Source: NPR NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Rushan Abbas, director of Campaign for Uyghurs, about campaigning for the rights of Uighur Muslims living in China. Many have been detained by the Chinese government. AILSA CHANG, HOST: All right. We’re going
Source: New York Times “I strongly believe that the human rights abuses the Chinese government is doing against the Uighurs should be part of the trade talks,” said Rushan Abbas, whose sister and aunt were detained in China’s Xinjiang region
Source: Bitter Winter That very day her sister and aunt disappeared. It was six days after the renowned Uyghur activist denounced the disappearance of many others – some of them babies. Rushan Abbas spends her life defending religious liberty and
The jailed folk singer at the front line of the Uighur struggle Abdurehim Heyit unites Uighurs, intimidates China and makes the world pay attention to our plight only with his music. by Turdi Ghoja 16 Mar 2019 Last August, a United
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4/9/2019 Campaign for Uyghurs Founder Rushan Abbas Testifies before Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC – Ms. Rushan Abbas, Director and Founder of the Campaign for Uyghurs, today testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Source: Business Insider Uighurs living in western China aren’t allowed to communicate with people outside the country, even if they’re family. Bahram Sintash (left) and Rushan Abbas (right), two Uighurs who are American citizens, say they can’t contact their relatives.Courtesy
Source: CBC Rushan Abbas believes her aunt and sister have been targeted because of her activism Rushan Abbas is the founder of ‘One Voice, One Step’ — a group that advocates for the human rights of the Uighur people in
Source: Washington Post Uighur security personnel patrol near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in China’s Xinjiang region in 2017. (Ng Han Guan/AP) By Rushan Abbas October 19, 2018 Rushan Abbas is a former Uighur service journalist with Radio Free Asia.
Source: New York Times Rushan Abbas, a Uighur American whose family members have been detained in China. ROSSLYN, Va. — Speaking last month at a Washington think tank, Rushan Abbas relayed tales of suffering she had heard about China’s repression
On International Women’s Day 2019, the One Voice One Step Initiative calls for women all around the world to stand together with Uyghur women in solidarity against the Chinese Communist Party’s crimes against the humanity in East Turkistan. We would
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