Our Staff
MUNICH - Dolkun Isa is the President of the World Uyghur Congress and the Project Director.
MUNICH - Zumretay Arkin is the Program & Advocacy Manager, Spokesperson (in English) and Director of Women's Committee. She leads WUC's international advocacy, primarily at the United Nations.
MUNICH - Eva Stocker is the Senior Project Officer. She primarily focuses on policy research and national advocacy in the German-speaking world, including in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
MUNICH - Erkin Zunun is the Chief coordinator & Director of the Youth Committee.
MUNICH - Perhat Muhammet is the WUC's Vice-President and Supervisor of WUC Media.
MUNICH - Iptihar Abdureshit is the Deputy Director of Information Center & Anchor of WUC TV.
MUNICH - Abdujelil Emet is the Treasurer.
MUNICH - Turghunjan Alawdun is the Vice-Chair of the WUC Executive Committee and the Special Coordinator for Islamic World.
BERLIN - Gheyyur Qurban is the Director of the WUC Berlin Office & Spokesperson (in Uyghur). Gheyyur leads WUC's advocacy efforts in German-speaking countries, engaging with the Parliament and its members, governmental bodies as well as civil society actors.
BRUSSELS - Sheila-Ann Riek is the Policy Coordinator & EU Representative. Based in the Brussels office, she conducts advocacy vis-a-vis the European Union institutions, such as the EU Parliament and the Belgian Government.
ISTANBUL - Abdureshit Abdulhamit is the WUC's Türkiye Director. He engages with a wide range of political stakeholders in Türkiye.
LONDON - Rahima Mahmut is the WUC's UK Director. She primarily advocates within UK institutions and engages with the government, Parliament members, civil society actors and journalists.
LONDON - Marilena Stegbauer is the Global Advocacy Officer. Based in the London
office, her primary focus is global advocacy and strategic litigation. Previously, she worked
as Assistant to Counsel at the UK Uyghur Tribunal, an International People’s Tribunal.
BISHKEK - Sofiya Issabayeva is the Fundraising and Grants Coordinator.
PRAGUE - Iveta Vancáková is the Policy Coordinator for Visegrad Countries (V4).
STOCKHOLM - Dilshat Reshit is the WUC Spokesperson in Chinese.
MUNICH - Ümit Tursun is the WUC Deputy Treasurer.