Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 01/10/2026UHRP was honored to stand with the Tibetan Youth Congress in D.C. to protest Xi Jinping’s state visit last week. UHRP's Omer Kanat spoke about the shared struggle of Tibetans and Uyghurs, and the importance of standing together against the Chinese government’s efforts to eradicate our identities: 020
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 30/09/2026During Xi’s state dinner last week, UHRP joined Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kongers, and supporters to march to the White House, raising our voices to make clear: the CCP’s human rights violations cannot be ignored. Thank you to everyone who marched and stood with us. 011
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 23/09/2026Xi Jinping visits D.C. this Thurs, Sept 24th. Join us for a rally at Franklin Park and a march to the White House for a vigil to stand up for Uyghurs and others targeted by the CCP's abuses. 📍 Franklin Park, 1332 I St NW, Washington, DC 20005 🗓️ Thursday, September 24, 5:30PM–8PM ⚫️ Wear black 020
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 17/07/2026Join us for a virtual advocacy call to learn how to contact your members of Congress to take action for Uyghur human rights. 📅 Wednesday, July 22 🕐 12PM ET 🔗 Register for link Co-hosts: Uyghur American Association, @cuyghurs.bsky.social, Center for Uyghur Studies, Uyghur Academy, Peace Catalyst 100
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 22/06/2026Join us this Wednesday for a virtual advocacy call to learn how to advocate for Uyghur rights with members of Congress. 📅Wednesday, June 24, 2026 🕐12PM ET 🔗Register for link Co-hosts: Uyghur American Association, @cuyghurs.bsky.social, Center for Uyghur Studies, Uyghur Academy, Peace Catalyst. 100
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 29/05/2026Family separation isn't a side effect of China's abuses against Uyghurs – it's a deliberate tool of transnational repression. Thank you to all who joined yesterday’s discussion with the Int'l Republican Institute on UHRP’s Fading Ties report, especially @henrykszad.bsky.social and Mihrigul Tursun. 022
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 07/05/2026Join our next interactive virtual advocacy session to learn how to take action for Uyghur human rights! 📅 Wednesday, May 13, 2026 🕐 12PM ET 🔗 Register for meeting link Co-hosted by Uyghur American Association, @cuyghurs.bsky.social, Center for Uyghur Studies, Uyghur Academy, and Peace Catalyst. 100
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 06/05/2026No deals without freedom. Join @thecfhk.bsky.social, Luke Alliance, @savetibet.bsky.social, @cuyghurs.bsky.social and @uhrp.org for a rally calling for the release of political prisoners in China and Hong Kong ahead of the Trump-Xi Summit. 📅 Mon, May 11, 2026 🕙 10:00 AM 📍 Lafayette Square 110
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 05/05/2026Read Rafael Kokbore’s moving reflection, "My Father’s Doppa: In Honor of Uyghur Doppa Day," first published for #UHRPInsights💡 last year: uhrp.org/insights/my-... 000
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 05/05/2026Today is #DoppaDay, a celebration of Uyghur culture, history, and identity. As the CCP continues its campaign of forced assimilation, seeking to erase Uyghur culture, the doppa is a powerful symbol of resilience. #DoppaDay #Uyghur 111
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 24/04/2026Want to advocate for Uyghur human rights but not sure where to start? Join UHRP, @cuyghurs.bsky.social, Uyghur American Association, Peace Catalyst, Center for Uyghur Studies, and Uyghur Academy for our next virtual advocacy session: 📅 Weds, April 29th 🕚 12:00 PM ET 📍Online -- register for link 112
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 24/04/2026Happening today⬇️ Join 维吾尔人权项目 (UHRP Chinese) for an upcoming Chinese-language event: 🗓 Friday, April 24, 2026 🕒 3:00–4:00 PM ET 📍Online (Livestream on UHRP social media) 🗣️Ma Ruilin, Former United Front Official 🗣️Wang Ke, Stanford University Scholar 🗣️Duan Ginger, Human Rights Advocate 000
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 03/04/2026📽️ Film screening & discussion with Uyghur poet and filmmaker Aziz Isa Elkun Join us for "An Unanswered Telephone Call" and a conversation on transnational repression & cultural erasure. 🗓 Fri, Apr 10 | 🕑 6 - 7:30 PM ET 📍 1602 L St NW, DC See you there! 150
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 24/03/2026Join us for a virtual Uyghur advocacy meet-up to urge Congress to take action on transnational repression! 📅Wed, April 1, 12PM ET 📍 Link upon registration Register here: forms.gle/69FPUX4V7n1x... @cuyghurs.bsky.social @uyghurassociation.bsky.social 031
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 20/03/2026Eid Mubarak from all of us at @uhrp.org 🌙 Today is also a painful that reminder Uyghurs in East Turkistan cannot celebrate freely. Basic acts of faith—fasting, praying, owning a Qur’an—are criminalized. May this day renew our commitment to justice. #EidMubarak 051
