Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Universal Rights
Defending and Advocating for Uyghur Human Rights
$930,000
To raise awareness of and support for Uyghur human rights. The organization will conduct international and regional advocacy on Uyghur issues; organize advocacy and capacity training for new cohorts of Uyghur activists; mobilize stakeholders to call attention to the genocide in East Turkistan; strengthen inter-ethnic and inter-faith solidarity initiatives and convene related events; provide support for and coordination of diaspora advocates; and organize a formal legal inquiry into the crimes against humanity against the Uyghur people.
Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Universal Rights
Documenting Human Rights Violations in East Turkistan
$479,000
To pursue justice and accountability for Uyghurs and other persecuted groups through rigorous documentation, analysis, and dissemination of evidence regarding the human rights violations. Through offline and online data collection and verification, the organization will expand its database documenting the systematic disappearance and detention of ethnic and religious groups. The organization will corroborate this information with imagery data collected to assess the scale and scope of the repression.
Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Universal Rights
Documenting and Developing Resources to Strengthen Uyghur Advocacy
$140,000
To research, document, and analyze the Chinese government’s influence operations targeting Uyghurs around the world, and to strengthen global advocacy initiatives. The organization will build on and expand a database of human rights abuses against Uyghurs, produce reports analyzing and identifying the government’s policies targeting the community within and outside China, share resources with other advocacy groups, and encourage concerned stakeholders to pressure perpetrators to end the genocide in East Turkistan.
Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Universal Rights
Strengthening Advocacy and Outreach for the Human Rights of Uyghurs
$300,000
To raise awareness of and advocate for the human rights of persecuted religious and ethnic groups. The organization will research, document, and disseminate information about human rights violations and the ongoing genocide. It will conduct advocacy and provide information on the persecution of ethnic and religious groups both domestically and abroad, and engage with both civil society and policy actors on the issues of forced labor, persecution of women, and disinformation.
Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Universal Rights
Advocating for Uyghur Human Rights through Artistic Interaction
$55,000
To raise awareness of the human rights crisis facing ethnic and religious groups at the international level, and to provide advocacy groups with a new tool to engage the public and policymakers. The organization will produce an immersive and interactive examination of repressive policies that will educate and mobilize supporters and help strengthen the outreach and advocacy efforts of human rights advocates.
Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Universal Rights
Strengthening Regional Civil Society Networks and Advocacy Responses to Systemic Human Rights Violations
$175,000
To enhance the capacity of civil society actors to conduct advocacy and public awareness campaigns in response to gross human rights violations against ethnic and religious groups committed by the Chinese government. The project will support the professionalization of a Uyghur civil society organization to more effectively and sustainably execute advocacy campaigns and the implementation of public awareness activities using innovative multimedia content.
Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Universal Rights
Leveraging Market Power to End Forced Labor of Persecuted Ethnic and Religious Groups
$119,974
To coordinate cross-sector action to end the forced labor of persecuted ethnic and religious groups. The organization will co-direct an international, multi-stakeholder coalition to leverage all available mechanisms to pressure private sector and government actors to stop the forced labor of groups exploited by government actors in key industries and raise international public awareness of global brands and retailers that benefit from the status quo. The organization will also produce policy briefing materials and other research products to engage stakeholders.
Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Universal Rights
Empowering Women and Youth for Advocacy and Civic Participation
$380,000
To empower women and youth from the Uyghur diaspora to participate in advocacy to protect human rights. The organization will train Uyghur women and youth in advocacy skills and civic participation, and foster greater engagement through advocacy campaigns and collaboration with other organizations. The organization will also increase awareness about the Uyghur crisis among local, non-Uyghur communities and grassroots organizations through outreach by newly trained women and youth activists.
