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Not on here as much these days - ejupson@proton.me if anyone needs me.
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Emily Upson
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Emily Upson
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PhD Candidate @SML_Newcastle: advocacy networks for Uyghur rights. Country Coordinator @AmnestyUKCEA.
Katılım Eylül 2011
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You may have noticed that we're posting a little less than usual! While we're not leaving entirely, we have human rights concerns about this platform and are diversifying our social media engagement.
Follow us instead on Instagram - @amnestyukcea
instagram.com/amnestyukcea/
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Today marks 8 years since Uyghur scholar Prof. Rahile Dawut vanished into China’s prisons.
Her only “crime” was preserving Uyghur culture.
Silence enables injustice — demand her freedom now.
#FreeRahileDawut
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Just horrendous.
Sending a man to his incarceration after you benefitted from his bravery is LOW. This weakens international atrocity prevention immeasurably.
I hope allies who also claim to care about Uyghur rights can voice objection @UKinUSA
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States who have rightfully condemned the Uyghur genocide now have a duty to the Uyghur people - never mind the principle of nonrefoulement.
The increasing deportations from countries who pay lip service to Uyghur human rights is a profoundly disturbing trend.
Uyghur Times English@uytimes
Uyghur Woman Says Her Mother Was Deported by Germany to China uyghurtimes.com/uyghur-woman-s…
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Great to see that the Uyghur forced labour documentary on RTE was aired on Irish national telly last night 🤩
So important to capitalise on public attentions / media cycles. Grateful to those who helped make it happen behind the scenes.
Watch it here rte.ie/player/movie/r…
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Thank you to the European Uyghur Institute @UyghurInstitute for inviting me to their International Uyghur Studies 2025 conference at @JagiellonskiUni @isad_ju.
Big thanks also to friend and colleague @nyrola for chairing, and to all who shared fascinating research this trip.
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Today, @amnesty co-sponsored a UN Human Rights Council side event on arbitrary detentions and enforced disappearances in China.
@Rizwangvl's brother, Mewlan, remains an active Amnesty case today. #case-SR060" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">xinjiang.amnesty.org/#case-SR060
Watch the full event here: youtube.com/live/5GYP2Xx3a…
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I'll speak at the #HRC60 side event on human rights in China, alongside @MaryLawlorhrds, @Rizwangvl, and @SophieDRich, moderated by @vdraphael. We'll discuss the chilling effects of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances in China on human rights and offer recommendations
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HRF welcomes the new report by @ReasonablyRagin & former OFF speaker @nyrola, Preventing Transnational Repression, which highlights the CCP's targeting of the Uyghur diaspora.
David Tobin@ReasonablyRagin
Preventing Transnational Repression - the case of the Uyghur diaspora. New research by David Tobin and @nyrola #TransnationalRepression #China #Uyghurs #Security #HumanRights #Turkiye #kazakhstan #UK
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I recorded this video five years ago in my Brooklyn garden, Back then, I felt safe in America. I thought I had finally found a refuge. But this is the same garden where a man with an AK-47 hired by Islamic Republic hid behind my sunflowers to kill me. Even now, I get goosebumps saying it.
As I said to @Kasparov63 in my interview with @TheAtlantic, The terrorist regime of Iran, first, forced me to leave my mother behind. Then, their assassins forced me to leave even the cherry blossom tree I planted in her honor of her.
Safety is too much of a luxury while terror crosses borders.
Garry Kasparov@Kasparov63
The new episode of Autocracy in America is out and my guest is the remarkable Masih Alinejad, a fierce fighter for rights and democracy in Iran who can help Americans stop taking theirs for granted and fight to defend them. theatlantic.com/podcasts/archi…
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Potentially useful for Uyghur advocates who want to raise Uyghur forced labour as a serious issue, but are struggling to get the financing to do so.
I attended the forum myself a couple of years back and am happy to talk to Uyghur folk about the process.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH@opportunitiesfy
🌍 Indigenous advocates: Apply for funding to attend the 14th UN Forum on Business & Human Rights in Geneva, Nov 24–26, 2025. Deadline: Aug 22. 🔗 wp.me/p23f03-fTP #IndigenousRights #UNForum #Geneva2025 #HumanRights #OpportunitiesForYouth
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🚨 New research report 🚨
“Preventing Transnational Repression: the case of the Uyghur diaspora”
By David Tobin and @nyrola🧵
#China #TransnationalRepression
#uyghurs #Security #humanrights
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Protest is a human right protected in the UK by Article 11 of the Human Rights Act, and it is protected under international law.
This Amnesty account focuses on human rights in China and East Asia - but we do so from the UK. And we stand with human rights defenders everywhere🪧
Amnesty UK@AmnestyUK
🚨HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds arrested in Parliament Square in protest organised by Defend Our Juries The arrest of otherwise peaceful protesters is a violation of the UK’s international obligations to protect the rights of freedom of expression and assembly. The protesters in Parliament Square were not inciting violence and it is entirely disproportionate to the point of absurdity to be treating them as terrorists. Instead of criminalising peaceful demonstrators, the Government should be focusing on taking immediate and unequivocal action to put a stop to Israel’s genocide and ending any risk of UK complicity in it.
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This free online course is accessible from the UK and worldwide 🌍
Learn or improve your advocacy and campaigning skills at a pace that suits you 💪💪💪
Amnesty International Zimbabwe@amnesty_zim
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It’s important to celebrate the wins - even cautiously 🕯️
WildPigeonCollective@WildPigeonOrg
(Shared with permission of Obulqasim): Wild Pigeon Collective is cautiously optimistic to share that temporary asylum has been granted from the Kyrgyz authorities. We will continue to monitor the situation & work to ensure his safety, legal protection, & long-term security.
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Brilliant insights in this op-ed, looking into the Uyghur Policy Act 2025.
Advocates for Uyghur rights who are trying to understand US legislative action - pay attention, read this piece 👇
Julie Millsap@JulieM615
“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.“ I wrote on UPA for @thehill thehill.com/opinion/congre…
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A new front in the global war on #Uyghurs:
“…I have never felt more terrified or anxious. It’s terrible; I am completely at their mercy, and I have not done anything.”
@kgembassy @USCIRF @WildPigeonOrg telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
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