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Henryk Szadziewski
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Research Director | Writer | China | Uyghurs | Oceania | Human Rights | Political Geography
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🚨 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.

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December 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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📰 Issue 14 of the #UyghurReader is out!

A biweekly roundup of reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis, including forced labor, sterilization, deportations, propaganda tours, and digital repression.

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The Uyghur Reader: Stories We’re Following (Issue 14) - Uyghur Human Rights Project
Welcome to the fourteenth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Aakash Hassan's article in @theguardian.com about the Tursun brothers shows how Uyghurs have become some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
How three Uyghur brothers fled China – to spend 12 years in an Indian prison
Arrested in 2013 on India’s Himalayan border after fleeing Beijing’s ‘genocide’ against Muslims in Xinjiang, the siblings have been imprisoned indefinitely ever since then
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Great read from @whitneybauck.bsky.social about the advocacy strategies of @climatecabinet.org. Climate progress in the US is possible when bypassing federal denialism local action is a template for other rights and justice movements in a regressive time. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the climate group working everywhere but DC: ‘You can still have huge wins’
Climate Cabinet supports candidates in state and city races as the federal government ignores the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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📰 Issue 13 of the #UyghurReader is out!

A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Nov 13–26).

Curated 🧠 this week by @henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social.

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The Uyghur Reader: Stories We’re Following (Issue 13) - Uyghur Human Rights Project
Welcome to the thirteenth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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The scientist who helped win the fight to protect a sacred piece of the Pacific
The scientist who helped win the fight to protect a sacred piece of the Pacific
Respected ocean expert Katy Soapi continues to advocate to protect Tetepare, one of the last untouched places in Solomon Islands
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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UHRP #Insights💡

As #COP30 🌍 unfolded this week, @peterirwin.bsky.social and @henrykszad.bsky.social highlight China's expansion of 🪨 coal-to-chemical projects in the Uyghur Region.

We look at pollution, strained water resources, and environmental degradation as a result.

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Coal-to-Chemical Expansion in East Turkistan and the Fracture in China’s Climate Commitments - Uyghur Human Rights Project
As world leaders gather in Belém this week for COP30, China arrives with familiar rhetoric: a pledge to peak carbon emissions before 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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📰 Issue 12 of the #UyghurReader is out!

A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Oct 30 to Nov 12).

Curated 🧠 this week by @peterirwin.bsky.social @henrykszad.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social.

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The Uyghur Reader: Stories We’re Following (Issue 12) - Uyghur Human Rights Project
Welcome to the twelfth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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💡UHRP #Insights by @henrykszad.bsky.social + @peterirwin.bsky.social show how Booking and Expedia profit from hotel bookings in the Uyghur Region, despite ongoing atrocity crimes.

These platforms list hotels connected to a sanctioned entity, forced labor, and other abuses.

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How a Casual Online Booking Can Link You, Click by Click, to Repression in East Turkistan - Uyghur Human Rights Project
November 4, 2025 A UHRP Insights column by Dr. Henryk Szadziewski, Director of Research, and Peter Irwin, Associate Director for Research and Advocacy Open your browser, go to Booking.com, and search ...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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"Some 200 international hotels, including prominent names like Hilton and Marriott, are either already operating or planning to open in Xinjiang, according to [the] Uyghur Human Rights Project."

BBC News cites research by @peterirwin.bsky.social @henrykszad.bsky.social.

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Tourism to Xinjiang booms as China gives the region a makeover
China has repackaged Xinjiang into a tourist haven, touting "ethnic" experiences that activists say it's trying to erase.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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New UHRP #Insights 💡 by Henryk Szadziewski explores how Lonely Planet’s latest China guide downplays atrocity crimes against Uyghurs by:

➡️ Framing mass repression as “political unrest”
➡️ Recommending tourist sites built on cultural erasure

@henrykszad.bsky.social

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What to See When Traveling Through a Genocide: Travel Guidebooks and the Uyghur Region - Uyghur Human Rights Project
The phrasing obscures much about what has happened in the region since the last one was published in May 2022.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Watch this captivating video on the transnational repression experienced by RFA Uyghur Service journalists exposing atrocity crimes and their families. The loss of this critical service is a win for authoritarians current and aspirational. www.rfa.org/english/vide...
Video: Mamatjan Juma, RFA Uyghur
Video: Mamatjan Juma, RFA Uyghur
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October 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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📰 Issue 11 of the #UyghurReader is out!

A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (October 16–29).

Curated 🧠 this week by @peterirwin.bsky.social, @henrykszad.bsky.social, and Adaire Criner.

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The Uyghur Reader: Stories We’re Following (Issue 11) - Uyghur Human Rights Project
Welcome to the eleventh issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Three Ni-Van students awarded scholarships under the "World in Serbia" program, an initiative designed to boost connections between states in the non-aligned movement. This is a good example of globalism outside the Anglo/Sino/Franco-sphere. www.dailypost.vu/news/three-v...
Three Vanuatu students receive Serbian scholarships
Three students from Vanuatu have been awarded scholarships under the “World in Serbia” program, further strengthening educational and diplomatic ties between Vanuatu and the Republic of Serbia.
www.dailypost.vu
October 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Standout quote from Riley Duke in this write up of Lowy's 2025 Pacific Aid Map.

"By 2028, it [Australia] will likely deliver more than double the combined support of Japan, New Zealand, the United States, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Australia ‘increasingly alone’ in countering China’s influence in Pacific, aid report shows
US aid cuts hurt Washington’s standing as China recasts itself as a ‘steady’ alternative partner, Lowy Institute report finds
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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"Using information obtained from Freedom of Information requests and corporate financial records, we document how the British companies and shareholders are profiting from a conflict that involves torture, extrajudicial killings and mass displacement." newint.org/indigenous-p...
Britain's complicity in the tragedy of West Papua
Climate researchers reveal the scale of British involvement in Indonesia’s brutal occupation – and call for an end to impunity.
newint.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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"If you’re a resident of Guam, you’re thinking you’re just fodder in the case of a conflict." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Is the US military build-up on these islands inviting China's missiles?
The United States is spending billions of dollars muscling up across its Pacific Island military outposts, but locals fear their peaceful islands will become a target.
www.abc.net.au
October 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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📰 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

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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.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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"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...
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.
www.cornellsun.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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📖 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

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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.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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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...
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.
eastasiaforum.org
October 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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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...
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
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October 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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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.

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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
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October 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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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
August 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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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.
robhastings.bsky.social Rob Hastings @robhastings.bsky.social · Aug 25
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: UK's £800m+ "slave labour" imports from Xinjiang revealed

Vast numbers of products flown into Britain from Uyghur region of China - revealed for first time by my @theipaper.com investigation

Stop Uyghur Genocide calls it a "national disgrace" 🧵1
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UK's £800m 'slave labour' China imports revealed - from bras to lawnmowers
Thousands of tonnes of clothes, toys, furniture and tech are being flown in from Xinjiang - which Uyghur campaigners say is a 'national disgrace'
inews.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM