Network for Uyghur Rights (@uyghurnetwork.org)

Network for Uyghur Rights

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Documenting human rights abuses to hold perpetrators accountable, so that Uyghurs can live free and equal in dignity and rights.

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Thailand has pardoned two Uyghurs held since 2014 and moved them to Bangkok’s Immigration Detention Centre to await deportation. NUR is calling on Thailand to protect the remaining Uyghurs in detention and facilitate transit to a safe third country.

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Governments that once spoke plainly about the Uyghur region now say little. In a new op-ed for @chinafile.bsky.social, our co-executive directors @zubayra.bsky.social and @peterirwin.bsky.social explain why looking away carries a cost for everyone. www.chinafile.com/reporting-op...

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🪨 The Uyghur region holds 40% of China’s coal reserves and many of its planned coal-to-chemicals projects, while also producing about a quarter of the world’s solar-grade polysilicon. ☢️ And Lop Nur, site of 45 nuclear tests, is seeing a major expansion of nuclear infrastructure.

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Elsewhere, communities in sacrifice zones could push back. In the Uyghur region, that possibility has been foreclosed, and the costs already paid by Uyghurs will increasingly fall on the rest of the world.

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At Network for Uyghur Rights, we envision a democratic East Turkistan where individuals enjoy human rights, freedom, and self-determination. In this note, our board members Ajinur Setiwaldi and Kawsar Yasin set out the commitments behind our work. www.uyghurnetwork.org/statements/n...

uyghurnetwork.orgNUR’s Vision for a More Participatory Uyghur Movement | Network for Uyghur Rights

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🤝🏼 Sharing expertise + resources 📚 Community ownership of knowledge 🌏 Relationships with communities facing similar threats ⚖️ Transparency, accountability, shared power Our vision is a movement where knowledge is shared, expertise is cultivated, and leadership is developed.

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As Xi Jinping visits Washington, DC this week, we at Network for Uyghur Rights joined more than 30 human rights organizations in an open letter demanding real change, not empty diplomacy.

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We are calling for the immediate release of Uyghurs unjustly imprisoned, including Ilham Tohti, Rahile Dawut, Ekpar Asat, and Dr. Gulshan Abbas.

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We are also calling for the repeal of the 2026 Ethnic Unity Law, and for a public commitment that Uyghurs abroad will no longer be harassed, surveilled, or punished through their families back home.

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8 June

Last week, our Co-ED @zubayra.bsky.social spoke at the National Endowment for Democracy's event marking 37 years since the massacre. As a student in Shanghai in 1989, she took to the streets in solidarity with the democracy movement.

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8 June

We are grateful to NED for convening this important conversation, which also included Dr. Gyal Lo, a Tibetan activist and educational sociologist; Li Qiang, Executive Director of China Labor Watch; and Peter Mattis, President of The Jamestown Foundation Foundation.

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8 June

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3 June

Network for Uyghur Rights Co-ED @zubayra.bsky.social cited in Part II of a major new @financialtimes.com investigation. "Companies, governments, entities, even tourists, should wake up and realise they are complicit." ig.ft.com/western-china/

ig.ft.comXi’s last frontier: China’s plan to transform its westA vast development drive aims to tap the region’s economic potential and extend Beijing’s control

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3 June

The article also cites previous research by NUR Co-ED @peterirwin.bsky.social on the continued surge in international hotel openings in the region. Read the report: uhrp.org/report/it-do...

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3 June

The article also notes the increase in ski resorts, which @peterirwin.bsky.social reported on in February 2026. The February report found dozens of western companies with business in the region, some working with local tourism departments. Full report: uhrp.org/report/white...

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2 June

Network for Uyghur Rights Co-ED @peterirwin.bsky.social cited in major new @alisonkilling.bsky.social investigation for the FT. Prison research by Irwin + Ben Carrdus also cited: "The camps became the focus internationally, but prisons were always central to the system." www.ft.com/content/119d...

ft.comHow China is breaking apart a people and its cultureThe campaign of repression against the Uyghurs has entered a new phase

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1 June

Alongside the ongoing oppression of Muslim and indigenous groups in Xinjiang and Tibet, China has been investing heavily in the economy - building massive energy and transport infrastructure, high tech factories and tourism. Part 2 of our Western China series: as.ft.com/r/cd1f62af-4...

ig.ft.comXi’s last frontier: China’s plan to transform its westA vast development drive aims to tap the region’s economic potential and extend Beijing’s control

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Alison Killing

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29 May

NEW: Xinjiang has the highest detention capacity in the world, according to FT analysis - enough space for almost 1 in 40 people in the region - more than five years after the Chinese govt announced the camps had closed.

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