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Our guest, Mrs. Rebiya Kadeer, is known as the “mother of the Uyghur nation”.

China stepped up pressure on the exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer, saying two of her children and her brother had written letters condemning her.

Rebiya Kadeer, a Chinese business woman and political dissident, right, is shown with her husband Sidik Rouzi and their daughter Akida Rouzi.

Our guest, Mrs. Rebiya Kadeer, is known as the “mother of the Uyghur nation”..

Rebiya Kadeer

Uyghur politician (born 1946)

"Kadeer" redirects here. For the English cricketer, see Kadeer Ali.

For other uses, see Kadir.

Rebiya Kadeer (Uyghur: رابىيە قادىر, romanized: Rabiye Qadir; born 15 November 1946) is an ethnic Uyghur Chinese businesswoman and political activist. Born in Altay City, Xinjiang, China Kadeer became a millionaire in the 1980s through her real estate holdings and ownership of a multinational conglomerate.

The government has been waging a global propaganda war against Rebiya Kadeer, the exiled Uighur leader it accuses of instigating the violence.

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.

Early life and career

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