The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) promotes the rights of the Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim peoples in East Turkistan, referred to by the Chinese government as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, through research-based advocacy. UHRP was founded in 2004 as a project of the Uyghur American Association and became an independent nonprofit organization in 2016.

They publish reports and analysis, in English and Chinese, to defend Uyghurs’ civil, political, social, cultural, and economic rights according to international human rights standards. They also submit reports and policy recommendations to governments and multilateral bodies like the UN and EU.

They have released more than 80 reports and briefings as well as 400+ statements and press releases since 2004. Their work guides policymakers, and has been featured in over 30 news outlets worldwide, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, Washington Post, Associated Press, Reuters, Radio Free Asia, Deutsche Welle, and many other outlets. Their op-eds and commentary have been published in Foreign Policy, The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, The Diplomat, The Independent, EU Observer, Hong Kong Free Press, and the LA Review of Books, among other outlets.

Their staff and board have testified before parliament in the UK, Canada, Australia, and the EU as well as the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, the US Senate Human Rights Caucus, US Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC), the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), the US Congressional International Religious Freedom Caucus, and the Uyghur Tribunal.

UHRP received the Liu Xiaobo Conscience Award in 2019 and the Visual Artists Guild Champion of Freedom of Speech Award in 2021.