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Peter Irwin
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Associate Director for Research/Advocacy @uhrp.org | Words in ‪@foreignpolicy.com‬ @theguardian.com ‪@the-independent.com‬ | 🇨🇦
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📊 UHRP research by @peterirwin.bsky.social and
@henrykszad.bsky.social uncovers surge in air cargo flights between Ürümchi and over a dozen European cities.

These ✈️ 📦 routes risk carrying goods linked to Uyghur forced labor directly into European supply chains.

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Manifest Risk: New “Air Silk Road” Cargo Flights Carry Risk of Uyghur Forced Labor into Europe - Uyghur Human Rights Project
Air cargo routes are rapidly expanding between Ürümchi and over a dozen European cities. Since June 2024, nine cargo companies have launched new air freight routes between Ürümchi and cities across th...
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August 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Reposted by Peter Irwin
Research by @peterirwin.bsky.social @henrykszad.bsky.social + Ben Carrdus from April demonstrated the dramatic 📈 increase in international hotel chains in the Uyghur region.

IHG is operating—and dramatically expanding—its business amidst atrocities.

uhrp.org/report/it-do...
It Does Matter Where You Stay: International Hotel Chains in East Turkistan - Uyghur Human Rights Project
Five international hotel chains—Accor, Hilton, InterContinental (IHG), Marriott, and Wyndham—currently operate in the Uyghur Region amidst ongoing crimes against humanity and genocide.
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June 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Reposted by Peter Irwin
Research by Peter Irwin and Ben Carrdus found that the Uyghur Region has the highest imprisonment rate in the world—an estimated 2,234 per 100,000 people.

Uyghurs + other Turkic peoples account for *more than a third* of China’s estimated total prison population.

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UHRP Analysis Finds 1 in 26 Uyghurs Imprisoned in Region With World’s Highest Prison Rate - Uyghur Human Rights Project
An estimated 1 in 26 Uyghurs and other non-Han people in the Uyghur Region are imprisoned, making up a third of China’s total prison population April 25, 2024 A UHRP Insights column by Ben Carrdus, UH...
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April 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM