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As with other ethnic groups in the United States, Uyghur Americans also have several organizations. The most well-known organizations are: the Uyghur American Association, [5] a Washington D.C. based advocacy organization which was established in 1998 by a group of Uyghur overseas activists to raise the public awareness of the Uyghur people
An estimated 80% of Xinjiang's Uyghurs still live in the Tarim Basin. [29] The rest of Xinjiang's Uyghurs mostly live in Ürümqi, the capital city of Xinjiang, which is located in the historical region of Dzungaria. The largest community of Uyghurs living outside of Xinjiang are the Taoyuan Uyghurs of north-central Hunan's Taoyuan County. [30]
Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom, the easternmost state formed by the Yugur people (AD 870–1036), with its capital near present-day Zhangye in the Gansu province of China. There, the Uyghur converted from Manichaeism to Tibetan and Mongol Buddhism. Unlike Turkic peoples further west, they did not later convert to Islam.
The Uyghur American population is small, but growing. Northern Virginia has one of the largest Uyghur populations in the United States. [20] Around 1,500 Uyghurs live in the Washington metropolitan area, with the majority living in Fairfax County, Virginia. [21] A small but notable community of around 150 Uyghurs live in the Boston area. [22]
Starting in 2002, the American government detained 22 Uyghurs in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.The last 3 Uyghur detainees, Yusef Abbas, Hajiakbar Abdulghupur and Saidullah Khali, were released from Guantanamo on December 29, 2013, and later transferred to Slovakia.
Political activist. Known for. Founder and executive director of Campaign for Uyghurs. 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 ...
Cenk Kadir Uygur (/ ˈdʒɛŋk kəˈdɪr ˈjuːɡər /; Turkish: [ˈdʒeɲc kaˈdiɾ ˈujɡuɾ]; born March 21, 1970) is a Turkish-born American [2] politician, political commentator, and media host. He is the co-creator of The Young Turks, a left-wing, progressive, sociopolitical news and commentary program. In 1996, Uygur worked briefly as an ...
Nury Ablikim Turkel (/ ˌtʊrˈkɛl /; Uyghur: نۇرى ئابلىكىم تۈركەل; Chinese: 努里·特克尔, pinyin: Nǔlǐ Tèkè'ěr; b. 1970) is an American attorney, public official and human rights advocate based in Washington, D.C. He is a former chair of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, former chair of the United States Commission ...