Emily Upson
@emilyupson.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, Newcastle University: Transnational Advocacy Networks for Uyghur human rights. Also Amnesty UK, ACLS, drinking coffee.
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/our-people/profile/eupson2.html
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/our-people/profile/eupson2.html
Reposted by Emily Upson
#HRC60 side event recap: Three years on, #China has ignored the recommendations from the 2022 #UN experts' report on #Uyghur rights abuses. No lawyer access. No end to arbitrary detention. No accountability. — @rizwangvl.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
#HRC60 side event recap: Three years on, #China has ignored the recommendations from the 2022 #UN experts' report on #Uyghur rights abuses. No lawyer access. No end to arbitrary detention. No accountability. — @rizwangvl.bsky.social
Reposted by Emily Upson
I forget how it goes exactly, but there is a saying about surrounding yourself with people smarter than you. well, that's my strategy. humbled to be part of this team, honored to receive this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity from LUCE/ @acls1919.bsky.social and motivated to make this project special
Big congratulations to @timothyagrose.bsky.social @drdavidtobin.bsky.social @emilyupson.bsky.social, who received a Luce/ACLS Collaborative Grant in China Studies for their project, "Un-Settling Xinjiang: Archiving, Digitizing and Curating Knowledge of Settler Colonial Violence in China and Beyond."
Recent Fellows
Formed in 1919, ACLS is a nonprofit federation of 81 scholarly organizations. As the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities and social sciences, ACLS holds a core belief…
www.acls.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I forget how it goes exactly, but there is a saying about surrounding yourself with people smarter than you. well, that's my strategy. humbled to be part of this team, honored to receive this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity from LUCE/ @acls1919.bsky.social and motivated to make this project special
Reposted by Emily Upson
Big congratulations to @timothyagrose.bsky.social @drdavidtobin.bsky.social @emilyupson.bsky.social, who received a Luce/ACLS Collaborative Grant in China Studies for their project, "Un-Settling Xinjiang: Archiving, Digitizing and Curating Knowledge of Settler Colonial Violence in China and Beyond."
Recent Fellows
Formed in 1919, ACLS is a nonprofit federation of 81 scholarly organizations. As the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities and social sciences, ACLS holds a core belief…
www.acls.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Big congratulations to @timothyagrose.bsky.social @drdavidtobin.bsky.social @emilyupson.bsky.social, who received a Luce/ACLS Collaborative Grant in China Studies for their project, "Un-Settling Xinjiang: Archiving, Digitizing and Curating Knowledge of Settler Colonial Violence in China and Beyond."
Reposted by Emily Upson
In June 2025, academics and civil society organisations met in London for an International Network for Critical China Studies workshop to analyse how to prevent transnational repression. Governments & NGOs have not paid enough attention to TNR and need to do much more to protect people's rights.
July 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
In June 2025, academics and civil society organisations met in London for an International Network for Critical China Studies workshop to analyse how to prevent transnational repression. Governments & NGOs have not paid enough attention to TNR and need to do much more to protect people's rights.
Starting the weekend early, what a vibe 📚
May 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Starting the weekend early, what a vibe 📚
Director of @irishuyghurca.bsky.social speaks to ICIJ about transnational repression against Uyghur people.
This is part of broader research into how Chinese authorities silence activists and dissidents abroad.
This is part of broader research into how Chinese authorities silence activists and dissidents abroad.
April 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Director of @irishuyghurca.bsky.social speaks to ICIJ about transnational repression against Uyghur people.
This is part of broader research into how Chinese authorities silence activists and dissidents abroad.
This is part of broader research into how Chinese authorities silence activists and dissidents abroad.
Reposted by Emily Upson
Finally, a story about Irish citizen Nuria Zyden, who fled from Xinjiang in 2009 and continues to be harassed by Chinese police up until today. This story will surely accelerate that harassment, so she's brave for doing this.
Again, tons of research about this being part of a broader pattern.
Again, tons of research about this being part of a broader pattern.
