EU human rights prize to Uighur activist

By Samuel Petrequin
Updated October 25 2019 - 2:33pm, first published 2:29pm
Economist Ilham Tohti of China's Uighur minority has been awarded the EU's human rights prize.
Economist Ilham Tohti of China's Uighur minority has been awarded the EU's human rights prize.

The European Union has awarded its top human rights prize to economist Ilham Tohti for his work defending China's Uighur minority and urged Beijing to release him from jail.

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