Rushan Abbas, in her role as Executive Director, has served to inform international governments on the developing genocide in Xinjiang, including at the Uyghur Tribunal in London in 2020.

[5] Abbas has testified before the US Congress on numerous occasions in her capacity as well, bringing attention to historically underserved aspects of the Uyghur community.

[6][7] In February 2022, 2 U.S. lawmakers, Tom Suozzi of New York and Chris Smith of New Jersey, wrote a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, saying that the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and Campaign for Uyghurs made significant contributions to building fraternity between nations and promoting peace by defending the human rights of the Uyghur, Kazakh and other predominately Muslim ethnic minorities that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has targeted with genocide and other crimes against humanity.

[15] The event was attended by many who stood in solidarity against China's use of Uyghur slave labor in the fashion industry.

[16][17] The report documents the various ways the persecution of Uyghurs in China meets the definition of Genocide established by the United Nations.