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Rebiya Kadeer
رابىيە قادىر 热比娅·卡德尔
2nd President of the World Uyghur Congress
In office 27 November 2006 – 12 November 2017
Preceded by
Erkin Alptekin
Succeeded by
Dolkun Isa
President of the Uyghur American Association
In office 2006–2011
Member of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference[1]
In office March 1993 – March 1998
Personal details
Born
(1946-11-15) 15 November 1946 (age 77) Altay City, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Political party
Chinese Communist Party (expelled 1999)[2][3][4]
Spouse(s)
Abdurehim Tohti (m. 1962, div. 1977),[5] Sidik Haji Rozi (m. 1981)
Children
6 (with Abdurehim Tohti), 5 (with Sidik Rozi)
Residence(s)
Virginia,[6] United States
Occupation
Political activist
Known for
Former President of the World Uyghur Congress (2006.11 – 2017.11) Nobel Peace Prize Nominee (5 times)[7]
Website
World Uyghur Congress website
Rebiya Kadeer (Uyghur: رابىيە قادىر, romanized: Rabiye Qadir; born 15 November 1946) is an ethnic Uyghur businesswoman and political activist. Born in Altay City, Xinjiang, Kadeer became a millionaire in the 1980s through her real estate holdings and ownership of a multinational conglomerate. Kadeer held various positions in the National People's Congress in Beijing and other political institutions before being arrested in 1999 for, according to Chinese state media, sending confidential internal reference reports to her husband, who worked in the United States as a pro-East Turkistan independence broadcaster. After she fled to the United States in 2005 on compassionate release, Kadeer assumed leadership positions in overseas Uyghur organizations such as the World Uyghur Congress.
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RebiyaKadeer (Uyghur: رابىيە قادىر, romanized: Rabiye Qadir; born 15 November 1946) is an ethnic Uyghur businesswoman and political activist. Born in...
Secretary since 2004 of the unified group; Alptekin served until 2006, when RebiyaKadeer was elected as president at the second General Assembly meeting held...
following his publication of an allegorical short story, "The Blue Pigeon". RebiyaKadeer claimed that Turkey is hampered from interfering with the Uyghurs because...
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commuted to life imprisonment with a fund provided for their support. RebiyaKadeer praised Yakub Beg. A son of general and politician Yulbars Khan was...
think are too assimilated to Chinese society. Uyghur activists like RebiyaKadeer have mainly tried to garner international support for Uyghurs, including...
Walker also visited on August 14, 2010. World Uyghur Congress president RebiyaKadeer visited on May 14, 2012. The controversial nature of the shrine has...
exiled Uyghur leaders quickly questioned the motives behind the raid. RebiyaKadeer, a Uyghur human rights activist, called for an independent UN investigation...
China-friendly KMT government to issue a ban on his travel to Taiwan. RebiyaKadeer was denied a visa to visit Taiwan later in 2009, a move linked to Dolkun's...
or Uyghurs, thus accelerating the cycle of repression and violence. RebiyaKadeer, President of the World Uyghur Congress, called on the Chinese government...
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Sabit Damolla Sheng Shicai Ehmetjan Qasim Wang Zhen Saifuddin Azizi RebiyaKadeer Nur Bekri Li Zhi Wang Lequan Zhang Chunxian Ilham Tohti Salih Hudayar...
uniformed men. The exiled Uyghur Muslim leader and human rights activist RebiyaKadeer condemned the reported attack and stated that "China is using the 2008...
following the Rio Tinto espionage case and the granting of visas to RebiyaKadeer to visit Australia. PetroChina's Dushanzi District refinery became fully...
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Party since 2003 Rushan Abbas (born 1967), American Uyghur activist RebiyaKadeer (born 1946), Uyghur activist Dolkun Isa (born 1967), Uyghur activist...
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Sabit Damolla Sheng Shicai Ehmetjan Qasim Wang Zhen Saifuddin Azizi RebiyaKadeer Nur Bekri Li Zhi Wang Lequan Zhang Chunxian Ilham Tohti Salih Hudayar...
Sabit Damolla Sheng Shicai Ehmetjan Qasim Wang Zhen Saifuddin Azizi RebiyaKadeer Nur Bekri Li Zhi Wang Lequan Zhang Chunxian Ilham Tohti Salih Hudayar...
Sabit Damolla Sheng Shicai Ehmetjan Qasim Wang Zhen Saifuddin Azizi RebiyaKadeer Nur Bekri Li Zhi Wang Lequan Zhang Chunxian Ilham Tohti Salih Hudayar...
Hanover Square Press. ISBN 978-1-335-46956-4. World Uyghur Congress RebiyaKadeer Dolkun Isa "USCIRF Welcomes Appointment by Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Nury...
(1876–1932), military governor of Altay Kanat Islam (born 1984), boxer RebiyaKadeer (born 1947), secessionist and political activist Dinigeer Yilamujiang...
April 11 earthquake occurred 30 minutes after a prediction was made. RebiyaKadeer wrote that her career was significantly affected by the earthquakes...
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Chinese man, Liu Qiang. May 14 : President of the World Uyghur Congress RebiyaKadeer visited the Yasukuni Shrine August 15: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure...
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Chinese Communist Party (expelled 1999)[2][3][4]