The Rafto Prize Ceremony 2004, honouring this years laureate, Rebiya Kadeer , will be held on 7 Nov. at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen. Kadeers husband, Sidik Haji Rouzi, will receive the prize on behalf of his wife. Rouzi fled the People´s Republic of China in 1996 and was granted asylum in the USA. Distinguished Norwegian and international artists will participate at the Rafto Award Ceremony. The Rafto Symposium 2004 is named “Human Rights and Minorities in China: The Case of Xinjiang” and will be held on 5 Nov. at Clarion Hotel Admiral, Bergen. (01-NOV-2004)
PROGRAM FOR THE RAFTO SYMPOSIUM
Human Rights and Minorities in China: The Case of Xinjiang
Xinjiang’s Uighurs: Exit, Voice or Loyalty?
Dr. Dru C. Gladney, Professor of Asian Studies and Anthropology, University of Hawaii
Minorities of the People´s Republic of China, Xinjiang and the ”Go West Policy”
Dr. Michael Dillon, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Durham
Human Rights in Xinjiang
Mr. Mark Allison, the People´s Republic of China researcher, Amnesty International
Respect for Human Rights as an Essential Element in Conflict Prevention
Mr. Erkin Alptekin, President of World Uighur Congress
Mr. Sidik Haji Rouzi, husband of Rafto Laureate Rebiya Kadeer, and former political prisoner
Panel debate
Chair: Mr. Harald Bøckman, Sinologist and Senior Researcher, University of Oslo.
Time: Friday 5. November 08.30 – 16.00
Venue: Clarion Hotel Admiral, Bergen
Price: NOK 300,- (Student fee: NOK 150,- ) The price includes warm lunch
Contact adress:symposium@rafto.no tlf: 55 21 09 50/ fax.55 2109 59.
