Global Witness @globalwitness.org We expose how the industries fuelling the climate crisis profit from destruction, and stand with the people fighting back.
Network for Uyghur Rights @uyghurnetwork.org Documenting human rights abuses to hold perpetrators accountable, so that Uyghurs can live free and equal in dignity and rights.
Livia Saccardi @livsaccardi.bsky.social Crisis Response campaigner @amnesty.org, ex- @minorityrights.bsky.social. Views are my own. RTs ≠ endorsement.
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice @amzn4climate.bsky.social Amazon employees demanding climate leadership. Views ≠ Amazon. Reach out if you’re an employee! Dm or aecj.info/get-involved?ms=bb
Marina Rudyak 卢玛丽 @rudyakmarina.bsky.social China scholar @UniHeidelberg | Decoding (Global) China, #ChineseAid, 🇨🇳-🇷🇺& 🇨🇳-Central Asia relations | ex aid-worker | 🌹
www.decodingchina.eu
www.deconspirator.eu
Out now: Dialog mit dem Drachen (in German)
Jeffrey Ding @jeffreyding.bsky.social Assistant Professor at George Washington University | technology and int'l politics | newsletter on China's AI landscape: http://chinai.substack.com
Paul Carsten @paulcarsten.bsky.social Reuters journalist | paul.carsten(at)tr(.)com | Signal: paulcarsten.17
Eva Xiao @fteva.bsky.social Data & 📝 @financialtimes.com 📍NYC
Previously @wsj.com, @afpfr.bsky.social covering China
✉️ eva.xiao@ft.com
📱 Signal: @evax.17
Claire Denman @claireden.bsky.social Press & Public Affairs Deputy Team Leader @cswadvocacy.bsky.social
All things #UN & #FoRB.
All views my own, reposts ≠ endorsements.
Occasional rambles about the sea & gardens. ✞
China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social Chinalawtranslate.com is a cooperative website for translations and commentary on Chinese Law.
Jeremy Daum is a Sr. Researcher at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center, focussing on criminal justice and policing.
Alexander Boyd @alexludoboyd.bsky.social Associate Editor at China Books Review // Peace Corps China Clique // ex-China Digital Times //
personal blog: www.ramble.media
Hong Kong Watch @hongkongwatch.bsky.social Hong Kong Watch defends human rights, freedoms and the rule of law in Hong Kong.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/hongkongwatch
CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social CSW is a human rights organisation specialising in freedom of religion or belief.
https://www.csw.org.uk/home.htm
https://forbinfull.org/
CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social CHRD promotes human rights protection & empowers grassroots activism.
“人权捍卫者网络” 致力于推进人权保护、增强民间能力建设。
Visit us also at 其它社媒:Instagram/Threads: @chrdnet
LinkedIn: Chinese Human Rights Defenders
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Zubayra Shamseden @zubayra.bsky.social Co-Executive Director @UyghurNetwork.org | published @ www.chinafile.com @Thediplomat.com
Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭 @ajaanmark.bsky.social From Australia, have also spent time in Malaysia and Thailand.
Sociologist, educator, flaneur, SFF appreciator
Starting a new Linguistics research project in intercultural pragmatics
Interested in Asia things and languages. Also: Buddhism.
He/Him
Jeremy Page 裴杰 @jnbpage.bsky.social The Economist’s Chief China Correspondent & Drum Tower podcast co-host. Previously, the Wall Street Journal’s chief political & diplomatic reporter in Beijing 2010-21. Also posted in Moscow & Delhi. 12 int'l journalism awards. www.linkedin.com/in/jnbpage
Emile Dirks @emiledirks.bsky.social Senior research associate @citizenlab.ca, board member @pencanada.bsky.social. Researching biometric surveillance, authoritarianism, and Chinese politics.
Nicola Macbean @nicolamacbean.bsky.social Founding Director of The Rights Practice. Human rights, especially China.
