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Activist Serikjan Bilash speaks to a crowd of Kazakhs at a restaurant in Almaty, Kazakhstan in March 2018. Photo: AP
Serikjan Bilash, fiery critic of Xinjiang crackdown, spared jail in Kazakhstan but must end anti-China activism
- Activist unexpectedly freed as public and international pressure over his case mounted
- Bilash says he ‘had no choice’ but to take plea deal to avoid spending seven years behind bars
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Updated: 7:03am, 17 Aug, 2019
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Activist Serikjan Bilash speaks to a crowd of Kazakhs at a restaurant in Almaty, Kazakhstan in March 2018. Photo: AP
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