Li Fangping , his lawyer , cited anonymous sources for the news of his client 's secret trial and sentencing . Beijing-based scholar and critic of China 's policies in Xinjiang may have had a secret trial , lawyer says . Ilham Tohti , who belongs to the Uyghur ethnic group , was arrested in January . Chinese state media has reported that Tohti was charged with separatism . He is currently being held at an undisclosed location.
Beijing-based scholar and critic of China 's policies in Xinjiang may have had a secret trial , lawyer says . Ilham Tohti , who belongs to the Uyghur ethnic group , was arrested in January . Chinese state media has reported that Tohti was charged with separatism . He is currently being held at an undisclosed location.