East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE)
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12 October 2024
Today marks a solemn day of national mourning for East Turkistanis across the world, including dozens of Uyghurs and their supporters who gathered outside the White House to commemorate and protest 75 years of China’s brutal military invasion of East Turkistan. Since its invasion on October 12, 1949, the People’s Republic of China has enforced a regime of genocide, systematic colonization, and mass oppression upon the Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic peoples of East Turkistan.
Despite recognition of China’s atrocities as ongoing genocide by the U.S. government and the parliaments of over a dozen Western countries, as well as recognition by the UN as “crimes against humanity,” nothing has been done to hold China accountable. Seventy-five years after China invaded East Turkistan and over a decade since it launched its campaign of genocide in May 2014, the millions of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in East Turkistan continue to endure mass incarceration, enslavement through forced labor, forced sterilizations, and the systematic erasure of their cultural and national identity.
Dr. Mamtimin Ala, President of the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE), declared: ”The time for words alone has passed. We call on Canada, the U.S., and all nations that champion freedom and human rights to act decisively. Recognize East Turkistan for what it is: an occupied country. Support our right to external self-determination and our struggle to recover our sovereignty. Anything less will allow China to continue its genocide with impunity.”
China’s atrocities in Occupied East Turkistan are not isolated human rights abuses—it is a deliberate strategy of genocide. The goal is to wipe out an entire people and their rich cultural heritage, a campaign that the international community can no longer afford to ignore. China’s ongoing campaign of colonization, genocide, and occupation in East Turkistan must be recognized as part of a broader global threat posed by authoritarianism and unchecked state violence.
Salih Hudayar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Security for the East Turkistan Government in Exile, underscored the global responsibility to support East Turkistan’s cause under international law:
“The United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3070, adopted in 1973, reaffirms the inalienable right of all peoples under colonial domination to self-determination, freedom, and independence. This principle applies to East Turkistan, and the global community must fulfill its obligations under international law to offer moral, material, and political support to our people.”
China’s false claims over East Turkistan are not rooted in historical truth but in fabricated narratives designed to legitimize the violent subjugation of a free and sovereign nation. On October 12, 1949, Chinese communist forces invaded East Turkistan with Soviet support, initiating one of the longest and most brutal occupations in modern history. Since then, East Turkistan—rebranded by Beijing as “Xinjiang [The Colony/New Territory]”—has become synonymous with modern-day concentration camps, forced labor camps, mass sterilizations, and the relentless suppression of Uyghur culture, religion, and identity. Every day the international community remains silent is another day of impunity for China.
The East Turkistani people demand that the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecute Chinese officials, including Xi Jinping, for genocide and crimes against humanity, and we call upon the state parties to the Rome Statute to support our legal complaints. Additionally, we urge the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to address China’s state responsibility for these grave violations of international law.
The East Turkistani people’s commitment is unwavering: we will continue the struggle for independence until East Turkistan is free. We call upon the international community to stand with us in this fight for justice, sovereignty, and dignity. The future of millions of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples depends on the world’s moral courage and willingness to act.
東突厥斯坦流亡政府（ETGE）
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2024年10月12日
今天是全球東突厥斯坦人哀悼的莊嚴日子，包括數十名維吾爾人及其支持者聚集在白宮外，紀念並抗議中國對東突厥斯坦進行的殘酷軍事入侵已經75年。自1949年10月12日中國入侵以來，中華人民共和國對維吾爾族、哈薩克族、吉爾吉斯族及其他東突厥斯坦的突厥民族實施了種族滅絕、系統性殖民和大規模壓迫的政權。
儘管美國政府和十幾個西方國家的國會已經承認中國的暴行是持續的種族滅絕，聯合國也將其視為「反人類罪」，但對中國的追責行動卻毫無進展。距離中國入侵東突厥斯坦已經75年，距離其在2014年5月發動種族滅絕運動已經十多年，東突厥斯坦的數百萬維吾爾族和其他突厥民族仍然遭受大規模監禁、強迫勞動奴役、強制絕育，以及文化和民族身份的系統性抹去。
東突厥斯坦流亡政府（ETGE）總統馬木提米·阿拉博士宣佈：
「單靠口頭表達的時代已經過去。我們呼籲加拿大、美國以及所有倡導自由和人權的國家果斷行動。承認東突厥斯坦的真實身份：一個被佔領的國家。支持我們的外部自決權和恢復我們主權的鬥爭。任何低於此的要求都將使中國得以不受懲罰地繼續其種族滅絕行為。」
中國在被佔東突厥斯坦的暴行並非孤立的人權侵犯，而是一種故意的種族滅絕策略。其目標是消滅整個民族及其豐富的文化遺產，這一運動國際社會再也無法忽視。中國在東突厥斯坦持續進行的殖民、種族滅絕和佔領行動必須被認識為對抗專制主義和不受控制的國家暴力所構成的更廣泛全球威脅的一部分。
東突厥斯坦流亡政府外交與安全部長薩利赫·胡達亞爾強調，國際社會有責任根據國際法支持東突厥斯坦的事業：
「1973年通過的聯合國大會第3070號決議重申了所有在殖民統治下民族的不可剝奪的自決、自由和獨立的權利。這一原則適用於東突厥斯坦，國際社會必須履行其根據國際法的義務，為我們的人民提供道義、物質和政治支持。」
中國對東突厥斯坦的虛假主張並非根源於歷史真相，而是旨在使一個自由和主權國家的暴力征服合法化的虛構叙述。1949年10月12日，中國共產黨軍隊在蘇聯的支持下入侵東突厥斯坦，開啟了現代歷史上最長和最殘酷的佔領之一。自那時以來，東突厥斯坦被北京重新命名為「新疆（殖民地/新領土）」，並成為現代集中營、強迫勞動營、大規模絕育以及對維吾爾文化、宗教和身份的無情鎮壓的代名詞。國際社會每一天的沉默都是中國獲得另一日無懲罰的機會。
東突厥斯坦人民要求國際刑事法院（ICC）起訴中國官員，包括習近平，因為種族滅絕和反人類罪，我們呼籲《羅馬規約》的締約國支持我們的法律申