A flight from Bangkok (DMK) left at 4:48 a.m. local time Thursday, traveling directly to the Uyghur region. @TheReportersTH @Romadonity @Nyrola reported trucks w/ covered windows left Suan Phlu prison just after 2:00 a.m. The plane almost certainly carries the group of Uyghurs.

Research by @PeterIrwin_ + @HenrykSzad cited by @BBCNews ➡️ "Some 200 international hotels, including prominent names like Hilton and Marriott, are either already operating or planning to open in Xinjiang, according to [the] Uyghur Human Rights Project." https://t.co/CUT4NOiHMk

📰 Issue 10 of the #UyghurReader is out! A biweekly roundup highlighting essential reporting + analysis on the Uyghur crisis (October 2–15), curated by @HenrykSzad and @PeterIrwin_. https://t.co/prlddwQWt1

Significant new investigation from @RobHastings for @theipaper shows a significant 📈 in imports from Uyghur Region to the 🇬🇧 UK. The report builds on UHRP research by @PeterIrwin_ @HenrykSzad showing a surge in cargo flights into the EU and UK.

🔗 https://t.co/vaafcFJSSj @amnestyfrance @hrw_fr @fidh_fr @LDH_Fr

📢 Tribune libre avec Gulbahar Haitiwaji & @PeterIrwin_ sur @Accor et ses activités au Xinjiang. « La solution est claire : les entreprises doivent cesser leurs activités au Xinjiang, et les gouvernements doivent les tenir responsables si elles refusent. » (1/2)

Dozens of new cargo routes have opened in the past year connecting Europe and China’s Xinjiang province, where Beijing is accused of subjecting the Uyghur ethnic group to forced labor and human rights abuses. https://t.co/uoND4sO5xL

Very concerned by reports in Politico today about the dozens of new air cargo routes that have opened carrying goods from Xinjiang to the UK. We must not forget the scale of human rights abuses in the province that are still happening. https://t.co/mQKZxlXy9v

Precisely why laws and enforcement are essential: "One carrier said there is no evidence their freight is made with forced labor. Others argued they aren’t responsible for the supply chains of their cargo." https://t.co/JzuqxTzh07

Exclusive coverage in @Politico of research by @PeterIrwin_ and @HenrykSzad on 📈 increase in cargo flights from Uyghur Region to Europe. These ✈️ planes carry goods from sectors at high risk of being produced with forced labor. @g_lanktree @hclae https://t.co/9WVMglARPb

Since June 2024, nine cargo companies have launched new air freight routes between Xinjiang's Ürümchi and cities across the EU, UK, and Switzerland, creating a direct trade corridor from a region where the Chinese government is using Uyghur forced labor.

New air freight routes are connecting Ürümchi and cities in Europe - a direct trade corridor from the Uyghur region where the Chinese government has been committing crimes against humanity and subjecting people to state-imposed forced labor. @UyghurProject

📊 New UHRP research by @PeterIrwin_ + @HenrykSzad 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. https://t.co/94mmrUVFuW

New UHRP #Insights💡 "Uyghur Deportations from Thailand Part of a Decade of Betrayal," by @PeterIrwin_ On July 8, 2015, Thai authorities deported at least 109 Uyghur men to China. Ten years later, #TransnationalRepression has only increased. https://t.co/qR8xmDmpsc

UHRP #Insights💡by @HenrykSzad + @PeterIrwin_ "Princeton University Press' Trip into Chinese State Propaganda Erasing Atrocities, and How They Can Support Uyghur Intellectuals" @PrincetonUPress joined a state-planned visit to the Uyghur Region in June. https://t.co/pEAALY53ak

Research by @PeterIrwin_ @HenrykSzad + Ben Carrdus from April demonstrated the dramatic 📈 increase in international hotel chains in the Uyghur region. @IHGhotels is operating—and dramatically expanding—its business amidst atrocities. https://t.co/vWgcWAAmzf

New op-ed by UHRP's @PeterIrwin_ @HenrykSzad in @ForeignPolicy—despite atrocities, major hotel chains are rapidly expanding presence in the Uyghur Region. Shaming China isn't enough if corporations like @Marriott + @Hilton get a free pass. https://t.co/FR6VMgL0Ay

Despite China's persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, international hotels are operating or planning to open there, including Accor, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott, and Wyndham. Marriott will open at least 13 hotels in 2026, including a Ritz-Carlton.

One prominent industry continues to avoid scrutiny for operating in Xinjiang: major international hotel chains, Peter Irwin and Henryk Szadziewski write. Rather than reducing their exposure to the region, these companies are on a building spree.

#New from 🇬🇧 @IPACglobal — UK Parliamentarians call on #IHG to explain expansion into Uyghur Region amid atrocity crimes. The ✉️ joint letter, based on UHRP research by @PeterIrwin_ @HenrykSzad + Ben Carrdus, demands answers on @IHGCorporate's growing presence amid atrocities.

If this is happening without improvements by the #China govt on its widespread, systematic #humanrights abuses—which prompted the sanctions in the first place—it’s a profoundly anti-rights move.