The Uyghur Genocide from the survivors’ perspective: the system of internment camps, transnational repression, and their toll on mental health

10:30-10:45
Welcome and introduction
Prof. Dr. Thomas G. Schulze, IPPG, Munich & Zumretay Arkin, President, Uigurisches Zentrum für Demokratie und Menschenrechte (UZDM), a Worls Uyghur Congress (WUC) affiliate

10:45-12:00
Presentation of a qualitative research project & panel discussion

• Akeda Jume: Uyghur Psychology Graduate, Virginia Tech University
• Bahtiyar Omer, Chairman, Norway Uyghur Committee
• Kalbinur Sidik: Survivor of the Internment Camp and Interview Partner
• Prof. Dr. Thomas G. Schulze, Director, IPPG; President-Elect, World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Wenzel, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Chair, Section on Psychological Consequences of Torture and Persecution, WPA

12:00-12:30
Q&A Session

12:30
Closing Remarks
Prof. Dr. Thomas G. Schulze & Dolkun Isa, WUC President

Light refreshments