Zubayra Shamseden
@zubayra.bsky.social
Uyghur Activist, Academic, Translator/Interpreter, Mother, Wife, Sister, Friend, Community Leader/Worker and works for @uyghurproject.bsky.social
Burning Xi Jinping: Is Kazakh Rights Group Facing Its Final Days?
A group of activists set fire to a portrait of Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Chinese flag during a demonstration against the continued detention of ethnic Kazakhs in Xinjiang.
thediplomat.com/2025/12/burn...
A group of activists set fire to a portrait of Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Chinese flag during a demonstration against the continued detention of ethnic Kazakhs in Xinjiang.
thediplomat.com/2025/12/burn...
Burning Xi Jinping: Is Kazakh Rights Group Facing Its Final Days?
A group of activists set fire to a portrait of Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Chinese flag during a demonstration against the continued detention of ethnic Kazakhs in Xinjiang.
thediplomat.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Burning Xi Jinping: Is Kazakh Rights Group Facing Its Final Days?
A group of activists set fire to a portrait of Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Chinese flag during a demonstration against the continued detention of ethnic Kazakhs in Xinjiang.
thediplomat.com/2025/12/burn...
A group of activists set fire to a portrait of Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Chinese flag during a demonstration against the continued detention of ethnic Kazakhs in Xinjiang.
thediplomat.com/2025/12/burn...
他拍下了新疆再教育营，如今美国要将他驱逐
2020年，中国公民关恒听闻中国大规模拘禁和监视维吾尔人的报道。但他想亲自验证这些报道是否属实。于是他驱车前往新疆，拍摄下了再教育营的视频，他后来逃往美国申请庇护。但如今，美政府正推进对他的驱逐，主张将他遣送到乌干达，该国与中国有密切经济联系。
cn.nytimes.com/usa/20251216...
2020年，中国公民关恒听闻中国大规模拘禁和监视维吾尔人的报道。但他想亲自验证这些报道是否属实。于是他驱车前往新疆，拍摄下了再教育营的视频，他后来逃往美国申请庇护。但如今，美政府正推进对他的驱逐，主张将他遣送到乌干达，该国与中国有密切经济联系。
cn.nytimes.com/usa/20251216...
他拍下了新疆再教育营，如今美国要将他驱逐
关恒拍摄的再教育营视频是北京镇压行动的罕见视觉证据，他后来逃往美国申请庇护。但如今，美政府正推进对他的驱逐，主张将他遣送到乌干达，该国与中国有密切经济联系。
cn.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
他拍下了新疆再教育营，如今美国要将他驱逐
2020年，中国公民关恒听闻中国大规模拘禁和监视维吾尔人的报道。但他想亲自验证这些报道是否属实。于是他驱车前往新疆，拍摄下了再教育营的视频，他后来逃往美国申请庇护。但如今，美政府正推进对他的驱逐，主张将他遣送到乌干达，该国与中国有密切经济联系。
cn.nytimes.com/usa/20251216...
2020年，中国公民关恒听闻中国大规模拘禁和监视维吾尔人的报道。但他想亲自验证这些报道是否属实。于是他驱车前往新疆，拍摄下了再教育营的视频，他后来逃往美国申请庇护。但如今，美政府正推进对他的驱逐，主张将他遣送到乌干达，该国与中国有密切经济联系。
cn.nytimes.com/usa/20251216...
Reposted by Zubayra Shamseden
📰 Issue 13 of the #UyghurReader is out!
A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Nov 13–26).
Curated 🧠 this week by @henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social.
uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...
A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Nov 13–26).
Curated 🧠 this week by @henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social.
uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...
The Uyghur Reader: Stories We’re Following (Issue 13) - Uyghur Human Rights Project
Welcome to the thirteenth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.
uhrp.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
📰 Issue 13 of the #UyghurReader is out!
A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Nov 13–26).
Curated 🧠 this week by @henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social.
uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...
A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Nov 13–26).
Curated 🧠 this week by @henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social.
uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...
Reposted by Zubayra Shamseden
NEW research by @peterirwin.bsky.social for UHRP #Insights💡
Building on July research, Irwin finds cargo flights from Ürümchi to Europe increasing, with more carriers to new destinations.
New routes fly directly to 🇫🇷 Paris and Lyon.
uhrp.org/insights/fro...
Building on July research, Irwin finds cargo flights from Ürümchi to Europe increasing, with more carriers to new destinations.
New routes fly directly to 🇫🇷 Paris and Lyon.
uhrp.org/insights/fro...
