Mamatjan Juma

Mamatjan Juma is the Executive Director of Uyghur News Network (UNN) and a longtime newsroom leader with more than 18 years of experience in international journalism. He previously served as Deputy Director of Radio Free Asia’s Uyghur Service, where he managed editorial operations, standards, and cross-language workflows and helped guide major coverage of China’s mass detention system, forced labor networks, and the expanding surveillance state in the Uyghur region (East Turkestan).

Under his editorial leadership, RFA’s Uyghur Service received major journalism honors, including the Burke Award (2019) and the MINS Award for excellence in international broadcasting. Its reporting has been cited by major international outlets, helping shape global understanding of the crisis. Juma is fluent in Uyghur, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Uzbek, and also works as a translator.

Asiye Uyghur

Asiye Abdulahad Uyghur (born 1973 in Urumchi, Uyghur region) is a Dutch-Uyghur commentator, human rights advocate, and refugee support worker.

She began her career at an official magazine in China before relocating abroad, where she started writing commentary on Uyghur affairs and Chinese politics under the pen name “Asiye Uyghur.” She later served as a political commentator for Radio Free Asia (RFA).

Since 2010, Abdulahad has lived in the Netherlands, where she works in refugee support and contributes analysis to the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP). She continues to publish political commentary in Chinese.

In 2019, Abdulahad emerged as a key whistleblower in the “China Cables” revelations. After receiving internal documents detailing the operation of re-education camps and the mass detention of Uyghurs, she shared them with international scholars and media outlets, helping draw global attention to the issue. During this period, she and her family faced threats and were placed under security protection by Dutch authorities.

In 2021, she completed a research report compiling Chinese government “Red Documents” issued since 1949. The study examines official policies affecting Uyghurs, the operation of detention facilities, and the officials involved, providing a resource for international human rights research.

Through her research, writing, and advocacy, Abdulahad continues to focus on human rights and raising awareness about the situation facing Uyghurs and other marginalized communities.