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.
Full remarks
Bahtiyar Omer
Uyghur rights activist
The Situation of Human Rights in China with Bahtiyar Omer
- On: China
- Summit(s): 2011
- Speaker: Bahtiyar Omer
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