Our Experts
Director of CETNI
Mr. Nijat Turghun
Mr.Turghun is a Sweden-based Uyghur who has been actively involved in the cause of East Turkestan since 2007. He pursued his tertiary studies at the prestigious Stockholm University in the fields of international relations, political science and East Asia studies. Mr. Turghun has twice-served as the Chairman of the Uyghur Educational Association based in Sweden. He has also worked as a political analyst for the Uyghur Research Institution between 2018-2021.
Director of Research Program
Mrs. Rukiye Turdush
Mrs. Turdush holds degrees in multipolar diplomacy from the University of Catalonia, international politics from the University of Windsor, and Chinese history from the East China Normal University in Shanghai. She leads the Canadian East Turkistanian Federation as president. She regularly contributed to the Uyghur Research Institute in previous years. She is the author of East Turkistan’s Right to Sovereignty : Decolonization and Beyond. Her research interests include China’s genocide in East Turkistan and Chinese colonialism.
Proofreader
Ms. Aygul Alim Tamche
Ms. Tamche is a Uyghur poet, member of World Uyghur Writes Unoion, Proof reader at CETNI for articles in Uyghur.