Siri AI’s Future in China Unclear Under “One Apple, Two Systems”

Network for Uyghur Rights Co-ED @zubayra.bsky.social cited in Part II of a major new @financialtimes.com investigation. "Companies, governments, entities, even tourists, should wake up and realise they are complicit." ig.ft.com/western-china/

Last week, our Co-ED @zubayra.bsky.social spoke at the National Endowment for Democracy's event marking 37 years since the massacre. As a student in Shanghai in 1989, she took to the streets in solidarity with the democracy movement.

"Akin Gump, the fourth largest lobbying firm in the country by revenue, is being paid to advocate for a polysilicon manufacturer led by an individual whom the U.S. government has linked to China’s repression of the Uyghur people." www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investi...

Wondering what's Natalia Cote-Muñoz ‪@ncotemunoz.bsky.social‬ updated analysis of Americans non-reaction to the discovery that Labubus are indeed made by slavery-as we all suspected. (Many other products are, too--but slavery is regaining its respectability in the US?) www.ncuscr.org/video/labubu...

A research arm of the Chinese government said it had published an atlas of deep-sea mineral deposits, highlighting Beijing’s ambitions to mine the ocean floor and underscoring its disputed claims to waters that neighboring nations consider theirs.

White House accuses China of industrial-scale theft of AI technology reut.rs/4vMtgNF

今天是喀什一所中学教师亚力昆·阿布来提（ shahit.biz/cmn/36249 ）去世8周年。他于2017年被拘留，后因“聚众扰乱社会秩序”被判刑7年，并被送往沙雅监狱。 他于次年去世，终年57岁。

📅 Webinar: The Rise of AI in PRC Influence Operations (GoLaxy Documents) We’ll explore how AI is reshaping PRC information operations — from mass bot activity to more precise profiling and targeting. 🗓️ April 29, 3 PM CEST / 9 PM UTC+8 🎙️ Athena Tong&Jasper Hewitt 👉 Register: dtl.tw/golaxy-webin...

Escaped Policeman from China Provides an Inside Look at the Police State Chinese policeman Zhang Yabo fled China for Germany - where he has provided a clear look at the inner workings of the apparatus. DER SPIEGEL. April 20, 2026. derspiegel.substack.com/p/escaped-po...

Where is my Family? Contemporary Uyghur Activism in the Transnational Diaspora. Musapir & Rune Steenberg. Critical Asian Studies. Published online: 19 Apr 2026. doi.org/10.1080/1467...

Repression of Uyghurs persists as the world moves on "As global attention to the Xi Jinping regime's crimes against humanity in Xinjiang fades, some may begin to believe that things are returning to “normal”. This is simply wrong." www.abc.net.au/religion/yal...

"The [PRC's] investments in energy and digital infrastructure across all five Central Asian countries share structural similarities with Russia’s approach to its satellites during and after the Soviet era," writes CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development. Read more: https://bit.ly/4cgKN9k

The Chinese government has intensified ideological control, surveillance, restrictions on religious activities, and foreign ties of Catholic in China. The 2018 agreement with the Holy See has helped Beijing to escalate pressure on underground communities. www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...

"Zhao, who was the deputy secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission in Henan’s Lushan County, gained national attention for marrying his deceased sister. Investigators later clarified that the story was not driven by rural superstition or obscure..." bitterwinter.org/china-the-pa...

📰 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...

Burning Xi Jinping: Is Kazakh Rights Group Facing Its Final Days? A group of activists set fire to a portrait of Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Chinese flag during a demonstration against the continued detention of ethnic Kazakhs in Xinjiang. thediplomat.com/2025/12/burn...

他拍下了新疆再教育营，如今美国要将他驱逐 2020年，中国公民关恒听闻中国大规模拘禁和监视维吾尔人的报道。但他想亲自验证这些报道是否属实。于是他驱车前往新疆，拍摄下了再教育营的视频，他后来逃往美国申请庇护。但如今，美政府正推进对他的驱逐，主张将他遣送到乌干达，该国与中国有密切经济联系。 cn.nytimes.com/usa/20251216...

📰 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...

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...

Remembering the Ürümchi Fire Victims and the Need for a Unified Solidarity Movement in China uhrp.org/insights/rem...

📰 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 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...

Remembering the Ürümchi Fire Victims and the Need for a Unified Solidarity Movement in China uhrp.org/insights/rem...

新的维吾尔人权项目观点洞见💡 从雅尔塔到联合国第2758号决议：维吾尔国家地位在国际法中的消失/由阿斯娅@AsiyeUyghur 撰写 二十世纪中叶，维吾尔人两度尝试建立独立国家。最引人注目的尝试，是1944年至1949年在苏联支持下出现的东突厥斯坦共和国。然而。。。 chinese.uhrp.org/insights/%e4...

After 29 years, RFA is on pause From the executive editor: funding uncertainty is driving RFA’s remaining teams to stop delivering the news for now. www.rfa.org/english/worl...

🎊 The Snow Lion Award honors civil courage in advancing human rights and threatened cultures. 2025 laureates: our Co-ED Dr. Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social & Tibetan Buddhist scholar Geshe Lobsang Monlam. 🙏@savetibet.bsky.social 💡 savetibet.org/dr-sophie-ri...

📖 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...

📰 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

📺 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...

新的维吾尔人权项目观点洞见💡 7·5事件十六周年：被抹黑的抗争与未竟的真相/由阿斯娅@AsiyeUyghur 著 十六年前的7月5日，乌鲁木齐爆发了一场由维吾尔大学生发起的和平示威，他们走上人民广场，仅仅是为了抗议几天前在广东韶关发生的一起维吾尔工人被汉人暴力袭击并杀害的事件。 chinese.uhrp.org/insights/7%c...