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Sayragul Sauytbay | |
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| Vice President of the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile | |
| Assumed office 12 November 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Abdulahat Nur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1977 Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Spouse | Uali Islam |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | physician and headteacher |
| Known for | whistleblower about the persecution of Uyghurs in China |
Sayragul Sauytbay (Kazakh: Сайрагүл Сауытбай; born 1977) is a Kazakh doctor, headteacher and whistleblower[1] from China. In 2018, she fled China and then told the media about the Xinjiang internment camps resembling modern-day concentration camps where people are "re-educated" in China. She became one of the first victims of these camps in the world to speak publicly about the Chinese repressive campaign against Muslims, igniting a movement against these abuses.[2] Sweden offered her political asylum after Kazakhstan refused, and she subsequently emigrated there.[2]
She was chosen as an International Woman of Courage in March 2020.[3]
In March 2021 she was awarded the Internationaler Nürnberger Menschenrechtspreis (the International Human Rights prize of the city of Nuremberg, Germany[4]), for 2021; the prize ceremony was held 15 May 2022.
Also in 2021, she testified among other survivors, as a witness at the Uyghur Tribunal in London.
On 11 November 2023 she was elected as the Vice President of the East Turkistan Government in Exile at the 9th East Turkistan General Assembly in Washington, DC.[5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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iwocwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Internationalen Nürnberger Menschenrechtspreis, https://www.nuernberg.de/internet/menschenrechte/sauytbay.html
- ^ "US: Ninth East Turkistan General Assembly highlights Chinese atrocities against Uyghurs, other Turkic people". Asian News International. ANI. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
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