We are thrilled to kick off this year’s workshop, bringing together passionate youth from Sweden and Norway to celebrate our culture, strengthen our community, and […]
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…
UTJD Concludes Workshop 2025
Workshop 2025 – Oslo, September 6–7, 2025 This year’s UTJD workshop brought together 36 registered…
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…
Human Rights Advocacy Day
On 18 September 2025, the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) Campus Drammen hosted Advocacy Day 2025, an inspiring gathering dedicated to dialogue on human rights, democracy, and global solidarity. Organized by Scholars at Risk (SAR) Advocacy at USN, the event brought together students, academics, and activists to reflect on pressing challenges in human rights advocacy. The program opened with a warm welcome followed by a musical performance by music students. Their performance set a reflective and uplifting tone for the day ahead. Shortly after, Adiljan Abdurihim, Coordinator of the Uyghur Transitional Justice Database (UTJD), delivered a presentation on human rights violations and the systematic oppression of Uyghurs in East Turkistan. The session, chaired by Christian and Arathana, highlighted the urgency…
Elishir Ilham
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I would like to…
Ebeydulla Abdurahman
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I have been living…
Dolkun Isa
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I was born on…
Human Rights Advocacy Day
On 18 September 2025, the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN)…
Leveraging Technology to Expose Human Rights Violations in East Turkistan
One of the key focuses of our work has been…
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…
Abida Tohtihaji
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I am originally from…
UTJD Team Touches Down in Washington DC
The UTJD team has landed in Washington DC, ready to…
Asiye Ishaq
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I am originally from…
The Marginalisation of the Uyghur Language: No Longer the Medium of Instruction
Following years of gradual effort made by the Chinese regime…
Forced Deportation of Uyghurs from Thailand to China Sparks Global Condemnation
After decades of systemic repression in their homeland of East…
Elishir Ilham
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I would like to testify for my family members, who have been persecuted by the Chinese regime. Zulpikar Ilham,…
Ebeydulla Abdurahman
A testimony from our “100 Camp Testimonies” Book I have been living in Norway since 2006. I would like to testify for my family members and relatives. When I last…
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 https://www.utjd.org/news/leveraging-technology-to-expose-human-rights-violations-in-east-turkistan/
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 https://www.utjd.org/news/utjd-workshop-2025/
The Marginalisation of the Uyghur Language: No Longer the Medium of Instruction
Following years of gradual effort made by the Chinese regime to marginalize the Uyghur language as the medium of instruction in schools and universities, it […]
Social Media – Instagram
Social media has become a vibrant space for engagement, especially among the younger generation. In response, UTJD has taken proactive steps to increase our presence […]
THE PATHOLOGIZATION OF UYGHUR RELIGIOSITY
It is evident in official documents, e.g. the above mentioned surveillance workers’ guideline, that the regime’s mass internment drive has pathologized Uyghur religiosity. According to […]
Join an Inspiring Workshop with the Uyghur Transitional Justice Database in Oslo!
Are you a Uyghur between the ages of 16 and 26 living in Norway? Are you interested in technology, research, and activism? Then this workshop […]
THE CHINESE REGIME’S GENOCIDAL POLICY: FORCED CONTRACEPTION, STERILIZATION & ABORTION
The Chinese regime is committing yet another crime against humanity that is the systematic Uyghur birth suppression, in addition to its mass internment drive in […]
THE CAMP SYSTEM: A MEANS OF INFLICTING STATE TERROR
What has been transpiring in East Turkistan in the last few years, already engendered copious international opprobrium, can be described as “a composite version of […]
Coercive Family Separation
With 1 to 3 million people incarcerated in some form of mass internment, many Uyghur children have been deprived of one or both parents. Countless […]
Uyghur Forced Labor
Forced labor, as it was slowly being rolled out since the summer of 2018, became the next chapter of the Chinese regime’s efforts to subjugate […]
15 years since the Urumchi massacre
15 years ago on July 5, 2009 Uyghurs defiantly, yet peacefully took to the streets in the city of Ürümchi, the administrative capital of East Turkistan, […]