Rayhan Asat
@rayhanasat.bsky.social
Human rights lawyer and international law scholar. Osgoode Hall, Harvard, Oxford alum. Senior Legal and Policy Advisory & China Project Lead at Atlantic Council Strategic Litigation.
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There are over 1350 elderly victims documented as serving prison terms (potential death sentences).
Name: Bayimhan Mamut
Age: 64
Status: serving a 10-year sentence (Kashgar Women’s Prison) for "illegal religious activities"; in poor health
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Name: Bayimhan Mamut
Age: 64
Status: serving a 10-year sentence (Kashgar Women’s Prison) for "illegal religious activities"; in poor health
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October 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
There are over 1350 elderly victims documented as serving prison terms (potential death sentences).
Name: Bayimhan Mamut
Age: 64
Status: serving a 10-year sentence (Kashgar Women’s Prison) for "illegal religious activities"; in poor health
shahit.biz/eng/2985/
Name: Bayimhan Mamut
Age: 64
Status: serving a 10-year sentence (Kashgar Women’s Prison) for "illegal religious activities"; in poor health
shahit.biz/eng/2985/
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“While there are many challenges ahead, the court’s decision offers a critical source of hope to the victims and survivors who are seeking justice for Beijing’s ongoing atrocities in Xinjiang.”
Read SLP’s @rayhanasat.bsky.social in @justsecurity.org ⬇️
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Read SLP’s @rayhanasat.bsky.social in @justsecurity.org ⬇️
www.justsecurity.org/118048/argen...
In Argentina, a Bold Step for Global Justice: Holding the Chinese Government Accountable for Atrocities Against Uyghurs
A recent court decision in Argentina offers a source of hope to Uyghur victims seeking justice for Beijing's alleged atrocities in Xinjiang.
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August 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“While there are many challenges ahead, the court’s decision offers a critical source of hope to the victims and survivors who are seeking justice for Beijing’s ongoing atrocities in Xinjiang.”
Read SLP’s @rayhanasat.bsky.social in @justsecurity.org ⬇️
www.justsecurity.org/118048/argen...
Read SLP’s @rayhanasat.bsky.social in @justsecurity.org ⬇️
www.justsecurity.org/118048/argen...
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#Uyghurs seeking justice for alleged #CrimesAgainstHumanity and #genocide by #China saw their odds improve recently – in #Argentina.
@rayhanasat.bsky.social and @sophiedrich.bsky.social on the #UniversalJurisdiction case and what it means:
www.justsecurity.org/118048/argen...
@rayhanasat.bsky.social and @sophiedrich.bsky.social on the #UniversalJurisdiction case and what it means:
www.justsecurity.org/118048/argen...
In Argentina, a Bold Step for Global Justice: Holding the Chinese Government Accountable for Atrocities Against Uyghurs
A recent court decision in Argentina offers a source of hope to Uyghur victims seeking justice for Beijing's alleged atrocities in Xinjiang.
www.justsecurity.org
July 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#Uyghurs seeking justice for alleged #CrimesAgainstHumanity and #genocide by #China saw their odds improve recently – in #Argentina.
@rayhanasat.bsky.social and @sophiedrich.bsky.social on the #UniversalJurisdiction case and what it means:
www.justsecurity.org/118048/argen...
@rayhanasat.bsky.social and @sophiedrich.bsky.social on the #UniversalJurisdiction case and what it means:
www.justsecurity.org/118048/argen...
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I have long appreciated Elizabeth Tsurkov's rigorous & dedicated scholarship & the appeals to common human decency in her social media presence. I hope she is reunited with her loved ones soon & that the Iran-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah ceases to exist. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Report: Progress in talks to release Elizabeth Tsurkov, Israeli held in Iraq since 2023
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May 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I have long appreciated Elizabeth Tsurkov's rigorous & dedicated scholarship & the appeals to common human decency in her social media presence. I hope she is reunited with her loved ones soon & that the Iran-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah ceases to exist. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
During my time at @harvard as an international student, I faced with life-changing event when my brother was taken hostage by the Chinese government. This experience was deeply unsettling. But, I found immense support from my friends in the @harvard community when I chose to share his story publicly
May 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
During my time at @harvard as an international student, I faced with life-changing event when my brother was taken hostage by the Chinese government. This experience was deeply unsettling. But, I found immense support from my friends in the @harvard community when I chose to share his story publicly
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It’s a privilege to share the stage today with @rayhanasat.bsky.social @rushanabbas.bsky.social @ipinst.bsky.social and @ushmm.bsky.social. The #China govt continues to violate #Uyghurs’ #humanrights on an industrial scale. Democracies, #UN can’t look away.
