Press Releases

Four Years Since Dr. Gulshan Abbas’s Forced Disappearance

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release September 11, 2022 10:30 AM EDT Contact: Rushan Abbas +1 (559) 375-3571 rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org www.campaignforuyghurs.org This Sunday, Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) marks four years since Dr. Gulshan Abbas, sister of founder and Executive Director Rushan Abbas,

Chinese Regime Must End Extreme Covid Lockdowns in East Turkistan

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release September 9 2022 10:30 AM EDT Contact: Rushan Abbas, rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org +1 (559) 375-3571 www.campaignforuyghurs.org Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) demands that the Chinese regime cease its so-called “Zero-Covid Policy” in East Turkistan. In recent weeks there

CFU Applauds Calls by UN Experts for Investigation After Uyghur Report

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release September 8 2022 10:00 AM EDT Contact: Rushan Abbas, rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org, +1 (559) 375-3571 www.campaignforuyghurs.org Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) welcomes the recent call by a group of UN Special Procedure mandate-holders. They welcomed and supported

CFU Demands Action on UN Uyghur Human Rights Report

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release August 31 2022, 8:15 PM ET Rushan Abbas: rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org, (559) 375-3571 campaignforuyghurs.org With the long-awaited release of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report on human rights violations by the Chinese Communist Party

CFU Remembers Uyghurs on International Day of the Disappeared

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release August 30 2022, 2:00 PM ET Rushan Abbas: rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org, (559) 375-3571 campaignforuyghurs.org On today’s International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Campaign For Uyghurs (CFU) remembers those who the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has attempted to

CFU Welcomes UN Special Rapporteur’s Report on Uyghur Forced Labor

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release August 16 2022, 2:00 PM ET Rushan Abbas: rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org, (559) 375-3571 campaignforuyghurs.org Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) welcomes the new United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur’s Report on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences

CFU Joins 55 Organizations Calling for Sanctions to Stop Uyghur Genocide

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release August 11 2022, 3:20 PM ET Rushan Abbas: rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org, (559) 375-3571 campaignforuyghurs.org Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) has joined 55 organizations dedicated to human rights in China and to the plight of persecuted ethno-religious groups in

CFU Welcomes Amendments to UHRPA

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release August 4 2022, 3:30 PM Rushan Abbas: rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org, (559) 375-3571 campaignforuyghurs.org Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) welcomes proposed amendments to the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act (UHRPA) of 2020 by U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Bob

CFU Welcomes Pelosi Visit to Taiwan

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release August 2 2022, 17:30 PM Rushan Abbas: rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org, (559) 375-3571 campaignforuyghurs.org Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) welcomes Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. This bold action is in keeping with her long career of holding