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Henryk Szadziewski

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Research Director | Writer | China | Uyghurs | Oceania | Human Rights | Political Geography

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The Uyghur Reader: Stories We’re Following (Issue 10) - Uyghur Human Rights Project Welcome to the tenth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.

📰 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...

17.10.2025 16:41 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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MAMAT | Cornell’s China Ties Threaten Its Students, And It Doesn’t Care On the 76th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, Opinion Columnist Zilala Mamat '26 puts Cornell's China ties into Uyghur perspective.

"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...

02.10.2025 20:30 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The Uyghur Reader: Stories We’re Following (Issue 9) - Uyghur Human Rights Project Welcome to the ninth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.

📖 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...

02.10.2025 15:12 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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US–Pacific island climate cooperation can rise above White House denialism Pacific island countries can circumvent federal climate inaction by partnering with progressive US states through the Under2 Coalition, forging resilient pathways for cooperation.

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...

02.10.2025 00:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Forced Allegiance: Reflections on Flag-raising Ceremonies and National Anthems in Britain and East Turkistan - Uyghur Human Rights Project A UHRP Insights column by Dr. Henryk Szadziewski, Director of Research, Uyghur Human Rights Project

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    📌 0
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Forced Allegiance: Reflections on Flag-raising Ceremonies and National Anthems in Britain and East Turkistan - Uyghur Human Rights Project A UHRP Insights column by Dr. Henryk Szadziewski, Director of Research, Uyghur Human Rights Project

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...

01.10.2025 13:59 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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

29.08.2025 02:48 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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.

25.08.2025 14:40 — 👍 2    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Big Island Council Wants 'Desecration' To End At Military Training Area Its resolution also asks the state to reject any land lease renewal unless there is a "comprehensive cleanup" of the site.

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

21.08.2025 20:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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China’s new ‘Air Silk Road’ brings thousands of tons of goods from Xinjiang to Europe More than 40 freight routes now connect Europe to the region, where Beijing is accused of subjecting the Uyghur ethnic group to forced labor.

#StandWithUyghurs #HumanRights #ClimateEmergency #SupplyChain

www.politico.eu/article/chin...

12.08.2025 10:59 — 👍 11    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 0
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📰 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

21.08.2025 16:17 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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

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    📌 11
Mirroring Our Struggles: Nuclear Legacies in Oceania and Central Asia Semey, in eastern Kazakhstan, is approximately 2,800 kilometres from the nearest ocean. It sits on the West Siberian Plain, and the temperatures in January average around −15 degrees Celsius. Downstre...

Grateful 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...

19.08.2025 02:07 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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China’s new ‘Air Silk Road’ brings thousands of tons of goods from Xinjiang to Europe More than 40 freight routes now connect Europe to the region, where Beijing is accused of subjecting the Uyghur ethnic group to forced labor.

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...

12.08.2025 06:21 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Un géant français de l'hôtellerie profite de la répression ouïghoure au Xinjiang Gulbahar Haitiwaji, Peter Irwin, Dr. Henryk Szadziewski.Ces temps-ci, lorsque je pense au Xinjiang, ma terre natale, je ne pense généralement pas aux hôtels de luxe. Je pense au sol en ciment froid s…

🔗 blogs.mediapart.fr/henryk-szadz...

@hrw-fr.hrw.org @ldh.fr @amnestyfrance.bsky.social @fidh-bhr.bsky.social

14.08.2025 16:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

📢 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)

14.08.2025 16:26 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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China’s new ‘Air Silk Road’ brings thousands of tons of goods from Xinjiang to Europe More than 40 freight routes now connect Europe to the region, where Beijing is accused of subjecting the Uyghur ethnic group to forced labor.

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...

12.08.2025 17:22 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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📊 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...

31.07.2025 16:30 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Side-by-side NYT stories capture our zeitgeist.

21.07.2025 19:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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旅遊住宿在哪有差嗎?國際連鎖飯店在新疆成為迫害人權的一環 | 台灣人權促進會 撰文:實習生 Emma Brignall(白易潔) 校正:游詩庭

"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

14.07.2025 14:05 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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The Uyghur Reader: Stories We’re Following (Issue 3) - Uyghur Human Rights Project Each issue features carefully selected articles, reports, and publications from media outlets, academic institutions, NGOs, and government sources.

📰 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...

10.07.2025 14:47 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Princeton University Press’ Trip into Chinese State Propaganda Erasing Atrocities, and How They Can Support Uyghur Intellectuals - Uyghur Human Rights Project In June 2025, a group of Princeton University Press (PUP) representatives participated in a state-arranged visit to the Uyghur Region. PUP claimed the intention of the trip was to build “inclusive cro...

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...

07.07.2025 20:50 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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It Does Matter Where You Stay: International Hotel Chains in East Turkistan - Uyghur Human Rights Project Five international hotel chains—Accor, Hilton, InterContinental (IHG), Marriott, and Wyndham—currently operate in the Uyghur Region amidst ongoing crimes against humanity and genocide.

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...

30.06.2025 19:09 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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The Uyghur Reader: Stories We’re Following (Issue 2)  - Uyghur Human Rights Project On June 20, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) published a report by Daniel Murphy revealing how South Korean electronics company, LG, directly owns and operates two factories that have rec...

📣 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...

26.06.2025 18:18 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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The Uyghur Reader: Stories We’re Following (Issue 1) - Uyghur Human Rights Project Welcome to the first issue of The Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.

📣 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...

13.06.2025 15:20 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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International Hotel Giants Are Profiting Despite Genocide in Xinjiang Rather than reducing their exposure to the region, companies are on a building spree.

‪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    📌 0
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International Hotel Giants Are Profiting Despite Genocide in Xinjiang Rather than reducing their exposure to the region, companies are on a building spree.

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.

03.06.2025 18:38 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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International Hotel Giants Are Profiting Despite Genocide in Xinjiang Rather than reducing their exposure to the region, 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...

03.06.2025 15:44 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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International Hotel Giants Are Profiting Despite Genocide in Xinjiang Rather than reducing their exposure to the region, companies are on a building spree.

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.

03.06.2025 13:31 — 👍 10    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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