Emily Upson

PhD Candidate @SML_Newcastle: advocacy networks for Uyghur rights. Country Coordinator @AmnestyUKCEA.

[Emily Upson @em_upson]

Not on here as much these days - [email protected] if anyone needs me.

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[Emily Upson @em_upson]

Uyghur Solidarity Month is a new initiative we're really excited to roll out this August.

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[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

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[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

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Amnesty International UK are launching a campaign this August: Uyghur Solidarity Month. Receive a daily newsletter of language, culture, activism.

UK activists stand in solidarity with the Uyghur people. You should too.

Sign up: https://t.co/CPywz6mj43

[Tayor Uyghur @TayorUyghur]

My latest commentary on one of the most critical issues that must be addressed:

Six areas where Western engagement with the Uyghur diaspora can be improved.

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

"I urge Amnesty International not to allow that silence to grow louder than our pain. My daughter is 15 today. I ask only that the world remembers she exists - and that she deserves her father."

We remember Shehribanu, and the continued Uyghur suffering of family separation.

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

Uyghur journalist, Tahir Imin, spent last Friday April 10 thinking of his daughter Shehribanu's 15th birthday. For nine years, he could not be with her to celebrate.

"She was six years old when I was forced to flee my homeland in 2017. She was a sweet, curious little girl."

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

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
https://t.co/R2mI5SzIxV

[Tayor Uyghur @TayorUyghur]

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

[Emily Upson @em_upson]

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

https://t.co/oZmCIAhgbT

[Emily Upson @em_upson]

Super important report 👇👇👇

[Yalkun Uluyol @YalkunUluyol]

Uyghurs who escaped China are no longer feeling safe in Türkiye - a place many consider a second-homeland. This is mainly because of arbitrarily assigned restriction codes where, among other migrants, Uyghurs end up having deportation decision & cancellation of their residency.

[Emily Upson @em_upson]

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
https://t.co/OJNCprs43E

[Emily Upson @em_upson]

@taggles @AoifeByrneRTE @rte Thanks for sourcing Aoife!

[Emily Upson @em_upson]

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 https://t.co/9Ok4iErWlW

[Emily Upson @em_upson]

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.

[Amnesty UK - China & East Asia @amnestyukCEA]

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. https://t.co/FKCoukJJag

Watch the full event here: https://t.co/YCktFNKBvR

[Yalkun Uluyol @YalkunUluyol]

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

[Human Rights Foundation (HRF) @HRF]

HRF welcomes the new report by @ReasonablyRagin & former OFF speaker @nyrola, Preventing Transnational Repression, which highlights the CCP's targeting of the Uyghur diaspora.

[Masih Alinejad 🏳️ @AlinejadMasih]

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.

[Emily Upson @em_upson]

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. 🔗 https://t.co/vFZetVYD7G

#IndigenousRights #UNForum #Geneva2025 #HumanRights #OpportunitiesForYouth

[David Tobin @ReasonablyRagin]

🚨 New research report 🚨

“Preventing Transnational Repression: the case of the Uyghur diaspora”

By David Tobin and @nyrola🧵

#China #TransnationalRepression
#uyghurs #Security #humanrights