Empty Chair for Ilham Tohti
Empty Chair for Ilham Tohti
Poster used for the empty chair dedicated to Uyghur writer Ilham Tohti, and signed by the members of various Centres during the biennial ICORN Network Meeting and PEN International Writers in Prison Conference, which was held in Lillehammer from 31 May to 2 June 2017 and titled In Other Words. Tohti was arrested in January 2014 and condemned to a life sentence under charges of “separatism”. He is member of the Uyghur Centre, and laureate of the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award 2014. The portrait was drawn by Maxine Young.
Chaise vide pour Ilham Tohti
Silla Vacía para Ilham Tohti
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