China’s intimidation of an Irish citizen in Dublin: ‘I wanted to escape. It’s scary’
One Irish citizen living in Dublin receives regular calls from the police in China and believes she is being monitored
www.irishtimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Finally, a story about Irish citizen Nuria Zyden, who fled from Xinjiang in 2009 and continues to be harassed by Chinese police up until today. This story will surely accelerate that harassment, so she's brave for doing this.
Again, tons of research about this being part of a broader pattern.
Again, tons of research about this being part of a broader pattern.
Reposted by Emily Upson
Listen to Nuria, our Director, talk about Uyghurs in Ireland, Uyghur community and culture, social activism, and campaigning for better Uyghur rights 💪
Thank you so much Neilo for this platform and for such an engaging conversation 💚
Thank you so much Neilo for this platform and for such an engaging conversation 💚
@irishuyghurca.bsky.social @iccl.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
Hear about the Irish Uyghur community and their concerns for safety.
Apple
apple.co/4bvnHK7
Spotify
spoti.fi/4bqRIuv
SoundCloud
on.soundcloud.com/i9k8qotVGyBZ...
Blog
bit.ly/4bse1jc
Hear about the Irish Uyghur community and their concerns for safety.
Apple
apple.co/4bvnHK7
Spotify
spoti.fi/4bqRIuv
SoundCloud
on.soundcloud.com/i9k8qotVGyBZ...
Blog
bit.ly/4bse1jc
March 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Listen to Nuria, our Director, talk about Uyghurs in Ireland, Uyghur community and culture, social activism, and campaigning for better Uyghur rights 💪
Thank you so much Neilo for this platform and for such an engaging conversation 💚
Thank you so much Neilo for this platform and for such an engaging conversation 💚
Reposted by Emily Upson
This is an absolute travesty as these men now almost certainly be subject to recriminations and human rights abuse (and possibly worse).
Horrific and devastating. At a loss for words.
"Thailand deported at least 40 Uyghurs to China on Thursday, ignoring calls from the U.S., the U.N. and rights groups not to send back the men, who had been detained in Thailand for more than a decade, because of the risk of torture."
"Thailand deported at least 40 Uyghurs to China on Thursday, ignoring calls from the U.S., the U.N. and rights groups not to send back the men, who had been detained in Thailand for more than a decade, because of the risk of torture."
www.rfa.org
February 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This is an absolute travesty as these men now almost certainly be subject to recriminations and human rights abuse (and possibly worse).
Reposted by Emily Upson
48 #Uyghur men held in limbo for a decade may soon be soon be deported from #Thailand to #China.
www.sheffield.ac.uk/seas/news/ho...
www.sheffield.ac.uk/seas/news/ho...
www.sheffield.ac.uk
February 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
48 #Uyghur men held in limbo for a decade may soon be soon be deported from #Thailand to #China.
www.sheffield.ac.uk/seas/news/ho...
www.sheffield.ac.uk/seas/news/ho...
Reposted by Emily Upson
Economic relationships with China should NOT come before human rights 🪧
Irish Uyghurs demonstrated outside China’s MFA Wang Yi meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris, asking the Irish government to raise the human rights abuses suffered by the Uyghur community.
Irish Uyghurs demonstrated outside China’s MFA Wang Yi meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris, asking the Irish government to raise the human rights abuses suffered by the Uyghur community.
February 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Economic relationships with China should NOT come before human rights 🪧
Irish Uyghurs demonstrated outside China’s MFA Wang Yi meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris, asking the Irish government to raise the human rights abuses suffered by the Uyghur community.
Irish Uyghurs demonstrated outside China’s MFA Wang Yi meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris, asking the Irish government to raise the human rights abuses suffered by the Uyghur community.
Reposted by Emily Upson
PRESS RELEASE:
Tomorrow's court hearing on the Thai Uyghur case to open at 1:30 p.m. Bangkok time.
Tomorrow's court hearing on the Thai Uyghur case to open at 1:30 p.m. Bangkok time.
February 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
PRESS RELEASE:
Tomorrow's court hearing on the Thai Uyghur case to open at 1:30 p.m. Bangkok time.