🇬🇧🇩🇰🇪🇺
Michael Kovrig @kovrig.bsky.social Senior Adviser, Asia @crisisgroup.org | Strategic narratives on China, Indo-Pacific, geopolitics, geoeconomics, philosophy and values. Ex-diplomat. Don't start none, won't be none. 实事求是。己所不欲,勿施於人 https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelkovrig
Shiwei Ye @ysw4rights.bsky.social Human rights analyst and strategy advisor. Co-founder and Lead Consultant @kyconsulting.bsky.social. Cantonese speaker. Focus on human rights issues in East and Southeast Asia, risk management for CSOs, and #bizhumanrights.
Hong Kong Accountability Archive @hkaccountability.bsky.social The Hong Kong Accountability Archive (HKAA) is an independent, searchable and secure database of videos that documents the policing of the 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. https://hkaccountability.org/
Josh Chin @joshchin.bsky.social Senior correspondent for WSJ covering collisions of geopolitics, tech, and power. 15+ yrs in Asia, mostly China. Co-author of SURVEILLANCE STATE: https://www.josh-chin.com/books
Signal: joshchin.86. Also: josh.l.chin@protonmail.com
The Rights Practice @rightspractice.bsky.social The Rights Practice builds the capacity of those working to make human rights a reality. We promote an end to torture and abolition of the death penalty.
Website: https://www.rights-practice.org/
Ryan Martínez Mitchell @hegemonikon.bsky.social Associate Professor of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong. International law, comparative public law, legal history, Chinese law and society, legal & political thought. “Ihr Nein gegen die alte Gesellschaft sie verpflichtet zu einem neuen Ja.”
Patrick Poon🎐 潘嘉偉 パトリック.プーン pp@hrmi.ngo ppoon@asianlawyers.net @ppoon.bsky.social ☕️ @tsukikagecoffee.bsky.social|ex- @amnesty.org researcher|Ex-Visiting Scholar @uniofstandrews.bsky.social|Board @asianlawyersn.bsky.social|East Asia Lead @rightstracker.bsky.social| sometimes write @fleursbleues.bsky.social|Signal: ppoon.01
📍Tokyo
Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social Working to protect human rights & prevent torture.
Exposing abuses committed around the world using police, security, & military equipment.
#UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium Member
www.omegaresearchfoundation.org
Bas Plaisier @basplaisier.bsky.social Theoloog, emeritus predikant, missioloog, voormalig scriba PKN
Ursula Gauthier @ugauthier.bsky.social French journo, ex-correspondent in China, expelled for reporting repression in Xinjiang. Keeps writing about Uyghur, Tibetan and Chinese victims of the CCP.
Claire Chu @clairejchu.bsky.social Principal, Geoecon Threat Intel at Janes. Nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub. Tracking China’s overseas activity, foreign policy, and econ-security nexus. DC via CA.
I’m new here, posts incoming!
JURIST News @juristnews.bsky.social Authoritative global coverage of rule of law and human rights. Powered by law students and graduates from six continents. Rigorous legal training, nuanced takes.
HK Labour Rights Monitor 香港勞權監察 @hklabourrights.bsky.social 🔉Amplifying workers' voices from #HK to the world 🌎
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#HKLabourRights #StandWithHK
Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization hklabourrights.org
http://hklabourrights.org
Greg @jamyang.net
Matthews world @mikeonajourney.bsky.social On a journey called life. Based in the US.
No mud no lotus.
Christoph Koettl @ckoettl.bsky.social Visual Investigations journalist at New York Times, with a weakness for satellite images. Austrian in NYC.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/christoph-koettl
Patricia M. Thornton @pm-thornton.bsky.social Professor in the Politics of China at Dept of Politics & IR, Dickson Poon China Centre, University of Oxford and Merton College; British Association of Chinese Studies Council member.
Mostly posting about China, HK, Taiwan politics
Eliza Billingham @elizabillingham.bsky.social News reporter for Spokane Public Radio.
Prev: Inlander, APMReports, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Boston University, Wheaton College (IL)
Carmen Lau 劉珈汶 @carmenlau.bsky.social A Changemaker from Hong Kong | Exiled Elected Councillor | @hkdc_us | Founder @v4hk_uk @HongKongMarch
Athena Tong @athenaktong.bsky.social Hongkonger in Tokyo with cats 🗼🇯🇵🐱🐱
UTokyo | CSRI | Researcher
Fighting for freedoms 🌏
Researching info ops, geopolitics & economic security
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com SVP, Strategy & Operations. Building products, growing audiences and driving revenue. Previously TIME and VICE News. Posting about media, technology and AI.