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The Ongoing Mass Atrocity Crimes Against the Uyghurs and How the UN Can Respond - International Peace Institute
On May 1st, IPI and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide will co-host an event on “The Ongoing Mass Atrocity Crimes Against the Uyghurs and ...
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May 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
It’s a privilege to share the stage today with @rayhanasat.bsky.social @rushanabbas.bsky.social @ipinst.bsky.social and @ushmm.bsky.social. The #China govt continues to violate #Uyghurs’ #humanrights on an industrial scale. Democracies, #UN can’t look away.
www.ipinst.org/2025/04/the-...
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Hear SLP's @rayhanasat.bsky.social speak at an event hosted by @ipinst.bsky.social and the @ushmm.bsky.social Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, “The Ongoing Mass Atrocity Crimes Against the Uyghurs and How the UN Can Respond.”
Register now to attend in-person ⬇️
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Register now to attend in-person ⬇️
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April 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hear SLP's @rayhanasat.bsky.social speak at an event hosted by @ipinst.bsky.social and the @ushmm.bsky.social Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, “The Ongoing Mass Atrocity Crimes Against the Uyghurs and How the UN Can Respond.”
Register now to attend in-person ⬇️
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Register now to attend in-person ⬇️
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Honored to join @rayhanasat.bsky.social @rushanabbas.bsky.social @benmauk.bsky.social at this @ipinst.bsky.social @ushmm.bsky.social event, where we will discuss ongoing #crimesagainsthumanity targeting #Uyghurs, #UN responses (or lack thereof), and next steps.
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.
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Thanks to the IPI and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for supporting and hosting this event.
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IPI Event: The Ongoing Mass Atrocity Crimes Against the Uyghurs and How the UN Can Respond on May 1st
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April 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Honored to join @rayhanasat.bsky.social @rushanabbas.bsky.social @benmauk.bsky.social at this @ipinst.bsky.social @ushmm.bsky.social event, where we will discuss ongoing #crimesagainsthumanity targeting #Uyghurs, #UN responses (or lack thereof), and next steps.
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On May 1 in NYC, I'll be screening a new theatrical version of REEDUCATED, our New Yorker documentary about China's mass internment of minorities, at the International Peace Institute. Register at the link below.
@newyorker.com @ipinst.bsky.social @ushmm.bsky.social
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@newyorker.com @ipinst.bsky.social @ushmm.bsky.social
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IPI Event: The Ongoing Mass Atrocity Crimes Against the Uyghurs and How the UN Can Respond on May 1st
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April 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
On May 1 in NYC, I'll be screening a new theatrical version of REEDUCATED, our New Yorker documentary about China's mass internment of minorities, at the International Peace Institute. Register at the link below.
@newyorker.com @ipinst.bsky.social @ushmm.bsky.social
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@newyorker.com @ipinst.bsky.social @ushmm.bsky.social
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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...
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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April 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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...
Thanks to the IPI and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for supporting and hosting this event.
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Thank you so much for @tlhumanrights.bsky.social for calling my brother’s release.. We must bring Ekpar home.
This month marks 9 years since #Uyghur entrepreneur Ekpar Asat was disappeared by PRC authorities & sentenced to 15 years in solitary confinement. #China must grant him communication access & free him immediately without conditions.
@coons.senate.gov is his #DefendingFreedoms advocate.
@coons.senate.gov is his #DefendingFreedoms advocate.
April 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Thank you so much for @tlhumanrights.bsky.social for calling my brother’s release.. We must bring Ekpar home.
