoned scholar Ilham Tohti, and Akida Pulati, daughter of missing Uyghur scholar Rahile Dawut.

Ms. Ilham graduated from Indiana University in May of 2019. As an advocate for her imprisoned father, she testified before the U.S. Congressional-Executive Committee on China, and wrote op-eds in The New York Times. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, and works for the Worker Rights Consortium to Combat Forced Labor.

Ms. Pulati was born in Urumqi in Xinjiang, and recently completed graduate school at the University of Washington. Her mother has been missing since 2017. Akida recently accepted the Scholars at Risk "Courage to Think" award on her mother’s behalf.

Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Time: 7:00 PM

Sponsored by: The Mary Tefft White Endowment

Time

Mar 3, 2021 07:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)