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Chinese minority scholar on trial for separatism

By Jack Chang
Published September 17, 2014 8:54am ET
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Chinese minority scholar on trial for separatism
In this Feb. 4, 2013 photo, Ilham Tohti, an outspoken scholar of China's Turkic Uighur ethnic minority, speaks during an interview at his home in Beijing, China. Tohti was set to go on trial on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 on separatism charges in the country's far western region of Xinjiang. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) | Andy Wong

URUMQI, China (AP) — A high-profile Muslim Uighur scholar and government critic denied allegations that he engaged in separatism as he went on trial Wednesday in China’s far western region of Xinjiang, where authorities say terrorists are seeking an independent state.

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