From Ürümchi to Paris and Brussels: The Spread of Uyghur Region Air Cargo Across Europe - Uyghur Human Rights Project
November 24, 2025 A UHRP Insights column by Peter Irwin, Associate Director for Research and Advocacy In July 2025, I warned in research with Henryk Szadziewski, UHRP Director of Research, about new a...
uhrp.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW research by @peterirwin.bsky.social for UHRP #Insights💡
Building on July research, Irwin finds cargo flights from Ürümchi to Europe increasing, with more carriers to new destinations.
New routes fly directly to 🇫🇷 Paris and Lyon.
uhrp.org/insights/fro...
Building on July research, Irwin finds cargo flights from Ürümchi to Europe increasing, with more carriers to new destinations.
New routes fly directly to 🇫🇷 Paris and Lyon.
uhrp.org/insights/fro...
Reposted by Zubayra Shamseden
Remembering the Ürümchi Fire Victims and the Need for a Unified Solidarity Movement in China
uhrp.org/insights/rem...
uhrp.org/insights/rem...
Remembering the Ürümchi Fire Victims and the Need for a Unified Solidarity Movement in China - Uyghur Human Rights Project
On November 24 2022, three years ago today, a fire broke out in a predominantly Uyghur residential building in Ürümchi that killed at least ten people.
uhrp.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Remembering the Ürümchi Fire Victims and the Need for a Unified Solidarity Movement in China
uhrp.org/insights/rem...
uhrp.org/insights/rem...
Reposted by Zubayra Shamseden
📰 Issue 12 of the #UyghurReader is out!
A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Oct 30 to Nov 12).
Curated 🧠 this week by @peterirwin.bsky.social @henrykszad.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social.
uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...
A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Oct 30 to Nov 12).
Curated 🧠 this week by @peterirwin.bsky.social @henrykszad.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social.
uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...
The Uyghur Reader: Stories We’re Following (Issue 12) - Uyghur Human Rights Project
Welcome to the twelfth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.
uhrp.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📰 Issue 12 of the #UyghurReader is out!
A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Oct 30 to Nov 12).
Curated 🧠 this week by @peterirwin.bsky.social @henrykszad.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social.
uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...
A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Oct 30 to Nov 12).
Curated 🧠 this week by @peterirwin.bsky.social @henrykszad.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social.
uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...
Reposted by Zubayra Shamseden
UHRP Event Today (CN language) ➡️
🕚 11:00 a.m. EST
📍 Online (see link for details)
🗣️Ma Ju, a Hui Islamic scholar, advocate, activist
🗣️Li Fangping, human rights lawyer who represented Ilham Tohti and many others
Event organized by @zubayra.bsky.social
chinese.uhrp.org/event/%e4%b8...
🕚 11:00 a.m. EST
📍 Online (see link for details)
🗣️Ma Ju, a Hui Islamic scholar, advocate, activist
🗣️Li Fangping, human rights lawyer who represented Ilham Tohti and many others
Event organized by @zubayra.bsky.social
chinese.uhrp.org/event/%e4%b8...
中共严惩冯斯瑜，窒息汉人对维吾尔人的支持? - Uyghur Human Rights Project
日期：2025年11月24日，星期一时间：美国东部时间上午11:00至中午12:00请在维吾尔人权项目的领英、…
chinese.uhrp.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
UHRP Event Today (CN language) ➡️
🕚 11:00 a.m. EST
📍 Online (see link for details)
🗣️Ma Ju, a Hui Islamic scholar, advocate, activist
🗣️Li Fangping, human rights lawyer who represented Ilham Tohti and many others
Event organized by @zubayra.bsky.social
chinese.uhrp.org/event/%e4%b8...
🕚 11:00 a.m. EST
📍 Online (see link for details)
🗣️Ma Ju, a Hui Islamic scholar, advocate, activist
🗣️Li Fangping, human rights lawyer who represented Ilham Tohti and many others
Event organized by @zubayra.bsky.social
chinese.uhrp.org/event/%e4%b8...
Remembering the Ürümchi Fire Victims and the Need for a Unified Solidarity Movement in China
uhrp.org/insights/rem...
uhrp.org/insights/rem...
Remembering the Ürümchi Fire Victims and the Need for a Unified Solidarity Movement in China - Uyghur Human Rights Project
On November 24 2022, three years ago today, a fire broke out in a predominantly Uyghur residential building in Ürümchi that killed at least ten people.
uhrp.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Remembering the Ürümchi Fire Victims and the Need for a Unified Solidarity Movement in China
uhrp.org/insights/rem...
uhrp.org/insights/rem...
新的维吾尔人权项目观点洞见💡
从雅尔塔到联合国第2758号决议：维吾尔国家地位在国际法中的消失/由阿斯娅@AsiyeUyghur
撰写
二十世纪中叶，维吾尔人两度尝试建立独立国家。最引人注目的尝试，是1944年至1949年在苏联支持下出现的东突厥斯坦共和国。然而。。。
chinese.uhrp.org/insights/%e4...
