Reposted by Sophia YanForeign Media Association @fma-turkey.bsky.social · 21/01/2026The pending deportation from Turkey of French journalist Raphaël Boukandoura threatens to set a disturbing precedent for press freedom. Our full statement: fmaturkey.org/raphael-bouk... 136
Reposted by Sophia Yandah1234.bsky.social @dah1234.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Very interesting interview with Sophia Yan (Senior Foreign Correspondent of the Telegraph) on Friday's #Ukraine:TheLatest podcast (www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMI8...) about China's role in supplying Russia with dual-use technologies and materials.youtube.comHuge explosion at ‘vital’ Russia oil refinery | Ukraine: The LatestYouTube video by The Telegraph 131
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Obulqasim Isma’il, a #Uyghur, was given a new passport w the wrong name & DOB. The #Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan, where he lives with his family, refused to correct it www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukChina’s passport trap: A new front in the global war on UyghursThreat to chef living in Kyrgyzstan raises spectre of new sinister tactics to crack down on persecuted minority 110
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 22/07/2025'Consultants' charging #migrants $$$ to help fake their way into #Europe w fraudulent paperwork – fake CVs, fake job references, fake bank statements A scam of such breadth & depth to obtain real, approved visas My latest @telegraphnews.bsky.social investigation www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukRevealed: Pakistani migrants tricking way into Britain with fake £50k visa documentsPaperwork approved by Home Office despite being littered with grammatical errors 041
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 27/06/2025‘Obliterated,’ declares #Trump, ‘Nothing significant,’ says #Khamenei. Was the uranium spirited away first? Many questions... So how badly damaged is #Iran's #nuclear program? Insights @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social @ddolzikova.bsky.social Farzan Sabet www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukHow badly damaged is Iran’s nuclear programme? Here’s the evidence‘Obliterated,’ declares Trump, ‘Nothing significant,’ says Khamenei. And was the uranium spirited away first? Questions need answering 000
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Very interesting analysis @mixedmigration.org on potential #migration impact from #Israel-#Iran war if ceasefire doesn't hold & conflict continues Take the scenario of #Syria. At peak of civil war, 1/4 of its 23m pop fled abroad; another 1/4 internally displaced (+thread) 110
Reposted by Sophia YanNüVoices 女性之音 @nuvoices.bsky.social · 27/06/2025🚨SPECIAL🎙️EPISODE: In this NüVoices Special episode, host and board member @sophiayan.bsky.social talks to Amanda Hsiao, director in Eurasia Group’s China practice, to look back on the first five months of Trump 2.0, and what we can learn from US-China relations: nuvoices.com/2025/06/25/n... 011
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025ICYMI View from #Beirut where many feel avenged by #Iran’s retaliatory strikes against Israel, which has invaded #Lebanon 3x + attacked countless times (Am filing faster than I can post so please follow @telegraphnews.bsky.social for more) www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukWatch: Lebanese dance and cheer under missiles heading for Israel‘It’s payback’ – some see the attack as retribution for Israeli air strikes last year 131
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025#Hezbollah supporters believe the militant group is ready to join the #war against #Israel once #Iran gives the order Even w less firepower + men, Hezbollah can still distract/tire out Israeli military Dispatch from Dahieh, a Hezb stronghold www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukHezbollah hurting, but its fighters are ready to join war on IsraelAir strike that took out military leader fuels supporters’ demands for retaliation to help Iran 131
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Why #Xi + #Putin - #Iran’s strongest strategic partners - are panicking right now 🤯🤬🤢 Analysis @telegraphnews.bsky.social Insights 🙏 @geringtuvia.bsky.social @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukWhy Putin and Xi will be panicking over IranRussian and Chinese leaders in danger of losing a key partner in the fight against US hegemony in the region 3126
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Gone are the sprawling #refugee tent camps. Frontex touted a 78% drop in irregular #border crossings for 2024 on the Western Balkan route But human #smuggling is still in force — it’s just moved underground & therefore not reflected in the data www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... #migrationtelegraph.co.ukEU says illegal migration has dropped, but I saw the reality on the groundAlong the Serbia-Hungary border, The Telegraph finds plenty willing to gamble for a better life 110
