Serikzhan Bilash, who fought for victims of China’s internment camps, pleaded guilty in return for freedom
A rights activist in Kazakhstan who faced seven years imprisonment over his outspoken opposition to neighbouring China was unexpectedly freed on Friday as public and international pressure over his case mounted.
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