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The '''Uyghur American Association''' (UAA) is an advocacy organization in the [[United States]]. It was established in 1998 by a group of Uyghur overseas activists to raise the public awareness of the [[Uyghur people]], such as in [[Xinjiang]], [[China]].<br />
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==Goals==<br />
It works to promote the preservation and flourishing of a rich, humanistic, and diverse Uyghur culture and to support the right of the Uyghur people to use peaceful, democratic means to determine their territory's political future.<br />
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It is currently undertaking the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) for the purpose of promoting improved human rights conditions for Uyghurs and other minority groups in China's [[Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region]] on the premise that the assurance of basic human rights will facilitate the realization of the community's democratic aspirations.<br />
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It receives $249,000 annually from the [[National Endowment for Democracy]] for the human rights research and advocacy projects.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[East Turkestan independence movement]]<br />
*[[World Uyghur Congress]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.uyghuramerican.org/ Uyghur American Association website]<br />
*[http://www.uyghurnews.com/ Uyghur News website]<br />
*[http://www.ned.org/where-we-work/asia/china-xinjiang]<br />
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[[Category:Central Asian American culture]]<br />
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