Posts Tagged ‘UHRP Research’
Remembering the Ürümchi Fire Victims and the Need for a Unified Solidarity Movement in China
On November 24 2022, three years ago today, a fire broke out in a predominantly Uyghur residential building in Ürümchi that killed at least ten people.
Read MoreFrom Ürümchi to Paris and Brussels: The Spread of Uyghur Region Air Cargo Across Europe
November 24, 2025 A UHRP Insights column by Peter Irwin, Associate Director for Research and Advocacy In July 2025, I warned in research with Henryk Szadziewski, UHRP Director of Research, about new air cargo connections between Ürümchi and European airports creating a direct channel for goods at high risk of being produced with state-imposed forced…
Read MoreCoal-to-Chemical Expansion in East Turkistan and the Fracture in China’s Climate Commitments
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.
Read MoreFrom Yalta to UN Resolution 2758: The Disappearance of Uyghur Statehood in International Law
November 12, 2025 A UHRP Insights column by Asiye Uyghur, Writer In the middle of the twentieth century, the Uyghur people twice sought to build an independent state. The most remarkable attempt emerged in the Soviet-backed East Turkestan Republic between 1944 and 1949. Yet the great-power deals struck after the Yalta Conference and, later, the…
Read MoreHow a Casual Online Booking Can Link You, Click by Click, to Repression in East Turkistan
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 for a hotel in “Xinjiang.” Within seconds, major international hotel brands populate the screen: Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, Wyndham, InterContinental (IHG), and Accor. Now try the same…
Read MoreWhat to See When Traveling Through a Genocide: Travel Guidebooks and the Uyghur Region
The phrasing obscures much about what has happened in the region since the last one was published in May 2022.
Read MoreUHRP Marks International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, and calls for information on the fate, whereabouts, and health conditions of disappeared Uyghurs like Ilham Tohti and Rahile Dawut.
Read MoreUHRP Observes International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) marks International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, calling on government and civil society worldwide to condemn China’s faith-based persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples.
Read MoreUHRP Research Reveals Surge in Cargo Flights Embedding Uyghur Forced Labor Risks in European Supply Chains
A new report from the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), authored by Peter Irwin and Dr. Henryk Szadziewski, has uncovered the rapid expansion of air cargo routes connecting Ürümchi with over a dozen cities across Europe.
Read More16 Years After July 5 Unrest, UHRP Demands Information on Disappeared Uyghurs
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) marks the 16th anniversary of the July 5, 2009, violent suppression of Uyghur protests in Ürümchi, and urges governments to demand information about the disappeared individuals who are still missing.
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