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Court records say convicted Uygur teacher preaches violence, separatism

The Uygur teacher convicted of separatism had urged his students to fight the Chinese government with any means and manipulated opinion polls to preach the independence of Xinjiang, according to detailed court records obtained by Xinhua on Wednesday.

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Separatist Uygur teacher jailed for life

Uygur teacher Ilham Tohti was sentenced to life in prison for separatism in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Tuesday.