Bahtiyar Omer, a Uyghur rights activist and Chairman of the ‘Norway Uyghur Committee,’ addresses the 3rd Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy – see below for full prepared remarks.
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Bahtiyar Omer
Uyghur rights activist
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- On: China
- Summit(s): 2011
- Speaker: Bahtiyar Omer
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