Tomorrow's court hearing on the Thai Uyghur case to open at 1:30 p.m. Bangkok time.
Reposted by Emily Upson
📢 IUCA EVENT 🩵 NUMBERS LIMITED‼️
In collaboration with the Irish Network Against Racism, we will be hosting a training event this Saturday, informing community members about their democratic rights, how to report racist incidents, and how to engage with Irish politics & local government services 🏛
In collaboration with the Irish Network Against Racism, we will be hosting a training event this Saturday, informing community members about their democratic rights, how to report racist incidents, and how to engage with Irish politics & local government services 🏛
February 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
📢 IUCA EVENT 🩵 NUMBERS LIMITED‼️
In collaboration with the Irish Network Against Racism, we will be hosting a training event this Saturday, informing community members about their democratic rights, how to report racist incidents, and how to engage with Irish politics & local government services 🏛
In collaboration with the Irish Network Against Racism, we will be hosting a training event this Saturday, informing community members about their democratic rights, how to report racist incidents, and how to engage with Irish politics & local government services 🏛
Reposted by Emily Upson
I shared some thoughts about developing methods for digital/remote ethnography at a time when few have access to regions such as the Uyghur homeland and Tibet. open.spotify.com/episode/4MXW...
Digital ethnography of the Uyghur region
The Remote Chay Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I shared some thoughts about developing methods for digital/remote ethnography at a time when few have access to regions such as the Uyghur homeland and Tibet. open.spotify.com/episode/4MXW...
Anyone interested in following a new Uyghur org should give @irishuyghurca.bsky.social a follow!
Irish Uyghur Cultural Association has set up in Dublin, it's a fledgling group with a lot of heart. Focusing mainly on serving the Irish community, there'll be a bit of advocacy stuff too.
Follow us! 💚
Irish Uyghur Cultural Association has set up in Dublin, it's a fledgling group with a lot of heart. Focusing mainly on serving the Irish community, there'll be a bit of advocacy stuff too.
Follow us! 💚
February 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Anyone interested in following a new Uyghur org should give @irishuyghurca.bsky.social a follow!
Irish Uyghur Cultural Association has set up in Dublin, it's a fledgling group with a lot of heart. Focusing mainly on serving the Irish community, there'll be a bit of advocacy stuff too.
Follow us! 💚
Irish Uyghur Cultural Association has set up in Dublin, it's a fledgling group with a lot of heart. Focusing mainly on serving the Irish community, there'll be a bit of advocacy stuff too.
Follow us! 💚
Reposted by Emily Upson
A special thanks to Gulya Mametova for co-hosting this lovely gathering of Uyghur women living in Ireland on November 30th, attended by our co-founder Nuria. Together we reflected on the vital role we, as Uyghur mothers & women, play in preserving our traditions, culture, and language 💙
December 1, 2024 at 11:23 AM
A special thanks to Gulya Mametova for co-hosting this lovely gathering of Uyghur women living in Ireland on November 30th, attended by our co-founder Nuria. Together we reflected on the vital role we, as Uyghur mothers & women, play in preserving our traditions, culture, and language 💙
Reposted by Emily Upson
Last Friday, members of our board met in Dublin to discuss our plans for 2025, visit the Taipei Representative Office in Ireland 🇹🇼, and explore the city, from Dublin Castle & St. Patrick's Cathedral to St Stephen's Green & Temple Bar! 🇮🇪🩵🌙
February 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Last Friday, members of our board met in Dublin to discuss our plans for 2025, visit the Taipei Representative Office in Ireland 🇹🇼, and explore the city, from Dublin Castle & St. Patrick's Cathedral to St Stephen's Green & Temple Bar! 🇮🇪🩵🌙
Reposted by Emily Upson
Thailand has a disgracefuul record re forcibly returning abused people to China and Vietnam. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/w...
Fearing Deportation, Uyghurs Held in Thailand Go on Hunger Strike
Dozens of men from the ethnic minority sought escape from repression in China a decade ago, but have been detained in Thailand ever since.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thailand has a disgracefuul record re forcibly returning abused people to China and Vietnam. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/w...