I’m grateful to Lukas Goyret for interviewing me about China’s atrocity crimes in Argentina. For Argentinians, concepts like enforced disappearance, torture, and arbitrary detention are all too real, given the country’s history with dictatorship. t.co/Vca0E3UbbB
March 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I’m grateful to Lukas Goyret for interviewing me about China’s atrocity crimes in Argentina. For Argentinians, concepts like enforced disappearance, torture, and arbitrary detention are all too real, given the country’s history with dictatorship. t.co/Vca0E3UbbB
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Canada and the United States offered to resettle dozens of ethnic Uyghurs held in detention in Thailand over the past decade, sources told Reuters, but Bangkok took no action for fear of upsetting China, where they were covertly deported last week. www.reuters.com/world/canada...
Exclusive: Canada and US offered Uyghurs in Thailand asylum before deportation to China, sources say
Canada and the United States offered to resettle 48 ethnic Uyghurs held in detention in Thailand over the past decade, sources told Reuters, but Bangkok took no action for fear of upsetting China, where they were covertly deported last week.
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March 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Canada and the United States offered to resettle dozens of ethnic Uyghurs held in detention in Thailand over the past decade, sources told Reuters, but Bangkok took no action for fear of upsetting China, where they were covertly deported last week. www.reuters.com/world/canada...
!!!!! Devastating News!!!!
The Thai Prime Minister has effectively condemned 40 #Uyghur refugees to grave danger by repatriating them to China, despite their long-standing ordeal of severe mistreatment in a Thai refugee center & the well-documented risk of torture & possible death upon their return
The Thai Prime Minister has effectively condemned 40 #Uyghur refugees to grave danger by repatriating them to China, despite their long-standing ordeal of severe mistreatment in a Thai refugee center & the well-documented risk of torture & possible death upon their return
February 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
!!!!! Devastating News!!!!
The Thai Prime Minister has effectively condemned 40 #Uyghur refugees to grave danger by repatriating them to China, despite their long-standing ordeal of severe mistreatment in a Thai refugee center & the well-documented risk of torture & possible death upon their return
The Thai Prime Minister has effectively condemned 40 #Uyghur refugees to grave danger by repatriating them to China, despite their long-standing ordeal of severe mistreatment in a Thai refugee center & the well-documented risk of torture & possible death upon their return
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It was a great pleasure to speak to @rayhanasat.bsky.social about the situation of Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang, the role forced labour there plays in the global economy & the role of "influencers" & Beijing-aligned "journalists" in whitewashing the abuses. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/people-don...
"People don’t suffer less because of the identity of the perpetrator. They suffer equally."
A Conversation with Rayhan Asat
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January 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It was a great pleasure to speak to @rayhanasat.bsky.social about the situation of Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang, the role forced labour there plays in the global economy & the role of "influencers" & Beijing-aligned "journalists" in whitewashing the abuses. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/people-don...
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“The suffering of Palestinians reverberates with a familiar pain,” writes SLP’s @rayhanasat.bsky.social, drawing parallels between the crisis in Gaza and the ongoing repression of the Uyghur population in China.
Check out @theatlantic.com to read more ⬇️
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Check out @theatlantic.com to read more ⬇️
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Global Outrage Machine Skips the Uyghurs
China grandstands about Gaza while repressing a Muslim community within its own borders. Hardly anyone seems to notice.
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January 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“The suffering of Palestinians reverberates with a familiar pain,” writes SLP’s @rayhanasat.bsky.social, drawing parallels between the crisis in Gaza and the ongoing repression of the Uyghur population in China.
Check out @theatlantic.com to read more ⬇️
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Check out @theatlantic.com to read more ⬇️
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Nice to see two Democracy in Exile essays cited here in @theatlantic.com, though this piece doesn't really engage substantively with the comparisons between Gaza and Xinjiang—and might also leave you asking what the "global outrage machine" actually is? www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
January 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Nice to see two Democracy in Exile essays cited here in @theatlantic.com, though this piece doesn't really engage substantively with the comparisons between Gaza and Xinjiang—and might also leave you asking what the "global outrage machine" actually is? www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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The first article mentioned is @rayhanasat.bsky.social's great essay on how Gaza's destruction mirrors the repression in Xinjiang: "As a Uyghur human rights lawyer forced to live in exile, I see Xinjiang everywhere. But nowhere more starkly than in places like Gaza." dawnmena.org/how-justice-...
