Magnus Fiskesjö
@magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social
I teach Anthropology & Asian studies @ Cornell University. Formerly Director, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, in Stockholm; Cultural Attaché, Swedish Embassy in Beijing; 2nd secretary Swedish embassy in Tokyo. Views my own.
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Bibliography - Uyghur Human Rights Project
For an extensive bibliography of many of the relevant new reports and academic works on the Uyghur issue, please see below or download the document. Compiled by Magnus Fiskesjö [nf42@cornell.edu]. Las...
uhrp.org
Updated bibliography on the Chinese government's mass atrocities against #Uyghur, #Kazakh & other peoples in #EastTurkistan/#Xinjiang since 2017:
uhrp.org/bibliography/
Now updated to: October 24, 2025.
Updates posted periodically. Free to use.
Send me missing items! Thanks.
uhrp.org/bibliography/
Now updated to: October 24, 2025.
Updates posted periodically. Free to use.
Send me missing items! Thanks.
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Today marks 6 years since the death of Waris Ababekri (shahit.biz/eng/3682), a well-known screenwriter and former student-movement leader. Detained in January 2019, he died of a heart attack shortly after release the same year.
He was 54.
He was 54.
Entry 3682: Waris Ababekri
Waris Ababekri was born in Urumqi. In 1985, he helped organize the “November Twelfth” student movement, and in 1987 - together with Dolkun Isa and Rushan Abbas - founded the Science and Culture Studen...
shahit.biz
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Today marks 6 years since the death of Waris Ababekri (shahit.biz/eng/3682), a well-known screenwriter and former student-movement leader. Detained in January 2019, he died of a heart attack shortly after release the same year.
He was 54.
He was 54.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Wow, it's almost as if the supposedly crazy conspiracy theory that mainstream media wouldn't touch - that the Kremlin has kompromat on Donald Trump through his ties to pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and this explains his tepid support for Ukraine - is actually true.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Wow, it's almost as if the supposedly crazy conspiracy theory that mainstream media wouldn't touch - that the Kremlin has kompromat on Donald Trump through his ties to pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and this explains his tepid support for Ukraine - is actually true.
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NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
By Invitation
A human-rights researcher on why she pushed back when China bullied her university
Democratic governments must resist authoritarian states trying to co-opt their institutions, writes Laura Murphy
THE ECONOMIST
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
A human-rights researcher on why she pushed back when China bullied her university
Democratic governments must resist authoritarian states trying to co-opt their institutions, writes Laura Murphy
THE ECONOMIST
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
A human-rights researcher on why she pushed back when China bullied her university
Democratic governments must resist authoritarian states trying to co-opt their institutions, writes Laura Murphy
www.economist.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
By Invitation
A human-rights researcher on why she pushed back when China bullied her university
Democratic governments must resist authoritarian states trying to co-opt their institutions, writes Laura Murphy
THE ECONOMIST
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
A human-rights researcher on why she pushed back when China bullied her university
Democratic governments must resist authoritarian states trying to co-opt their institutions, writes Laura Murphy
THE ECONOMIST
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
The Long Arm of the Dragon: A Film Festival Crushed Before It Began. bitterwinter.org/the-long-arm...
"China has systematically dismantled its domestic indie film scene ... Now it seems even overseas attempts to preserve artistic freedom are being hunted down."
"China has systematically dismantled its domestic indie film scene ... Now it seems even overseas attempts to preserve artistic freedom are being hunted down."
The Long Arm of the Dragon: A Film Festival Crushed Before It Began | Bitter Winter
bitterwinter.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The Long Arm of the Dragon: A Film Festival Crushed Before It Began. bitterwinter.org/the-long-arm...
"China has systematically dismantled its domestic indie film scene ... Now it seems even overseas attempts to preserve artistic freedom are being hunted down."
"China has systematically dismantled its domestic indie film scene ... Now it seems even overseas attempts to preserve artistic freedom are being hunted down."
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Shouldn’t he want people to eat tofu now that American soy is rotting send post
““My message to my Democratic friends and to the tofu-eating wokerati at USAID is, ‘I hear your question, but you need to call somebody who cares,’” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told reporters this week.”
