China urged to reveal whereabouts of Uyghur scholar as she wins award

The Axel Springer Freedom Foundation has urged China to disclose the whereabouts of Uyghur scholar Rahile Dawut, whom it honoured with its Award of Courage. Dawut spent decades documenting Uyghur cultural life. The organisation said Chinese authorities detained her in 2017, and it emerged in 2023 that she had been sentenced to life imprisonment. Her whereabouts remain unknown.