We are pleased to inform interested and concerned parties that the *full set of session recordings* from our Newcastle University conference 'The #Xinjiang Crisis: Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, Justice' (1-3 Sept) are available online here: youtube.com/channel/UCIZNS… #Uyghurs
Thread #2: Our conference speakers include experts on Xinjiang @JimMillward @VanessaFrangvi1 @jleibold @AElterish @j_smithfinley @GroseTimothy @dtbyler @adrianzenz @nyrola @sbtynen @RianThum @DilReyhan @ReasonablyRagin @rune_s_r @otkur009 @AndersonEliseM @robertsreport
Thread #3: Our conference speakers include experts on Xinjiang (continued): @LauraTMurphy @Rachel_A_Harris
@jtmcmurray @em_upson Dilmurat Mahmut,
and Hanna Burdorf
@jtmcmurray @em_upson Dilmurat Mahmut,
and Hanna Burdorf
Thread #4: Speakers also include academic experts on international law and genocide studies: @ErinFarrellRos1 @pennyjgreen Prof. Mark Levene @dirkmoses Prof. Eva Pils @donaldcclarke @tengbiao @JP_Peacemaking @jamesgoldston
Thread #5: Speakers also include many prominent lawyers and barristers: @yonahdiamond @nuryturkel @WomaninHavana @rogerluphillips @TatyanaEatwell @Arsalan_Suleman @HelenaKennedyQC Rodney Dixon QC @TG_Chambers @MichaelPolakLaw
Thread #6: Our conference also welcomed several UK politicians who spoke to recommended policy options: @Nus_Ghani @SKinnock @TomTugendhat @timloughton
Thread #7: Speakers included reps from international human rights orgs and atrocity prevention orgs: @RightsPractice @SophieHRW @jonathanloeb @amnestyusa Aina Shormanbayeva (International Legal Initiative Foundation) @IBVprev @WordsAreDeeds @GfbV @CUyghurs
Thread #8: Speakers included reps from international human rights orgs and atrocity prevention orgs (continued): @ISHRglobal @Coalition4GR @GLAN_LAW @lukedepulford (Arise, C4GR) and the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network.
Thread #9: Other speakers (who don't fit neatly under the above categories) included esteemed scholars @Magnus_Fiskesjo @hopkinspeter1 @HeathershawJ @NewVirtues @NigelHarkness, think tank analysts @Nrg8000 @AzeemIbrahim, and top investigative journalists @meghara and @ugauthier.
Thread #10: Also uploaded, our solemn Act of Commemoration of Turkic Victims, composed by @NickMegoran, and conducted by @HeathershawJ by the MLK statue at @UniofNewcastle on 2 Sept 2021. Includes two moving poems by #Uyghur poets M.A. Hendan and A. Jalalidin (trans. @jlfreeman6) 
And finally: big thanks to @donaldcclarke who has helpfully created an easy-to-remember alias for our Youtube conference recordings site: bit.ly/xinjiangcrisis. END.
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