Designated as a terrorist organization (15 December 2003) Designated as a terrorist organization (November 2006) Designated as a terrorist organization (September 2007)
East Turkestan Liberation Organization
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
東突厥斯坦解放組織
Simplified Chinese
东突厥斯坦解放组织
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Dōng Tūjuésītǎn Jiěfàng Zǔzhī
Uyghur name
Uyghur
شارقىي تۇركەستان ئازاتلىق تەشكىلاتى
Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqi
Şärqiy Türkestan Azatliq Teşkilati
Siril Yëziqi
Шәрқий Түркестан Азатлиқ Тешкилати
The East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO) was a secessionist Uyghur organization that advocated for an independent Uyghur state named East Turkestan in the Western Chinese province known as Xinjiang.[1] The organization was established in Turkey in late 1997 to fight against the Chinese government in Xinjiang, a territory of ethnic Uyghur majority.[2]
ETLO has been described by scholars as demanding total independence and supporting or being indifferent to more radical methods driven by religious and ethnic motives.[3][4] ETLO is a designated terrorist organization by the governments of China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.[5][6][7]
^Kyrgyz authorities arrest fugitive Uighur separatist, Archived 2007-02-19 at the Wayback Machine International Herald Tribune, February 15, 2007
^"People's Republic of China: Uighurs fleeing persecution as China wages its "war on terror"". Retrieved 2007-04-02. People’s Republic of China Uighurs fleeing persecution as China wages its "war on terror," Amnesty International
^Özkan, Güner (2023), "The Uyghur Movement in Exile", in Shei, Chris; Chen, Jie (eds.), Routledge Resources Online – Chinese Studies, Routledge, doi:10.4324/9780367565152-RECHS60-1
^Reed, J. Todd; Raschke, Diana (2010). "The Contemporary and Historical Contexts of Uyghur Separatism". The ETIM: China's Islamic Militants and the Global Terrorist Threat. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780313365416.
^Islamic groups banned in Kyrgyzstan Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine Central Asia Caucasus Institute
^"Terror list with links to al-Qaeda unveiled". www.chinadaily.com.cn.
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