Rushan Abbas
@rushanabbas.bsky.social
Sister of retired Dr. detained by China Executive Director of Campaign For Uyghurs Chairperson of the World Uyghur Congress Executive Committee (The opinions expressed are my own)
REEDUCATED was conceived as a 360-degree V.R. documentary that brought viewers into a Chinese reeducation camp. This new theatrical version, supported by USHMM, can be seen in theaters, allowing us to bring the film to a wider audience for the first time. www.newyorker.com/news/video-d...
Reeducated: A New Yorker Documentary in Virtual Reality
A new film takes viewers inside Xinjiang’s secret detention camps for Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities.
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Following the film, there will be a panel discussion and Q&A with Rayhan Asat (@rayhanasat.bsky.social), Rushan Abbas (@rushanabbas.bsky.social) , Sophie Richardson, and me. Thanks to the IPI and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for supporting and hosting this event. mailchi.mp/ipinst/the-o...
IPI Event: The Ongoing Mass Atrocity Crimes Against the Uyghurs and How the UN Can Respond on May 1st
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TKDF Başkanı ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Danışmanı, Uygur Türkleri lideri Rushan Abbas ile Washington’da bir araya geldi. Görüşmede, Uygur Türkleri’ne yapılan insan hakları ihlalleri üzerine fikir alışverişinde bulunuldu. @rushanabbas.bsky.social
This year marks the 6th #Eid I’ve spent without my sister. 6 long yrs of not knowing if she’s safe, fed, or healthy. It’s another year where the CCP’s genocide continue to evolve, erasing our culture & suffocating our faith. The Uyghurs deserve to celebrate Eid with their families #FreeGulshanAbbas
I’m an Uyghur woman, a daughter of resilience, a sister to a brilliant healer unjustly imprisoned by China, & a mother blessed with 5 incredible children. I’ve seen Uyghur women’s bodies turned into battlegrounds in a genocide meant to erase us. My advocacy is born from pain but fueled by love—(1/2)
Forty innocent Uyghurs were forcibly sent back to China last night — delivered into the hands of their oppressors. This grave betrayal will stain the conscience of the world forever. Shame on the Thai government!
Day 2 of #RightsCon2025 in Taipei. @ahakimidris.bsky.social and I, joined by our friends from the Alliance for Vietnam’s #Democracy, hailing from Washington, as we engage in this vital gathering. #DigitalRights #DigitalFreedom
VP of Taiwan, Hsiao Bi-khim is delivering opening remarks at #RightsCon2025 in Taipei. As a crucial platform for HR advocates, experts & policymakers, #RightsCon fosters global collaboration to defend digital rights & freedoms in an era of escalating authoritarian threats & technological repression.
The new acting Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy — State’s top public diplomacy official: 1) not only denies the Uyghur genocide but appears to applaud it 2) says the US should sell out Taiwan to China for concessions in Antarctica (???)
TikTok disconnected access to its users in the United States late Saturday shortly before a national ban on the app was to take effect. In full: https://buff.ly/3WnCjEI
TikTok shuts down in US as incoming president Donald Trump to work with app 'on a solution' | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
TikTok disconnected access to its users in the United States late Saturday shortly before a national ban on the app was to take effect, with President-elect Donald Trump unable to intervene until he takes...
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Interviewing Miles Yu on the incoming Administration and not asking him to comment on Trump repeatedly praising Xi Jinping for ruling with an “iron fist” seems like malpractice. www.thewirechina.com/2024/12/22/m...
Miles Yu on the Past and Future of Trump and China - The Wire China
Historian Miles Yu discusses how the re-elected president might handle key issues with Beijing, and why Covid changed his previous administration’s approach.
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Today marks #UyghurGenocide Recognition Day & the 76th ann. of the #GenocideConvention. 3 yrs ago, the Uyghur Tribunal confirmed the #CCP's genocide against Uyghurs—a hard-won recognition. Yet, Uyghurs, like my sister #GulshanAbbas, still suffer. Failing to act undermines our pledge to "Never Again
This Han photojournalist--with deep knowledge of the region--shared in 2016 that many of the dancers in Kashgar's food markets were from "re-education" centers (she calls them 教培学员). Added that these performances were one of the few opportunities they were able to leave
As we celebrate #Thanksgiving today, CFU would like to express our undying gratitude to all of our allies, donors, & partners who make our struggle for the #Uyghurs possible! It is because of them, Uyghurs one day live in a world where they’ll be free! #HappyThanksgiving!
