Dolkun Isa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dolkun Isa

Uyghur activist

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1967

Place of Birth: Xinjiang, China

Profession: activist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Dolkun Isa (Uyghur: ?????? ??????, USY: ?????? ????; Chinese: ???·??; born 2 September 1967) is an Uyghur politician and activist from the region of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, also known as East Turkestan.
He is the 3rd and current president of the World Uyghur Congress, in office since November 12, 2017.
He previously served as General Secretary and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the congress separately, and has spoken on behalf of the rights of the largely Islamic minority Uyghurs which makes up the majority population in that region and presenting Uyghur human rights issues to the UN Human Rights Council, European Parliament, European governments and international human rights organizations. In 1988, when he was studying in Xinjiang University, he led the students demonstration on 15 June 1988 in Ürümqi against discriminations and unfair treatments on Uyghurs and was expelled from the school in the same year, later he fled to Europe.
In November 1996, he played an important role in establishing the World Uyghur Youth Congress in Germany and served as Executive Chairman and President.
In April 2004, he also played an important role in the establishment of the World Uyghur Congress.
The government of China has claimed that Isa's activities amount to terrorism but Isa vetoed all terrorist claims.
He is currently the president of the World Uyghur Congress and the Vice-President of UNPO.