Rushan Abbas | |
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.jpg) Rushan Abbas in 2022 | |
| Born | June 14, 1967 |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Political activist |
| Known for | Founder and executive director of Campaign for Uyghurs Chairperson of the Executive Committee at World Uyghur Congress |
Rushan Abbas (Uyghur: روشەن ئابباس; Chinese: 茹仙·阿巴斯;[1] born June 14, 1967)[2] is a Uyghur American activist and advocate from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. She is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Campaign for Uyghurs and was elected the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of World Uyghur Congress on October 26th, 2024. Abbas became one of the most prominent Uyghur voices in international activism following her sister's detainment by the Chinese government in 2018.[3]
She testified in 2019 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in regard to the emergence of the Xinjiang internment camps, and the threat of Chinese power in the Eastern Pacific. She has also testified before the House of Representatives on international religious persecution, forced labor, and human rights abuses as they relate to Uyghurs.
- ^ Lexus Fan Liu Xin (March 16, 2020). 美媒揭"世维会"背后反华势力：由美国资助和指挥的"分离主义网络" [U.S. media reveals the anti-China forces behind the World Uyghur Conference: the "Separatist Network" funded and directed by the United States]. Global Times (in Chinese). Archived from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2020 – via China Daily.
- ^ "Modern Orwellism and the Chinese "re-education" camps for Uyghurs. An interview with a leading Uyghur activist, Ms. Rushan Abbas | Czech Centre for Human Rights and Democracy". www.humanrightscentre.org. May 3, 2020. Archived from the original on May 9, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ "Gulshan Abbas, Sister of Uyghur Activist in Exile, Confirmed Jailed After Missing for 27 Months". Radio Free Asia. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.