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Human Rights Award: Nuremberg does not bow to pressure

The German city of Nuremberg will present its International Human Rights Award to Sayragul Sauytbay on Sunday. The Chinese woman with Kazakh roots was the first to publicly testify about human rights violations in Xinjiang. Despite Chinese threats of economic consequences, the ceremony will take place.
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Marcel Grzanna
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For Sayragul Sauytbay, the award is a tribute to her courage. She has not only risked her freedom, but also her life, when she exposed the systematic human rights crimes committed by Chinese authorities in the autonomous region of Xinjiang. Sauytbay will be officially honored at the city’s Opera House next Sunday morning.

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