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FOR IMMIDIATE RELEASE:                                              JULY 6, 2009

East Turkistan Government in Exile condemns the Chinese brutalities against the Uyghur-Turk protesters who gathered in the public square of Urumchi on Sunday, July 5 to demand the Chinese government to punish the perpetrator of the savage acts committed by the Han-Chinese mobs who killed 2 and wounded hundreds of Uyghur workers at a toy factory in Guangdong province of China on June 26.

A peaceful demonstration staged by several hundred university students on early Sunday Afternoon grew quickly to over one thousand crushed by Chinese police and paramilitary force. As a result, the peaceful protest turned into riot which lead to the eruption of a clash between the East Turkistani Uyghurs and the Han-Chinese, leaving 150 dead, closure of mosques, instituting a curfew, and arresting of 1400 people. But, many East Turkistanis estimated the number of death and arrest much higher than that.

Since then, not only Urumchi, the capital city of East Turkistan in which where the latest riot were erupted first but whole region including Kaghgar, Artush, Khotan, Yarkent, Kucha, Aqsu, Korla, Qaramay, Ghulja, Qumul, Turpan, Altay, Chochek were also under similar tight military curfew. Thus, Communist China saw this riot to step up its persecution of East Turkistanis one more time.

Actually, the Uyghurs who were killed and wounded in Guagdong are among the thousands of men and women between the ages of 18s and 30s in Southern East Turkistan who were forcibly brought to the inner provinces of China for the past several years to use them as a cheap labor. After the riot they were also surrendered by the tight military control not allowing them to leave their compounds let alone allowing them to return their home-land East Turkistan.

The riot erupted in Urumchi following the Han-Chinese attack of innocent East Turkistanis in Guangdong is the high light of the Communist Chinese oppression in East Turkistan in the last 60 years, since its occupation by Communist China in 1949.

We ask the government of China to stop its arbitrary arrest and persecution in East Turkuistan by releasing all arrested young men and women immediately and punishing the Han-Chinese mobs who are responsible killing the innocent Uyhgur workers in Guandong.

Furthermore, on the one hand we urge the people of East Turkistan to continue their struggle against the Chinese authority of East Turkistan. On the other hand, we turn to international community, particularly to United Nations to apply diplomatic pressure if not the military force to stop the Chinese atrocities in East Turkistan.

The East Turkistan Government in Exile seeks to tell the world about East Turkistan and to raise the cause of freedom and independence by, among other things, providing information to U.S. government officials and policy-makers, developing contacts with the press, fostering alliances with like-minded groups and individuals, and sharing the culture of East Turkistanis with all who may enjoy it.

For more information:

Mr. Turani, East Turkistan Government in Exile: (571) 344-3886

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    October 7, 2008

East Turkistan Government in Exile asks the U.S. government to immediately release the 17 East Turkistani citizen (17 Uighur Guantanoma detainees) in to the United States. This is becuase, they are not an enemy of the United States. They just wanted to fight against the Communist Chinese rule of their mother-land, East Turkistan.

The East Turkistan Government in Exile seeks to tell the world about East Turkistan and to raise the cause of freedom and independence by, among other things, providing information to U.S. government officials and policy-makers, developing contacts with the press, fostering alliances with like-minded groups and individuals, and sharing the culture of East Turkistanis with all who may enjoy it.

For more information:

Mr. Turani, East Turkistan Government in Exile: (571) 344-3886

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    August 4, 2008

The people of East Turkistan has the legitimate right to wage war agaist the government of Communist China. This is becuase, the Communist China occupied East Turkistan by force in 1949.

The East Turkistan Government in Exile seeks to tell the world about East Turkistan and to raise the cause of freedom and independence by, among other things, providing information to U.S. government officials and policy-makers, developing contacts with the press, fostering alliances with like-minded groups and individuals, and sharing the culture of East Turkistanis with all who may enjoy it.

For more information:

Mr. Turani, East Turkistan Government in Exile: (571) 344-3886

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    July 1, 2008

East Turkistan Government in Exile boycotts the 2008 Beijing Olympics because of its elligal occupation of East Turkistan and its gross human rights violation.

The East Turkistan Government in Exile seeks to tell the world about East Turkistan and to raise the cause of freedom and independence by, among other things, providing information to U.S. government officials and policy-makers, developing contacts with the press, fostering alliances with like-minded groups and individuals, and sharing the culture of East Turkistanis with all who may enjoy it.

For more information:

Mr. Turani, East Turkistan Government in Exile: (571) 344-3886

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    February 18, 2008

On behalf of the people of East Turkistan, the East Turkistan Government in Exile hereby recognizes Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state and wishes peace and prosperity for the people of Kosovo.

The East Turkistan Government in Exile seeks to tell the world about East Turkistan and to raise the cause of freedom and independence by, among other things, providing information to U.S. government officials and policy-makers, developing contacts with the press, fostering alliances with like-minded groups and individuals, and sharing the culture of East Turkistanis with all who may enjoy it.

