Shiwei Ye
@ysw4rights.bsky.social
Human rights analyst and strategy advisor. Co-founder and Lead Consultant @kyconsulting.bsky.social. Cantonese speaker. Focus on human rights issues in East and Southeast Asia, risk management for CSOs, and #bizhumanrights.
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A Hong Kong political commentator has been remanded in custody after being charged with disclosing details of a national security investigation, marking the first time police have brought a prosecution over this offence. hongkongfp.com/2025/12/09/p... @chrdnet.bsky.social
hongkongfp.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
A Hong Kong political commentator has been remanded in custody after being charged with disclosing details of a national security investigation, marking the first time police have brought a prosecution over this offence. hongkongfp.com/2025/12/09/p... @chrdnet.bsky.social
InMediaHK is reporting that the HK national security police has taken into custody a man who initiated an online petition calling for independent investigations into and accountability for the deadly inferno in Tai Po.
www.inmediahk.net/node/%E6%94%...
www.inmediahk.net/node/%E6%94%...
www.inmediahk.net
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
InMediaHK is reporting that the HK national security police has taken into custody a man who initiated an online petition calling for independent investigations into and accountability for the deadly inferno in Tai Po.
www.inmediahk.net/node/%E6%94%...
www.inmediahk.net/node/%E6%94%...
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A HK university student has created a petition urging the gov't to respond to "4 big demands" after the deadly Tai Po fire, including setting up an independent investigation committee. In full: buff.ly/86gUoQk
HK student urges gov't to respond to 4 demands after fatal Tai Po fire
A HK university student has created a petition urging the gov't to respond to "4 big demands" after the deadly Tai Po fire, including setting up an independent investigation committee.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A HK university student has created a petition urging the gov't to respond to "4 big demands" after the deadly Tai Po fire, including setting up an independent investigation committee. In full: buff.ly/86gUoQk
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🚨 The USA has ended temporary protected status (TPS) for people from Myanmar, falsely claiming conditions improved.
Yet, the people of Myanmar are being terrorised daily by an illegal military junta committing int'l crimes with impunity.
✍🏼 Sign the petition to extend TPS and protect lives.
Yet, the people of Myanmar are being terrorised daily by an illegal military junta committing int'l crimes with impunity.
✍🏼 Sign the petition to extend TPS and protect lives.
Tell President Trump to extend protections for Burmese refugees
Burmese refugees deserve our protection
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
🚨 The USA has ended temporary protected status (TPS) for people from Myanmar, falsely claiming conditions improved.
Yet, the people of Myanmar are being terrorised daily by an illegal military junta committing int'l crimes with impunity.
✍🏼 Sign the petition to extend TPS and protect lives.
Yet, the people of Myanmar are being terrorised daily by an illegal military junta committing int'l crimes with impunity.
✍🏼 Sign the petition to extend TPS and protect lives.
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Communities along Cambodia’s O’Ta Bouk River are experiencing severe water contamination, skin ailments and the collapse of fish stocks, which they blame on an unregulated gold mine operating upstream inside Virachey National Park.
Toxic runoff from politically linked gold mine poisons Cambodian rivers, communities
*Sources have requested pseudonyms be used to protect their identity out of fear of retaliation from the government or mining companies BANGKOK, Thailand/RATANAKIRI, Cambodia — “When you touch the…
news.mongabay.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Communities along Cambodia’s O’Ta Bouk River are experiencing severe water contamination, skin ailments and the collapse of fish stocks, which they blame on an unregulated gold mine operating upstream inside Virachey National Park.
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🎤 After ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion + 6-decade playbook of #climate #obstruction, states at #COP30 should recognize irreconcilable #ConflictOfInterest of #FossilFuel industry – similar to tobacco industry
@theguardian.com: tinyurl.com/459b6htw
📗 My report on #defosslization: tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3
@theguardian.com: tinyurl.com/459b6htw
📗 My report on #defosslization: tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🎤 After ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion + 6-decade playbook of #climate #obstruction, states at #COP30 should recognize irreconcilable #ConflictOfInterest of #FossilFuel industry – similar to tobacco industry
@theguardian.com: tinyurl.com/459b6htw
📗 My report on #defosslization: tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3
@theguardian.com: tinyurl.com/459b6htw
📗 My report on #defosslization: tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3
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Climate change is forcing migration and deepening inequality across Indonesia, displacing rural residents, Indigenous peoples and those with disabilities — groups least responsible for the crisis.
