Assistant Secretary Sauerbrey Meets Uyghur Human Rights ActivistsWashington D.C., December 5, 2006: Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey met Uyghur human rights activists, Rebiya Kadeer, 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 Uyghur minority and the importance of preserving the Uyghur culture, language, population, and economy. The Uyghur live in Xinjiang Province in northwest China. For more information, see the International Uyghur Human Rights and Democracy Foundation website at www.iuhrdf.org and the Uyghur Human Rights Project at www.iuhrdf.org.
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