ຈີນ ດຳ​ເນີນ​ຄະ​ດີ ທ່ານ Tohti

In this Feb. 4, 2013 photo, Ilham Tohti, an outspoken scholar of China's Turkic Uighur ethnic minority, pauses during an interview at his home in Beijing, China. Tohti was set to go on trial on separatism charges on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014.

Guzulnur, wife of detained Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti bids farewell to friends before leaving on a flight for Urumqi at the capital airport in Beijing, China, Sept. 15, 2014.

Guzulnur cries as she bids farewell to friends at the capital airport in Beijing, China, Sept. 15, 2014.

Policemen in riot gear guard a checkpoint on a road near a courthouse where ethnic Uighur academic Ilham Tohti's trial is taking place in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Sept. 17, 2014.

A supporter of Kashmiri lawmaker Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, attempts to jump from a police vehicle after he was detained by Indian police during a protest in Srinagar, India. Dozens of supporters of Rashid were detained by police during a protest against the arrest of former Delhi University lecturer (SAR) Syed Abdul Rehman Geelani and also against the deaths of two youths in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, protesters said.

Foreign diplomats watch from behind police lines outside of Urumqi People's Intermediate Court in Urumqi, China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, Sept. 17, 2014.