Maybe this World Cup will bring the best out of the US, not the worst | Barney Ronay

Great to see The Pacific Islands: Environment and Society (3rd ed.) out featuring an incredible group of scholars across Oceania. Remembering the late Moshe Rapaport and his impact on Pacific studies. Grateful to have contributed the China chapter. uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/the-pa...

New stellar @citizenlab.ca + @icij.org report names @tibcert.bsky.social — including its Director, a sitting MP Tibetan Parliament — among targets of a PRC-aligned #phishing campaign also hitting #Uyghur, #HongKong, & #Taiwanese activists. 25 years on, Tibetan institutions still in the crosshairs:

📰Issue 21 of the #UyghurReader is out! A biweekly roundup of reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis, including forced labor risk, transnational repression, and industrial expansion in the Uyghur Region. Curated by @henrykszad.bsky.social, Omer Kanat uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...

UHRP #Insights💡 China is promoting its forced assimilation policies as a model for other nations to follow. @henrykszad.bsky.social and Adaire Criner break down how China's "Ethnic Unity" Law threatens global human rights protections. uhrp.org/insights/the...

IQAir's 2025 Annual Report reveals the scale and severity of air pollution across the Uyghur Region and its drivers. State policies (re)locate heavily polluting industries into the region, compounding existing environmental and public health risks uhrp.org/insights/new...

UHRP #Insights💡 China promotes East Turkistan as a pristine travel destination, but the data tells another story. @henrykszad.bsky.social analyzes recent air quality data showing 6 of East Asia's 15 most polluted cities are in the Uyghur Region. Read more: uhrp.org/insights/new...

📰Issue 20 of the #UyghurReader is out! A biweekly roundup of reporting & analysis on the Uyghur crisis, including forced labor risk, "ethnic unity" policy, and transnational repression. Curated by @henrykszad.bsky.social and Omer Kanat. uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying

📰Issue 19 of the #UyghurReader is out! A biweekly roundup of reporting & analysis on the Uyghur crisis, including Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act enforcement and China's new "ethnic unity" law. uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...

Washington has yet to recognize that mobility is an essential part of regional security for the Pacific Islands, write Henryk Szadziewski and Alan Tidwell.

New in @foreignpolicy.com w/Alan Tidwell: If the U.S. wants to be a Pacific power, strategy can’t be only about bases & great-power rivalry. Mobility—visas, work, study, & travel opportunities for Pacific Islanders—is central to trust & partnership in the region. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/12/u...

On March 10, we remember the Tibetan Uprising of 1959. Lhadon Tethong reflects on China’s growing challenges and what they could mean for Tibet. Despite exile and occupation, Tibetans remain resilient and committed to freedom. Bhoe Gyalo! Free Tibet! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeoK...

In a powerful review, Thinley Chodon (@ucddublin.bsky.social) reflects on the work of Tsering @woeser.bsky.social & what she calls “state-imposed amnesia” in #Tibet.

📰 Issue 18 of the #UyghurReader is out! A biweekly roundup of reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis, including tourism as propaganda, religious persecution, and linguistic erasure. Curated by @henrykszad.bsky.social, Adaire Criner, and Omer Kanat. uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...

Article by @dionnissenbaum.bsky.social on the Afghan women’s soccer players FIFA "saved" then abandoned. Gianni Infantino took a photo-op in Qatar, then left vulnerable people to fend for themselves in Houston, breaking promises to reunite their families. www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

Sharing a new report I authored for @uhrp.org, "Fading Ties: Uyghur Family Separation as a Tool of Transnational Repression." The research documents how the Chinese state has disrupted communication between Uyghurs in the diaspora and their families inside the Uyghur Region. uhrp.org/report/fadin...

📝 New UHRP report by @peterirwin.bsky.social exposes an entire industry of global companies supporting China's winter and leisure tourism industry in the Uyghur Region. Companies include Burton, Patagonia, Helly Hansen, Disney, Bombardier Recreation Products (BRP). uhrp.org/report/white...

✍🏼 New op-ed by @henrykszad.bsky.social based on his research documenting enforced separation as a tool of transnational repression. "Uyghurs abroad have been cut off from parents, siblings, and extended family members for as long as a decade." www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026...

📝 New report by @henrykszad.bsky.social documents how the Chinese government uses family separation as a tool of #TransnationalRepression. Chinese officials are deliberately preventing contact between Uyghurs abroad and their families in East Turkistan. uhrp.org/report/fadin...

Thank you to The Blizzard for republishing my 2013 article on the entanglement of football and Uyghur identity. So much has happened since... Please consider subscribing to The Blizzard for in-depth writing on the culture, history, and politics of football. theblizzard.co.uk/anyone_but_c...

✍🏼 Op-ed by Henryk Szadziewski and Peter Irwin for Open Global Rights. Expedia and Booking.com are facilitating hotel bookings in Uyghur Region amidst genocide and crimes against humanity. www.openglobalrights.org/how-a-casual...

📰 Issue 16 of the #UyghurReader is out! A biweekly roundup of reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis, including forced labor warnings, transnational repression, and cultural erasure. Curated by @henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...

🚨 Urgent deportation threat Man who secretly filmed internment camps in the Uyghur region in 2020, Guan Heng, now under threat of deportation from New York. He awaits a court appearance on Dec 15, according to @hrichina.bsky.social @zhoufengsuo.bsky.social. hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...