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 26/02/2026Dozens of equipment + apparel brands and ski-related companies have close ties to winter tourism/leisure industry in the region. ➡️ Sponsorship of tourism events ➡️ Branded promo videos ➡️ Participation in trade fairs ➡️ Stores in Ürümchi + major ski areas ➡️ Hotels at ski areas 031
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 26/02/2026China has significantly increased 📈 investment in winter/leisure tourism. Tourism is tightly linked to promotion of a highly selective state narrative of prosperity + openness, while atrocities persist. Backed by govt strategy to "Accelerate the development of winter tourism." 121
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 23/02/2026Beginning in 2016–17, Uyghurs abroad experienced a near-total collapse in contact with family. Phones went silent. Calls became dangerous. Some were detained simply for "having relatives abroad." Fear has turned ordinary family communication into a punishable act. 120
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 12/12/2025🚨 Urgent deportation threat Man who secretly filmed internment camps in the Uyghur region in 2020, Guan Heng, now under threat of deportation from New York. He awaits a court appearance on Dec 15, according to @hrichina.bsky.social @zhoufengsuo.bsky.social. hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi... 21320
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 24/11/2025State media from August note that: "New air cargo routes for fruits and vegetables are also planned for Southeast Asia, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Europe." english.news.cn/20250817/cb2... 100
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 24/11/2025🍅 In a striking example, state media announcing a Dubai route show customs officials inspecting "ChalkiS" tomatoes at the Ürümchi airport. @adrianzenz.bsky.social & I-Lin Lin have shown how ChalkiS is connected to forced labor, coercive land transfers, and the "Becoming Family" program. 110
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 24/11/2025The majority of total flights continue to stream into the 🇬🇧 UK, likely unchecked for forced labor. In addition to direct flights to London (STN), Bournemouth (BOH), and Cardiff (CWL), new routes take goods to Birmingham (BHX) and the East Midlands Airport (EMA). 100
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 24/11/2025Flight data shows several indirect flights landing in Brussels, after a short stop, from Ürümchi. Flights landing in EU cities should raise concerns with European lawmakers ahead of the Forced Labour Regulation coming into effect in 2027. 100
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 21/11/2025Urgewald research shows China developing 21 coal-chemical facilities, many in the Uyghur Region. Such facilities convert coal into fuels + industrial chemicals like synthetic gas, methanol, and plastics through highly energy-intensive processing. www.urgewald.org/en/medien/gc... 000
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 04/11/2025See their April research on dramatic 📈 increase in international hotel chains in the Uyghur region. Major chains Accor, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott, Wyndham all operating amidst atrocities, some directly connected to abuses. uhrp.org/report/it-do... 010
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 14/10/2025The @adb.org awarded A$246 million in contracts to Chinese conglomerate TBEA, a company linked to Uyghur forced labor and cooperation with the sanctioned Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC). www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/asian-d... 151
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 02/10/2025⚡ Ryan Bourke (@theheraldsun.bsky.social) reports Victoria’s gov’t approved a AUS$453m battery deal with Trina Solar, despite links to Uyghur forced labour. Uyghur community leaders in Australia called it a betrayal. t.co/xC7EpLB23Y 100
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 21/08/2025🎙️ Iris Hsu @radiotaiwan.nzcow.com speaks with @jewherilham.bsky.social, daughter of imprisoned Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, about his life sentence and her determination to continue advocating for her father and the Uyghur people. rti.org.tw/en/program?u... 100
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 21/08/2025📰 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 123
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 12/08/2025Goods on flights include textiles, electronics, footwear, and agri-products (all sectors linked to Uyghur forced labor). 000
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 12/08/2025We found a surge in cargo flights, from nearly none in early 2024 to 40+ per week in mid-2025. Cargo planes fly direct to London, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Bucharest, and Budapest; and indirect to cities including Athens, Leipzig, Liège, Vienna, Tallinn, Zurich. 100
