On the tenth anniversary of the conviction of Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti, the European Union has called for his „immediate and unconditional release.“ The economist was sentenced to life behind bars in fall 2014 on charges of separatism. According to the statement from the EU’s External Action Service, his imprisonment „is representative of the deeply worrying human rights situation in Xinjiang that was highlighted in numerous reports by UN Treaty Bodies and Special Rapporteurs, and in particular the 2022 assessment report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.“