Imaad Muwahid

Feb 23, 2023 | vanderbilthustler.com | Adam Hosein |Imaad Muwahid

Vanderbilt hosted Commissioner Nury Turkel, the first American-educated Uyghur lawyer who serves as the chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom and chair of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Turkel discussed the Uyghur minority, a mostly Muslim demographic who live in the Xinjiang region of China and face religious persecution, followed by a Q&A with audience members.