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Protest in several cities across world against Chinese 'genocide' of Uyghurs
Demonstrations were held in various cities across the globe including Washington to commemorate East Turkistan's National Day of Mourning. Full story
Washington [US]: Demonstrations were held in various cities across the globe including Washington to commemorate East Turkistan's National Day of Mourning. Protestors called for decisive actions against China's ongoing "genocide and colonization in Xinjiang".
The protests were organised by the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) and the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement (ETNAM) in Istanbul, The Hague, Washington, DC, and Edmonton on Wednesday afternoon.
"Seventy-two years ago today, on December 22, 1949, the independent East Turkistan Republic was overthrown by the People's Republic of China, resulting in the formal annexation of East Turkistan into China," a statement by ETGE read.