China (Xinjiang)

International Uyghur Human Rights and Democracy Foundation
$246,804
To advance the human rights of Uyghur women and children. The Foundation will maintain an English- and Uyghur-language website on the human rights situation of Uyghur women and children; conduct a civic education seminar for Uyghur women; and conduct advocacy on behalf of the human rights of Uyghurs in China.

International Uyghur PEN Club
$115,000
To promote freedom of expression for writers working in the Uyghur lan­guage. The International Uyghur PEN Club will maintain a website that fea­tures banned writings and the works of persecuted poets, historians, jour­nalists, and others, and will conduct international advocacy campaigns on behalf of imprisoned writers.

Uyghur American Association
$265,000
To raise awareness of Uyghur human rights issues and advance religious freedom and human rights. The UAA’s Uyghur Human Rights Project will research, document and bring to interna­tional attention, independent and accurate information about human rights violations affecting the Turkic populations of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

World Uyghur Congress
$195,000
To enhance the ability of Uyghur prode­mocracy groups and leaders to implement effective human rights and democracy campaigns. The World Uyghur Congress will organize a conference and training workshop for pro-democracy Uyghur youth, as well as young and mid-career professionals, on the use of new media and social networking technology for advocacy and outreach, Internet secu­rity, and innovative tactics in promot­ing and defending human rights.

The grant listings posted here are from the 2010 Annual Report, published in August 2011.