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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and singer Joan Baez get Amnesty's top rights award

BEIJING (Reuters) - Amnesty International has given its top 2015 human rights award to both Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, a fierce critic of Beijing who has been banned from leaving China after an 81-day detention in 2011, and U.S. folksinger Joan Baez.

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08:30 on March 24 2015

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and U.S. singer Joan Baez get Amnesty's top rights award

Reuters — BEIJING (Reuters) - Amnesty International has given its top 2015 human rights award to both Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, a fierce critic of Beijing who has been ba... more info

Joan Baez

04:05 on March 25 2015