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Uighur activist detained while trying to leave China for U.S.

BEIJING -- The most prominent Uighur intellectual in China was taken into custody Saturday at Beijing’s international airport with his daughter as he tried to board a flight for the United States.

By Barbara Demick

February 2, 2013

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