For more information:

Mr. Turani, East Turkistan Government in Exile: (571) 344-3886

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            January 8, 2007

The Chinese Communist Party has claimed to have raided a terrorist base, and killed 18 people (BBC). The base was supposedly home to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement. The East Turkestan Government in Exile finds this claim dubious, but would like to make clear its views on any acts of terror.

The East Turkestan Government in Exile has renounced all violence in the past, and we continue to do so. Violence and terrorism, whatever the cause, is an unacceptable taking of human life. Especially given what we know of the people the Communists have forced onto our land as occupiers (according to the very brave Lieutenant Qike, the Chinese Communist military personnel stationed there are imprisoned in their own barracks and want to go home), we cannot justify killing them or any other resident of East Turkestan, and we condemn it.
Terrorism also leads to a more brutal occupation by the Communists, meaning millions of East Turkestanis suffer needlessly.

East Turkestan will only be free when the Communists are no longer able to terrorize the Chinese people. That means we must work with the Chinese people to peacefully end Communism as it was peacefully ended in the former Soviet Union. The Baltic States, which were the most aggressive in stating their independence from Soviet occupation, refused to take up arms or commit violence even as the Red Army sent in tanks to crush their independence. The heroism of the Baltic peoples was revealed for all the world to see. We follow in their example.

We must note that the claims of the existence of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement has always been questioned by well-informed observers and analysts of the region. However, if the group does exist, we reject it. Instead, we choose the Baltic non-violent resistance as a model. The ETIM, if it exists, is neither a true movement, nor truly Muslim, nor truly supportive of East Turkestan.

The East Turkistan Government in Exile seeks to tell the world about East Turkistan and to raise the cause of freedom and independence by, among other things, providing information to U.S. government officials and policy-makers, developing contacts with the press, fostering alliances with like-minded groups and individuals, and sharing the culture of East Turkistanis with all who may enjoy it.

For more information:

Mr. Turani, East Turkistan Government in Exile: (571) 344-3886

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            AUGUST 12, 2006

Huseiyn Celil is about to die. The Communists do not want the world to know this; so they are lying to anyone who cares about him. We in the East Turkestan Government-in-exile plead with the government of his adopted homeland in Canada to do what they can to save his life and bring him home.

To be fair to the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, we know they have pursued every diplomatic effort they can for Mr. Celil. We also know how the Communists enjoy using hostages like Mr. Celil. We thank the Canadian government for what it has done so far.

With that in mind, we ask the Canada get Mr. Celil released, but without granting the Chinese Communists any concessions in exchange. Such an action would not only give an unneeded victory to the regime that has occupied East Turkestan for over 50 years, but it would also encourage them to use more of our people as hostages in the future.

Canada cannot negotiate with terrorists, and there is no regime more terrorist in nature than the Chinese Communist Party. Thus we ask for Canada to make clear any action against Mr. Celil, including his continued imprisonment, will mean consequences. This is not the time for carrots; it is a time for sticks.

The East Turkistan Government in Exile seeks to tell the world about East Turkistan and to raise the cause of freedom and independence by, among other things, providing information to U.S. government officials and policy-makers, developing contacts with the press, fostering alliances with like-minded groups and individuals, and sharing the culture of East Turkistanis with all who may enjoy it.

For more information:

Mr. Turani, East Turkistan Government in Exile: (571) 344-3886

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                        AUGUST 11, 2006

The East Turkestan Government-in-exile would like to thank and praise all American, British, and any other people who helped disrupt the latest attempt by al Qaeda to murder massive numbers of people. We would also like to credit President Bush for labeling one of the enemies in this war, but ask him not to forget the other enemies.

For President Bush to say we are fighting Islamic fascists is absolutely correct. We in the Government in Exile, being almost entirely Muslim, see what this cancer does to this great faith every day. Not only does it pervert Islam, but this violent “religious” ideology also kills non-Muslims for no reason, and uses our peaceful faith as a cover for their bloodlust.

Some, such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) have criticized the President. We do not understand why they have done so. When we talk about the cruelty our people have suffered at the hands of the Chinese Communists, everyone knows we do not mean all ethnic Chinese. Likewise, the term Islamic fascists clearly refers only to those Muslims who would refuse to listen to their fellow man and kill all opponents to achieve and maintain power.

CAIR notes “a rising level of hostility to Islam and the American-Muslim community.” Like CAIR, we are concerned about this, but we see a different solution. Rather than worry about the semantics of President Bush, we should make clear we oppose Islamic fascism as well, just as anti-Nazi Germans resisted German fascism in World War II, and anti-Communist Chinese join with us in opposing Chinese fascism today.

In our view, the only mistake the President made was to limit the enemy to the likes of the Iranian regime, Hezbollah, the Taliban, and al Qaeda. Why not recognize the enemy that supports them all: the Chinese Communist Party? Only by allowing the Chinese people to throw out the Communists can we end both the illegal occupation of East Turkestan and the forces of evil - Muslims and non-Muslims alike - who fight the democratic world.

To conclude, we are grateful the President is prepared to fight the Islamic fascists. We only wish he would take the fight to the Chinese fascists as well.

