Rebiya Kadeer

Overview

Rebiya Kadeer born Altai, Xinjiang, China July 15, 1948. "Stormer of the Sky" Uighur human rights leader; won Rafto Prize for human rights 2004; Nobel Prize nominee.

Quotations

"[I]t is our moral obligation to help the ones in need, and we must leave no one behind." (Rafto Prize; photo Wikipedia)