Website: https://tylerborchers.com/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tylerborchers/
Business and Human Rights Centre @business-humanrights.org With partners and allies worldwide, we seek to put human rights at the heart of business to deliver a just economy, climate justice, and end abuse.
George Conrad @gconrad3.bsky.social Trail runner from Central PA and President of the Standing Stone Trail Club.
John Haltiwanger @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social Staff Writer at ForeignPolicy.com
Send tips/ideas to john.haltiwanger@foreignpolicy.com
Josef Benedict @josefroy2.bsky.social Asia-Pacific Researcher with the CIVICUS Monitor - https://monitor.civicus.org/
Andréa Worden @andreaworden.bsky.social Human rights activist/lawyer, #joyfulwarrior focused on China /Asia. Former CECC general counsel, Intl Campaign for Tibet, Asia Catalyst; ex-adjunct at AU WCL and JHU Krieger School. Writer. Translator. Still asking: #WhereIsPengShuai
Helen Close @helen-c.bsky.social Researcher @Omega_RF working on human rights, use of force and arms control. All views are my own.
Dexter Tiff Roberts @dtiffroberts.bsky.social Writing and speaking on China
Former China Bureau Chief at Bloomberg Businessweek
Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council
Check out my newsletter Trade War: https://dexter.substack.com/
Olatz Cacho @olatzcacho.bsky.social Periodista de Rentería. Trabajo en Amnistía Internacional España. Cierta afición por lo British
Debby Chan @debbychan.bsky.social Multiple identities, but primarily a Hongkonger.
Follow news on Hong Kong, Myanmar and Ukraine.
MERICS @merics.bsky.social The Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) is a European research and analysis institute established in 2013.
无国界记者 - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) @rsf-chinese.bsky.social 我们为世界各地的 #新闻自由 而战。
我们在此处将以中文发文,英文版内容请至Bluesky帐户 @rsf.org 查看,如需检视更多新闻与活动,请造访我们的网站:rsf.org
Vicky Wong 黃瑋殷 @vickywong710.bsky.social Digital journalist with BBC News, previously with Reuters Fact Check and RTHK English; Views my own, reposts and likes are things that made me go hmm or bookmarked for later; obsessed with yarn when not on duty.
📍London
@eedemocracy.bsky.social @eedemocracy.bsky.social The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) supports citizens striving for democracy in the Eastern Partnership, Middle East, North Africa, Western Balkans, Turkey and beyond.
www.democracyendowment.eu
Peter Lundberg @peterlundberg.bsky.social Executive Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) Lund, Sweden. Follow us at:
www.rwi.lu.se www.icmd.se
Malin Oud @malinoud.bsky.social Co-founder and Managing Director, The Decoding China Project
Affiliated scholar, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Vice chair, Expert Group for Aid Studies
Advisory board, MERICS
Cherie Chan @cheriechan.bsky.social Born in Hong Kong, based in Berlin. Reporter at DW News.
Eric Lai 黎恩灝 @ericyhlai.bsky.social Senior Fellow @GeorgetownCAL | PhD (@SOAS) | Law, Politics, Human Rights & Non-profit | HK&PRC| RTs=/endorsem’t
James Tager @jrttager.bsky.social Writer and researcher based in Brooklyn, NY. Professional human rights and environmental advocate, policy-meets-culture wonk. Occasional speculative fiction writer. Constant reader, video game aficionado, coffee drinker.
Adrian Zenz @adrianzenz.bsky.social Director in China Studies, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Member, European Commission Expert Group on Forced Labor. Research: Xinjiang, Tibet, ILO, state-imposed forced labor, OSINT. https://victimsofcommunism.org/leader/adrian-zenz-phd
Ming Xia 夏明 @mingxiany.bsky.social Prof. of PoliSci (International Political Economy, Monsoon Asia @CUNY/GC), Bibliophile, Amateur Photographer, Global Traveller, Friend of LGBTQIA+, homepage: https://www.dr-ming-xia.org/
Marc A. Levin @marclevin.bsky.social Chief Policy Counsel, Council on Criminal Justice. Advancing public safety, individual liberty, and equal justice for all.
