Press Releases

First International Uyghur Conference Begins This Week

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release December 7 2022, 1:00 PM ET Rushan Abbas: rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org, (559) 375-3571 campaignforuyghurs.org       Washington, D.C. – Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) welcomes the first International Conference on the Preservation of Uyghur Culture at the George Washington

CFU Commends Rep. Kim for Uyghur Policy Act

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release November 30, 2022, 5:30 PM ET Rushan Abbas: rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org, (559) 375-3571  campaignforuyghurs.org CFU Commends Rep. Kim for Uyghur Policy Act Representative Kim resurfaces a key Uyghur bill in response to Urumqi fire protests.  November

Justice is Required for Victims of Urumchi Fire

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release November 28, 2022, 11:30 AM ET Rushan Abbas: rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org, (559) 375-3571 campaignforuyghurs.org Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) is infuriated by the lack of action from local authorities following the November 24th fire that broke out in the

CFU Commends CECC Annual Report on China

CFU PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASERushan Abbas +1 (559) 375-3571, rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org A 300+ page report is released on the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights abuses and recommendations for the U.S. government.  [Washington D.C. Nov 18, 2022] – Campaign for Uyghurs

CFU Marks East Turkistan National Day

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release November 11 2022, 9:00 AM ET Rushan Abbas: rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org, (559) 375-3571 campaignforuyghurs.org For the Uyghur people, this historic day is a day of celebration and remembrance. It is on this day that Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU)

CFU Urges Volker Türk to Hold China Accountable

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release October 17, 2022, 2:30 PM ET Rushan Abbas: rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org, (559) 375-3571 campaignforuyghurs.org As Volker Türk assumes his office as the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights today, Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) urges the

UNHRC Member States Fail to Defend Uyghurs’ Rights

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release October 6 2022, 09:15 PM ET Rushan Abbas: rushan@campaignforuyghurs.org, (559) 375-3571 campaignforuyghurs.org Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) is disappointed in the failure to pass a vote to hold a debate at the United Nations Human Rights

CFU Concerned as Travel Suspended in East Turkistan

Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) is concerned about the total lockdown of East Turkistan (called the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by China), as Chinese authorities impose increasingly stringent measures against the Uyghur and Turkic population as part of China’s Covid Zero