Uyghurs in Crisis: Forced Labor & Genocide Targeting Women | DOT Talks Webinar Series
Channel: Tetso College
Date: 2020-09-22

Uyghurs in Crisis: Forced Labor & Genocide Targeting Women
Ms. Rushan Abbas will share on the current dire situation of the Uyghur people, including the ways that China’s actions constitute genocide. The program will also cover the returning normalization of slavery in the modern age through Uyghur forced labor. She will speak on her personal story of her sister’s abduction by the Chinese authorities, and the particular ways that Uyghur women have been brutalized and oppressed under the Chinese regime, as well as the complicity of Western countries and businesses. Through this discussion, participants will have the opportunity to engage personally with the tangible steps that each of us can take to end this rapidly escalating genocide. 

About the Speaker
Ms. Rushan Abbas is the founder and executive director of Campaign for Uyghurs. She has been an activist since her days at university in East Turkistan, where she was one of the organizers of  the pro-democracy protests. Since coming to the United States, she has been a tireless advocate for Uyghur rights. In 2017, she established the Campaign for Uyghurs. CFU was founded to advocate for the human rights and democratic freedoms of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples oppressed by the Chinese regime. In 2018, her own sister was abducted by the Chinese regime in retaliation for Ms. Abbas’s activism. Today, Ms. Abbas continues to advocate for her release and the freedom of millions of other Uyghurs, and is a frequent speaker for universities and think tanks. Ms. Abbas resides in Virginia.

Webinar held on 17th September 2020.