May 25, 2024
Uyghur American human rights activist Nury Turkel has resigned as Chair of the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) .
The UHRP Board accepted his resignation on Friday and appointed former Vice Chair Dr. Justinian Rudelson Ben-Adam as his successor.
Nury Turkel, co-founder of UHRP, has been instrumental in documenting Uyghur rights abuses by the Chinese government and advocating for the freedom and rights of Uyghur people on global stages.
Nury Turkel is also on the 2020 TIME 100 List. He served as the Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) from 2022 to 2023. He is the author of No Escape, the true story of China’s genocide of Uyghurs.
Dr. Rudelson Ben-Adam, the new Chair, is an anthropologist of Jewish origin with four decades of experience in Uyghur human rights work. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Jewish Movement for Uyghur Freedom.
