Uyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer to be allowed into Japan during G-20 summit

A prominent political activist for China's Uyghur ethnic minority, Rebiya Kadeer, will be allowed into Japan during next week's Group of 20 leaders' summit, her supporters said Friday.Japanese government sources confirmed that Tokyo has issued a visa to Kadeer despite calls not to do so from Beijing. She plans to protest human rights violations by the Chinese government during her stay, which will coincide with President Xi Jinping's visit to Osaka to participate in the summit.Roughly 10 million Uyghurs live in China, mainly in the far-western Xinjiang autonomous region. The Chinese governm…READ FULL ARTICLE