PhD Candidate @SML_Newcastle: advocacy networks for Uyghur rights. Country Coordinator @AmnestyUKCEA.
Joined September 2011
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Not on here as much these days - [email protected] if anyone needs me.
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RFA Confirms Rahile Omer, Imprisoned at 14, Dies in Prison at 23
Rahile Omer, a Uyghur woman from Konasheher, Kashgar, was 14 when authorities imprisoned her in 2017. She died at 23 in a prison in Peyzivat county, local officials told Radio Free Asia.
RFA Confirms Rahile Omer, Imprisoned at 14, Dies in Prison at 23
Rahile Omer, a Uyghur woman from Konasheher, Kashgar, was 14 when authorities imprisoned her in 2017. She died at 23 in a prison in Peyzivat county, local officials told Radio Free Asia.
uyghurtimes.com/rahile-omer-…
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Urgent Action: Release disappeared Kazakh writer Zhengis Reskhan. Prominent Kazakh writer Zhengis Reskhan has been detained in Xinjiang, China, since March 2026. His family has received no official information about his whereabouts or legal status.
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One of the most responsible things an expert, advocate, or policymaker can do on the Uyghur issue is to acknowledge that they do not have all the answers and cannot single-handedly resolve the Uyghur crisis. They must avoid offering false hope to Uyghurs and their supporters around the world, only to leave them feeling betrayed, misled, and ultimately discouraged from taking further action.
Honesty, without offering false hope, is the first step toward meaningful progress in human rights.
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Proud to have been able to write for @uytimes about Uyghur Solidarity Month, hosted by @AmnestyUK - follow @amnestyukCEA to learn more.
Uyghur Solidarity Month: Reinvigorating grassroots activism for Uyghur rights
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Look at all the places across the UK that care about Uyghur rights… activism in every area, grassroots community cares.
Visit our exhibition to see for yourself at SOAS Library until 13th September 👇
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Some more updates from our Uyghur Solidarity Month campaign - posting daily on insta - @ uyghur.solidarity.month
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11 of the 19 participants were subsequently given 5-year prison terms, with the others given non-custodial terms. Haven't done a polish of the English-language verdict yet, but it reads pretty dystopian.
Relevant press coverage: apnews.com/article/kazakhsta… (3/3)
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A day after the protest (Nov. 13, 2025), the Chinese consulate in Almaty, Kazakhstan sent a note to the Kazakhstan MFA claiming that this act had an "extremely negative impact on the friendship between the two countries" and asking for "appropriate measures" to be taken. (2/3)
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Documenting the Atajurt arrests + sentencing has been a slow grind given the massive workload of everything else, but I've finally finished the subtitles for the flag-burning protest/video that prompted their arrest (full version in link): youtube.com/watch?v=bKmTWHx0… (1/3)
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Visit our SOAS Library exhibition on Uyghur Solidarity Month! It’s on today until 13th September.
You have to register for a a library card in advance - but it’s free and open to the public. 🤗
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This INCREDIBLE event is open to all - we hope to see many of you there.
As part of #Uyghur Solidarity Month, @amnesty International are screening Echoes of Home, a documentary by David Tobin and Mirshad Ghalip. The panel discussion afterwards includes @KabirQurban. I hope you can join us.
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Day 14 - we learned the word for sibling, Qerindash ❣️
Ahmetjan Juma is still arbitrarily detained… but Amnesty remembers him.
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@amnesty 's Uyghur Solidarity Month is organised by the ever-dedicated @em_upson because "atrocity prevention must remain an urgent priority far beyond the headlines" and "to allow activists to learn from and support a range of Uyghur people."
amnesty.org.uk/get-involved/…
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As part of #Uyghur Solidarity Month, @amnesty International are screening Echoes of Home, a documentary by David Tobin and Mirshad Ghalip. The panel discussion afterwards includes @KabirQurban. I hope you can join us.
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Uyghur Solidarity Month in local press - join our campaign, follow along, and watch this space!
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/…
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A little insight into Day 12 of our Uyghur Solidarity Month ❣️
The word is *justice* - consider sharing with us your own photo action to free Ilham Tohti 🙏