Important reminders here from #ChinaDigitalTimes #CDT on #China govt abuses of “predictive policing.” chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/11/fier...
Fierce Online Backlash to Predictive Policing Tool Described as “Crowd Mood Monitoring and Early Warning System”
A predictive policing tool described as a “Crowd Mood Monitoring and Early Warning System,” on display at the recent Zhuhai Air Show in Guangdong province, has attracted considerable backlash online. ...
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It’s an honor to attend #Halifax International Security Forum & meet such distinguished individuals as Amb. Kevin Rudd, the former PM of #Australia, Senator Kaine, Senator Rounds, Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the Military Committee, @NATO.
Congratulations to Bhutila Karpoche for winning the nomination as the NDP candidate in Canada. She was first Tibetan elected to political office in 2018 (still the only one). Wishing this fearless and visionary leader all the success! Making Tibetans across the world proud! @teambhutila.bsky.social
Good to see this important win. But worrying: “A study published in 2019, based on a survey of 385 people, found that nearly one in five transgender youths in #China reported being forced into conversion practices by their parents.” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Transgender woman wins record payout in China after electroshock treatment
Case marks first time a trans person has successfully challenged use of such conversion practices in country
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It was a great privilege to meet Canadian Foreign Minister @melaniejoly once again with @RushanAbbas , @AHakimIdris , @Drlobsangsangay and @leopoldolopez at the HFX Security Forum. I previously had the honor of meeting her in February 2023 , she supported the M-62 for 10,000 Uyghur refugees.
On Friday, the administration added 29 companies to what is known as the Entity List, bringing the total to more than 100. Goods from those companies are presumptively blocked from entry to the U.S. under the #Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. www.wsj.com/articles/u-s...
Exclusive | U.S. Adds Nearly 30 Chinese Companies to Forced-Labor Blacklist
The raft of additions is the single-largest expansion of a list created to combat alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
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"China’s stranglehold over minerals and tech underlying EVs, batteries, solar panels and other clean-energy infrastructure has made it the top supplier for other countries looking to move their economies away from fossil fuels" @zcolman.bsky.social Sara Schonhardt www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
The global climate race is all but over — and China is winning
Dominance of clean energy technology has allowed China to cement its influence with developing nations, overwhelming more meager efforts by the U.S. and Europe.
politico.com
CFU's ED @RushanAbbas, @UyghurCongress' former President @Dolkun_Isa & @CUyghurstudy's ED @AHakimIdris have arrived in #Halifax, #Canada to attend the @HFXforum's #HFX2024. The #Uyghurs will join global reps. to discuss pressing threats to world order & democracy, highlighting the #UyghurGenocide.
It’s outrageous that 45 #HongKong opposition figures—politicians, academics, union leaders, and activists—were sentenced to a total of 245 years and 6 months in prison simply for attempting to run and win in an election! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hong Kong 47: Top pro-democracy leaders jailed for subversion
Benny Tai and Joshua Wong were among dozens sentenced in a controversial national security trial.
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U.S. lawmakers gathered on #CapitolHill in #Washington this week to mark “East Turkistan National Day,” the anniversary of two short-lived independent Uyghur states, pledging their support for Uyghurs facing persecution in northwestern #China. www.rfa.org/english/uygh...
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Adding the validation scores for the list of 2017 detention-center inmates from Ili Prefecture (redacted version: shahit.biz/supp/redacte...) While individual Authenticity cannot be verified for this file, Consistency is close to perfect, and the Source authenticity is 100%.
Xinjiang Victims Database@shahit.biz · 2y agoWe've added a fundamental new feature/direction today, in which we'll be sharing, translating, and automatically validating various internal documents: shahit.biz/eng/#internal
I'm really proud that we at the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at GWU can offer this to our students. This and our endowment-supported Uyghur language classes make, I think, a strong beginning for the Uyghur Studies Initiative.