Mark Sidel @marksidel.bsky.social UW-Madison | Chair, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) | Liverpool School of Law + Social Justice | Chair, Myriad/Give2Asia | China Medical Board | Latitude Global | https://law.wisc.edu/profiles/mark.sidel
Neysun Mahboubi @neysunm.bsky.social Administrative law/Chinese law. Director, Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations. Host, China Studies podcast.
https://global.upenn.edu/global-initiatives/person/neysun-mahboubi
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social China curious
filmmaker and writer
for films and articles see: SensiblePolitics.Net/
Latest film: "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China", see trailer: https://vimeo.com/962136803
Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social 🏴 Race nerd, rights bore, writer (various). Read something here: www.tzemingmok.com
Opinions only my own, you can't have them
Auckland, City of Fails
MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social EIS Union Rep✊ Aberdonian🩶Proud gay man 🏳️🌈Cat dad.🐈 ENFP🎉 Education 📚 SGP💚 Socialist 🚩 Gaymer🕹️Buddhist ☸️ADHD loading⚡️ Views my own☕️
Roy Ngerng 鄞義林 @royngerng.bsky.social Wage advocate. Work in labor rights. Activist sued by Singapore prime minister. Based in Taiwan.
Threads & Twitter/X: @royngerng
Facebook: Roy Ngerng
My articles: https://justicefortaiwan.wordpress.com/about/
tengbiao @tengbiao.bsky.social Scholar, #humanrights lawyer
#politics #law #China #liberalism #democracy
https://youtube.com/@Debatingchina
https://tengbiao.org
Nora Van den Bosch @nvdb.bsky.social PhD student @ EAST, ULB (2026-2029) | Sinologist interested in digital humanities | curator Modern China Biographical Database (2019-2025)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1881-5801
Xinjiang Victims Database @shahit.biz Official account of the Xinjiang Victims Database (http://shahit.biz). Spotlighting victims and sharing database updates.
Our work is 100% crowdfunded: https://www.gofundme.com/f/xinjiang-victims-database-work
Dr. Annemieke van den Dool @pubpolicychina.bsky.social I teach & research public policy, health, environment, and crisis management in China. http://annemiekevandendool.com.
Jessie Lau @laujessie.bsky.social feminist telling stories on identity & power 👩🏻💻 mostly on instagram.com/jessielauwrites
• editor at Translator
• lecturer at Kingston Uni
• founder of New Tide
• board @nuvoices.bsky.social
follow my books newsletter: www.archivefromthemargins.beehiiv.com
Mark Harrison @mhar4.bsky.social Taiwan, China, social theory, ideology, politics, foreign policy.
Elaine Pearson @elainepearson.bsky.social Asia Director, Human Rights Watch
Author of Chasing Wrongs and Rights
Nury Turkel @nuryturkel.bsky.social Nury Turkel is a global regulatory compliance attorney, leading expert on US-China relations, and award-winning author of "No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs."
www.nuryturkel.com
@jruwitch.bsky.social @jruwitch.bsky.social 煎饼 connoisseur. NPR international correspondent covering China.
"Ain’t it just like the night to play tricks when you’re tryin' to be so quiet?"
Alex Wang @greenlawchina.bsky.social Professor of Law @ UCLA School of Law; faculty co-director, Emmett Inst on Climate Change & the Environment; Walter & Shirley Wang Chair in US-China Relations; Chinese law & politics.
alexwang.org
Harlan Chambers 章毅诚 @harlanc.bsky.social Researcher of modern Chinese literature and culture. Feminist theory, political-economic thought, film and theater.
Postdoc at the University of Göttingen.
不辣不革命
🍉🍉🍉
Joseph Torigian @josephtorigian.bsky.social Associate Professor at American University School of International Service. Senior Fellow @cfr.org. Studies Chinese and Russian politics and foreign policy. 唐志学
Erin Hale @erin-hale.bsky.social A journalist and noted cat person based in Taiwan.