Reposted by Emily Upson
Horrific news coming from Thailand of imminent mass deportation of Uyghur migrants to China where they face long term imprisonment. www.change.org/p/the-petiti...
January 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Horrific news coming from Thailand of imminent mass deportation of Uyghur migrants to China where they face long term imprisonment. www.change.org/p/the-petiti...
Reposted by Emily Upson
48 Uyghurs in Thailand are now in imminent danger of deportation to Xinjiang, where they face prison and torture. They have gone on hunger strike, underscoring the urgency of their predicament.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/w...
Fearing Deportation, Uyghurs Held in Thailand Go on Hunger Strike
Dozens of men from the ethnic minority sought escape from repression in China a decade ago, but have been detained in Thailand ever since.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
48 Uyghurs in Thailand are now in imminent danger of deportation to Xinjiang, where they face prison and torture. They have gone on hunger strike, underscoring the urgency of their predicament.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/w...
Reposted by Emily Upson
❗️❗️BREAKING EXCLUSIVE FROM THAILAND'S IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER
Authorities have taken all the other county detainees to another place. Uyghurs are the only ones left in the cell.
Deportation is happening NOW.
Authorities have taken all the other county detainees to another place. Uyghurs are the only ones left in the cell.
Deportation is happening NOW.
January 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
❗️❗️BREAKING EXCLUSIVE FROM THAILAND'S IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER
Authorities have taken all the other county detainees to another place. Uyghurs are the only ones left in the cell.
Deportation is happening NOW.
Authorities have taken all the other county detainees to another place. Uyghurs are the only ones left in the cell.
Deportation is happening NOW.
Reposted by Emily Upson
Reposted by Emily Upson
48 Uyghurs face immediate deportation from Thailand to China where they will face persecution.
If you work in HE or research, we urge you to sign the statement addressed to the Thai authorities asking for the group of detained Uyghur men to be given safe haven.
forms.gle/zWw3GbTvvqiu...
If you work in HE or research, we urge you to sign the statement addressed to the Thai authorities asking for the group of detained Uyghur men to be given safe haven.
forms.gle/zWw3GbTvvqiu...
Urgent Researcher Statement on the Status of Uyghur Asylum Seekers in Thailand
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Office of the Prime Minister, Royal Thai Government
Government House
1 Phitsanulok Road
Dusit District, Bangkok 10300, Thailand
Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampo...
forms.gle
January 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
48 Uyghurs face immediate deportation from Thailand to China where they will face persecution.
If you work in HE or research, we urge you to sign the statement addressed to the Thai authorities asking for the group of detained Uyghur men to be given safe haven.
forms.gle/zWw3GbTvvqiu...
If you work in HE or research, we urge you to sign the statement addressed to the Thai authorities asking for the group of detained Uyghur men to be given safe haven.
forms.gle/zWw3GbTvvqiu...
Please sign this academic letter for the 48 Uyghur detainees in Thailand. Researchers like @drdavidtobin.bsky.social and @nyrolaelima.bsky.social have outlined these risks for years.
Now, there's an imminent risk of deportation that must be stopped for ALL 48 men.
forms.gle/zWw3GbTvvqiu...
Now, there's an imminent risk of deportation that must be stopped for ALL 48 men.
forms.gle/zWw3GbTvvqiu...
Urgent Researcher Statement on the Status of Uyghur Asylum Seekers in Thailand
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Office of the Prime Minister, Royal Thai Government
Government House
1 Phitsanulok Road
Dusit District, Bangkok 10300, Thailand
Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampo...
forms.gle
January 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Please sign this academic letter for the 48 Uyghur detainees in Thailand. Researchers like @drdavidtobin.bsky.social and @nyrolaelima.bsky.social have outlined these risks for years.
Now, there's an imminent risk of deportation that must be stopped for ALL 48 men.
forms.gle/zWw3GbTvvqiu...
Now, there's an imminent risk of deportation that must be stopped for ALL 48 men.
forms.gle/zWw3GbTvvqiu...