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12 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
The Turkish representative to the UN came in with an unsually strong statement at the High-Level UN meeting on Xinjiang. Welcome to see, hoping they back it up and end the process of ratification of an extradition treaty with China. Rough notes from their statement below ⬇⬇
The protection of fundemental rights for Uyghurs is a special interest for Turkey
We want to see them live in peace and prosperity as equal citizens, with their full rights and freedoms protected by law....
Their freedoms must be respected and guaranteed
they should be allowed to preserve their cultures and identity for generations to come.
The ongoing practices of extreme human rights violations are extremely worrying....
We must keep the inhumane treatment of Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang an upmost concern.
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14 May
This is a good thread to read that contextualises some of the UN population data projections. I'll try to elaborate more tomorrow, but in the meantime certainly read this.
I'll add that this was mostly included to contextualise the data and at no point is a one to one comparison accurate given the variety of statistics measures and methods to get there. We specifically tried to look at a source for Cambodia that was more detailed...
...and in my opinion likely overstates the genocide's effect on the birth-rate (it only looks at the birth-rate among women of peak childbirth age so any variation will be overstated), and still demonstrates that Xinjiang's decline far surpasses it.
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12 May
A new report from me and @jleibold. We found that the precipitous and unprecedented decrease in Xinjiang's birth-rate since 2017 has disproportionately come from Uyghur areas. Drastic decreases in indigenous-majority areas, roughly stable in Han areas.
aspi.org.au/report/family-… ImageImageImageImage
In late April 2017 the Party Secretary of Xinjiang convened a meeting and instructed local officials to "reduce fertility... at a moderate level" focusing specifically on the four Uyghur-majority Southern Prefectures, ensuring the officials "contain illegal births".
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Since then, the birth-rate in Xinjiang has dropped from about 125% the national birth-rate (a ratio that had been relatively stable since 1990) to less than 80%.
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23 Mar
The massive fire spreading across Camps 08W, 09 & Jomer Chora in Cox's Bazar burnt nearly 64ha of structures, displaced approx 44,860 people and almost entirely burnt 89 majhee blocks (partially burnt another 32). Absolutely massive & devastating.
Imagery thanks to @planetlabs. ImageImageImage
Full resolution links (excuse twitter compression):
Perimeter - pbs.twimg.com/media/ExMwg-cV…
Affected Population - pbs.twimg.com/media/ExMwibXU…
Block Percentage Burnt - pbs.twimg.com/media/ExMwjUwU…
I should stress that the affected population is an estimate.
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20 Feb
Hey look, this Assadist masquarading as a legitimate scholar (but really about as far from it as they come) is also dabbling in Xinjiang denialism by sharing grayzone blogposts.
Birds of a feather...
and I cant think of any more dispicable than this crowd.
There are really no words to describe how much dearth these crowds have for humanity, or any sense of morality and would rather spin a tale where mass-murdering dictators can do no wrong. It's insulting, it's gross, and it has ABSOLUTELY no place in the discourse.
I'm waiting for Landis to chime in with his 'I'm just sharing points of view' spiel he does whenever he endorses rivisionist and denialist posts, but that pseudo-innocence is no more legitimate than the nazi who claimed his recording nazi-audiobooks was just food for thought.
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20 Feb
Drone footage (7DayNews) from Mandalay shows a column of roughly 50 Burmese security force officers shooting into a crowd from the gates of Yadanarbon Shipyard. At 13s a person appears to be fatally shot (under the lamppost - 21.9624, 96.0559). At least 2 people were killed here.
The footage shows that security forces fired from at most 30m away from the person who appears to have been killed, while they were hiding behind some parked motorcycles and posing no threat to the officers. Along with live rounds, flash-bangs and (potentially) tear gas was used. Image
Photos from their reporters show Tatamadaw soliders holding locally made sniper rifles, AK-clones and shotguns.
@Silah_Report or @CalibreObscura know more about the guns than I do.
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19 Feb
Chinese state media tonight released some footage from one of the clashes along the Galwan river that took place on June 15th. It's tricky to geolocate but my best idea (explained below) is that it shows Chinese forces SLIGHTY (<50m) beyond their interpretation of the LAC. ImageImage
The clip is available here:
You can see Indian forces walking along the South side of the valley in this footage before reaching a rock and crossing the river. I believe that rock is approximately here (in green): ImageImage
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