Formal charge against Ilham Tohti comes a day after violence in southern Xinjiang . The government has blamed the unrest on terrorists and separatists from neighboring Pakistan who have been trying to destabilize China. Uyghur-Han relations are a focus of Tohti 's research .
Formal charge against Ilham Tohti comes a day after violence in southern Xinjiang . Tohti went on a hunger strike during his incarceration in January . Uyghur-Han relations are a focus of Tohti 's research .