🚨 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...

Thai National Human Rights Commission finds that deportation of Uyghurs to China in February: "[C]ontravened the principle of non-refoulement, international human rights treaties, and the 2022 Act on Torture and Enforced Disappearance." safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/thai...

📰 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...

UHRP #Insights💡 Three years after the deadly Ürümchi fire, Zubayra Shamseden reflects on the price young Uyghurs like Kamile Wayit and Yashar Shohret paid, and the need for a unified solidarity movement. uhrp.org/insights/rem...

NEW research by @peterirwin.bsky.social for UHRP #Insights💡 Building on July research, Irwin finds cargo flights from Ürümchi to Europe increasing, with more carriers to new destinations. New routes fly directly to 🇫🇷 Paris and Lyon. uhrp.org/insights/fro...

UHRP Event Today (CN language) ➡️ 🕚 11:00 a.m. EST 📍 Online (see link for details) 🗣️Ma Ju, a Hui Islamic scholar, advocate, activist 🗣️Li Fangping, human rights lawyer who represented Ilham Tohti and many others Event organized by @zubayra.bsky.social chinese.uhrp.org/event/%e4%b8...

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...

📊 New UHRP research by @peterirwin.bsky.social and @henrykszad.bsky.social uncovers surge in air cargo flights between Ürümchi and over a dozen European cities. These ✈️ 📦 routes risk carrying goods linked to Uyghur forced labor directly into European supply chains. uhrp.org/report/manif...

💡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...

📰 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...

"With the world’s only independent Uyghur-language news service shuttered, China’s propaganda will fester without a potent and effective accountability check." @radiofreeasiapr.bsky.social: funding uncertainty driving remaining staff to stop delivering news for now. www.rfa.org/english/worl...

"Xilinhot, a city in Inner Mongolia, announced plans to collect blood samples to update an identification database [...]" China collected DNA and blood samples in the Uyghur Region in 2017, building a highly problematic database for surveillance. www.business-standard.com/world-news/c...

After fleeing China, Zeynure + Idris Hasan thought they were safe, but China's #TransnationalRepression led to Idris' arbitrary detention in Morocco. Pressure from Zeynure, orgs like @safeguarddefenders.bsky.social, and the US gov't led to reunion in Canada. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

🆕 New @ishr.ch report shows how a small group of States led by 🇨🇳 China and 🇷🇺 Russia are obstructing and hijacking UN budget negotiations to defund human rights bodies and investigations. Support for 🇺🇳 UN human rights bodies and investigations is essential. ishr.ch/latest-updat...

📰 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...

"All five regional groups fielded only as many candidates as there were seats available, turning the vote into a pure formality." @ishr.ch on this year's wholly uncompetitive Human Rights Council elections. ishr.ch/latest-updat...

The @adb.org awarded A$246 million in contracts to Chinese conglomerate TBEA, a company linked to Uyghur forced labor and cooperation with the sanctioned Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC). www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/asian-d...

"Political will is critical to the continued effectiveness of the UFLPA," @lauratmurphy.bsky.social + Charlotte Tate write for @csis.org. @jasminchua.com covers their views on Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act effectiveness. @sourcingjournal.com.web.brid.gy. sourcingjournal.com/topics/labor...

Scholar-activist Dilnur Reyhan faces trial in 🇫🇷 France after protesting Beijing’s atrocities against Uyghurs. The case follows a pattern of transnational repression—France should drop charges and defend free expression. @yalkun.bsky.social @benjeannerod.bsky.social www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

📡 Suspected Chinese government operatives used ChatGPT to draft surveillance proposals targeting Uyghurs + other "high-risk" groups, according to an OpenAI report. @snlyngaas.bsky.social @jimsciutto.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...

"[I]mporters [...] can assess their exposure by carefully tracing their supply chains, even if they can’t trace the chemical itself." Kharon on supply-chain challenges for caustic soda, on the #UFLPA's priority sector list. www.kharon.com/brief/lye-xi...

"The white paper reveals three aspects of Xi’s Xinjiang policies: nihilism, denialism, and annihilation," writes Arran Hope, on China's new White Paper ("Guidelines for Governing Xinjiang"). @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social jamestown.org/program/nihi...

