Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ilham Tohti (;; amụrụ ya n'abalị iri abụọ na ise n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1969) bụ onye Uighur na-ahụ maka akụnaụba na-anata ntaramahụhụ ndụ na China, na ebubo metụtara nkewa. Ọ bụ onye na-ekwuchitere mmejuputa iwu nke ọchịchị mpaghara na China, bụ onye ọbịa nke "Uyghur Online", ebe nrụọrụ weebụ hiwere na 2006 nke na-atụle nsogbu Uyghur, ma mara maka nyocha ya na mmekọrịta Uyghur-Han. A kpọrọ Ilham n'ụlọ ya dị na Beijing ma nwụchie ya obere oge ka ihe ahụ mechara.
Julaị 2009 Ürümqi ọgba aghara site n'aka ndị ọchịchị n'ihi nkatọ ya banyere iwu gọọmentị China banyere Uyghurs na Xinjiang. A tọhapụrụ Ilham n'August 23 mgbe nrụgide na nkatọ mba ụwa. A nwụchiri ya ọzọ na Jenụwarị 2014 ma tụọ ya mkpọrọ mgbe ikpe ụbọchị abụọ gasịrị. N'ihi ọrụ ya n'agbanyeghị ihe isi ike, e nyere ya &lt;a href="PEN/Barbara%20Goldsmith%20Freedom%20to%20Write%20Award"&gt; PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award&lt;/a&gt; (2014), Martin Ennals Award (2016), Václav Havel Human Rights Prize (2019), na Sakharov Prize (2019). A na-ele Ilham anya dị ka onye nwere obi umeala ma kwenyere na ekwesịrị inye Xinjiang nnwere onwe dịka ụkpụrụ ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya si dị.