charity
Graduate Student Co-founds Charitable Trust for Uyghur Diaspora in Turkey
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Rizwangul NurMuhummad, grad, co-founded a funding and training initiative targeting the needs of Uyghur women and students in Turkey.
china
GUEST ROOM | Cornell Has a Responsibility to the Uyghur People when Collaborating in China
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In light of the ongoing discussions about the lack of awareness, sensitivity and the objectionable response from members of the Brooks School of Public policy in conversations regarding human rights violations against Uyghur people in China, we should assess Cornell’s policies and initiatives surrounding the ongoing genocide. Cornell has extensive collaborations in China, ranging from scholarships such as the Tang Cornell-China program to the Cornell-Tsinghua Dual Degree Finance MBA program, Cornell Institute for China Economic Research and the Cornell China Center. In fact, Cornell has the greatest number of collaborations — amounting to over 10 percent of all international collaborations — in China, including off-campus programs at Peking University. In these numerous efforts affiliated with China, what is Cornell doing to support the Uyghur people and voice opposition to the massive genocide by the Chinese government? Human rights violations against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and other Muslim minority groups perpetrated by the Chinese government range from denial of the expression of civil and political rights, freedom of religion, to the right to a fair trial.
BIPOC/Related
CIPA Community Discusses Aftermath of Walkout, Vote on CPAS President Resignation to Come
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Students at the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs are watching as the backlash plays out after a group of Chinese international students walked out of an event after their Uyghur classmate spoke of abuse her brother faced at the hands of the Chinese government.
Columns
GUEST ROOM | You Must Raise Awareness of the Uyghur Genocide
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Cornell, how can you justify having a program in Beijing? How can you justify not addressing the 40 Chinese Cornell students booing NurMuhammed? Her freedom of expression is at risk. I’m glad we have the Ukraine flag up in Klarman; now we must also recognize the Uyghur genocide with the same compassion and visible support.