1. Uzra Zeya is an American diplomat who had served as the under secretary of state for civilian security, democracy, and human rights in the Biden administration.
12 Facts About Uzra Zeya
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Uzra Zeya is the current President and CEO of Human Rights First.
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Uzra Zeya graduated from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
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Uzra Zeya worked as a diplomat in the US Foreign Service for 27 years.
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Uzra Zeya worked in the Embassy of the United States, Paris, from 2014 to 2017.
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In 2013, Uzra Zeya was suspected to have been involved in the arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade.
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Uzra Zeya was accused of helping evacuate the domestic help's kin out of India, just two days prior to Khobragade's arrest.
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In 2018, Uzra Zeya wrote in Politico wrote that she left the State Department after not being promoted because she did not pass the Trump administration's "Breitbart test" due to her race and gender.
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From 2019 through 2021, Uzra Zeya served as the president and CEO of the Alliance for Peacebuilding, a network of organizations working to end violent conflict worldwide.
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President Joe Biden nominated Uzra Zeya to be Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights in March 2021.
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On December 20,2021, Uzra Zeya was designated by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to serve concurrently as the United States special coordinator for Tibetan issues.
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Uzra Zeya met with Tibetan exile leader Penpa Tsering in Washington, DC, on April 25,2022, in the first of a series of meetings to promote freedoms in Tibet.