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USCIRF Welcomes Appointment by Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Nury Turkel to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced the appointment of Nury Turkel, a lawyer and Uyghur rights advocate, to USCIRF.

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EVENT: Wens. July 24th, 4:30-5:30, SD-G11 (Dirksen Senate Office Building)

UHRP Director Omer Kanat will be speaking at the US Senate Human Rights Caucus Event "Religious Freedom in China: Assessing the Role of Surveillance Technology in Abuses Against the Uyghurs and Across China"

The U.S. Department of State has designated China as a “Country of Particular Concern” since 1999 because of religious freedom violations against religious minorities including Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, Christians, Falun Gong practitioners, and others. In recent years, hundreds of thousands, and possibly millions, of Uyghurs and other Muslims have been detained and abused in the Xinjiang region. The Senate Human Rights Caucus will host experts to assess the Chinese government’s use of surveillance technology in monitoring religious and ethnic minorities in areas such as Xinjiang and Tibet, and steps the U.S. Government can take to promote religious freedom in China.

Panelists:

Omer Kanat, Director, Uyghur Human Rights Project
Tina Mufford, Deputy Director of Research and Policy, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Sarah Cook, Senior Research Analyst for East Asia, Freedom House
Moderated by Francisco Bencosme, Asia Pacific Advocacy Manager, Amnesty International USA

Featuring remarks by Senator C***s and Senator Tillis

For additional information or to RSVP for the event, please reach out to Anna Yelverton at [email protected].

A Sad World Refuge Day for Uyghurs in Thailand Despite international protests, Thailand keeps Uyghur refugees in overcrowded detention camps and threatens to send them back to China.

ئەركىن ئاسىيا رادىيوسى ئۇيغۇر بۆلۈمىنىڭ «نەزەر» پروگراممىسى (3-سان) ئەركىن ئاسىيا رادىيوسى ئۇيغۇر بۆلۈمى يېڭىدىن «نەزەر» ناملىق سۆھبەت پروگراممىسى تەسىس قىلدى. مەزكۇر پروگراممىدا مۇھاجىرەتتىكى ئۇيغۇرلار يېقىندىن كۆڭۈل بۆلۈۋاتقا....

Uyghur Proverbs! Who would be kind enough to translate them below?

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Ilham Tohti, outspoken supporter of rights of Uighur Muslims, detained The United States is "deeply concerned" over China's detention of economist Ilham Tohti, a supporter of the rights of Uighur Muslims, a U.S. official said.