Indonesia’s most vulnerable push for nation’s first Climate Justice Bill
JAKARTA — “Going to Dubai was an act of desperation,” says Muninggar, a 48-year-old former fish farmer from northern Java. “There were no jobs left in the village. If I wasn’t forced to, I wouldn’t…
news.mongabay.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Climate change is forcing migration and deepening inequality across Indonesia, displacing rural residents, Indigenous peoples and those with disabilities — groups least responsible for the crisis.
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In a media interview, former rights lawyer #LuSiwei said doctors found signs of early-stage lung cancer after his August release. His treatment is delayed as his state health insurance was cut off during imprisonment, and he remains banned from traveling abroad for care.
#NonReleaseRelease
#NonReleaseRelease
October 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
In a media interview, former rights lawyer #LuSiwei said doctors found signs of early-stage lung cancer after his August release. His treatment is delayed as his state health insurance was cut off during imprisonment, and he remains banned from traveling abroad for care.
#NonReleaseRelease
#NonReleaseRelease
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For @npr.org, I review Lou Ye's acclaimed Covid movie "An Unfinished Film," its courage in venturing into the forbidden, and limitations in what it seems unable or unwilling to confront. The Chinese people deserve better, more honest stories. The work remains unfinished.
www.npr.org/2025/10/04/g...
www.npr.org/2025/10/04/g...
October 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For @npr.org, I review Lou Ye's acclaimed Covid movie "An Unfinished Film," its courage in venturing into the forbidden, and limitations in what it seems unable or unwilling to confront. The Chinese people deserve better, more honest stories. The work remains unfinished.
www.npr.org/2025/10/04/g...
www.npr.org/2025/10/04/g...
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@niaolainf.bsky.social, and Alyssa Yamamoto, visiting fellow with MN Law’s Human Rights Center, co-authored an article for OpinioJuris discussing the importance of respecting the privileges and immunities of internationally appointed experts.
z.umn.edu/aqmy
z.umn.edu/aqmy
September 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
@niaolainf.bsky.social, and Alyssa Yamamoto, visiting fellow with MN Law’s Human Rights Center, co-authored an article for OpinioJuris discussing the importance of respecting the privileges and immunities of internationally appointed experts.
z.umn.edu/aqmy
z.umn.edu/aqmy
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Now public: I wrote to the Government of #China about the arbitrary detention, sentencing & ill-treatment in prison of Tibetan WHRD Namkyi when she was a minor. I have not received a reply yet.
🔽 Read the full communication:
srdefenders.org/china-arbitr...
🔽 Read the full communication:
srdefenders.org/china-arbitr...
China: arbitrary detention, sentencing and ill-treatment in prison of Tibetan WHRD Namkyi (joint communication)
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of China about the arbitrary detention, sentencing and ill-treatment in prison of Tibetan WHRD Namkyi when she was a minor.
srdefenders.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Now public: I wrote to the Government of #China about the arbitrary detention, sentencing & ill-treatment in prison of Tibetan WHRD Namkyi when she was a minor. I have not received a reply yet.
🔽 Read the full communication:
srdefenders.org/china-arbitr...
🔽 Read the full communication:
srdefenders.org/china-arbitr...
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EFF has been investigating stories from users whose abortion-related content has been taken down. What did we find? Over and over again, the policies say one thing, but the actual enforcement says another. www.eff.org/pages/our-s...
Our Stop Censoring Abortion Campaign Uncovers a Social Media
For months, EFF has been investigating stories from users whose abortion-related content has been taken down or otherwise suppressed by major social media platforms. In collaboration with our
www.eff.org
September 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
EFF has been investigating stories from users whose abortion-related content has been taken down. What did we find? Over and over again, the policies say one thing, but the actual enforcement says another. www.eff.org/pages/our-s...
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据 #张雅笛关注组
x.com/Free_Tara_Ya...
7月31日， #张雅笛 被以涉嫌 #煽动分裂国家罪 刑拘，目前关押在长沙市国家安全局看守所。
张雅笛关注藏文化与藏人权益，致力于汉藏交流与对话。
x.com/Free_Tara_Ya...
7月31日， #张雅笛 被以涉嫌 #煽动分裂国家罪 刑拘，目前关押在长沙市国家安全局看守所。
张雅笛关注藏文化与藏人权益，致力于汉藏交流与对话。
September 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
据 #张雅笛关注组
x.com/Free_Tara_Ya...
