Founded in 2023, Uyghur Rights Monitor (URM) is a watchdog initiative that produces focused policy briefs and investigative reports. URM investigates the systems and perpetrators responsible for designing, administering, and implementing repression against Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in the Uyghur Region, also known as East Turkestan and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Our goal is to equip activists, human rights defenders, and policymakers with timely data, critical analysis, and actionable insights to expose abuses and hold accountable the entities and senior officials involved in human rights violations.
Our Team
Ablet Turdi – Researcher
Ablet Turdi is a researcher at Uyghur Rights Monitor who specializes in open-source investigation. Turdi’s work focuses on dimensions of Uyghur genocide and Chinese government agencies complicit in human rights violations in the Uyghur region (East Turkestan). Born and raised in the Uyghur region, Turdi combines his expertise in documenting human rights abuses with his lived experience under the Chinese government’s repressive regime. Now exiled in the diaspora, Turdi is fluent in Uyghur, Chinese, and English.
Email: AbletTurdi@proton.me
Erk Altay – Researcher
Erk Altay is a researcher at Uyghur Rights Monitor whose research interests include a wide range of topics related to the Uyghur genocide, including arbitrary detention, religious freedom, forced labor, and transnational repression. With a research background in socio-economic issues in the context of Uyghurs, Altay is responsible for producing rigorous reports and up-to-date insights on the ongoing atrocities in the Uyghur region (East Turkestan) and the Chinese government agencies behind the decision-making process.
Exiled for a decade in Europe, Altay speaks Uyghur, Chinese, and English.
Email: ErkAltay@protonmail.com