Rahima Mahmut is a Uyghur human rights activist, translator, and singer.
Born in East Turkestan, Mahmut witnessed firsthand China’s repression of Uyghurs. Now unable to return to her homeland because of her activism, Mahmut has spent years in the U.K. building a cross-community coalition to push for greater action against the ongoing genocide against the Uyghur people.
As an award-winning translator, Mahmut has promoted the voices of those the CCP has sought to repress. Notably, she has translated the poignant prison memoir The Land Drenched in Tears, and has sung songs composed and translated from the work of other imprisoned and exiled Uyghur poets.
Mahmut has interpreted witness testimonies for a BBC report exposing systematic sexual violence in Chinese concentration camps and again during the U.K.-based Uyghur Tribunal which examines the evidence of ongoing human rights abuses against the Uyghur people.
Since 2020, Mahmut has served as the Executive Director of Stop Uyghur Genocide, a grassroots campaign to build awareness of the crimes being committed against Uyghurs and other Turkic groups by the Chinese Regime. Mahmut has also served as the U.K. Director of the World Uyghur Congress and has spoken frequently on Uyghur rights issues.
