📰 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...
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Research Director | Writer | China | Uyghurs | Oceania | Human Rights | Political Geography
📰 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...
01.10.2025 22:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New 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...
21.08.2025 20:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#StandWithUyghurs #HumanRights #ClimateEmergency #SupplyChain
www.politico.eu/article/chin...
📰 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
Vermont Green fans at Virtue Field with a Tifo depicting Bernie Sanders with the words "welcome to the Berniebeu", a play on the name of Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
"Welcome to the Berniebeu" Bernie Sanders inspired Tifo from the Vermont Green fans at the USL League Two final vs Ballard FC. 📷: USL
03.08.2025 00:19 — 👍 170 🔁 38 💬 8 📌 11Grateful to @anudpa.bsky.social for publishing my In Brief on how nuclear programs by the US, UK, France & USSR scarred both Oceania & Central Asia—linking the regions in shared struggles for justice & healing.
Read: openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/entities/pub...
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...
🔗 blogs.mediapart.fr/henryk-szadz...
@hrw-fr.hrw.org @ldh.fr @amnestyfrance.bsky.social @fidh-bhr.bsky.social
📢 Tribune libre avec Gulbahar Haitiwaji & @peterirwin.bsky.social sur Accor et ses activités au Xinjiang.
« La solution est claire : les entreprises doivent cesser leurs activités au Xinjiang, et les gouvernements doivent les tenir responsables si elles refusent. » (1/2)
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...
📊 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...
Side-by-side NYT stories capture our zeitgeist.
21.07.2025 19:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"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...
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...
Research by @peterirwin.bsky.social @henrykszad.bsky.social + Ben Carrdus from April demonstrated the dramatic 📈 increase in international hotel chains in the Uyghur region.
IHG is operating—and dramatically expanding—its business amidst atrocities.
uhrp.org/report/it-do...
📣 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...
📣 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...
In @foreignpolicy.com: Article co-written w/@peterirwin.bsky.social on how hotel giants continue to profit in the Uyghur Region amid atrocity crimes. Naming & shaming states isn’t enough. Without accountability, corporations cash in. Edited by @ameakem.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/02/c...
05.06.2025 19:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The "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.
03.06.2025 18:38 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0New 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...
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.
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