📰 Issue 14 of the #UyghurReader is out! A biweekly roundup of reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis, including forced labor, sterilization, deportations, propaganda tours, and digital repression. uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...

Aakash Hassan's article in @theguardian.com about the Tursun brothers shows how Uyghurs have become some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Great read from @whitneybauck.bsky.social about the advocacy strategies of @climatecabinet.org. Climate progress in the US is possible when bypassing federal denialism local action is a template for other rights and justice movements in a regressive time. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

📰 Issue 13 of the #UyghurReader is out! A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Nov 13–26). Curated 🧠 this week by @henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social. uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...

The scientist who helped win the fight to protect a sacred piece of the Pacific

UHRP #Insights💡 As #COP30 🌍 unfolded this week, @peterirwin.bsky.social and @henrykszad.bsky.social highlight China's expansion of 🪨 coal-to-chemical projects in the Uyghur Region. We look at pollution, strained water resources, and environmental degradation as a result. uhrp.org/insights/coa...

📰 Issue 12 of the #UyghurReader is out! A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Oct 30 to Nov 12). Curated 🧠 this week by @peterirwin.bsky.social @henrykszad.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social. uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...

💡UHRP #Insights by @henrykszad.bsky.social + @peterirwin.bsky.social show how Booking and Expedia profit from hotel bookings in the Uyghur Region, despite ongoing atrocity crimes. These platforms list hotels connected to a sanctioned entity, forced labor, and other abuses. uhrp.org/insights/how...

"Some 200 international hotels, including prominent names like Hilton and Marriott, are either already operating or planning to open in Xinjiang, according to [the] Uyghur Human Rights Project." BBC News cites research by @peterirwin.bsky.social @henrykszad.bsky.social. www.bbc.com/news/article...

New UHRP #Insights 💡 by Henryk Szadziewski explores how Lonely Planet’s latest China guide downplays atrocity crimes against Uyghurs by: ➡️ Framing mass repression as “political unrest” ➡️ Recommending tourist sites built on cultural erasure @henrykszad.bsky.social uhrp.org/insights/wha...

Watch this captivating video on the transnational repression experienced by RFA Uyghur Service journalists exposing atrocity crimes and their families. The loss of this critical service is a win for authoritarians current and aspirational. www.rfa.org/english/vide...

📰 Issue 11 of the #UyghurReader is out! A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (October 16–29). Curated 🧠 this week by @peterirwin.bsky.social, @henrykszad.bsky.social, and Adaire Criner. uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...

Three Ni-Van students awarded scholarships under the "World in Serbia" program, an initiative designed to boost connections between states in the non-aligned movement. This is a good example of globalism outside the Anglo/Sino/Franco-sphere. www.dailypost.vu/news/three-v...

Standout quote from Riley Duke in this write up of Lowy's 2025 Pacific Aid Map. "By 2028, it [Australia] will likely deliver more than double the combined support of Japan, New Zealand, the United States, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

"Using information obtained from Freedom of Information requests and corporate financial records, we document how the British companies and shareholders are profiting from a conflict that involves torture, extrajudicial killings and mass displacement." newint.org/indigenous-p...

"If you’re a resident of Guam, you’re thinking you’re just fodder in the case of a conflict." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

📰 Issue 10 of the #UyghurReader is out! A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (October 2–15), curated by @henrykszad.bsky.social and @peterirwin.bsky.social uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...

"At the sacrifice of the morals, obligations, and values that Cornell says they stand for, the University has continued to remain steadfast in its commitment to China." Zilala Mamat writes in Cornell Daily Sun on Cornell's unwillingness to stand up for Uyghurs. www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...

📖 Issue 9 of the #UyghurReader is out! 🧵 A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Sep 18 – Oct 1), curated by @henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...

Oceania faces climate change while U.S. federal action falters. National–subnational collaborations, like partnering with progressive U.S. states via the Under2 Coalition, can help advance net-zero goals and build resilient strategies. eastasiaforum.org/2025/10/01/u...

I explore the contrast between ritualized patriotism I experienced in Britain and coercive flag‐raising ceremonies imposed on Uyghurs. When patriotism becomes compulsory, the very act of demanding allegiance undermines the loyalty it claims to evoke. uhrp.org/insights/for...

New UHRP💡#Insights by @henrykszad.bsky.social: "The iterative nature of [flag-raising ceremonies], week after week, year after year, creates the conditions in which people internalize the power of the Chinese state." Examining how China internalizes state power. uhrp.org/insights/for...

From #Semey to the #MarshallIslands, #nuclear testing left enduring scars across Oceania & Central Asia. Civil society is leading the call for #justice. 👉Read the publication here: shorturl.at/BD3hE @anubellschool.bsky.social

Significant new investigation from @robhastings.bsky.social for @theipaper.com shows significant 📈 in imports from Uyghur Region to the 🇬🇧 UK. The report builds on UHRP research by @peterirwin.bsky.social and @henrykszad.bsky.social showing a surge in cargo flights into the EU and UK.

Islanders and their representatives are clear. www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/hawa...

#StandWithUyghurs #HumanRights #ClimateEmergency #SupplyChain www.politico.eu/article/chin...