FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2009 file photo, economist Ilham Tohti, from China's predominantly Muslim Xinjiang region speaks to students at the Central Nationalities University in Beijing, China. A lawyer says a Chinese minority scholar accused of separatism and awaiting trial has been shackled on his feet for more than a month. That treatment of Ilham Tohti, an ethnic Uighur scholar, is rare and unnecessarily harsh, his lawyer, Li Fangping, said Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)