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Shouldn’t he want people to eat tofu now that American soy is rotting send post
The now deleted death threat tweet by China's consul sent in response to PM Takahashi's stmnt about the existential threat from a Chn war against Taiwan. Consul said sth like: “We have no choice but to cut off that dirty head that wantonly charged in without a moment's hesitation. Are y'all ready?”
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The now deleted death threat tweet by China's consul sent in response to PM Takahashi's stmnt about the existential threat from a Chn war against Taiwan. Consul said sth like: “We have no choice but to cut off that dirty head that wantonly charged in without a moment's hesitation. Are y'all ready?”
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When Ukrainian soldiers are wounded in action, Russian drones target both them and the people who come to rescue them.
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Freedom is Action -- Finishing the Job
Help save the lives of the courageous
snyder.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
When Ukrainian soldiers are wounded in action, Russian drones target both them and the people who come to rescue them.
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
"Kazakh boy & Chinese girl grow up together in China’s vast northeast"-but "she is choosing modernity, he tradition" thefilmverdict.com/the-botanist/
Why does The Film Verdict omit how #Kazakh children are being forced to be Chinese, in genocidal boarding schools?
The film is clearly propaganda.
Why does The Film Verdict omit how #Kazakh children are being forced to be Chinese, in genocidal boarding schools?
The film is clearly propaganda.
The Botanist - The Film Verdict
A Kazakh boy and a Chinese girl grow up together in China’s vast northeast, in Jing Yi’s dreamlike and meditative first film, ‘The Botanist’.
thefilmverdict.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"Kazakh boy & Chinese girl grow up together in China’s vast northeast"-but "she is choosing modernity, he tradition" thefilmverdict.com/the-botanist/
Why does The Film Verdict omit how #Kazakh children are being forced to be Chinese, in genocidal boarding schools?
The film is clearly propaganda.
Why does The Film Verdict omit how #Kazakh children are being forced to be Chinese, in genocidal boarding schools?
The film is clearly propaganda.
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Donetsk Oblast.
The military arrived to get people out, but there was no one left, only ruins.
russia exiles people from their homes, by destroying entire cities.
Let’s not let them:
u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
The military arrived to get people out, but there was no one left, only ruins.
russia exiles people from their homes, by destroying entire cities.
Let’s not let them:
u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
November 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Donetsk Oblast.
The military arrived to get people out, but there was no one left, only ruins.
russia exiles people from their homes, by destroying entire cities.
Let’s not let them:
u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
The military arrived to get people out, but there was no one left, only ruins.
russia exiles people from their homes, by destroying entire cities.
Let’s not let them:
u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
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Sheffield Hallam Apologizes to American Scholar Over Publication Ban
Curtailment of Laura Murphy’s research into alleged forced labor practices in China raises further questions over foreign government interference...
Read the latest from @timeshighered.bsky.social ➡️ https://bit.ly/43fUPCK
Curtailment of Laura Murphy’s research into alleged forced labor practices in China raises further questions over foreign government interference...
Read the latest from @timeshighered.bsky.social ➡️ https://bit.ly/43fUPCK
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Sheffield Hallam Apologizes to American Scholar Over Publication Ban
Curtailment of Laura Murphy’s research into alleged forced labor practices in China raises further questions over foreign government interference...
Read the latest from @timeshighered.bsky.social ➡️ https://bit.ly/43fUPCK
Curtailment of Laura Murphy’s research into alleged forced labor practices in China raises further questions over foreign government interference...
Read the latest from @timeshighered.bsky.social ➡️ https://bit.ly/43fUPCK
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The @cornellaaup.bsky.social statement on Cornell's deal
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
aaup-cornell.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The @cornellaaup.bsky.social statement on Cornell's deal
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Transnational repression at the IndieChina Film Festival: Transnational repression at the IndieChina Film Festival: open.substack.com/pub/donaldcl...
Transnational repression at the IndieChina Film Festival
Some distressing news from New York: a festival of independent Chinese films scheduled for November 2025 has been crippled by Chinese government threats against participants and others connected with ...
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Transnational repression at the IndieChina Film Festival: Transnational repression at the IndieChina Film Festival: open.substack.com/pub/donaldcl...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research www.bbc.com/news/article...
