THREAD: Chinese students and professionals are being subjected to surveillance, threats and other forms of intimidation for criticising the CCP while on British soil. I highlight some of their voices in my new story @guardian on transnational repression: theguardian.com/global-develop… “Often at protests, there are middle-aged Chinese men standing a bit further apart, looking at us. They’re not joining—just examining,” Liying*, a student in her 20s, told me. She has since been followed a 2nd time and started receiving anonymous calls from China to her UK number

Uyghur filmmaker Ikram Nurmehmet says he was tortured by authorities and forced to give false confessions in detention.

He appeared on trial in Xinjiang and is accused of “terrorism” and “separatism,” which he denies. I wrote an update ⁦@guardian⁩ theguardian.com/global-develop… Nurmehmet has been denied his choice of legal counsel and is being represented by a state-appointed lawyer, according to supporters. The lawyer told family members to expect a sentence of more than 8 years in prison, and that the verdict may be announced “a week or years” later.