Press Releases

CFU and UHRP Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release February 04, 2022 15:30 EST Contact: contact@campaignforuyghurs.org www.campaignforuyghurs.org The entire staff, board of directors, advisory board members and Rushan Abbas, Executive Director of Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) are exceedingly grateful to share this honor

France Recognizes Uyghur Genocide

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release January 20th, 10AM EST Contact: contact@campaignforuyghurs.org www.campaignforuyghurs.org Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) celebrates the passage a genocide declaration by the French National Assembly regarding the plight of the Uyghur people in East Turkistan. France now

Campaign for Uyghurs Encourages Action on Beijing Olympics

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release January 17th, 4PM EST Contact: contact@campaignforuyghurs.org www.campaignforuyghurs.org With a little over weeks until the beginning of the Beijing Olympics, it has become clear that the games will occur in China. It has become more

World Action to Protest Genocide Olympics

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release January 04, 2022 11:00 AM Contact: contact@campaignforuyghurs.org www.campaignforuyghurs.org CFU Participates In Global Day of Action  Today activists and organizations will convene around the world to protest the 2022 Beijing Olympics, exactly one month before

CFU Condemns Arrest of Denise Ho

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release December 29, 2021 1:00 PM Contact: contact@campaignforuyghurs.org www.campaignforuyghurs.org It is with outrage that Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) condemns the arrest of pro-democracy activist, award-winning Cantopop star, and Canadian citizen Denise Ho in Hong Kong.

Haaretz Publishes Olympic Boycott Op-Ed

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release December 27, 2021 11:00 AM Contact: contact@campaignforuyghurs.org www.campaignforuyghurs.org Today, Haaretz  published an op-ed co-written by Campaign For Uyghurs (CFU) Executive Director of CFU Rushan Abbas and Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann. The piece outlines the

Qurban Mamut: 4 Years With No Information

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release December 23, 2021 12:00PM Contact: contact@campaignforuyghurs.org www.campaignforuyghurs.org Four years ago, Qurban Mamut vanished from East Turkistan. In 2020, he was confirmed to be detained by Chinese Authorities. As the former editor-in-chief of the official

Happy Holidays & Best Wishes

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release December 22, 2021 4:00PM Contact: contact@campaignforuyghurs.org www.campaignforuyghurs.org From the entire staff and board at Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU), we wish you a wonderful holiday season and a new year full of success and hope.

Uyghur Tribunal Determines China is Committing Genocide

CFU Press Release For Immediate Release 06:00, December 9, 2021 Contact: contact@campaignforuyghurs.org www.campaignforuyghurs.org The Uyghur Tribunal in London Concluded that the People’s Republic of China Has Committed Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and Torture, Against Uyghurs and other Muslims in East Turkistan.