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Nury Turkel: Will the world stand up for China's Uyghurs?

Nury Turkel is a key leader in the effort to pressure China to end the repression of the Uyghurs, but is his campaign doomed to fail?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Nury Turkel, a prominent Uyghur activist in exile and chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. He is a key leader in the effort to pressure China to end the repression of the Uyghurs. But is his campaign doomed to fail?

(Photo: Nury Turkel in the Hardtalk studio)

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