How Justice Is Denied From Palestine to the Uyghur Homeland
As a Uyghur human rights lawyer forced to live in exile, I see Xinjiang everywhere. But nowhere more starkly than in places like Gaza.
dawnmena.org
January 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The first article mentioned is @rayhanasat.bsky.social's great essay on how Gaza's destruction mirrors the repression in Xinjiang: "As a Uyghur human rights lawyer forced to live in exile, I see Xinjiang everywhere. But nowhere more starkly than in places like Gaza." dawnmena.org/how-justice-...
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🆘 According to #Weiquanwang, #China filmmaker #ChenPinlin will go on trial *tmrw,* Jan 6. #UNSpecialProcedures determined Chen's detention to be arbitrary in Nov '24. Chen is charged w "picking quarrels"--a vague crime #UN #VolkerTurk urged #XiJinping to repeal.
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January 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🆘 According to #Weiquanwang, #China filmmaker #ChenPinlin will go on trial *tmrw,* Jan 6. #UNSpecialProcedures determined Chen's detention to be arbitrary in Nov '24. Chen is charged w "picking quarrels"--a vague crime #UN #VolkerTurk urged #XiJinping to repeal.
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/01/plat...
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Statement on my brother’s birthday.
January 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Statement on my brother’s birthday.
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Today marks #Uyghur entrepreneur #US #StateDepart #IVLP alum #EkparAsat’s 8th b’day in #China govt #arbitrarydetention, family’s enduring #collectivepunishment. Aspire to secure his, many others’ releases so families can celebrate freely & together.
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Ekpar Asat
Status: Imprisoned Country: China Advocate: Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)
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January 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Today marks #Uyghur entrepreneur #US #StateDepart #IVLP alum #EkparAsat’s 8th b’day in #China govt #arbitrarydetention, family’s enduring #collectivepunishment. Aspire to secure his, many others’ releases so families can celebrate freely & together.
humanrightscommission.house.gov/DFP/Countrie...
humanrightscommission.house.gov/DFP/Countrie...
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"As a Uyghur human rights lawyer forced to live in exile, I see Xinjiang everywhere. But nowhere more starkly than in places like Gaza."
Check out @rayhanasat.bsky.social's recent article, included in @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social's most popular articles of 2024: dawnmena.org/democracy-in...
Check out @rayhanasat.bsky.social's recent article, included in @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social's most popular articles of 2024: dawnmena.org/democracy-in...
Democracy in Exile's Most Popular Articles of 2024
Coverage of Gaza again dominated our most-read articles of the year, just like last year. As Israel's devastating war in Gaza has dragged on with American support, Democracy in Exile continued to magn...
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December 24, 2024 at 5:13 PM
"As a Uyghur human rights lawyer forced to live in exile, I see Xinjiang everywhere. But nowhere more starkly than in places like Gaza."
Check out @rayhanasat.bsky.social's recent article, included in @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social's most popular articles of 2024: dawnmena.org/democracy-in...
Check out @rayhanasat.bsky.social's recent article, included in @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social's most popular articles of 2024: dawnmena.org/democracy-in...
It marks the 6th anniversary of Rehmutulla, a toddler who was left in the care of grandparent after his parents were sent to camps. He wandered off & was found dead in a cold winter. How many #Uyghurs kids like him? Would his death shock the consciousness of the world as it did in other atrocities?
December 24, 2024 at 7:47 AM
It marks the 6th anniversary of Rehmutulla, a toddler who was left in the care of grandparent after his parents were sent to camps. He wandered off & was found dead in a cold winter. How many #Uyghurs kids like him? Would his death shock the consciousness of the world as it did in other atrocities?
So concerned about Ekpar. He’s not even allowed to call for 2 minutes lately. The last time he called my parents, he was forced to speak in Chinese. When you grew up speaking #Uyghur w/ family, speaking in Chinese is not just inconvenience 别扭 but takes away intimate connections
December 21, 2024 at 3:13 PM
So concerned about Ekpar. He’s not even allowed to call for 2 minutes lately. The last time he called my parents, he was forced to speak in Chinese. When you grew up speaking #Uyghur w/ family, speaking in Chinese is not just inconvenience 别扭 but takes away intimate connections