Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Sauerbrey" class="extiw" title="w:Ellen Sauerbrey">Ellen Sauerbrey</a> met Uyghur human rights activists, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebiya_Kadeer" class="extiw" title="w:Rebiya Kadeer">Rebiya Kadeer</a>, President of the International Uyghur Human Rights and Democracy Foundation, and Alim Seytoff, General Secretary of the Uyghur Human Rights Project in her office at the Department of State. They discussed the human rights concerns of China’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_people" class="extiw" title="w:Uyghur people">Uyghur minority</a> and the importance of preserving the Uyghur culture, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_language" class="extiw" title="w:Uyghur language">language</a>, population, and economy. The Uyghur live in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang" class="extiw" title="w:Xinjiang">Xinjiang Province</a> in northwest China. For more information, see the International Uyghur Human Rights and Democracy Foundation website at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.iuhrdf.org">http://www.iuhrdf.org</a> and the Uyghur Human Rights Project at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.uhrp.org/">http://www.uhrp.org/</a>.
US Dept. of State employee
2006-12-05
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/prm/77431.htm">Assistant Secretary Sauerbrey Meets Uyghur Human Rights Activists</a>