Rushan Abbas (Campaign for Uyghurs), Kamaltürk Yalqun (Campaign for Uyghurs), Darren Byler (University of Colorado), Rian Thum (Loyola University)

Join us to hear from activists and academics on the Uyghur genocide. Rushan Abbas, a prominent Uyghur American activist and the founder and Director of Campaign for Uyghurs, will be presenting an overview of the current crisis as well as personal stories of engaging in activism. Kamaltürk Yalqun will be sharing how the persecution has affected Uyghur intellectuals, including his father, Yalqun Rozi, a famous Uyghur scholar and literary critic. Dr. Darren Byler, a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Colorado, will be sharing some of his research, including a discussion of surveillance and terror rhetoric. Dr. Rian Thum will be sharing his ethnographic research on China and Islam. Each panelist will be presenting individually, with a question and answer session at the end.