A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I am an ethnic Kazakh, and I was born in 1980 in Moyintal village (莫音塔勒村), Tarbaghatay (Tacheng塔城), East Turkistan. […]
Leveraging Technology to Expose Human Rights Violations in East Turkistan
One of the key focuses of our work has been exploring how new technologies can…
Confirmatory and Additional Accounts of Oppression and the Intents behind the Relaxation of Entry into East Turkistan
Hitting a Trough of the Genocidal Wave? Following a decade of intense systematic persecution against…
Human Rights Advocacy Day
On 18 September 2025, the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) Campus Drammen hosted Advocacy Day…
Forced Deportation of Uyghurs from Thailand to China Sparks Global Condemnation
After decades of systemic repression in their homeland of East Turkistan (known as Xinjiang), many…
Forced labor harms people — our concern can help stop it
Recently, Norwegian TV2 published an article on Temu, raising serious concerns about the company’s links…
The Untold Stories of the Uyghurs: Voices of Resistance Under Oppression
The Uyghur Transitional Justice Database is honored to announce the launch of its third book in the Uyghur language, The Untold Stories of the Uyghurs, with its official presentation taking place on January 10 in Istanbul, Türkiye. The recent history of the Uyghur people is a saga deeply intertwined with pain, suffering, and hope. The Untold Stories of the Uyghurs is a series of unvarnished and factual accounts of that saga - narrated by witnesses themselves. This book brings together the voices of a generation that has endured systematic oppression and racial discrimination in East Turkistan from the early 1950s to the present. The book documents pivotal and traumatic periods, including the Land Reform campaigns, the Great Cultural Revolution, the Central Asian Migration Wave,…
Habeba Omar
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I am originally from…
The Untold Stories of the Uyghurs: Voices of Resistance Under Oppression
The Uyghur Transitional Justice Database is honored to announce the…
Gülnar Muhammetimin
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I am a Swiss…
UTJD Books Now Available for Free Digital Access
We are pleased to announce that the Uyghur Transitional Justice…
Year-End Reflection 2025 | Uyghur Transitional Justice Database
On December 19, the Uyghur Transitional Justice Database (UTJD) held…
Abdurahman Tohti
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I am from Beshtugmen…
Voices for Freedom
The Uyghur Transitional Justice Database (UTJD) recently joined the event…
Abdurahman Memet
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I am originally from…
Reflecting on UTJD’s Highlights in 2024
UTJD’s Commitment to Technology and Research in 2024 resulted in…
Panel Discussion Highlights: Remolding the Uyghurs to Fit the Han-Ethnocentric Mold
On March 4, the University of Oslo Library hosted a…
Panel on Balancing Green Growth and Human Rights
The Uyghur Transitional Justice Database (UTJD), in cooperation with the…
Abdukadir Juma
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I am originally from…
Abdüshkür Abdurishit
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I would like to…
Weekly Testimonies: Uyghur Voices from Our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book
We are pleased to launch a new weekly series on…
Tursunay Ziyawudun
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I am ethnically Uyghur,…
Habeba Omar
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I am originally from the city of Korla, East Turkistan, and I would like to testify for my relatives.…
Gülnar Muhammetimin
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I am a Swiss citizen, and I would like to testify for my family members and relatives. The Swiss German-language newspaper…
UTJD Concludes Workshop 2025
Workshop 2025 – Oslo, September 6–7, 2025 This year’s UTJD workshop brought together 36 registered participants, with 33 actively attending, to strengthen the link between…
Forced labor harms people — our concern can help stop it
Recently, Norwegian TV2 published an article on Temu, raising serious concerns about the company’s links to forced labor. The report has sparked public debate about…
Leveraging Technology to Expose Human Rights Violations in East Turkistan
One of the key focuses of our work has been exploring how new technologies can be harnessed to expose the atrocities and human rights violations…
UTJD Concludes Workshop 2025
Workshop 2025 – Oslo, September 6–7, 2025 This year’s UTJD workshop brought together 36 registered participants, with 33 actively attending, to strengthen the link between…
🚨 At a conference in Ankara UTJD’s Executive Director @bahtiyar_mer showcased a 3D VR model built from 4 years of testimonies & data on Uyghur abuses. With tools like #AI & VR, we continue to expose China’s crimes. #UyghurJustice #HumanRights
UTJD delivered speech on HR violations and systematic oppression of Uyghurs and other turkic peoples in ET. The event highlighted the crucial role of engaging students & academia in addressing global challenges related to democracy, hr, social justice.
📢 Advocacy Day is Sept. 18! Stand with scholars worldwide who face imprisonment & persecution for their ideas.
Together, we defend academic freedom.
#AdvocacyDay #ScholarsAtRisk #Drammen
UTJD Workshop 2025 – Oslo, Norway
September 5-7, 2025
Mihrigul Tursun
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I am ethnically Uyghur, and I was born in 1989 in Cherchen County, southern East Turkistan. When I was […]
Gulzire Awulqanqizi
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I was born on June 29, 1979 in Ghulja, East Turkistan. I moved to Kazakhstan in 2014. In 2017, […]
Gulbahar Jelilova
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan on April 4, 1964. I had been in clothing business for nearly 20 […]
Confirmatory and Additional Accounts of Oppression and the Intents behind the Relaxation of Entry into East Turkistan
Hitting a Trough of the Genocidal Wave? Following a decade of intense systematic persecution against the Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in East Turkistan, the […]
Erbakit Otarbay
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I am ethnically Kazakh, and I was born in 1973 in Qaba County, Altay Prefecture, East Turkistan. After graduating […]
Insights from UTJD’s Open Tech Fund Fellow: Reflections on China’s Digital Transnational Repression of Uyghurs.
The Uyghur Transitional Justice Database (UTJD) has been hosting an Information Controls Fellow through the Open Technology Fund (OTF) since mid-2024. OTF is a U.S.-based […]
Baqitali Nur
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I was born in Sekkizsomul village, Chapchal County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, East Turkistan. I sold vegetables for a […]
Abdusalam Muhammad
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I was born in Qoshirik village (Kuoshi’airikexiang 阔什艾日克乡), Yarkent County, Kashgar Prefecture, East Turkistan in 1977. When […]
Weekly Testimonies: Uyghur Voices from Our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book
We are pleased to launch a new weekly series on our news page, featuring individual testimonies from our 100 Camp Testimonies book, which offers deeply personal accounts […]