Muslim Businesswoman wins Norway prize
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OSLO (Reuters) - A leading Muslim Uighur political activist, jailed by China, on Thursday won a Norwegian human rights award whose winners have sometimes gone on to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Norway's Rafto Foundation said it was giving its annual award to 58-year-old businesswoman Rebiya Kadeer and jailed since 2000 in a case criticised by the United States and others.
It urged her unconditional release and said the prize was a "strong appeal to the Chinese government to respect and protect the civil, economic and cultural rights of the Uighurs as well as other minorities in China".
Many of the Turkic-speaking Uighurs, who make up a majority of Xinjiang's 19 million people, favour greater autonomy for the northwestern region.
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OSLO (Reuters) - A leading Muslim Uighur political activist, jailed by China, on Thursday won a Norwegian human rights award whose winners have sometimes gone on to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Norway's Rafto Foundation said it was giving its annual award to 58-year-old businesswoman Rebiya Kadeer and jailed since 2000 in a case criticised by the United States and others.
It urged her unconditional release and said the prize was a "strong appeal to the Chinese government to respect and protect the civil, economic and cultural rights of the Uighurs as well as other minorities in China".
Many of the Turkic-speaking Uighurs, who make up a majority of Xinjiang's 19 million people, favour greater autonomy for the northwestern region.
Read the whole article at:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6317040
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