Shame on SHU for caving to Chinese intimidation.
Even if they backed off when they were duly warned by the UK govt.
But how many such horror cases of selfcensorship by universities go undetected, out of fear?
Shame on SHU for caving to Chinese intimidation.
Even if they backed off when they were duly warned by the UK govt.
But how many such horror cases of selfcensorship by universities go undetected, out of fear?
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research www.bbc.com/news/article...
Shame on SHU for caving to Chinese intimidation.
Even if they backed off when they were duly warned by the UK govt.
But how many such horror cases of selfcensorship by universities go undetected, out of fear?
Shame on SHU for caving to Chinese intimidation.
Even if they backed off when they were duly warned by the UK govt.
But how many such horror cases of selfcensorship by universities go undetected, out of fear?
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I really love how whatsapp, the only viable alternative to telegram, just shuts down Ukrainian voices for no reason so I guess we just stay on our tnt barrel but hey at least we have circle video messages
November 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I really love how whatsapp, the only viable alternative to telegram, just shuts down Ukrainian voices for no reason so I guess we just stay on our tnt barrel but hey at least we have circle video messages
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At a minimum the public is owed a more thorough explanation than what’s offered in the bishop’s letter
November 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
At a minimum the public is owed a more thorough explanation than what’s offered in the bishop’s letter
"Halloween parade float from Saint Joseph Catholic school in Hanover, PA included a replica of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp gate, bearing the words Arbeit Macht Frei."
Mindboggling how these Americans admire Hitler -- after their grandfathers dies in a world war to defeat the very same Hitler.
Mindboggling how these Americans admire Hitler -- after their grandfathers dies in a world war to defeat the very same Hitler.
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Halloween parade float from Saint Joseph Catholic school in Hanover, PA included a replica of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp gate, bearing the words Arbeit Macht Frei."
Mindboggling how these Americans admire Hitler -- after their grandfathers dies in a world war to defeat the very same Hitler.
Mindboggling how these Americans admire Hitler -- after their grandfathers dies in a world war to defeat the very same Hitler.
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Looking forward to reading @rianthum.bsky.social ‘s important new book, Islamic China. Pre-order your copy today! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
November 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Looking forward to reading @rianthum.bsky.social ‘s important new book, Islamic China. Pre-order your copy today! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
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Bari Weiss’ inexperience and her eagerness to boost her political opinions over her network’s reporting are all reasons to be concerned about her tenure at CBS News.
But there's also something else to be worried about: artificial intelligence.
But there's also something else to be worried about: artificial intelligence.
Another big reason to worry about Bari Weiss’ tenure at CBS News
Right now, a potential peril is at hand: the end of truth.
www.motherjones.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Bari Weiss’ inexperience and her eagerness to boost her political opinions over her network’s reporting are all reasons to be concerned about her tenure at CBS News.
But there's also something else to be worried about: artificial intelligence.
But there's also something else to be worried about: artificial intelligence.
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The US has revoked the visa of a Nobel Prize winner in literature after the author called President Trump "Idi Amin in whiteface." Nigerian Wole Soyinka, 91, said the US consulate told him to bring in his passport so it could be canceled in person. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says his US visa revoked
The 91-year-old Nobel laureate in literature has been a critic of Trump's immigration policy.
www.bbc.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The US has revoked the visa of a Nobel Prize winner in literature after the author called President Trump "Idi Amin in whiteface." Nigerian Wole Soyinka, 91, said the US consulate told him to bring in his passport so it could be canceled in person. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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'It creates a “black hole of information”' - earlier this year, @rebeccalroot.bsky.social wrote about what the closure of Radio Free Asia would mean for free speech: greater risk for journalists, less information for the public and a win for governments: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/09/what...
What the US closure of global media means for freedom of speech in Asia - Index on Censorship
The defunding of USAID has had a catastrophic impact on Radio Free Asia and other independent news sources
www.indexoncensorship.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
'It creates a “black hole of information”' - earlier this year, @rebeccalroot.bsky.social wrote about what the closure of Radio Free Asia would mean for free speech: greater risk for journalists, less information for the public and a win for governments: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/09/what...