Why are major international hotel chains operating in China's Xinjiang region despite the significant risk of complicity in Beijing's use of Uyghur forced labor? uhrp.org/report/it-does…

Almost 200 international hotels are operating or planning to open in Xinjiang, despite calls from human rights groups for corporations not to help “sanitize” the Chinese government’s persecution of Uyghurs in the region (mass detention and forced labor). trib.al/bPuZvdR

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.

#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 Peter Irwin @HenrykSzad + Ben Carrdus, demands answers on IHG's growing presence amid atrocities.

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. foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/02/chi…

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. trib.al/MhIhHVy

New op-ed by UHRP's Peter Irwin @HenrykSzad in Foreign Policy—despite atrocities, major hotel chains are rapidly expanding presence in the Uyghur Region. Shaming China isn't enough if corporations like Marriott Hotels + Hilton get a free pass. foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/02/chi…

Research by Peter Irwin @HenrykSzad + Ben Carrdus from April demonstrated the dramatic 📈 increase in international hotel chains in the Uyghur region. IHG Hotels & Resorts is operating—and dramatically expanding—its business amidst atrocities. uhrp.org/report/it-does…

UHRP #Insights💡by @HenrykSzad + Peter Irwin "Princeton University Press' Trip into Chinese State Propaganda Erasing Atrocities, and How They Can Support Uyghur Intellectuals" Princeton University Press joined a state-planned visit to the Uyghur Region in June. uhrp.org/statement/prin…

New UHRP #Insights💡 "Uyghur Deportations from Thailand Part of a Decade of Betrayal," by Peter Irwin On July 8, 2015, Thai authorities deported at least 109 Uyghur men to China. Ten years later, #TransnationalRepression has only increased. uhrp.org/insights/uyghu…

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. uhrp.org/report/manifes…

📊 New UHRP research by Peter Irwin + @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. uhrp.org/report/manifes…

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. Uyghur Human Rights Project uhrp.org/report/manifes…

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. politico.eu/article/china-…

Exclusive coverage in @Politico of research by Peter Irwin 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. Graham Lanktree Hanne Cokelaere politico.eu/article/china-…

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." politico.eu/article/china-…

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. politico.eu/article/china-…

📢 Tribune libre avec Gulbahar Haitiwaji & Peter Irwin sur Accor Group 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)

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