7月31日， #张雅笛 被以涉嫌 #煽动分裂国家罪 刑拘，目前关押在长沙市国家安全局看守所。
张雅笛关注藏文化与藏人权益，致力于汉藏交流与对话。
x.com/Free_Tara_Ya...
7月31日， #张雅笛 被以涉嫌 #煽动分裂国家罪 刑拘，目前关押在长沙市国家安全局看守所。
张雅笛关注藏文化与藏人权益，致力于汉藏交流与对话。
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公民记者 #张展 案将于9月19日星期五上午九点开庭。
张展2020年去武汉报道疫情初期状况而被以寻衅滋事罪判刑4年，获释3个月后因去甘肃协助一名被拘留的活动人士而被以涉嫌寻衅滋事罪正式逮捕。
📢我们和国际社会各方一起持续关注和声援张展，并呼吁 #中国 #释放张展。
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/09/2025...
张展2020年去武汉报道疫情初期状况而被以寻衅滋事罪判刑4年，获释3个月后因去甘肃协助一名被拘留的活动人士而被以涉嫌寻衅滋事罪正式逮捕。
📢我们和国际社会各方一起持续关注和声援张展，并呼吁 #中国 #释放张展。
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/09/2025...
September 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
公民记者 #张展 案将于9月19日星期五上午九点开庭。
张展2020年去武汉报道疫情初期状况而被以寻衅滋事罪判刑4年，获释3个月后因去甘肃协助一名被拘留的活动人士而被以涉嫌寻衅滋事罪正式逮捕。
📢我们和国际社会各方一起持续关注和声援张展，并呼吁 #中国 #释放张展。
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/09/2025...
张展2020年去武汉报道疫情初期状况而被以寻衅滋事罪判刑4年，获释3个月后因去甘肃协助一名被拘留的活动人士而被以涉嫌寻衅滋事罪正式逮捕。
📢我们和国际社会各方一起持续关注和声援张展，并呼吁 #中国 #释放张展。
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/09/2025...
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China is exporting its "Great Firewall" to authoritarian clients incl. Pakistan, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan and #Myanmar junta.
As the @theglobeandmail.com reports, "Such [censorship and surveillance] capabilities, Geedge’s history suggests, may soon roll out to the company’s clients all over the world."
As the @theglobeandmail.com reports, "Such [censorship and surveillance] capabilities, Geedge’s history suggests, may soon roll out to the company’s clients all over the world."
Leaked files show a Chinese company is exporting the Great Firewall’s censorship technology
Geedge Networks is providing censorship capabilities to foreign governments, including those in Myanmar, Pakistan, Ethiopia and Kazakhstan
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
China is exporting its "Great Firewall" to authoritarian clients incl. Pakistan, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan and #Myanmar junta.
As the @theglobeandmail.com reports, "Such [censorship and surveillance] capabilities, Geedge’s history suggests, may soon roll out to the company’s clients all over the world."
As the @theglobeandmail.com reports, "Such [censorship and surveillance] capabilities, Geedge’s history suggests, may soon roll out to the company’s clients all over the world."
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🗓️ On Tuesday 9 September, I'll be taking part in this #HRC60 side event organised by @chrdnet.bsky.social, @ishr.ch, @amnesty.org & @hrw.org to discuss #China's practice of long term detention for human rights defenders. Looking forward to hearing from my fellow panelists.
September 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🗓️ On Tuesday 9 September, I'll be taking part in this #HRC60 side event organised by @chrdnet.bsky.social, @ishr.ch, @amnesty.org & @hrw.org to discuss #China's practice of long term detention for human rights defenders. Looking forward to hearing from my fellow panelists.
