Nury Turkel

Nury Ablikim Turkel (; ; Chinese: 努里·特克尔, pinyin: Nǔlǐ Tèkè'ěr; b. 1970) is an American attorney, public official and human rights advocate based in Washington, D.C. He is a former chair of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, former chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and former president of the Uyghur American Association.

Turkel is the first U.S.-educated Uyghur lawyer and the first Uyghur American to be appointed to a political position in the United States. In 2020, he was included on ''Time''s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. He is the author of ''No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs.'' Provided by Wikipedia