The Commission noted the Thai government, National Security Council, and Immigration Office had "relied solely on diplomatic assurances from China and did not provide any verifiable evidence of their deportation process or proof of the Uyghurs’ voluntary consent."

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The Commission conducted a fact-finding investigation and found "no evidence that the respondents ensured the Uyghurs' safety or protection from torture upon return."

🇹🇷 Türkiye uses "restriction codes" to cancel residency & block citizenship for Uyghurs, funneling them into deportation centers.

@hrw.org's @yalkun.bsky.social traces policy changes in Ankara to 2022.

@hrwchinese.bsky.social

www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

🍅 Italy cuts imports of Chinese tomato paste after forced labor and mislabeling allegations.

@amykazmin.bsky.social reports Uyghur Region producers, including XPCC/Bingtuan, face huge surpluses as European buyers reject tainted products.

www.ft.com/content/deea...

🛰️ Satellite imagery shows China expanding its Lop Nur nuclear test site with new tunnels and command facilities.

Cate Cadell describes the buildup as a dramatic increase in testing capacity, with comments from geospatial expert
@renny-babiarz.bsky.social.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

🌱 China’s massive green-energy industrial complex sits in the Uyghur Region and Tibet, yet global climate orgs remain silent on abuses.

Nithin Coca, @codastory.com, highlights the human cost left unaddressed in global climate discussions.

www.codastory.com/climate-cris...

☀️ Australia’s solar boom relies on polysilicon from East Turkistan.

Sydney Lang, SBS Australia, and Ramila Chanisheff (Australian Uyghur Tangritagh Women’s Association) explain how clean-energy growth risks being built on persecuted Uyghur labor.

www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

🌐 China has sharply expanded radio broadcasts in Tibetan and Uyghur as U.S.-funded outlets like Radio Free Asia go off air.

Lisa Bongiovanni, AsiaNews, reports on Beijing’s push in Tibet & the Uyghur Region.

www.asianews.it/news-en/Chin...

Tomatoes and red dates are listed as "high-priority" sectors for enforcement under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.

This designation indicates that these entities have "a higher risk of forced labor" from the Uyghur Region.

ustr.gov/about/policy...

In another case, Chinese logistics firm said the Paris route will allow "French red wine and Xinjiang red dates to meet on the shelves."

Although cargo contents are unclear, Nuzigum Setiwaldi in 2022 found forced labor risks with Uyghur Region red dates.

uhrp.org/report/fruit...

State media from August note that: "New air cargo routes for fruits and vegetables are also planned for Southeast Asia, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Europe."

english.news.cn/20250817/cb2...

Following their investigation (and reporting from the BBC),
@amykazmin.bsky.social found China’s exports of tomato paste to Italy collapsed in 2025.

The new routes could be a way to find additional exports markets.

www.ft.com/content/deea...

🍅 In a striking example, state media announcing a Dubai route show customs officials inspecting "ChalkiS" tomatoes at the Ürümchi airport.

@adrianzenz.bsky.social & I-Lin Lin have shown how ChalkiS is connected to forced labor, coercive land transfers, and the "Becoming Family" program.

The majority of total flights continue to stream into the 🇬🇧 UK, likely unchecked for forced labor.

In addition to direct flights to London (STN), Bournemouth (BOH), and Cardiff (CWL), new routes take goods to Birmingham (BHX) and the East Midlands Airport (EMA).

Flight data shows several indirect flights landing in Brussels, after a short stop, from Ürümchi.

Flights landing in EU cities should raise concerns with European lawmakers ahead of the Forced Labour Regulation coming into effect in 2027.

Urgewald research shows China developing 21 coal-chemical facilities, many in the Uyghur Region.

Such facilities convert coal into fuels + industrial chemicals like synthetic gas, methanol, and plastics through highly energy-intensive processing.

www.urgewald.org/en/medien/gc...

🇵🇸 We draw parallels to reporting on how Booking and Expedia profit from war crimes and support illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Continued business presence in these contexts helps normalize repression.

@markdummett.bsky.social @amnesty.org

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...