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Asian Lawyers Network (ALN) @asianlawyersn.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

So happy that human rights lawyer #YuWensheng has been released and safely arrived at his home in Beijing. x.com/xuyan709/sta...

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Mike Jensen @mikejjensen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

China seeking to achieve social cohesion through the elimination of ethnic and linguistic differences. Their new ethnic unity law confirms plans to impose ideological control over Taiwan in a post-unification scenario. For democracies, unity in diversity is a strength jamestown.org/ethnic-unity...

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Ethnic Unity Law Codifies ‘Chinese’ Identity - Jamestown

Executive Summary: On March 12, the National People’s Congress (NPC) approved the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress Law (民族团结进步促进法) (Xinhua, March 13). The law mandates patriotic education, the u...

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HK Labour Rights Monitor 香港勞權監察 @hklabourrights.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

⚖️ Chow Hang-tung broke down in court recalling Liu Xiaobo: “......he was only allowed to see his family at the very end.” “In the end, not even his ashes were left behind.” She faces a subversion charge over HK Alliance advocacy. bit.ly/47U0HUk #FreeLeeCheukYan #FreeChowHangTung #HongKongs

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Collective Study @collectivestudy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

A year ago, @collectivestudy.bsky.social exposed a covert CCP propaganda account hosted by Substack. That Substack account remains active, conducting "cognitive warfare" on Xinjiang and other topics.

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Xinjiang's fight against desertification began as a struggle to protect homes.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

... thankfully, the judge set a new date for a new hearing January 12, with reference to the "widespread interest" in the case! Yet sadly our hero Guan Heng remains jailed here. Picture above is of me and my sign: THANK YOU GUAN HENG! for his precious effort in exposing the Uyghur genocide.

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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Today attended a rally for Guan Heng outside the prison where he is held, in Binghamton, New York. We stood in the snow, and listened to a court hearing online via speaker from 830am. Thankfully the judge did NOT go along with any immediate deportation but instead 1/2

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Collective Study @collectivestudy.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

HKFP: Senior party members previously told Reuters they had been approached by Chinese officials or “middlemen” and told to disband or face severe consequences, including possible arrest. @hongkongfp.com

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Hong Kong’s last major opposition party disbands amid Chinese pressure

Senior DP members previously allege being told to disband or face severe consequences including possible arrest

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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

And this new signature campaign: Free Heng Guan and End ICE’s Illegal Detention of Asylum Seekers c.org/zyrRKT7f5c

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Free Heng Guan and End ICE’s Illegal Detention of Asylum Seekers

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Alison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites. He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

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ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps

Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.

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Christo Buschek @handle.invalid · 13/12/2025

In this documentary, Guan Heng provided crucial corroboration for many of the detention facilities that @alisonkilling.bsky.social , @meghara.bsky.social and I published in “Built to Last”. His hearing takes place on Monday, December 15 in New York. www.buzzfeednews.com/article/megh...

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China Secretly Built A Vast New Infrastructure To Imprison Muslims

China rounded up so many Muslims in Xinjiang that there wasn’t enough space to hold them. Then the government started building.

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Christo Buschek @handle.invalid · 13/12/2025

In August Guan Heng was arrested in upstate New York and is threatened by deportation to China, a severe risk to his wellbeing and even his life. Guan Heng showed exceptional bravery and courage producing his documentary. More on him here: hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...

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Man who filmed Uyghur concentration camps now fights for his own freedom in the United States

In 2020, Guan Heng embarked on a risky mission to prove the existence of concentration camp facilities used to imprison Uyghurs. Now, he faces the threat of deportation back to China, where he would f...

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Christo Buschek @handle.invalid · 13/12/2025

"Foreign journalists can hardly gain access to Xinjiang. But, good for me I can." With these words Guan Heng starts his documentary providing crucial evidence of mass incarcerations of muslim minorities in Xinjiang, China. He had to flee to the US. ICE arrested him. A threat to his life.

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Collective Study @collectivestudy.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

'The press conference would have covered topics including support for affected residents, the establishment of a commission of inquiry, potential bid-rigging, substandard materials, and the roles of regulatory bodies including the government.'

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HK solicitor taken in by nat. sec police, as civic press event on Tai Po fire axed

HK national security police have taken in a solicitor, who was set to speak at a cancelled civil society-led press conference on the fatal Wang Fuk Court fire, according to media reports.

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RazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

A small Lennon Wall, with messages of solidarity and blessings for the city in a nearby tunnel, a few onlookers pause to read the notes and take pictures.

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Collective Study @collectivestudy.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

'In recent years, bookings by independent civil society groups, NGOs, opposition parties, and activists have been cancelled at the last minute. Some venues cited reasons such as urgent maintenance work, while others provided no explanation for the cancellations or alluded to official pressure.'

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Photojournalist group axes exhibition after university pulls venue

The Hong Kong Press Photographers Association (HKPPA) has called off an exhibition after Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) pulled its venue, citing "emergency maintenance."

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David Tobin @drdavidtobin.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Policymakers and the media need rigorous research by independently minded scholars to make sense of Chinese politics and society. INCCS will tackle the big and difficult questions about "China's rise".

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David Tobin @drdavidtobin.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The status and rights of Uyghur communities in Turkiye are deeply precarious, and overlooked by researchers and civil society organisations since 2017. It's now being more fully documented. www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

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Protected No More

The 51-page report, “Protected No More: Uyghurs in Türkiye,” finds that Uyghurs’ previous access to international protection status, and indeed preferential treatment under the Turkish immigration sys...

