Day: June 2, 2026
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Reporting from the Financial Times on Xinjiang remains incredibly grim:
* In some areas, 90% of children are taken from parents to be educated in boarding schools where they aren’t allowed to speak Uyghur
* Officials monitor who eats during Ramadan and report those who skip meals
* Basic items like prayer mats and religious text are considered illegal contraband
* Adult Uyghur women are pressured to marry Han Chinese men, and there are official goals to sterilize a certain % of them.
* Xinjiang has the largest prison capacity in the world relative to population
* Huge numbers of Uyghur prisoners are now being shipped across the country in forced labor schemes, as a way to dodge Xinjiang sanctions/boycotts
* The CCP shut down all 10 existing Uyghur-language publishers, none remain. They fed one university’s book collection into a shredder.There’s a lot going on the world, but it’s worth remembering that China is still actively engaged in cultural genocide. They’re barely even hiding it, they openly talk about the need to ‘correct’ Uyghur culture and create ‘ethnic unity’. They are openly destroying an entire culture as efficiently as they can, cutting children off from parents, restricting language, restricting religious practice, forcing sterilizations and intermarriage, imprisoning anyone who resists the tiniest amount and shipping them out to forced labor factories. That is what the CCP is.
— @JeremiahDJohns Jun 2, 2026
⚡️Zelensky plans to attend G7 summit in France, Politico reports.
President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to join leaders of the Group of Seven nations at the June 15-17 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France.
kyivindependent.com/zelensky…— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) Jun 2, 2026
Presence of rare infection that can be severe in kids declines, except in one region
thehill.com/homenews/state-w…— The Hill (@thehill) Jun 2, 2026
Cuba defends military-run GAESA as US sanctions prompt hotel exodus reut.rs/4e0l4RY reut.rs/4e0l4RY
— @Reuters Jun 2, 2026
NEW: Russian forces conducted yet another devastating drone and missile strike series against Ukraine on the night of June 1 to 2, heavily targeting Kyiv City. The Russian strikes killed at least 22 civilians and injured at least 130.
Other Key Takeaways:
Russia’s June 1 to 2 strikes are part of a pattern of escalating Russian strikes against Kyiv City intended to take advantage of Patriot interceptor shortages and distract from Russia’s inability to secure its deep rear from Ukrainian long-range strikes as well as from its battlefield setbacks.
Neither Russian nor Ukrainian forces made confirmed advances throughout the theater in the past day.
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) Jun 2, 2026
Initial reports of ballistic missile launches now against Saudi Arabia.
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) Jun 2, 2026
