Campaign for Uyghurs
My aunt and sister in China have vanished. Are they being punished for my activism?
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.
‘They disappeared’: Uighur activist fears her family was sent to a Chinese ‘re-education’ camp
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
Relatives of China’s oppressed Muslim minority are getting blocked online by their own family members, who are terrified to even tell them how bad their lives are
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
“Dozens of my In-laws Vanished.” The Other 9/11 of Rushan Abbas
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
In Push for Trade Deal, Trump Administration Shelves Sanctions Over China’s Crackdown on Uighurs
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
China Continues To Abduct Uighur Muslims, Sending Them To Internment Camps
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
APAH Month – Rushan Abbas Raises Awareness about Uyghur Oppression
Source: Patheos Layla Abdullah-Poulos In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, NbA Muslims, in collaboration with the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative, will feature Asian American Muslims engaged in progressive work inside and outside of US Muslim communities. Despite inadequate media attention, awareness
Press Release: One Voice One Step Statement on the International Women’s Day 2019
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
China’s “War on Terrorism” and the Xinjiang Emergency
For the last sixteen years, the Chinese Communist Party has been telling the Chinese people and the world at-large that it is waging its own “war on terrorism” in the Uyghur homeland of Xinjiang, known to Uyghurs as “East Turkestan.”
As Countries Seek Trade With China, Imprisoned Uyghur Community Has Become “Collateral Damage”
China’s top trade negotiator is traveling to Washington this week as tension over trade intensifies between the two nations. President Trump is threatening to impose a 25 percent tariff on nearly all Chinese imports after the U.S. accused China of
On Capitol Hill, persecuted Muslims unite to protect religious minorities’ rights
(RNS) — More than 125 members of the minority Ahmadi Muslim sect spent Monday (April 1) on Capitol Hill advocating for international religious freedom causes — particularly lending their voices on behalf of beleaguered Uighur Muslims. As part of its
Remarks by Ambassador Sam Brownback at Taipei Religious Freedom Conference
Remarks by Ambassador Sam Brownback at Taipei Religious Freedom Conference March 11, 2019 I would like to thank President Tsai’s comments and her for taking the time to be here out of her busy schedule. I can’t help but just