The East Turkistan Government in Exile seeks to tell the world about East Turkistan and to raise the cause of freedom and independence by, among other things, providing information to U.S. government officials and policy-makers, developing contacts with the press, fostering alliances with like-minded groups and individuals, and sharing the culture of East Turkistanis with all who may enjoy it.

For more information:

Mr. Turani, East Turkistan Government in Exile: (571) 344-3886

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                    FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2006

Communist China began its occupation of independent East Turkistan in 1949. During this occupation it has razed mosques, shot political prisoners, conducted open-air nuclear test, attempted to eliminate the East Turkistani culture through “Sinicization,” and spread venomous lies about East Turkistanis, including false and slanderous claims that East Turkistanis are supporters of al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.

Sadly, this smear led many throughout the world to suspect East Turkistanis for no reason; examples of this have come in the War on Terror. At present, several East Turkistanis who escaped the persecution of the Chinese Communist Party are in the American detention center Guantanamo Bay, despite having no ties to America’s enemies. The Bush Administration has tried to find a nation willing to accept those who have been cleared by the Pentagon, and Albania was kind enough to accept five of them.

The East Turkistan Government in exile would like to thank Albania and the United States for ensuring these five East Turkistanis are able to live freely and not fear being sent back to Communist China. Both countries deserve praise for this act of kindness and humanity in the face of Communist regime’s demands that they be handed over to its clutches. We are deeply grateful to the Albania and American governments.

The East Turkistan Government in Exile seeks to tell the world about East Turkistan and to raise the cause of freedom and independence by, among other things, providing information to U.S. government officials and policy-makers, developing contacts with the press, fostering alliances with like-minded groups and individuals, and sharing the culture of East Turkistanis with all who may enjoy it.

For more information:

Mr. Turani, East Turkistan Government in Exile: (571) 344-3886

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                      THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2006

The East Turkistan Government in exile would like to thank the new Canadian government for its continuing efforts to secure the release of Huseyincan Celil, and to encourage Ottawa to keep pressing for Mr. Celil’s release.

Mr. Celil left East Turkestan roughly a decade ago to escape the persecution of the illegal occupying force: the Chinese Communist Party. During this fifty-plus-year occupation, the people of East Turkistan have suffered open-air nuclear tests, razed mosques, the killing of political prisoners, and mass cultural extermination. Mr. Celil struggled against this, and for that the Communists ordered his execution.

Last month, the tyrannical government in Uzbekistan arrested him with the apparent intent of sending him back into the Communists’ clutches. The fact that the Uzbek regime has been so uncooperative with the Canadian government - especially given that Canada has granted Mr. Celil citizenship - is appalling, and telling.

That Parliamentary Secretary Jason Kenney is so deeply involved is heartening to us; Mr. Kenney is one of the more knowledgeable parliamentarians on the issue of Communist persecution. We ask him to continue his efforts on behalf of Prime Minister Harper to bring Mr. Celil home safe and sound.

The East Turkistan Government in Exile seeks to tell the world about East Turkistan and to raise the cause of freedom and independence by, among other things, providing information to U.S. government officials and policy-makers, developing contacts with the press, fostering alliances with like-minded groups and individuals, and sharing the culture of East Turkistanis with all who may enjoy it.

For more information:

Mr. Turani, East Turkistan Government in Exile: (571) 344-3886

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2006

In recent days, the face of the tyranny that holds Iran in the grip of fear - President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad - announced that it has achieved uranium enrichment. They went on to proclaim it as a triumph for all Muslims. We apologize for our tardy response; it took a while for us to cease our bitter laughter.

The East Turkestani people - who have been predominantly Muslim for over a thousand years - have suffered bloody persecution from the Chinese Communist Party, the very regime that has been so instrumental in helping the Iranian regime reach its current nuclear point. We know what “nuclear power” means, having lost over 200,000 people to open-air nuclear tests conducted by the Communists against our people.

Iran’s regime may try to stake a claim to lead the Muslim world, but all Muslims should know that this regime is not a leader of anything, but a client regime dependent upon the Chinese Communist Party. Without the CCP, the Iranian mullahcracy would be nowhere near their goal of nuclear weapons, would not have advanced as far in missile technology as it has today, and would have a military nearly as strong as it now is. It is possible that the Iranian regime would not even exist today to persecute its people and terrorize the world were it not for the Chinese Communist Party.

We ask for all good-minded people around the world to do whatever is necessary to rid Iran of this Communist puppet regime, and we join with those who want nothing but freedom for the Iranian people. The Communist policy of making the world safe for terrorists and dictators must be challenged, not only for our sake, but for the sake of the entire world; for we are all threatened by the Chinese Communist Party.

The East Turkistan Government in Exile seeks to tell the world about East Turkistan and to raise the cause of freedom and independence by, among other things, providing information to U.S. government officials and policy-makers, developing contacts with the press, fostering alliances with like-minded groups and individuals, and sharing the culture of East Turkistanis with all who may enjoy it.

For more information:

Mr. Turani, East Turkistan Government in Exile: (571) 344-3886