Uyghur American Association

Uyghur American Association
AbbreviationUAA
FormationNovember 16, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-11-16)
TypeNon-Profit NGO
PurposePromote Uyghur culture and human rights issues
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.,[1][2][3] United States
Location
Membership
approx. 1,000[4]
Official languages
Uyghur
English
President
Elfidar Iltebir[5][6][7]
AffiliationsUyghur Human Rights Project and World Uyghur Congress
Websiteuyghuramerican.org
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The Uyghur American Association (Uyghur: ئامېرىكا ئۇيغۇر جەمئىيىتى,[8] ئامېرىكا ئۇيغۇر بىرلىكى[9], romanized: Amérika Uyghur Birliki, Америка Уйғур Бирлики; Chinese: 维吾尔裔美国人协会[10]; pinyin: Wéiwú'ěryì Měiguórén Xiéhuì; abbreviated UAA) is a prominent[11][12][13][14][15] Uyghur American non-profit advocacy organization based in Washington, D. C.[1][2][3] in the United States. It was established in 1998[16] by a group of Uyghur overseas activists to raise the public awareness of the Uyghur people, who primarily reside in Xinjiang, China, also known as East Turkestan. The Uyghur American Association is an affiliate organization of the World Uyghur Congress[5] and works to promote the Uyghur culture and improved human rights conditions for Uyghurs.[24]

  1. ^ a b Andrew Jacobs (30 July 2014). "After Deadly Clash, China and Uighurs Disagree on Events That Led to Violence". New York Times. Retrieved 7 May 2020. The Uyghur American Association, a group in Washington, {...}
  2. ^ a b "Exile Groups Call For Muslims to End Silence on Uyghurs at Start of Ramadan". Radio Free Asia. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020. The Washington-based Uyghur American Association (UAA) also offered its best wishes for a safe and peaceful Ramadan but said the holy month "reminds us of the critical importance of serving others, especially the most vulnerable, during these difficult times."
  3. ^ a b Michael Clarke (January 2017). "The Impact of Ethnic Minorities on China's Foreign Policy: The Case of Xinjiang and the Uyghur". China Report. 53 (1): 12 – via ResearchGate. two key advocacy groups for the Uyghur—the Uyghur American Association (UAA) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), the former based in Washington, DC and the latter in Munich, Germany.
  4. ^ a b Howard Schiffman; Mark S. Mandel; Daniel L. Greenberg; Lenor F. Horton (1 November 2008). "Amended Brief of Amicus Curiae Uyghur American Association in Support of Appellees and in Support of Affirmance of the District Court" (PDF). p. 13. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via Center for Constitutional Rights.
  5. ^ a b "Affiliate Organizations". World Uyghur Congress. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
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  8. ^ ئامېرىكا ئۇيغۇر جەمئىيىتى تىيەنئەنمېن قىرغىنچىلىقىنى ئىنسانىيەتكە قارشى جىنايەت، دەپ ئاتىدى. Radio Free Asia (in Uyghur). 3 June 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  9. ^ ئۇيغۇر ئامېرىكا بىرلىكى رەئىسى تۈركىيىدىكى شەرقىي تۈركىستان ۋەخپى رەئىسى بىلەن كۆرۈشتى. Radio Free Asia (in Uyghur). 28 October 2004. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  10. ^ 美维人组织反驳中国"教唆"说法. Voice of America (in Simplified Chinese). 7 July 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  11. ^ Tian Guang; Mahesh Ranjan Debata (2010). "Identity and Mobilization in Transnational Societies: A Case Study of Uyghur Diasporic Nationalism" (PDF). Jawaharlal Nehru University. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute. p. 69.
  12. ^ Mahesh Ranjan Debata (2010). "International response to Uyghur separatism in Xinjiang" (PDF). Himalayan and Central Asian Studies. 14 (4): 57. Two Uyghur organizations in USA, one is the Uyghur American Association (UAA)15 and the other is The Government in Exile of East Turkistan Republic, 16 have been trying to promote the Uyghur movement. The National Endowment for Democracy17, an independent organization funded by the US Congress, supports the Uyghur Human Rights Project, which documents and disseminates information about Chinese excesses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang.[dead link‍]
  13. ^ Henryk Szadziewski (16 April 2019). "The push for a Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act in the United States: recent developments in Uyghur activism". Asian Ethnicity. 21 (2): 211–222. doi:10.1080/14631369.2019.1605497. S2CID 150848605. The most recognized of the Uyghur-led groups in the United States include the Uyghur American Association (UAA)
  14. ^ Roy Anthony Rogers; Jatswan S. Sidhu (December 2016). "International Norms and Human Rights Conditions in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)". Malaysian Journal of International Relations. 4 (1): 121 – via University of Malaya.
  15. ^ Colin Mackerras (2012). "Causes and ramifications of the Xinjiang July 2009 disturbances" (PDF). Sociology Study. 2 (7): 502 – via Griffith Research Online. two major diasporic Uighur associations: the Uyghur American Association and the WUC.
  16. ^ Peter Symonds (9 May 2019). "The New York Times and its Uyghur "activist"". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  17. ^ Mahesh Ranjan Debata; Robert Guang Tian (Fall 2011). "A Cultural Rights Approach Vs. Nationalist Mobilization: An Applied Anthropological Case Study of the Uyghur Diaspora Community". Practicing Anthropology. 33 (4): 35–38. doi:10.17730/praa.33.4.aj10000400566154. JSTOR 24782017.
  18. ^ "About Uyghur American Association". www.uyghuramerican.org. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  19. ^ Yu-Wen Chen (June 2010). "Who Made Uyghurs Visible in the International Arena?: A Hyperlink Analysis" (PDF). George Mason University. Retrieved 7 May 2020. The Washington DC-based Uyghur American Association (UAA), for instance, is active in providing and disseminating information about the Uyghur cause to major news agencies, to international non-governmental human rights organizations, and on popular social networking platforms.
  20. ^ Kong Tsung-gan (24 June 2018). "The power of the peripheries: the need for solidarity in the face of China's communist hegemony". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  21. ^ Preeti Bhattacharji (29 May 2012). "Uighurs and China's Xinjiang Region". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Uyghur freedom fighter Rebiya Kadeer given Free Spirit Award 2018 .:. Tibet Sun". Tibet Sun. 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  23. ^ "Has the world abandoned the Uighur Muslims?". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
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