Johnson, Ching-Yin Yeung 楊政賢 @hkjohnsonyeung.bsky.social 🇭🇰 I climb rocks, my favorite game is abt a bird who went for a hike, and I make meetings fun.
#HumanRights, #LabourMovement, #MilkTeaAlliance. International Urgent Appeal Coordinator@Clean Clothes Campaign
Steven's📷 Nature Photography & More! 🌻 🐦🌿 🏔 🌄🦊🌙🏙️ @stevenspage.bsky.social Just a guy with hobbies and interests like photography, hiking, and even woodworking. Life is too short to not enjoy everything it has to offer!
#photography #nature #hiking #wildlife #birds #sunsets #travel #naturephotography #history #macrophotography
Alminas Žaldokas @alminas.bsky.social Associate Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore
Peter Irwin @peterirwin.bsky.social Co-Executive Director @UyghurNetwork.org | Words in @foreignpolicy.com @theguardian.com @the-independent.com | 🇨🇦
Amnistía Internacional España @amnistiainternacional.es Actuando por los #DerechosHumanos en todo el mundo. HT y RT ≠ apoyo.
Nuestra política de privacidad: http://amn.st/usorrss
Laurence Defranoux @laurencedefranoux.bsky.social 👱♀️ Journaliste Libération
📰 Suit la #défense. Membre de l'Association des journalistes de défense @ajdpresse.bsky.social, auditrice @IHEDN
📚 ''Les Ouïghours, histoire d'un peuple sacrifié'', Tallandier (nouvelle édition en poche, janvier 2025)
Witness To Innocence @wtiusa.bsky.social Empowering Exonerated Death Row Survivors Witness to Innocence is an organization of, by, and for death row exonerees.Our mission is to empower exonerated death row survivors to be the most powerful and effective voice in the fight to end the death penalty
Safeguard Defenders (保护卫士) @safeguarddefenders.bsky.social Safeguard Defenders promotes the rule of law and helps human rights defenders build capacity in Asia.
保护卫士人权组织致力于推动亚洲国家法治,促进人权捍卫者能力建设.
David Bandurski @dbandurski.bsky.social Executive Director of the China Media Project, a think tank promoting freedom of expression through research and journalism capacity building.
chinamediaproject.org
https://tianjiancmp.substack.com/
https://linguasinica.substack.com/
Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social Private sector economist. Former professor at China's Tsinghua University and Columbia SIPA. Author of “Cleared for the Option: A Year Learning to Fly”, now available on Amazon. Visit me at http://patrickchovanec.com
michael caster @mcaster.bsky.social Head of Global China Programme @article19.bsky.social. Cofounder/advisor @safeguarddefenders.bsky.social. Other stuff. He/him.
Francisco Pérez @franciscojpgz.bsky.social Communications and media for @ishr.ch. UN + human rights. Views, bad-faith rants about AI, rotten tech my own. -> https://ishr.ch
Jeremy Goldkorn @goldkorn.bsky.social 金玉米, 君子不器, like nothing else in Tennessee.
rhymingchaos.com
thechinaweek.com
Other links: jeremygoldkorn.com
Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social A trilingual, open-access journal making recent research in human and social sciences accessible to a global audience. Visit us at: https://politicsrights.com
Jade Dussart @jadedussart.bsky.social Human rights activist | Feminist | Graphic design enthusiast | Cat apologist
Sometimes I write, sometimes I draw, sometimes I scroll.
Joel Chan @kjoules.org 👨🏻💻 Data, charts & graphs, news
📍香港 Hong Kong, also 🇹🇼🇨🇦
☢️ @hksushireport.bsky.social
🖊️ The Numberwang: www.kjoules.org
I have Hong Kong-related Starter Packs, Feeds, and Lists for those getting started
Joshua Eisenman / 马佳士 @joshuaeisenman.bsky.social Professor of Politics @NotreDame.bsky.social; Senior China Fellow @AFPC Au: #ChinasRelationsWithAfrica & Red China’s Green Revolution @cup.columbia.edu; 中国与非洲 @CUHKPress 练咏春 #lgm
Views my own