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...

UHRP is urging the UK government to clarify Trade Minister Douglas Alexander's meetings w/ InterContinental Hotels Group during his April trip to China. Freedom of Information docs from UK Department for Business and Trade show the Minister met IHG days before our report. uhrp.org/statement/uh...

📣 Check out Issue 2 of the #UyghurReader: a biweekly roundup curated by UHRP's @henrykszad.bsky.social and @peterirwin.bsky.social. Each issue highlights urgent human rights reporting, analysis, and stories from across the Uyghur world—from East Turkistan to the diaspora. uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...

New: "Argentina’s Highest Criminal Court Rules in Favor of Proceeding With Uyghur Universal Jurisdiction Case" The ⚖️ ruling results in the opening of a criminal case for Uyghurs in 🇦🇷 Argentina, the first of its kind. uhrp.org/statement/ar...

A new report by @tbij.bsky.social shows how global brands are directly involved in forced labor involving Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples. Factories owned by South Korea's LG and Italy’s De'Longhi have been implicated. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

We’ve been digging into China’s so-called labour transfer scheme that relies heavily on forced labour – and can reveal for the first time that global brands like LG directly own factories receiving workers from this scheme

📣 Introducing The #UyghurReader: a new biweekly roundup curated by UHRP, this week from @henrykszad.bsky.social + @peterirwin.bsky.social. Each issue highlights human rights reporting, analysis, and stories from across the Uyghur world—from East Turkistan to the diaspora. uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...

The "naming and shaming" human rights strategy hasn't kept major international hotel chains from expanding their operations in China's Xinjiang province, @peterirwin.bsky.social and @henrykszad.bsky.social write.

One prominent industry continues to avoid scrutiny for operating in Xinjiang: major international hotel chains, peterirwin.bsky.social and @henrykszad.bsky.social write. Rather than reducing their exposure to the region, these companies are on a building spree.

New op-ed by UHRP's @peterirwin.bsky.social and @henrykszad.bsky.social in @foreignpolicy.com 👉🏼 Despite atrocities, major hotel chains are rapidly expanding in the Uyghur Region. Shaming China isn't enough if corporations like Marriott and Hilton get a free pass. foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/02/c...

@peterirwin.bsky.social + Ben Carrdus research cited in major @tbij.bsky.social @nytimes.com investigation. "A 2024 [UHRP report] demonstrated that, despite making up less than 1% of China’s population, Uyghurs account for 34% of all incarcerations." www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

BREAKING: From Apple to Tesla – we’ve linked more than *100* global brands to forced labour of ethnic minorities in China (1/4)

A major @nytimes.com investigation shows the Chinese gov't has placed Uyghurs in 70+ factories outside the Uyghur Region. Producing products in at least five sectors supplying 🌍 companies—including BMW, Tesla, LG, and KFC. @dhpierson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

🇬🇧 UK Parliamentarians send joint letter to #IHG over presence in the Uyghur Region amid atrocity crimes. Nine members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China call on IHG to explain expansion, urging the company to reassess operations. uhrp.org/statement/uh...

"[According to UHRP] an estimated one in 26 Uyghurs in Xinjiang have been imprisoned, and official statistics show that the region had more than 578,000 criminal convictions between 2017 and 2022." Research by @peterirwin.bsky.social + Ben Carrdus cited. lareviewofbooks.org/article/were...

"Feng uses her story as a springboard into discussing the country's blossoming 'Weiquan' movement or 'rights defense' movement." @laujessie.bsky.social reviews "Let Only Red Flowers Bloom" by Emily Feng, a study of identity and erasure in contemporary China. lareviewofbooks.org/article/were...

British chain IHG, which owns #InterContinental, Holiday Inn & other brands, is accused of violating sanctions by building hotels in #China’s Xinjiang where MPs hv said genocide is occurring against Muslim groups, incl #Uyghurs. cc @uyghurproject.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

🆕 New UHRP research on dramatic 📈 increase in int'l hotels chains in the Uyghur region—by @peterirwin.bsky.social, @henrykszad.bsky.social, and Ben Carrdus. Major 🏨 chains all operating amidst atrocities. 📊 uhrp.org/report/it-does-matter-where-you-stay-international-hotel-chains-in-east-turkistan

Peter Irwin, associate director for research and advocacy at UHRP, said: “The government can point to these major companies entrenching themselves [...] as evidence that everything is normal, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary.” UHRP research cited. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Uyghur rights group calls on hotel chains not to ‘sanitise’ China abuses in Xinjiang Growth in international hotels coincides with government effort to push region as a tourism destination www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Uyghur rights group calls on hotel chains not to ‘sanitise’ China abuses in Xinjiang

🆕 New UHRP research on dramatic 📈 increase in int'l hotels chains in the Uyghur region—by @peterirwin.bsky.social, @henrykszad.bsky.social, and Ben Carrdus. Major 🏨 chains all operating amidst atrocities. 📊 uhrp.org/report/it-does-matter-where-you-stay-international-hotel-chains-in-east-turkistan

"The roots of the protests in Barin and the state violence against Uyghur civilians are a precursor to Chinese government atrocity crimes." UHRP Research Director @henrykszad.bsky.social writes ahead of the 35th anniversary of the Barin Uprising. uhrp.org/statement/uh...

✊🏽 UHRP supports joint statement calling Congress to protect @voanews.com.web.brid.gy, Radio Free Asia, @rferl.org.web.brid.gy journalists facing harassment, imprisonment, deportation. 📣 With 36 orgs, we urge Congress to ensure journalists’ safety. @penamerica.bsky.social uhrp.org/statement/jo...

Chinese language event starting soon ➡️ "Women’s Voices in Exile: Confronting the Chinese Communist Party’s Oppression" 📅 Friday, March 7, 2025 🕙 10:00–11:00 a.m. EDT 📍 UHRP's YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn pages uhrp.org/event/womens...

"Bangkok took no action for fear of upsetting China." Canada, Australia, and the US offered Uyghurs in Thailand asylum before their deportation to China. www.reuters.com/world/canada...

"We actually did everything correctly on human rights," said Thai PM. This is absolutely incorrect. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the Uyghur deportation represents "a clear violation of international human rights laws." www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Thailand’s deportation of 40 Uyghurs to possible torture, ill-treatment & arbitrary detention in China is a flagrant breach of international law and incompatible with membership of UN Human Rights Council ishr.ch/latest-updat... #HRC58 @ishr.ch @vdraphael.bsky.social @uyghurproject.bsky.social

Associate Director at @uyghurproject.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social said past experience suggested the 40 would be jailed. "I would imagine they will be in prison for the rest of their lives. There is absolutely no way these people will be treated fairly." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

"There is no way Polat or his family still living in China would have wanted him to return there. He just wanted to see his children again," said Mihriman Muhammed, 38, who fled in 2014. China is not "reuniting" Uyghur families—the will face persecution. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...