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Collective Study @collectivestudy.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

BBC: A South Yorkshire Police spokesperson said the force has referred the investigation on because the "allegations fall under Section 3 of the National Security Act". Section 3 of the act deals with "assisting a foreign intelligence service".

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China academic intimidation claim referred to counter-terrorism police

Sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses is alleged to have been shut down by Chinese agents.

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Collective Study @collectivestudy.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Dutch Ambassador for Human Rights and former Ambassador to China:

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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The Intl Day in Support of Victims of Torture has passed, but #XieYang remains behind bars—3.5 years without trial. He defended pro-democracy protesters & activists until #ChinaGov arrested him for it--then tortured him in detention. 👇

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Prisoners of Conscience Data, Mainland China中国大陆良心犯资料库

For the purpose of this database, prisoners of conscience (POC) refers to persons deprived of their liberty (detained, imprisoned, or disappeared) for peacefully exercising or defendin...

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Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 30/06/2025

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...

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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.

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Collective Study @collectivestudy.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The 'DeepChina' Substack account — which presents itself as “an elite academic initiative” — is in fact controlled and directed by the United Front Work Department. Its goal is to spread propaganda & conduct “opinion and cognitive warfare” in support of the CCP’s ethnic affairs work.

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‘DeepChina’ Substack exposed: covert United Front ‘opinion and cognitive warfare’ project targets international China scholars (Collective Study Issue 04)

A review by Collective Study of Party propaganda documents, journal articles, and other official sources reveals that the DeepChina Substack account — which...

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Collective Study @collectivestudy.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Unity Camps, Great Country Borderlands & Pomegranate Seed Families: How the CCP’s youth work promotes Xi’s assimilationist agenda, settler colonialism, and seeks to transform children into ‘little envoys’, ‘propagandists’ and ‘demonstrators’ of CCP-led ‘ethnic unity’.

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Collective Study (Issue 03): CCP Youth Work, Settler Colonialism and Ethnic Assimilation

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

27 May 14:00 - 15:30 Beyond #Xinjiang Join our online seminar exploring how #China’s securitization policies impact #Muslim minorities 🕌 — with a focus on #Uyghur and #Hui communities: www.remote-xuar.com/events/beyon...

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Remote Xuar @remotexuar.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

#China's state-led #environmentalism 🌿 is reshaping life on its western frontiers — but often at the expense of #ethnic minority herders. Join our Inner #Asia #Colloquium on 9 May to learn how these environmental policies have been negotiated on the ground: www.remote-xuar.com/events/lives... 🐫

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Collective Study @collectivestudy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Xi commended volunteers at a Xinjiang boarding school in a letter marking Youth Day on May 4: 'more young people have chosen to serve as volunteers in the country's western regions and rural areas over the years, demonstrating their spirit of dedication and sense of responsibility.'

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 02/05/2025

Half of RFA’s language services will no longer produce new content: RFA Tibetan, Burmese, Uyghur, and Lao. Also, ceasing operations will be Asia Fact Check Lab, a special unit focused on picking apart false narratives seeded by the Chinese Communist Party. www.rfa.org/english/abou...

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RFA announces mass layoffs, shutdown of major language services

Uyghur, Tibetan, Burmese will halt content production, programming on May 9

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Collective Study @collectivestudy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

"Tibetans have not witnessed such strong support for Tibet in a European parliament in many years, except in the Czech Republic."

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

"During at least seven of Xi’s 31 international trips between 2019 and 2024, local law enforcement infringed on dozens of protesters’ rights in order to shield the Chinese president from dissent, detaining or arresting activists, often for spurious reasons."

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As President Xi Jinping traveled the world, police swept peaceful protesters off the streets - ICIJ

In country after country, local authorities detained and silenced activists to shield the Chinese leader from dissent.

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Nadège Rolland @rollandnadege.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

The DeepChina Substack account is controlled and directed by the United Front Work Department, and was created specifically to spread propaganda and conduct “opinion and cognitive warfare” in support of the CCP’s ethnic affairs work. buttondown.com/collectivest...

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‘DeepChina’ Substack exposed: covert United Front ‘opinion and cognitive warfare’ project targets international China scholars (Collective Study Issue 04)

A review by Collective Study of Party propaganda documents, journal articles, and other official sources reveals that the DeepChina Substack account — which...

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Indeed, refuting Taiwan's deep #Austronesian connection is a high priority for the CCP, as noted in a recent report highlighting the United Front propaganda work by the party-sponsored #Substack, DeepChina, which has been attempting to masquerade as neutral academia. buttondown.com/collectivest...

Source: https://buttondown.com/collectivestudy/archive/deepchina-substack-exposed-covert-united-front/

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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

“In 2024, 33 Chinese NGOs showed up about 300 times on the lists of speakers at [#UN] Human Rights Council sessions. There were only three of them in 2018. None criticized #China [govt], #ICIJ’s review of their statements found.” www.icij.org/investigatio...

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At the U.N., China is deploying a growing army of puppet organizations to monitor and intimidate human rights activists - ICIJ

Beijing-backed “GONGOs” have transformed the Palais des Nations into a hostile environment for critics of President Xi Jinping.

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