Many Uighurs still identify their homeland by its previous name, East Turkestan. China claims that ... separatism and religious extremism.” The list of signatories included the Muslim-majority ...

Sanctions Targeting Canadian Advocacy Groups China has imposed new sanctions on two Canadian organisations and 20 individuals ...

The Chinese Constitution and laws recognize the freedom of religion. However ... independence movement in the 1930s under the name "East Turkestan." Following the collapse of the Soviet Union ...

Our language is similar and we have the same religion. says Ibrahim Ergin ... in what he calls the country of East Turkestan. With the creation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Xinjiang ...