(FILES) In this file photo taken on on June 12, 2010, shows the University professor, blogger, and member of the Muslim Uighur minority, Ilham Tohti pauses for a few moments for a view from the window before a classroom lecture in Beijing. - The European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize for Human Rights to intellectual Uighur Ilham Tohti, sentenced to life imprisonment in China for "separatism", at the risk of bristling Beijing, it was learned from political groups. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP)