Gulchehra Hoja is a Uyghur journalist based in the United States. She has earned honors such as the 2019 Magnitsky Human Rights Award; the Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women’s Media Foundation in 2020; recognition as one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world every year since 2016; and an appearance at the 2020 Oslo Freedom Forum. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post and The Financial Times, and many other publications.