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 06/06/2025#Chinese technology pioneered in East Turkistan (aka #Xinjiang) against the #Uyghurs… rolls out to #Turkey 010
Reposted by Sophia YanYlenia Gostoli @yleniagostoli.bsky.social · 05/06/20252/ Nearly 2,000 mostly young people were detained during the March protests against the arrest of #Istanbul's mayor, #Imamoglu. 819 are facing charges in 20 investigations - many arrested in dawn raids, held for weeks without trial. Often, their “crime” was just being present. 121
Reposted by Sophia YanYlenia Gostoli @yleniagostoli.bsky.social · 05/06/20254/ A Chinese-made Hikvision camera was spotted at a major Istanbul rally. It matches a model listed in a Turkish interior ministry document - capable of detecting 120 faces simultaneously. 131
Reposted by Sophia YanYlenia Gostoli @yleniagostoli.bsky.social · 05/06/20255/ In late 2024, Turkey's police bought 3,500 facial recognition cameras and 278 servers. In 2025, more contracts and tenders followed - including one for 13,000 new cameras, published just a day before the mayor’s arrest. 111
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Police watchdog blasts UK authorities for being too laser-focused on small boat crossings, leading to "missed opportunities" to respond to other routes that migrants are using as guided by #smugglers - ie via trucks, visa fraud www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukMigrants sneak into UK in lorries while police ‘too focused on small boats’Watchdog says chances are being missed to intercept illegal immigrants who take less high-profile routes 000
Reposted by Sophia YanBorder Violence Monitoring Network @borderviolence.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Thank you to @sophiayan.bsky.social for featuring our newly released Criminalisation report for 2024 in this piece for @telegraphnews.bsky.social Read Sophia's report here: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... bsky.app/profile/bord...telegraph.co.ukEurope failing to smash people smuggling gangsUnder the guise of combating the ‘smuggling’ crisis, authorities have arrested migrants, journalists and advocates 011
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 03/05/2025We went undercover & filmed covertly @telegraphnews.bsky.social to unveil how human #smugglers exploit legitimate networks to move illicit proceeds around the world - incl through the UK 💸🌎 My latest on a long-term investigation that spans Kabul to Birmingham www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...telegraph.co.ukRevealed: How people smuggling is arranged on the British high streetMoney exchange shops are working directly with human smugglers to help them evade police 031
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025#Chinese firms openly selling “inflatable boats for #refugees” online & advertising them to smugglers. Over 3 mos @telegraphnews.bsky.social tracked English-language ads posted online by seven suppliers hawking “refugee boats." None taken down during that period www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukShameless Chinese firms advertise ‘inflatable boats for refugees’Salespeople spoke openly about their products even when told they would be used to transport migrants 010
Reposted by Sophia YanUyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 17/04/2025🆕 New UHRP research on dramatic 📈 increase in int'l hotels chains in the Uyghur region—by @peterirwin.bsky.social, @henrykszad.bsky.social, and Ben Carrdus. Major 🏨 chains all operating amidst atrocities. 📊 uhrp.org/report/it-does-matter-where-you-stay-international-hotel-chains-in-east-turkistan 027
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025British chain IHG, which owns #InterContinental, Holiday Inn & other brands, is accused of violating sanctions by building hotels in #China’s Xinjiang where MPs hv said genocide is occurring against Muslim groups, incl #Uyghurs. cc @uyghurproject.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukBritish hotel chain ‘violating sanctions’ in ChinaReport alleges IHG’s hotels in Xinjiang are participating in the ‘broader suppression’ of the Muslim Uyghur ethnic minority 012
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Hello, #Friday! A thread on this week's stories from yours truly.... Meet the #Syrians who remain determined to seek refuge in the #UK, in #Europe, even though #asylum claims have been frozen after the #Assad regime fell in December www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukSyrians still trying to cross Channel despite asylum claim freezeRefugees say they ‘cannot start from scratch and change their dreams’ so continue to attempt treacherous journey to the UK 100
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 30/01/2025'#Death boat' to #Europe... Only 11 migrants survived out of 80 after smugglers beat & killed them w hammers over an inter-gang payment dispute Exclusive feature w esteemed colleague Mohammad Zubair Khan in Islamabad for @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukThe ‘death boat’ to Europe where migrants are bound and beaten with hammersSurvivors divulge harrowing details of a botched smuggling deal that went horribly wrong 010