"In practice, [Xinjiang Aid] is a comprehensive system of repression, coercion, and assimilation." New report from Uyghur Rights Monitor traces the policy evolution of the "Xinjiang Aid" program. www.uyghurrightsmonitor.org/2025/10/01/w...

"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...

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...

🇺🇳 UN experts express "serious concern over the increasing criminalisation of Uyghur and other minority cultural expression in China." Experts cite the case of Uyghur musician Yashar and the enforced disappearance of scholar Rahile Dawut. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

China’s proposed "Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity" would codify repression and forced assimilation of Uyghurs, Tibetans, Mongolians, and other groups. The proposed law targets language rights, culture, and free expression. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

A newly proposed law in China would provide a broad legal framework to justify existing repression and force assimilation of minority populations in China and abroad. This is a blatant effort to control people’s thoughts and expression about China.

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.

Labour MP Sarah Champion says UK is letting down "enslaved people we should be protecting" Crossbench peer Lord Alton says the UK’s anti-slavery laws are failing "on a colossal scale" @uhrp.org and ‪@antislavery.org have also expressed outrage at what we've uncovered 🧵11

📰 Issue 6 of the #UyghurReader is out! 🧵 A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (August 7–20)—curated by @henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social

🚨 The UK is already a dumping ground for goods tainted by Uyghur forced labour. While the US bans Xinjiang imports & the EU implements forced labour legislation, the UK's regulatory gap is shocking. #ModernSlavery #UyghurRights www.politico.eu/article/chin...

Exclusive: China’s new ‘Air Silk Road’ brings thousands of tons of goods from Xinjiang to Europe Over 40 freight routes now connect Europe to airports in the region, where Beijing is accused of forced labor and human rights abuses. www.politico.eu/article/chin...

Dozens of new cargo routes have opened over the past year connecting Europe with China’s Xinjiang province. They've transported thousands of tons of goods from the region, where Beijing is accused of subjecting the Uyghur ethnic group to forced labor. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/chin...

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

Dozens of new cargo routes have opened in the past year connecting Europe and China’s Xinjiang province, where Beijing is accused of subjecting the Uyghur ethnic group to forced labor and human rights abuses.

Exclusive @politico.com coverage of research by @peterirwin.bsky.social + @henrykszad.bsky.social on 📈 in cargo flights from Uyghur Region to Europe. These ✈️ planes carry goods from sectors at high risk of forced labor. @glanktree.bsky.social @hannecl.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/chin...

🚨 UN expert @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social urges China to end mistreatment of imprisoned human rights defenders, including Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, citing torture, denial of medical care, and blocked family and legal visits. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

One of Thailand’s top art galleries removed China-focused works, removes the words "Hong Kong," "Tibet" and "Uyghur," and the names of artists, at China's request. Thailand illegally deported 40 Uyghurs to China in February. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

📊 New UHRP research by @peterirwin.bsky.social and @henrykszad.bsky.social uncovers surge in air cargo flights between Ürümchi and over a dozen European cities. These ✈️ 📦 routes risk carrying goods linked to Uyghur forced labor directly into European supply chains. uhrp.org/report/manif...

📺 Watch an event organized by the Uyghur Wellness Initiative, moderated by UHRP's @zubayra.bsky.social. "Art as Resistance" included painter Mamatjan Juma and visual artist Gulnaz Tursun, moderated by Zubayra Shamseden. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jtz...

"Does it matter where you stay? International hotel chains are part of human rights abuses in Xinjiang" Article by the Taiwan Association for Human Rights on a report by @peterirwin.bsky.social @henrykszad.bsky.social on international hotel presence amid genocide. www.tahr.org.tw/news/3752

📰 Issue 3 of the #UyghurReader is out! A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Jun 26–Jul 9)—curated by @henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social and Zubayra Shamseden. uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...

New UHRP #Insights💡 "Uyghur Deportations from Thailand Part of a Decade of Betrayal," by @peterirwin.bsky.social. On July 8, 2015, Thai authorities deported at least 109 Uyghur men to China. Ten years later, #TransnationalRepression has only increased. uhrp.org/insights/uyg...

UHRP #Insights 💡 by @henrykszad.bsky.social + @peterirwin.bsky.social "Princeton University Press' Trip into Chinese State Propaganda Erasing Atrocities, and How They Can Support Uyghur Intellectuals" uhrp.org/statement/pr...