East Turkestan Information Center Explained

East Turkestan Information Center
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Formation:1996
Founder:Abdujelil Karakash
Type:NGO
Headquarters:Munich, Germany
Region Served:East Turkestan
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Abdujelil Karakash
Parent Organisation:, if one -->
Affiliations:East Turkestan independence movement
Num Staff:70
Website:http://uygurtv.dyndns.org/

The East Turkestan Information Center (Uighur; Uyghur: {{lang|ug-Arab|شەرقىي تۈركىستان ئىنفورماتسىيون; abbreviated ETIC) is a group affiliated with the East Turkestan independence movement. It was founded in Munich, Germany in 1996, and has an office in Washington, D.C.[1]

The ETIC publishes reports on alleged human rights violations and abuses by the Chinese government towards China's ethnic Uyghur population.[2]

On December 15 2003, the ETIC was designated as a terrorist organization by the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China,[3] which Oxford Analytica says could be an excuse for repression of the Uyghur population.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Pike . Uighurs . Globalsecurity.org . 2003-12-15 . 2012-10-09 . 2011-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110830174659/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/uighur.htm . live .
  2. Web site: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . Refworld | Kyrgyz rights activists call for end to deportation of Uighurs to China . UNHCR . 2004-01-25 . 2012-10-09 . 2014-02-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222141739/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,EURASIANET,,CHN,,46c58f2f23,0.html . live .
  3. Web site: China seeks int'l support in counter-terrorism(12/15/03) . China-embassy.org . 2003-12-15 . 2012-10-09 . 2014-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141020224336/http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/xw/t56257.htm . live .
  4. Web site: China increases suppression in Xinjiang. Oxford Analytica. 2012-10-09. 2014-02-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20140224124031/http://www.oxan.com/display.aspx?ItemID=DB88349. live.