从雅尔塔到联合国第2758号决议：维吾尔国家地位在国际法中的消失/由阿斯娅@AsiyeUyghur
撰写
二十世纪中叶，维吾尔人两度尝试建立独立国家。最引人注目的尝试，是1944年至1949年在苏联支持下出现的东突厥斯坦共和国。然而。。。
chinese.uhrp.org/insights/%e4...
从雅尔塔到联合国第2758号决议：维吾尔国家地位在国际法中的消失 - Uyghur Human Rights Project
2025年11月12日 由记者阿斯娅(Asiye Uyghur)撰写的维吾尔人权项目观点洞见 二十世纪中叶，维…
chinese.uhrp.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
新的维吾尔人权项目观点洞见💡
从雅尔塔到联合国第2758号决议：维吾尔国家地位在国际法中的消失/由阿斯娅@AsiyeUyghur
撰写
二十世纪中叶，维吾尔人两度尝试建立独立国家。最引人注目的尝试，是1944年至1949年在苏联支持下出现的东突厥斯坦共和国。然而。。。
chinese.uhrp.org/insights/%e4...
从雅尔塔到联合国第2758号决议：维吾尔国家地位在国际法中的消失/由阿斯娅@AsiyeUyghur
撰写
二十世纪中叶，维吾尔人两度尝试建立独立国家。最引人注目的尝试，是1944年至1949年在苏联支持下出现的东突厥斯坦共和国。然而。。。
chinese.uhrp.org/insights/%e4...
After 29 years, RFA is on pause
From the executive editor: funding uncertainty is driving RFA’s remaining teams to stop delivering the news for now.
www.rfa.org/english/worl...
From the executive editor: funding uncertainty is driving RFA’s remaining teams to stop delivering the news for now.
www.rfa.org/english/worl...
After 29 years, RFA is on pause
From the executive editor: funding uncertainty is driving RFA’s remaining teams to stop delivering the news for now
www.rfa.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
After 29 years, RFA is on pause
From the executive editor: funding uncertainty is driving RFA’s remaining teams to stop delivering the news for now.
www.rfa.org/english/worl...
From the executive editor: funding uncertainty is driving RFA’s remaining teams to stop delivering the news for now.
www.rfa.org/english/worl...
Reposted by Zubayra Shamseden
🎊 The Snow Lion Award honors civil courage in advancing human rights and threatened cultures. 2025 laureates: our Co-ED Dr. Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social & Tibetan Buddhist scholar Geshe Lobsang Monlam. 🙏@savetibet.bsky.social
💡 savetibet.org/dr-sophie-ri...
💡 savetibet.org/dr-sophie-ri...
Dr. Sophie Richardson and Geshe Lobsang Monlam receive International Campaign for Tibet's Snow Lion Human Rights Award from Richard Gere
October 28, 2025 Berlin, October 25, 2025 – This weekend,
savetibet.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🎊 The Snow Lion Award honors civil courage in advancing human rights and threatened cultures. 2025 laureates: our Co-ED Dr. Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social & Tibetan Buddhist scholar Geshe Lobsang Monlam. 🙏@savetibet.bsky.social
💡 savetibet.org/dr-sophie-ri...
💡 savetibet.org/dr-sophie-ri...
Reposted by Zubayra Shamseden
📖 Issue 9 of the #UyghurReader is out!
🧵 A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Sep 18 – Oct 1), curated by
@henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social
uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...
🧵 A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Sep 18 – Oct 1), curated by
@henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social
uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...
The Uyghur Reader: Stories We’re Following (Issue 9) - Uyghur Human Rights Project
Welcome to the ninth issue of the Uyghur Reader, a biweekly content roundup curated by the staff of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.
uhrp.org
October 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
📖 Issue 9 of the #UyghurReader is out!
🧵 A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Sep 18 – Oct 1), curated by
@henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social
uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...
🧵 A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (Sep 18 – Oct 1), curated by
@henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social
uhrp.org/uyghur-reade...
Reposted by Zubayra Shamseden
📰 Issue 6 of the #UyghurReader is out!
🧵 A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (August 7–20)—curated by
@henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social
🧵 A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (August 7–20)—curated by
@henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
📰 Issue 6 of the #UyghurReader is out!
🧵 A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (August 7–20)—curated by
@henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social
🧵 A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (August 7–20)—curated by
@henrykszad.bsky.social @peterirwin.bsky.social @zubayra.bsky.social
Reposted by Zubayra Shamseden
📺 Watch an event organized by the Uyghur Wellness Initiative, moderated by UHRP's @zubayra.bsky.social.