Reposted by Sophia YanSarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Latest with @sophiayan.bsky.social: 48 Uyghurs detained in Thailand for nearly 11 years are on hunger strike to protest against imminent deportation to China, where they face imprisonment or execution. Full story: telegraph.co.uk/gift/10900fe...telegraph.co.uk‘This may be my last message’: Uyghurs stage hunger strike over China deportationA group of 48 ethnic minority Muslims who fled Chinese persecution have been held in Thailand for nearly 11 years 023
Reposted by Sophia YanTuvia Gering 陶文亚 @geringtuvia.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Explosive report from @sophiayan.bsky.social on China using shell companies to send $1B in drones to Libya, skirting a UN arms embargo for discounted oil. Makes you wonder what other providers of sanctioned crude, like Iran and Russia, receive in kind from China.telegraph.co.ukInside China’s secret plan to send weapons disguised as Covid aid to warlordMilitary tech worth £1bn would have been part-payment for discounted crude oil, emails sent by alleged conspirators in Canada reveal 023
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 26/12/2024#China planned to send armed #drones worth $1 billion to #Libyan warlord using a UK-based shell company to skirt an international #weapons ban — under the guise of sending #coronavirus aid @telegraphnews.bsky.social can reveal One last scoop for 2024… Read on: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukInside China’s secret plan to send weapons disguised as Covid aid to warlordMilitary tech worth £1bn would have been part-payment for discounted crude oil, emails sent by alleged conspirators in Canada reveal 025
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Smuggler in #France’s #Calais offering ‘special #Xmas deals’ to get migrants across English channel “God willing, you will be in #England before the new year” says #smuggler who calls himself Salar to @telegraphnews.bsky.social reporter posing as #migrant www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukSmall boat smuggler offers ‘Christmas special’ deal to enter UKTelegraph reporter posing as a migrant in Germany told: ‘God willing, you will be in England before the new year’ 152
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 17/12/2024What impact has @UN involvement + attention had on the #Uyghur #humanrights issue? We explore this in the latest issue of the Int’l Bar Assn’s Global Insight magazine #china #asia www.ibanet.org/Xinjiang-und...ibanet.orgXinjiang under scrutinyGlobal Insight assesses how the UN, lawyers and the families of those affected are keeping the plight of the Uyghur community and others in Xinjiang under the spotlight. 000
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 17/12/2024~6,500 #Syrian asylum seekers stranded in #UK after govt froze apps after Assad fall. Delays cost govt $$ to accom people etc. Experts warning #Syria poss not safe even 1yr from now &many apps ultimately approved anyway More @eirnolsoe.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...telegraph.co.ukSyrian asylum seekers in hotels to cost Britain £11m a monthPause in processing applicants’ claims risks dragging on amid region’s continued instability 022
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 16/12/2024#Russia appears to be reinforcing its bases in #Libya as it faces uncertain future in #Syria, its other foothold in Mediterranean At least 3 RUS military cargo IL-76s flew #Belarus-Libya since Dec 8 when RUS-allied #Assad regime in Syria toppled by rebels - FlightRadar24 data 121
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Interesting pt below about #Syrian army that also poss applies to #Chinese army. #China's military is world's largest at 2m strong but will troops charge that hill when push comes to shove? Experts hv said before perhaps even #Xi doesn't know the answer to that www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... 031
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 14/12/2024#Uyghur fighters in #Syria vow to come for #China, to 'liberate their homeland of #EastTurkistan from Chinese occupiers' #Turkistan Islamic Party was part of the rebel coalition that took down Assad A look at the small militant group giving Beijing nightmares www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukUyghur fighters in Syria vow to come for China nextThe Turkistan Islamic Party says its main mission to ‘liberate the Muslims of East Turkistan from the Chinese occupation’ 181
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Your weekend listen open.spotify.com/episode/2hp1...open.spotify.comInside Homs with Syria's White HelmetsBattle Lines · Episode 021
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 13/12/2024To millions he was the 'Butcher of #Aleppo' To the #Alawites he was a protector – of the #Shia minority sect to which the #Assad clan belongs How they're treated now is a litmus test on whether the new regime will mean more bloodshed www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... @telegraphnews.bsky.socialtelegraph.co.ukAlawites fear for future after fall of ‘protector’ Bashar al-AssadShia minority sect saw Butcher of Aleppo as their protection against Sunni majority 230
