An Edmonton school bus driver is prime minister in exile of East Turkistan

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An Alberta man has been living a double life since arriving in Canada more than two decades ago. Abdulahat Nur drives a bus in Edmonton, shuttling children to and from school each day. In his free time, he is also the democratically elected prime minister of a government in exile – serving a people experiencing, leading human rights organizations say, oppression and genocide. Nur is the elected prime minister in exile of East Turkistan, a resource-rich region in northwestern China that is the ancestral homeland of the Uyghur people. As Heather Yourex-West reports, he’s now voicing his concerns about the Canadian government’s deepening ties with China. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on TikTok HERE: https://www.tiktok.com/@globalnews.ca?lang=en #uyghurs #geopolitics #humanrights #GlobalNews

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