Thank you for your interest in the Uyghur American Association The Uyghur American Association (UAA) is based in Washington, DC and is a tax-exempt, non-profit membership organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Tax Code. The Uyghur American Association (UAA) works to promote the preservation and flourishing of a rich, humanistic and diverse Uyghur culture, and to support the right of the Uyghur people to use peaceful, democratic means to determine their own political future. The UAA has undertaken the Uyghur Human Rights Project for the purpose of promoting improved human rights conditions for Uyghurs and other indigenous groups in East Turkistan (also known as China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), on the premise that the assurance of basic human rights will facilitate the realization of the community's democratic aspirations. Board of DirectorsPresident: Ms. Rebiya Kadeer
Vice-president: Ms. Rushan Abbas
General Secratary: Alim Seytoff
Director of Communications: Qilic Kanat
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VOA Uzbek Service Television has interviewed Ms. Rebiya Kadeer regarding the human rights situation of the Uyghur people, especially the case of Ismail Semed and Huseyin Celil. This weekly program was directly broadcast into Uzbekistan via satellites. Ms. Kadeer has eloquently answered all the questioned asked by the host of the show.
Ms. Rebiya Kadeer is the most prominent human rights advocate and leader of the Uyghur people. Ms. Kadeer, 60, is the mother of eleven children, and a former laundress turned millionaire. She spent six years in a Chinese prison for standing up to the authoritarian Chinese government.