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Julie Millsap

@juliemillsap.bsky.social
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Activist at Heart. "Annoying" (persistent). Currently: No Business With Genocide. Wild Pigeon Collective. Formerly: Uyghur Human Rights Project

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Julie Millsap @juliemillsap.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Please take a moment to tell your members of Congress to cosponsor the Transnational Repression Policy Act, a bicameral piece of legislation which would help to address this ongoing threat targeting dissident communities actionnetwork.org/letters/cong...
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Congress: pass the Transnational Repression Policy Act!
Click this link to send a message to your Members of Congress.
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Julie Millsap @juliemillsap.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
"It might be tempting, in this environment, for policymakers to want to delay action — to wait until the State Department is “fixed” or until the political winds shift. But the Chinese government isn’t waiting." thehill.com/opinion/cong...
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State Department chaos makes passing the Uyghur Policy Act imperative
With the department in a state of strategic drift, the need for legislative mandates is greater than ever.
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Julie Millsap @juliemillsap.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
"The Preventing the Forced Return of #Uyghurs Act follows reports from earlier this year of governments forcibly repatriating Uyghurs to #China..." Many thanks to @merkley.senate.gov & his excellent staff, & my TX Senator John Cornyn for this. #humanrights www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-corn...
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Merkley, Cornyn Unveil Bipartisan Bill to Defend Vulnerable Uyghurs from Being Forcibly Returned to PRC - Merkley
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Texas’ U.S. Senator John Cornyn today teamed up to introduce new bipartisan legislation to impose sanctions on foreign government officials in...
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David Tobin @drdavidtobin.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.
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Wild Pigeon Collective @wpcollective.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
"I beg you to consider the human toll of this separation." A #Uyghur son pleads for his father, held in Thai Immigration Detention, to be released. youtu.be/Bf8KAPGIz-o
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A Letter From a Uyghur Son
YouTube video by Wild Pigeon Collective
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Wild Pigeon Collective @wpcollective.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
"Let them also see the light, the ocean, mountain, & flowers." The mother of one of the Uyghurs detained in IDC in Thailand writes to the Thai people & government. youtu.be/SN-cwKc4QZA
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A Message From a Uyghur Mother
YouTube video by Wild Pigeon Collective
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Julie Millsap @juliemillsap.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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nyrolaelima.bsky.social @nyrolaelima.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
❗️❗️BREAKING EXCLUSIVE FROM THAILAND'S IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER Authorities have taken all the other county detainees to another place. Uyghurs are the only ones left in the cell. Deportation is happening NOW.
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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Five years ago today, Wuhan police issued a written warning to the late Dr. #LiWenliang for his online speech in a WeChat group. Li was among the first medical professionals trying to share information and sound the alarm about #Covid. 🔖 www.nchrd.org/2020/04/a-he...
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Julie Millsap @juliemillsap.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Just your new year's reminder that World Uyghur Congress weaponized a false TNR narrative to paint young powerless women speaking against sexual harassment as spies and has refused to correct that. One actively spreading the narratives with WUC members was linked to the Chinese consulate in Turkey.
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Phelim Kine @phelimkine.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Forget Beijing — The House Select China Committee is up against Trump and Elon Musk in the next Congress via @RobbieGramer @politico www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
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Forget Beijing — The House China committee is up against Trump and Elon Musk
Dems warn that GOP control of the White House and Capitol Hill will test the committee’s bipartisan harmony and risk descent into “messaging and rhetoric.”
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Timothy Grose @timothyagrose.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
In the span of three days, two *more* (at least first I've heard of them) shocking allegations of sexual harassment have emerged in the broader Uyghur/Kazakh studies/activism circle. Documenting the crisis for over seven years, I've met two types of people:
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Phelim Kine @phelimkine.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Don't mess with Texas —Gov. Greg Abbott rolls out a trio of Executive Orders that identify risks of potential malign Chinese govt activity in the state (transnational repression, cyberattacks) a top govt priority. Full details in @politico China Watcher www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
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Julie Millsap @juliemillsap.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
ir.voanews.com/a/7868018.html My interview with @voanews.bsky.social Farsi service:
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Julie Millsap: China cannot stand any threat to identity
Julie Millsap is a government relations and communications professional. She lived and worked in China for more than a decade and is focused on Uyghur advocacy, public affairs, and communication strat...
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Julie Millsap @juliemillsap.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
ICYMI: ODNI has published its report on #Uyghur Genocide and Uyghur Forced Labor pursuant to section 6504 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023: www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
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Uyghur Genocide and Concentrated Reeducation Camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We will not be silent in the face of tyranny. Stand with us in support of the #HongKong47 and political prisoners in Hong Kong tomorrow (Nov 19) at 4pm on the House Triangle on #CapitolHill in #WashingtonDC ✊✊
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