Activist at Heart. "Annoying" (persistent). Currently: No Business With Genocide. Wild Pigeon Collective. Formerly: Uyghur Human Rights Projecthttps://bsky.app/profile/juliemillsap.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliemillsap.bsky.social/post/3mdotutxgcc2gPlease take a moment to tell your members of Congress to cosponsor the Transnational Repression Policy Act, a bicameral piece of legislation which would help to address this ongoing threat targeting dissident communities https://actionnetwork.org/letters/congress-pass-the-transnational-repression-policy-act?source=direct_link&31 Jan 2026 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:2ofp4u4p4d7mlrfiucmk6rds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdotutxgcc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/juliemillsap.bsky.social/post/3lvtu4kqyy22f"It might be tempting, in this environment, for policymakers to want to delay action — to wait until the State Department is “fixed” or until the political winds shift. But the Chinese government isn’t waiting." https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/foreign-policy/5439001-state-department-uyghur-policy-act/07 Aug 2025 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:2ofp4u4p4d7mlrfiucmk6rds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvtu4kqyy22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliemillsap.bsky.social/post/3lvg44cv5xc24"The Preventing the Forced Return of #Uyghurs Act follows reports from earlier this year of governments forcibly repatriating Uyghurs to #China..." Many thanks to @merkley.senate.gov & his excellent staff, & my TX Senator John Cornyn for this. #humanrights https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-cornyn-unveil-bipartisan-bill-to-defend-vulnerable-uyghurs-from-being-forcibly-returned-to-prc/02 Aug 2025 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:2ofp4u4p4d7mlrfiucmk6rds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvg44cv5xc24https://bsky.app/profile/juliemillsap.bsky.social/post/3li4xrugtzk26👏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Feb 2025 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:2ofp4u4p4d7mlrfiucmk6rds/app.bsky.feed.post/3li4xrugtzk26https://bsky.app/profile/juliemillsap.bsky.social/post/3leptxftsjs2uJust your new year's reminder that World Uyghur Congress weaponized a false TNR narrative to paint young powerless women speaking against sexual harassment as spies and has refused to correct that. One actively spreading the narratives with WUC members was linked to the Chinese consulate in Turkey.02 Jan 2025 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:2ofp4u4p4d7mlrfiucmk6rds/app.bsky.feed.post/3leptxftsjs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliemillsap.bsky.social/post/3lbamecbpxs27ir.voanews.com/a/7868018.html My interview with @voanews.bsky.social Farsi service: https://ir.voanews.com/a/7868018.html18 Nov 2024 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:2ofp4u4p4d7mlrfiucmk6rds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbamecbpxs27https://bsky.app/profile/juliemillsap.bsky.social/post/3lbalozxqd22hICYMI: ODNI has published its report on #Uyghur Genocide and Uyghur Forced Labor pursuant to section 6504 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023: https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/reports-publications/reports-publications-2024/4017-uyghur-genocide18 Nov 2024 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:2ofp4u4p4d7mlrfiucmk6rds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbalozxqd22h