Uyghur – Activists & Organizations
A list of Uyghur activists and organizations
Canadian Activists & Organizations
Mehmet Tohti
Uyghur Activist, Executive Director of Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project.
Uyghur activist urges Canada to ‘be bold toward China,’ declare genocide
Canada needs to take ‘concrete action’ to help Uyghurs, says activist
Alim Ablimit
Uyghur Activist
Former Windsor resident and Uyghur activist Alim Ablimit says he hopes the international community takes action following the release of leaked documents that show a snapshot of the Chinese government’s mistreatment of Uyghurs living in China and around the world.
Activist hoping for action after documents reveal Chinese mistreatment of Uyghurs worldwide
URAP - Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project
Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project is based in Ottawa, Canada, working to promote the rights of Uyghurs and other natives of East Turkistan who are living under Chinese occupation since 1949.
Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project is funded by the Washington based National Endowment Fund for Democracy for its Advocacy work in Canada.
Darman Foundation
Raise awareness about the existential threats Uyghurs are facing, including Uyghur refugee crises, Uyghur orphan crises
Help, raise, encourage, teach Uyghur refugees, their children, orphans and give moral, financial and educational support to help them to well integrate to society.
East Turkistan Association of Canada
The East Turkistan Association of Canada was founded in 2018 and became a legal and registered organization in Toronto, ON, Canada. It was formed by merging the Uyghur Canadian Association and the East Turkistan Cultural Centre in October 2018.
Click here to visit East Turkistan Association of Canada’s website
International Support for Uyghurs (ISU)
International Support for Uyghurs (ISU) is a non-for-profit organization based in Montreal, Canada. ISU is dedicated to supporting the Uyghurs and other Turkic people oppressed and persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party in East Turkistan, through advocacy projects and initiatives. ISU also works to magnify the voices of the East Turkistan diaspora members in Canada and all around the world.
Click here to visit International Support for Uyghurs’ website
Vancouver Uyghur Association
Justice For All Canada
International Activists & Organizations
World Uyghur Congress (WUC)
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is an international organisation that represents the collective interest of the Uyghur people both in East Turkistan and abroad.
The WUC was established on 16 April 2004 in Munich, Germany, after the East Turkistan National Congress and the World Uyghur Youth Congress merged into one united organisation. The main objective of WUC is to promote the right of the Uyghur people to use peaceful, nonviolent, and democratic means to determine the political future of East Turkistan.
Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP)
The Uyghur Human Rights Project promotes the rights of the Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim peoples in East Turkistan, referred to by the Chinese government as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, through research-based advocacy. It publishes reports and analysis in English and Chinese to defend Uyghurs’ civil, political, social, cultural, and economic rights according to international human rights standards.
Lawyers for Uyghur Rights
Lawyers for Uyghur Rights is a group aimed at bringing together lawyers working to protect the rights of Uyghur people to discuss the strategies they are using. It will also provide general information about the legal situation in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). It does not assist in individual cases however we might be able to point you in the right direction for assistance.
Save Uyghur (US)
The Save Uyghur Campaign is an educational and advocacy project aimed at raising public awareness and resolve to help the Uyghur people. The project is a concerted effort to tie media exposure, public relations, and government action together into a single strategy aimed at the liberation of the Uyghurs from the oppression they face at the hands of the Chinese government.
Campaign for Uyghurs
Uyghur American Association
The Uyghur American Association (UAA) is a non-partisan organization with the chief goals of promoting and preserving Uyghur culture, and supporting the right of Uyghur people to use peaceful, democratic means to determine their own political futures. Based in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area, the UAA serves as the primary hub for the Uyghur diaspora community in the United States.