As Trump signs Uighur human rights law, Bolton book claims he supported Chinese camps
RNS President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation calling for sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for detention camps holding more than one million members of the country’s Uighur Muslim minority. “Uyghurs around the world are celebrating,” said Omer Kanat, executive director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, in a statement. “It’s the kind of […]
US religious freedom commissioner Nury Turkel on Uighurs and his new post
AP Nury Turkel, co-founder of the Uyghur Human Rights Project and former president of the Uyghur American Association, was appointed to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom late last month. Born in the Xinjang province of China, he is a leading human rights advocate on behalf of fellow Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic minority group […]