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Must-read: UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food @michaelfakhri.bsky.social calls out key companies driving corporate concentration in the food system and demands accountability for rights violations. digitallibrary.un.org/record/40872... @fian-international.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Must-read: UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food @michaelfakhri.bsky.social calls out key companies driving corporate concentration in the food system and demands accountability for rights violations. digitallibrary.un.org/record/40872... @fian-international.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social
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📅 8月30日是 #强迫失踪受害者国际日
‼️ 中国政府将强迫失踪作为一种策略，在民众心中制造恐怖，威胁任何敢于在网上或街头挑战政府的人权捍卫者。
📊 据 #联合国 记录，截至今年5月，中国共有 151 起未解决的强迫失踪案件。
🔗 docs.un.org/zh/A/HRC/60/35
✊ 敦促当局立即停止使用强迫失踪——这在国际法下是严格禁止的！
🖋️ 并签署、批准《 #保护所有人免遭强迫失踪国际公约》 （ICPPED）。
‼️ 中国政府将强迫失踪作为一种策略，在民众心中制造恐怖，威胁任何敢于在网上或街头挑战政府的人权捍卫者。
📊 据 #联合国 记录，截至今年5月，中国共有 151 起未解决的强迫失踪案件。
🔗 docs.un.org/zh/A/HRC/60/35
✊ 敦促当局立即停止使用强迫失踪——这在国际法下是严格禁止的！
🖋️ 并签署、批准《 #保护所有人免遭强迫失踪国际公约》 （ICPPED）。
August 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
📅 8月30日是 #强迫失踪受害者国际日
‼️ 中国政府将强迫失踪作为一种策略，在民众心中制造恐怖，威胁任何敢于在网上或街头挑战政府的人权捍卫者。
📊 据 #联合国 记录，截至今年5月，中国共有 151 起未解决的强迫失踪案件。
🔗 docs.un.org/zh/A/HRC/60/35
✊ 敦促当局立即停止使用强迫失踪——这在国际法下是严格禁止的！
🖋️ 并签署、批准《 #保护所有人免遭强迫失踪国际公约》 （ICPPED）。
‼️ 中国政府将强迫失踪作为一种策略，在民众心中制造恐怖，威胁任何敢于在网上或街头挑战政府的人权捍卫者。
📊 据 #联合国 记录，截至今年5月，中国共有 151 起未解决的强迫失踪案件。
🔗 docs.un.org/zh/A/HRC/60/35
✊ 敦促当局立即停止使用强迫失踪——这在国际法下是严格禁止的！
🖋️ 并签署、批准《 #保护所有人免遭强迫失踪国际公约》 （ICPPED）。
Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing will attend the September 3rd military parade in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of WW II. He will join an orgy of autocrats and war criminals like Putin, Kim Jong-un and leaders from Azerbaijan, Cuba, Iran, Laos, North Korea, Vietnam, etc.
August 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing will attend the September 3rd military parade in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of WW II. He will join an orgy of autocrats and war criminals like Putin, Kim Jong-un and leaders from Azerbaijan, Cuba, Iran, Laos, North Korea, Vietnam, etc.
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🎙️ “Telenor needs to be fully investigated both for sharing sensitive network traffic data with the junta and for transferring so-called lawful interception equipment to a Myanmar military-linked company, a potentially deadly weapon that enables real time surveillance”
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August 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
🎙️ “Telenor needs to be fully investigated both for sharing sensitive network traffic data with the junta and for transferring so-called lawful interception equipment to a Myanmar military-linked company, a potentially deadly weapon that enables real time surveillance”
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📣 Human rights defenders: we want to hear from you! Please respond to the questions at the following link to help inform my final report to the Human Rights Council next March. I am hoping to get an understanding of how you are managing in these very challenging times
srdefenders.org/submit-infor...
srdefenders.org/submit-infor...
Submit Information to an Annual Report
The Special Rapporteur submits two thematic reports each year on the situation of human rights defenders. HRDs, civil society, States, businesses, intergovernmental organisations and others are invite...
srdefenders.org
August 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
📣 Human rights defenders: we want to hear from you! Please respond to the questions at the following link to help inform my final report to the Human Rights Council next March. I am hoping to get an understanding of how you are managing in these very challenging times
srdefenders.org/submit-infor...
srdefenders.org/submit-infor...
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Because I am angry I will share this again. One of the reasons that Israel is able to target individuals so precisely is that it collects every phone call in Gaza and stores the recordings in Microsoft Azure, then uses AI to analyze and pick targets.
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Because I am angry I will share this again. One of the reasons that Israel is able to target individuals so precisely is that it collects every phone call in Gaza and stores the recordings in Microsoft Azure, then uses AI to analyze and pick targets.
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Hearing disturbing news of #US sanctions against key Palestinian human rights organisation Addameer on baseless accusations of terrorism ties. This restricts its peaceful defence of Palestinian rights at a time of increasing Israeli human rights violations.
August 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Hearing disturbing news of #US sanctions against key Palestinian human rights organisation Addameer on baseless accusations of terrorism ties. This restricts its peaceful defence of Palestinian rights at a time of increasing Israeli human rights violations.