"Art as Resistance" included painter Mamatjan Juma
and visual artist Gulnaz Tursun, moderated by Zubayra Shamseden.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jtz...
"Art as Resistance" included painter Mamatjan Juma
and visual artist Gulnaz Tursun, moderated by Zubayra Shamseden.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jtz...
سەنئەتنىڭ قارشىلىق كۈرەشتىكى رولى
YouTube video by Uyghur Wellness Initiative
www.youtube.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
📺 Watch an event organized by the Uyghur Wellness Initiative, moderated by UHRP's @zubayra.bsky.social.
"Art as Resistance" included painter Mamatjan Juma
and visual artist Gulnaz Tursun, moderated by Zubayra Shamseden.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jtz...
"Art as Resistance" included painter Mamatjan Juma
and visual artist Gulnaz Tursun, moderated by Zubayra Shamseden.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jtz...
新的维吾尔人权项目观点洞见💡
7·5事件十六周年：被抹黑的抗争与未竟的真相/由阿斯娅@AsiyeUyghur 著
十六年前的7月5日，乌鲁木齐爆发了一场由维吾尔大学生发起的和平示威，他们走上人民广场，仅仅是为了抗议几天前在广东韶关发生的一起维吾尔工人被汉人暴力袭击并杀害的事件。
chinese.uhrp.org/insights/7%c...
7·5事件十六周年：被抹黑的抗争与未竟的真相/由阿斯娅@AsiyeUyghur 著
十六年前的7月5日，乌鲁木齐爆发了一场由维吾尔大学生发起的和平示威，他们走上人民广场，仅仅是为了抗议几天前在广东韶关发生的一起维吾尔工人被汉人暴力袭击并杀害的事件。
chinese.uhrp.org/insights/7%c...
7·5事件十六周年：被抹黑的抗争与未竟的真相 - Uyghur Human Rights Project
2025年7月2日｜阿斯娅（Asiye Uyghur）， 特邀作者 十六年前的7月5日，乌鲁木齐爆发了一场由维…
chinese.uhrp.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
新的维吾尔人权项目观点洞见💡
7·5事件十六周年：被抹黑的抗争与未竟的真相/由阿斯娅@AsiyeUyghur 著
十六年前的7月5日，乌鲁木齐爆发了一场由维吾尔大学生发起的和平示威，他们走上人民广场，仅仅是为了抗议几天前在广东韶关发生的一起维吾尔工人被汉人暴力袭击并杀害的事件。
chinese.uhrp.org/insights/7%c...
7·5事件十六周年：被抹黑的抗争与未竟的真相/由阿斯娅@AsiyeUyghur 著
十六年前的7月5日，乌鲁木齐爆发了一场由维吾尔大学生发起的和平示威，他们走上人民广场，仅仅是为了抗议几天前在广东韶关发生的一起维吾尔工人被汉人暴力袭击并杀害的事件。
chinese.uhrp.org/insights/7%c...
Participated "2025 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit", which held in Dublin.
law.nd.edu/news-events/...
law.nd.edu/news-events/...
2025 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit: Day 3 Recap | The Law School | University of Notre Dame
Established in 1869, Notre Dame Law School is the oldest Catholic law school in the United States. The Law School’s approach to legal education is informed and inspired by faith. Students are trained ...
law.nd.edu
June 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Participated "2025 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit", which held in Dublin.
law.nd.edu/news-events/...
law.nd.edu/news-events/...
Indonesia has a moral imperative to act on Uyghur persecution
While Western democracies have issued condemnations, imposed sanctions and passed legislation, most of the Islamic world has remained publicly muted about the plight of the Uyghurs.
www.aspistrategist.org.au/indonesia-ha...
While Western democracies have issued condemnations, imposed sanctions and passed legislation, most of the Islamic world has remained publicly muted about the plight of the Uyghurs.
www.aspistrategist.org.au/indonesia-ha...
Indonesia has a moral imperative to act on Uyghur persecution | The Strategist
The crisis in Xinjiang, where more than 1 million Uyghurs endure mass detention, forced labour and cultural erasure, is one of the most defining human rights challenges of our time. As the world’s lar...
www.aspistrategist.org.au
June 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Indonesia has a moral imperative to act on Uyghur persecution
While Western democracies have issued condemnations, imposed sanctions and passed legislation, most of the Islamic world has remained publicly muted about the plight of the Uyghurs.
www.aspistrategist.org.au/indonesia-ha...
While Western democracies have issued condemnations, imposed sanctions and passed legislation, most of the Islamic world has remained publicly muted about the plight of the Uyghurs.
www.aspistrategist.org.au/indonesia-ha...