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Latest #Syria updates from yours truly here 🎧🎧🎧 monocle.com/radio/shows/...monocle.comSyria: What comes next?Following the overthrow of the Assad regime, what will happen to the millions of Syrians who were granted asylum abroad? We give you the latest and look at… 040
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Very poignant @telegraphnews.bsky.social essay from Abdulrahman Bdiwi, a #Syrian who fled to the UK 10 yrs ago www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... 120
Reposted by Sophia YanThe Telegraph @telegraph.co.uk · 09/12/2024Read the full story here ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/bluesky-tmg/iran-war-themselves/telegraph.co.ukIran’s armed forces ‘at war with themselves’ over fall of AssadBlame game being played out in Tehran over how and why Syria fell – and whose fault it was 272
Reposted by Sophia YanThe Telegraph @telegraph.co.uk · 09/12/2024🇮🇷 A furious blame game is unfolding among Iran’s armed forces over the fall of Bashar al-Assad, The Telegraph has learned. "The atmosphere is like something between almost punching each other, punching the walls, yelling at each other and kicking rubbish bins. No one is taking responsibility." 5174
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 10/12/2024#Syrian migrants queuing early this morning at the #Turkey-#Syria border, hoping to return #home for the first time in years. Syrian kids born in exile in Turkey may finally see their homeland. This is the Cilvegözü crossing point 1177
Reposted by Sophia YanThe Telegraph @telegraph.co.uk · 07/12/2024🇸🇾 Syrians in the Druze neighbourhood of Jaramana on the outskirts of Damascus have been filmed tearing down a giant bust of former Syrian leader Hafez al-Assad, who is the father of current leader Bashar al-Assad. 2207
Reposted by Sophia YanThe Telegraph @telegraph.co.uk · 08/12/2024🗣 "We can’t believe it. We can all go back now." Syrian refugees and activists have gathered in Trafalgar Square to celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s tyrannical regime 33910
Reposted by Sophia YanThe Telegraph @telegraph.co.uk · 09/12/2024🔴 Bashar al-Assad, the butcher of Damascus, fled to Moscow and was granted asylum on “humanitarian grounds” after rebels took control of the Syrian capital in a lightning offensive 2163
Reposted by Sophia YanRoland Oliphant @rolandoliphant.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Battlelines: James Rothwell the Swedish gang war fought with child assassins: @sophiayan.bsky.social uncovers Russia's shiny new runways in the Libyan desert. ; www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...telegraph.co.ukBattle Lines: Inside Russia’s secret Libyan airbasePlus: a surge in gang killings in Sweden 142
Reposted by Sophia YanGregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Iran basically just offering Assad thoughts and prayers here. The regime would need a lot more help than missiles and drones, and unclear how Iran even plans to get those to Damascus while it's losing land routes into Syria english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-...english.alarabiya.netIran aims to send missiles, drones, military advisers to Syria, senior official saysIran aims to send missiles and drones to Syria and increase the number of its military advisers there to support the government in its battle against armed 0289
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 03/12/2024#Russia quickly expanding its footprint in #Libya, the core for wider #Africa ops @telegraphnews.bsky.social sat image analysis of 3 Libyan bases found Russian military planes IL-76s, upgraded runways, bolstered perimeter defences – changes from just this yr www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukPictured: How Russia is expanding its military foothold in AfricaTelegraph analysis of air bases in Libya found military transport planes, upgraded runways, bolstered perimeter defences and new buildings 122
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 10/09/2023Khorgos, flagship #China-#Kazakhstan Belt & Rd project, has allowed China to reach across the border, kidnapping & chasing after Kazakhs, throwing them in prison. Chinese Kazakhs working in Khorgos also thrown in 're-education' camps #humanrights 👀our doc www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhN...youtube.comKidnappings and ghost towns on China’s Belt and Road: 10 years of Xi Jinping’s masterplan | Disp...China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a $1 trillion (£800 billion) programme aimed at boosting China’s influence around the world, was launched 10 years ag... 072
Sophia Yan @sophiayan.bsky.social · 04/08/2023The Telegraph is hiring for a senior reporter in DC! Come work on my team! We're a band of misfits (like the rest of industry) but promise we'll make you laugh 😊 careers.telegraph.co.uk/jobs/job-de…careers.telegraph.co.ukSenior US Reporter :: Telegraph Media Group Jobs 032