The news article discusses the imprisonment of Uyghur Intellectuals in China as part of the government's assimilation policies in Xinjiang. It highlights the cases of Rahile Dawut and Ilham Tohti, who were both respected scholars and have been imprisoned on charges of separatism. The article mentions the establishment of internment camps for Uyghurs and the targeting of intellectual elites as a form of "eliticide." It also discusses the international response to the situation, including the labeling of the treatment of Uyghurs as genocide and the nomination of Tohti for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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