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 31/07/2025Cargo flights fly direct from Ürümchi to: Bucharest 🇷🇴 Budapest 🇭🇺 London, Bournemouth, Cardiff 🇬🇧 Indirect to: Athens 🇬🇷 Debrecen 🇭🇺 Leipzig 🇩🇪 Liège 🇧🇪 Vienna 🇦🇹 Tallinn 🇪🇪 Zurich 🇨🇭 And sporadic flights to: Madrid, Zaragoza 🇪🇸 Dublin 🇮🇪 Örebro 🇸🇪 Prague 🇨🇿 Birmingham 🇬🇧 110
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 31/07/2025Air cargo flights from the Uyghur Region to Europe went from virtually none to 40+ every week from June 2024 to May 2025, according to the analysis. Nine cargo carriers operated regular flights in that period (some direct, others indirect) through Central Asia and Turkey. 110
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 31/07/2025📊 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... 1104
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 07/07/2025Participation in highly managed state tours of the Uyghur Region is not a neutral act. It contributes to the Chinese government's disinformation strategy—one that aims to reframe the region as harmonious and revitalized as a result of state policies. 100
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 13/06/2025⛏️ Major reporting by Global Rights Compliance links global brands like Coca-Cola and Avon to forced labor in the Uyghur Region via critical minerals. These minerals—titanium, lithium, beryllium, and magnesium—end up in everything from cars to cosmetics. globalrightscompliance.org/cm/ 100
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 09/05/2025🇬🇧 UK Parliamentarians send joint letter to #IHG over presence in the Uyghur Region amid atrocity crimes. Nine members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China call on IHG to explain expansion, urging the company to reassess operations. uhrp.org/statement/uh... 011
Uyghur 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
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 05/02/2025On February 5, 1997, Chinese security forces opened fire on Uyghurs peacefully protesting a crackdown on a burgeoning civil society movement. The Ghulja Massacre is a tragic reminder of the ongoing repression of Uyghurs. #GhuljaMassacre 032
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 22/01/2025In 2023, @uyghurproject.bsky.social's Senior Researcher Ben Carrdus examined UNHCR's record on Uyghurs over the years. UNHCR is mandated to provide protection and assistance, and seek "permanent solutions" for refugees and asylum-seekers. 110
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 10/12/2024The Kashgar subzone of the Xinjiang Pilot FTZ represents a "space of exception," where the conditions of labor should come under scrutiny. Given the involvement of the Third Division of the XPCC, coerced labor in the supply chain running through the FTZ is likely. 100
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 10/12/2024China has tried for years to transform the region into an export-driven manufacturing hub through initiatives like Open up the Northwest (1990s), Western Development (2000s), and the Belt and Road Initiative (2010s), but FTZs are a newer development. 100
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 05/12/2024⚡ A 2021 report by @henrykszad.bsky.social was recently featured on the @frontlinepbs.bsky.social documentary "China, the U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping." 131
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 05/12/2024Other media companies, such as Business Wire, GlobeNewswire, and Newsfile Corp. have also distributed content about the Uyghur Region, creating a perverse counter-narrative in response to documented crimes against humanity + genocide. 110
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 05/12/2024We show how Nexstar Media Group—the largest owner of US 📺 TV stations—funnels 🇨🇳 Chinese state-controlled media into tens of millions of Americans' homes. Nexstar sources countless "articles" from 🇨🇳 Chinese state-controlled @globaltimesnews.bsky.social through PR Newswire and a subsidiary, Cision. 110
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 05/12/2024New UHRP #Insights 💡 "Faithfully Implementing Propaganda: Chinese State Media Inserts in Overseas Media" by @henrykszad.bsky.social, @peterirwin.bsky.social and Ben Carrdus. uhrp.org/insights/faithfully-implementing-propaganda-chinese-state-media-inserts-in-overseas-media/ 142
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 03/12/2024UHRP Director Omer Kanat travelled to 🇲🇾 Malaysia last week, speaking at the conference "Reassessing Human Security in Central and South Asia: Way forward?" 011
Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 25/11/2024Day 1⃣ of the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights #UNForumBHR in 🇨🇭 Geneva 👇🏽 @uyghurproject.bsky.social is attending w/ partners to call attention to Uyghur forced labor + to urge businesses to extricate supply chains from the Uyghur Region. #BizHumanRights 063