CFU PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 29, 2025, 4:15 PM EST
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CFU Calls for Accountability on International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Washington, D.C. – As we mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances tomorrow on August 30th, Campaign For Uyghurs (CFU) draws attention to the ongoing genocide against Uyghurs in East Turkistan. The Chinese Communist Party has violated international law by disappearing Uyghurs into camps, prisons, and forced labor facilities, using these disappearances as a tool of repression and a method of cultural and religious erasure.
Gulshan Abbas, a medical doctor unjustly imprisoned since 2018, is one of millions of enforced disappearances carried out by the Chinese regime. Her case reflects a systematic policy targeting Uyghurs, alongside Tibetans, Hongkongers, Christians, and Chinese dissidents, all of whom have been subjected to disappearances because of their identity and beliefs. Each case is an attack on individuals, families, and entire communities, designed to spread fear and silence dissent.
CFU Executive Director Rushan Abbas shared her grief on this day, saying: “As the world observes this day, we at Campaign for Uyghurs raise the cases of countless Uyghur families who carry the pain of their loved ones vanished by the Chinese regime. My sister, Gulshan Abbas, has been unjustly disappeared for almost seven years. My family continues to endure the agony of silence, with no knowledge of her health or well-being. This suffering is shared by countless Uyghur families, and it demands that the world take stronger action to hold the Chinese government accountable.”
CFU renews its call on the international community to hold the Chinese government responsible for its use of enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, and systematic human rights violations that constitute crimes against humanity and genocide. We stand in solidarity with all Uyghur families who continue to live in anguish and demand the immediate release of all those unjustly detained or disappeared.
