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East Turkestan Liberation Organization – Was a secessionist militant Uyghur organization that advocated for an independent Uyghur state in Xinjiang. Widely believed to have links to Taliban and the East Turkestan Islamic Movement. [40] Committee for National Revolution – Was a Turkic nationalist Uyghur party which existed in 1932–1934.
The East Turkistan National Movement (abbr. ETNM; Uyghur: شەرقىي تۈركىستان مىللىي ھەرىكىتى) also known as the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement (abbr. ETNAM; Uyghur: شەرقىي تۈركىستان مىللىي ئويغۇنۇش ھەرىكىتى) is a non-profit human rights and political advocacy organization established in June 2017 [1] in Washington D.C ...
East Turkestan or East Turkistan (Uyghur: شەرقىي تۈركىستان, ULY: Sherqiy Türkistan, UKY: Шәрқий Туркистан), also called Uyghuristan (Uyghur: ئۇيغۇرىستان, UKY: Уйғуристан), is a loosely-defined geographical region in the northwestern part of the People's Republic of China, on the cross roads of East and Central Asia. [1]
The East Turkestan independence movement was endorsed in the serial Islamic Spring's 9th release by Ayman Al-Zawahiri in 2016. Zawahiri confirmed that the Afghanistan war after 9/11 included the participation of Uighurs and that the jihadists like Zarwaqi, Bin Ladin and the Uighur Hasan Mahsum were provided with refuge together in Afghanistan ...
Salih Hudayar (Uyghur: سالىھ خۇدايار; born 21 May 1993) [5] is a Uyghur-American [6] politician known for advocating for East Turkistan independence.He founded the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement and has since been leading the movement calling for the "restoration of East Turkistan's independence."
East Turkestan independence movement — based in the Islamic East Turkestan geopolitical region of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, ...
The East Turkestan Islamic Movement dropped "East" from its name as it increased its domain. [1] The U.S. State Department have listed them as a terrorist organisation since 2002, [258] and as having received "training and financial assistance" from al-Qaeda. [257] In October 2020, this designation was lifted. [259]
Both were highlighted in China's official report on East Turkestan terrorists of January 2002. [2] The organization operates primarily in Xinjiang, China, but operates throughout Central Asia and in Pakistan. The ETLO is allied with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement and the Taliban.