the petition calling for the UK to sanction China over Xinjiang has over 100k signatures, now parliament must debate it. 2 days ago it had ~ 50k signatures. it's been wild watching the way the issue has taken off in the UK in just the last few *days* petition.parliament.uk/petitions/3001… 
a selection of the major news reports on Xinjiang Uyghurs in UK media that may have contributed to the explosion in interest in the issue. @lindseyhilsum @Channel4News reported on forced labour a few days ago based on @CodaStory story channel4.com/news/uyghurs-b…
most recent episode of @DAaronovitch's The Briefing Room podcast @BBCRadio4 discussed Xinjiang (feat @joshchin @j_smithfinley) bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
major @BBCNewsnight segment by @ggatehouse on Xinjiang couple days ago
yesterday's (infamous) @AndrewMarr9 interview with the Chinese ambassador
the video showing blindfolded men at a train station in Xinjiang for whatever reason really took off in the past week in the UK, + activist @MaajidNawaz's hunger strike
Richard Dawkins "didn't know about the Uyghur Muslims" until recently
.@JessieWare is on it too
